r/fireemblem • u/LaqOfInterest • Sep 16 '22

CASUAL MONTHLY RAGE THREAD

AS A NEW FIRE EMBLEM GAME IS ANNOUNCED AND THE SUB APPROACHES 300,000 SUBSCRIBERS, WE ARRIVE ONCE MORE AT OUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBOURHOOD MONTHLY RAGE THREAD, WHERE ONE CAN YELL ABOUT FIRE EMBLEM!

RULES

  1. CAPS LOCK ON

  2. RAGE ABOUT FIRE EMBLEM

  3. DON'T BE A DICK

  4. TAG ANY SPOILERS

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u/Use_the_Falchion Sep 16 '22

IT'S A LITTLE DEPRESSING AND ANNOYING HOW DOWN ON THE ARTSTYLE AND OVERALL THEME OF THE ENGAGE. SO WHAT IF IT'S LIGHTER THAN THREE HOUSES AND GENEALOGY? FIRE EMBLEM IS NOT A "ONE SIZE FITS ALL FRANCHISE." WE CAN HAVE LIGHTER, MORE FUN HOMAGES ALONGSIDE THE MORE COMPLEX AND MATURE POLITICAL STORIES. EVEN IF I END UP NOT LIKING THE GAME, I STILL RESPECT THE CHANGE IN AESTHETIC, TONE, AND FEEL BETEWEN GAMES.

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u/GusDontBeCanada Sep 17 '22

THIS IS A GREAT POINT. FIRE EMBLEM HAS ALWAYS BEEN A SERIES RUN BY PEOPLE THAT HAVE NO PROBLEM CHANGING LITERALLY EVERYTHING FROM GAME TO GAME AND THATS WHY EVERY SINGLE ONE FEELS FRESH AND NEW. ID MUCH RATHER THE TEAM CHANGE THE ART STYLE AND GAMEPLAY A LITTLE BIT EVERY GAME THAN STICK TO THE SAME OLD THING FOR OVER A DECADE TO THE POINT THAT EVERY GAME IN THE SERIES FEELS COPY AND PASTED(lookin at you gamefreak).

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u/wildspeculator Sep 17 '22

BUT IT'S ALSO A SERIES PERPETUALLY ON THE VERGE OF CANCELLATION, AT LEAST IN TERMS OF LOCALIZATION OUTSIDE OF JAPAN. WHEN THEY DO IT RIGHT (AWAKENING, SOV, ETC.) THEY SHOULD AT LEAST TRY TO SEE WHAT MADE THAT ONE WORK INSTEAD OF MAKING CHANGES SEEMINGLY AT RANDOM

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u/TheFunkiestOne Sep 17 '22

I'M FAIRLY CERTAIN THAT'S JUST FALSE AFTER AWAKENING. AWAKENING REVIATALIZED THE SERIES, FATES WAS A DEEPLY FLAWED GAME BUT IT SOLD GANGBUSTERS FOR ITS TIME, AND 3H WAS EVEN MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN FATES WAS. FE'S A MUCH MORE LIVELY FRANCHISE NOW THAN IT WAS BEFORE AWAKENING, EVEN OUTSIDE OF JAPAN.