Comment on Day 835 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing
ModernRisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week agoBe ready for loooong bullshit. I’m more than one hundred hours in and only ending the second “part one” (there are 4, then a common part two as far as I understand).
That’s really long, I’m used to Persona 5 Royal and Persona 3 Reload. Persona 5 took me 124 hours to finish.
but it doesn’t respect the player’s time
That’s a bit worrisome, I usually have about 1-1.5 hour game time. Might be even less soon because of new work, lol. Would you recommend the game (despite I have not played any other Fire Emblem)?
brsrklf@jlai.lu 1 week ago
I really don’t think I would. If you want one that at least gives you stuff to do from the beginning and is easier to fast-track (but still fairly long if you want to do everything and talk to everyone) I’d say go for 3 Houses. I liked it.
I didn’t play Engage, its presentation and character design made me nope the hell away, so I have no opinion.
If you want to experience some good Fire Emblem that are just a cool, simple fantasy story and focus on the core tactic battle gameplay, my favorite ones would be Fire Emblem GBA (that’s its western title, it’s actually FE7), Sacred Stones also on the GBA, Path of Radiance on Gamecube (Radiant Dawn on the Wii is its direct sequel, wouldn’t recommend starting with that one).
Special mention for Fire Emblem Echoes - Shadows of Valentia on the 3DS. It’s a remake of a very old game (Gaiden, FE2 on the famicom) which means it has kind of very basic battle rules compared to all the others I listed. However the presentation is incredible, and I really liked what they did to the dialogue and music. Very enjoyable for its characters IMO.
Awakening and Fates on the 3DS have their fans. I’m not part of it. I think they make all characters one-dimensional and unbearable, they suffer from terminal anime-tropeness and their focus on breeding just makes everything weird. Yeah. Really.