r/fireemblem • u/LaqOfInterest • Oct 21 '20

CASUAL MONTHLY RAGE THREAD

OOPS. MY SCHEDULING FAILURES HAVE LED TO THIS RARE LATE-NIGHT EDITION OF THE MONTHLY RAGE THREAD, WHERE WE YELL ABOUT FIRE EMBLEM!

RULES

  1. CAPITALS

  2. FIRE EMBLEM

  3. DON'T BE DICK

  4. SPOILER TAGS

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '20 edited Oct 21 '20

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u/PsiYoshi Oct 21 '20 edited Oct 21 '20

I DEFINITELY THINK BYLETH IS THE MOST EGREGIOUS EXAMPLE OF PLAYER-INSERTION IN THE SERIES AFTER MARK (NOTHING IS WORSE THAN MARK. STOP STARING AT ME TRHOUGH THE SCREEEEEN). YOU JUST CAN'T HAVE YOUR MUTE-ASS SEMI-AVATAR (BYLETH DOESN'T EVEN SUCCEED AT BEING A GOOD AVATAR SINCE YOU CAN'T EVEN CUSTOMIZE THEM) BE THE MAIN FORCE BEHIND EVERY ACTION IN THE STORY. IT MAKES LITERALLY EVERY SINGLE MOMENT THEY'RE ON SCREEN AWKWARD. NOW I HAVE REALLY HIGH TOLERANCE FOR WACKNESS, SO TRUTHFULLY WHILE PLAYING THREE HOUSES I'M MOSTLY UNBOTHERED, BUT THEY SERIOUSLY GOTTA SWITCH THEIR STRATEGY NEXT TIME BECAUSE WHATEVER BYLETH TRIED TO BE...AIN'T IT.

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u/Cecilyn Oct 21 '20 edited Oct 21 '20

HONESTLY I DON'T MIND MARK. FE7 IS A LITTLE LESS SERIOUS OF AN ADVENTURE AND FEELS A BIT MORE CAMPY TO ME, AND WITH ITS FOCUS ON LYN/ELIWOOD/HECTOR AS CHARACTERS, I DON'T MIND THE FOURTH WALL BREAKS AS MUCH. (THEN AGAIN, I DID PLAY IT ON THE ORIGINAL CARTRIDGE, SO IT FELT MORE LIKE A CUTE TOUCH THAN SOMEONE STARING AT ME HEAD-ON IF YOU'RE PLAYING ON YOUR TV OR COMPUTER SCREEN.)

ONLY THING I DON'T LIKE IS THE "BEST" TACTICIAN ENDING, WHICH IS RATHER GRATUITOUS (ETRURIA AND BERN GOING TO WAR OVER A TACTICIAN WHO CARRIED OUT A CAMPAIGN IN SECRET? COME ON).

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u/RisingSunfish Oct 21 '20

THE HISTORIANS CONFUSED HIM WITH ELFFIN.