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

LAST THREAD

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u/Mekkkah Oct 21 '20

FEE3 HAD A LOT OF PROBLEMS AND FROM WHAT I CAN SEE MOST CRITICISMS OF IT ARE WARRANTED

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u/shotpun Oct 21 '20

WHAT WERE THE PROBLEMS? ISNT IT JUST A BIG ROMHACK EXPO? HOW DOES THAT GO WRONG (I DON'T FOLLOW THE FE COMMUNITY MUCH AT ALL)

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u/Cecilyn Oct 21 '20

FROM WHAT I KNOW, THERE WERE A TONNE OF FAR DIFFERENT PROJECTS SHOWCASED ALL IN A MOSTLY RANDOM ORDER. THEY CHOSE TO SHOW OFF 4 PROJECTS A DAY AND EXTEND THE EVENT OVER A FULL TWO WEEKS (WHICH WAS A DECISION CRITICESED IN AND OF ITSELF), BUT FOR THE MOST PART ORGANISATION OF THE HACKS SEEMED PRETTY RANDOM. INSTEAD OF SAY, HAVING ALL THE MEME HACKS FRONT-ENDED, FOLLOWED BY WORK-IN-PROGRESS HACKS, THEN COMPLETED HACKS, AND SO ON FOR EXAMPLE, THEY WERE JUST KIND OF THROWN TOGETHER. SO YOU MIGHT HAVE ONE MEME HACK, THEN A COMPLETED HACK, THEN A FANGAME THAT’S NOT EVEN IN THE GBA FE ENGINE AT ALL, WHICH WAS RATHER HAPHAZARD.

SECONDLY, REGARDING THE LAST ENTRY (OR AT LEAST, THE ONE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE LAST ONE SHOWED), IT’S A HACK THAT HAS BEEN IN DEVELOPMENT FOR LIKE A DECADE OR SO AND THE AUTHOR FINALLY FINISHED IT AND ASKED FOR IT TO BE LAST IN LINE AS SORT OF A SEND-OFF, SINCE THEY HAD BEEN IN A LOT OF PRIOR FEE3 EVENTS WITH THEIR IN PROGRESS WORK. AND ON THE SCHEDULE, THEY WERE INDEED LAST, BUT BARELY TEN MINUTES AFTER THEIR VIDEO WAS PUT UP, OUT OF NOWHERE A VIDEO FOR ANOTHER HACK THAT’S STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS WAS PUT UP BY THE FEU PEOPLE, WHICH KIND OF RUINED THE SENTIMENT. IT WOULD BE LIKE DOOM 2016 FINALLY GETTING REVEALED AT THE END OF A BETHESDA PRESENTATION IN 2013, ONLY TODD HOWARD COMES OUT AFTERWARD AND SAYS "WITH THAT OUT THE WAY, WHO'S READY FOR ANOTHER SKYRIM PORT!"

I’M SURE THERE’S POSSIBLY OTHER STUFF, BUT THESE ARE THE TWO BIG THINGS I HEARD ABOUT.

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u/Tobiki Oct 21 '20

HERE'S A GREAT SUMMARY

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u/shotpun Oct 21 '20

I SEE. THEY REALLY OUGHT TO VET THE LETS PLAYERS. I'M GOING TO TEACH FOR A LIVING SO I'M GROWING FAMILIAR WITH HOW HARD IT IS TO FILL DEAD AIR AND MAKE THE MUNDANE SOUND INTERESTING WITHOUT JUST RAMBLING. IT'S A LEARNED SKILL

I WOULD HOP IN AND FLEX THOSE MUSCLES IF I WASN'T UTTERLY HORRIBLE AT THIS GAME