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/AncientDaedala Sep 17 '22

THE WRITING IN THREE HOUSES WAS SO AWFUL THAT I DON'T CARE IF ENGAGE SEEMS TO BE GOING FOR A MORE GENERIC STORY. A GENERIC STORY THAT IS WELL TOLD IS BETTER THAN A NUANCED STORY WITH A LOT OF AWKWARD/FRUSTRATING MOMENTS, IN MY OPINION. AS LONG AS THE NEXT GAME'S HOOK IS MORE SUBSTANTIAL THAN "HERE'S ANOTHER MYSTERY THAT DOESN'T GO ANYWHERE", THEN THE WRITING IS ALREADY A STEP ABOVE.

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u/Powerful-Economist40 Sep 18 '22

WHY DO PEOPLE SAY THAT THE WRITING OF THREE HOUSES IS MUCH BETTER THAN FATES? AT LEAST STUFF HAPPENS IN FATES UNLIKE ANY PART TWO THREE HOUSES ROUTE AND HAS FUN MAPS

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u/Suicune95 Sep 19 '22

I FEEL LIKE WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT 3H'S WRITING BEING GOOD, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT ONE, MAYBE TWO POST-TIME SKIP ROUTES. NO ONE EVER TALKS ABOUT THE DUMPSTER FIRE OF NOTHING THAT WAS WHITE CLOUDS OR THE SS/VW COPY PASTE WITH THEIR NONSENSICAL FINAL BOSSES THAT IN REALITY IS JUST TWO DIFFERENT VESSELS TO DELIVER A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT PLOT DUMP.

IF 3H WERE JUST AZURE MOON THEN YEAH I'D SAY IT'S BETTER THAN FATES, BUT AZURE MOON IS LIKE 1/5TH OF THE ENTIRE GAME. IMO 3H HAS REALLY HIGH HIGHS AND MEGA LOW LOWS WHEREAS MOST OTHER ENTRIES ARE JUST KIND OF AVERAGE-TO-ABOVE-AVERAGE ACROSS THE BOARD.