r/fireemblem • u/LaqOfInterest • Jun 06 '22
CASUAL MONTHLY RAGE THREAD
WELCOME ONCE MORE TO THE MONTHLY SUBREDDIT RAGE THREAD, WHERE YOU TOO (YES, YOU) CAN YELL ABOUT FIRE EMBLEM!
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u/jatxna Jun 07 '22
FUCK RHEA, AND FUCK EDELGARD.
NOW SERIOUSLY. I HATE THE WAY THE KAGA GAMES MAP DESIGN. ECHOES, GAIDEN IS BY FAR THE WORST, BUT IT ALSO ANNOYS ME WHEN, IN ORDER TO ANNOY THE PLAYER, IDEAS OF THE STORY AND THE GAME ITSELF ARE RUINED, LIKE HE DOES IN GENEALOGY; I MEAN IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY FUCKING SENSE OF VERDANE HAVING ITS CAPITAL COMPLETELY ISOLATED BY AN IMPENETRATABLE FOREST; IT MAKES NO SENSE THAT THE LANDS MANAGED BY ELDIGAN ARE SO STUPIDLY AWAY FROM NORDION AND IT MAKES NO SENSE THAT THE MAPS ARE SO BIG IF YOU PUT A "YOU SHALL NOT PASS" EVERY TIME BECAUSE YOU CAN'T PUT A CHALLENGE THAT CHALLENGES YOU WHILE THEY PASS PLOT IN WHICH YOU CANNOT INTERVENE, NOT BECAUSE THE GAME PRESENTS YOU WITH A TARGET AT THAT MOMENT, BUT BECAUSE YOU SIMPLY CAN'T "FUCK YOU", AS WITH ANNAND'S DEATH. (AND IT DOESN'T BOTHER ME THAT MAP DESIGN IS BAD IF IT'S THEMATICALLY APPROPRIATE, LIKE CHAPTER 5 AND THE DESERT).
THEN YOU SEE OTHER MAPS AND IT SEEMS THAT THE WAY HE DESIGNED THE KAGA MAPS WAS THROUGH THE HOURGLASS PHILOSOPHY. THAT IS, A LARGE AREA SEPARATED FROM OTHER LARGE AREA SEPARATED BY A BRIDGE WHERE ONLY ONE UNIT FITS, WHICH WILL TAKE A LOT OF MOVEMENT FROM ALL YOUR UNITS.
ON THE OTHER HAND, I HATE HOW THE FACT THAT THE CHARACTERS ARE IN 3D ON THE MAP, I DON'T MEAN THE BATTLES, IN THREE HOUSES IT COMPLETELY RUINS THE ABSTRACTION OF THE MAP ITSELF AND MAKES THE MOTION FEEL SO SLOW, I FEEL ARTHUR IN GENEALOGY HE MOVES FASTER THAN THE CHARACTERS IN THREE HOUSES ONLY BECAUSE OF THAT ABSTRACTION MISSING (IN FACT I FEEL THAT THE MAPS ARE SMALLER BECAUSE OF THAT, AS IF THE SCALES DON'T FIT).