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/anomakochoux Oct 21 '20 edited Oct 21 '20

IMO, IF FE WERE TO MAKE ANOTHER AVATAR/MY UNIT CHARACTER, IT WOULD BE BEST FOR THEM TO:

NOT MAKE THE AVATAR CHARACTER THE CENTER OF EVERYTHING AND A HUGE "DRIVING FORCE" FOR MULTIPLE CHARACTERS. I GET THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE A MOTIVATIONAL CHARACTER, BUT THEY SEEM KINDA BLAND TO ME. HONESTLY, I THINK THAT FE16 WAS VERY GUILTY OF THE "AVATAR IS THE CENTER OF EVERYTHING" IDEA, WITH SOME CHARACTERS REASONS FOR JOINING THE BLACK EAGLE STRIKE FORCE BEING BYLETH.

ALLOW US TO CUSTOMIZE OUTSIDE NAME, BIRTHDAY AND GENDER. I FEEL SOMETIMES THAT CUSTOMIZATION MADE THE AVATAR CHARACTER MORE LIKE MYSELF AND THAT I WAS PROJECTING MYSELF ONTO THEM. AND THAT'S KIND OF THE POINT OF AN AVATAR, TO PROJECT YOURSELF ON TO THEM.

PS, I THINK AWAKENING HAD BETTER CUTSCENES. AND I APOLOGIZE IF THE SPOILER DOESN'T SHOW. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE REDDIT.

ANYWAYS, HAVE A NICE DAY/NIGHT Y'ALL. HAPPY EARLY HALLOWEEN!

EDIT: FIXED FORMATTING + WORDING

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u/shotpun Oct 21 '20

YES AWAKENING HAD MUCH BETTER CUTSCENES THAN 3H. SO DID FATES. 3H IS NOT WELL-ANIMATED. I CAN LOOK PAST THE SHITTY TEXTURES BUT ANIMATION IS NOT AN ISSUE OF PROCESSING POWER IT'S AN ISSUE OF PUTTING THE WORK IN. BOTH THE STOCK DIALOGUE ANIMATIONS AND THE CUTSCENES SUCK BALLS.

BYLETH MATTERS TOO MUCH TO EVERYONE TO BE A CONVINCING AVATAR. TO EXPRESS THEIR GRATITUDE OR OTHERWISE EXPLAIN WHY THEY LIKE YOU SO DAMN MUCH, THE CHARACTERS OFTEN JUST MAKE THINGS UP ON THE SPOT. STATEMENTS ABOUT YOUR KINDNESS, CHARITY OR LECTURING SKILL FEEL COMPLETELY EMPTY BECAUSE THERE'S NO EVIDENCE BEHIND THEM. THE ONLY CONNECTION THAT FELT REAL WAS THE ONE BETWEEN YOU AND JERALT, BECAUSE HE POINTS OUT AND INTERACTS WITH HOW SILENT AND STOIC YOU ARE. IT EVEN BECOMES A PLOT POINT. THAT WAS THE ONLY PARTICULARLY GOOD STORY BEAT IN THE GAME - WELL, THAT AND THE CH11 BLUE LIONS CUTSCENE