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Fire Emblem Fates Reviews Thread
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Blackquill
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You need to show me about conquest dude
Too soon ; ;
Gametrailers is dead.
Pls
Orniletter
Banned
Thats the joke.gif
TetraGenesis
Member
Shame on you.
PapaEmeritus
Member
Neoleo2143
Member
Conquest can actually only be two turned but only if you raised a unit with the pass skill.
OrbitalBeard
Member
I really can't understand how you can find the story great
Hey guys, I don't think this dude likes the stories in these games.
Snkfanatic
Banned
Yeah didn't bother me at all either. I liked it, then again I am not huge on complicated stories in games. But that's just me.
Storm Chamber
Banned
Please give me more negative critiques so I can ease the pain of never getting the special edition.
Awakening has a very simplified narrative compared to older games, which makes the pacing better, but the story is worse imho.
WrenchNinja
Member
Maybe they shouldn't have made interesting map design and objectives a version exclusive then
theprodigy
Member
nope you can 1 turn it, someone already did it, you do need to rig a proc though
Drilbit777
Member
Interesting they even reviewed Revelation separately considering I thought that would just be an add on DLC. The scores look really great so far, now I'm even more excited more this game than ever
Neoleo2143
Member
Gamespot seems to put the emphasis on the characters more than plot itself, which is seems about right from my perspective.
Aaronrules380
Member
How does the difficulty compare to Awakening's first few chapters on Lunatic before you can grind? I had an issue with those (though I eventually beat them), but I've heard that becomes much easier after that point. My main issue with Awakening Lunatic early chapters was that you were forced to rely on Frederick to get anything done, which ultimately led to him sponging up too much xp, which prevents other characters from growing to a point where they have a chance of standing up to the enemies without him.
So yeah, if the difficulty comes more from figuring out a good strategy to deal with a lot of strong, but not overpowered enemies, I think that's a different scenario than early lunatic awakening where almost all of your characters are largely useless and super vulnerable
The simple map design and straightforward objectives was a major reason why Awakening was so accessible.
Blackquill
Member
Haha I know I'm a little excessive with that but really, I don't even like other stories in Fire Emblem but this one wow. I'm actually impressed by how disappointed it was (IMO of course), I liked the setting a lot though
bizzarewars
Banned
On stories in fire emblem: None of the games that I've played (the US only ones) have amazing, incredible stories. They're all fun and serviceable. The Tellius games had some cool world-building. Awakening's story, on the other hand, was deliberately frivolous in order to incorporate a lot of callbacks to FE1/3 and the children. That's fine, but it just wasn't super coherent. Not bad, just a little disappointing.
The stuff I've read about these games, however, just seems kind of annoying. I don't think it's a deal breaker to me, as long as they've balanced the mechanics, which it sounds like they've done.
The stuff I've read about these games, however, just seems kind of annoying. I don't think it's a deal breaker to me, as long as they've balanced the mechanics, which it sounds like they've done.
It's as long as the other 2, with its own separate story.
Smh
Aaronrules380
Member
I feel like you'd also need to include difficulty and whether its casual or classic since those will also make a dramatic change to playtime, especially casual vs classic.
Blackquill
Member
Difficulty curves is more balanced in this one. The first chapters in Birthright (10 first I would say) are actually ok even easy sometimes and it becomes more and more difficult until the end.
with some tricks you could give Robin a lot of exp, Frederick never surpassed level 2 or 3 in my runs 
Neoleo2143
Member
Alright, I'll repeat this again, Lunatic is generally hard on all routes. Earlygame is hardest in Revelations but the game isn't reliant on the one OP unit to get you through and you have options.
Lategame is where the nasty stuff pops up in Birthright and Conquest.
Also, Not a fan of what the gamespot reviewer said about the difficulty in conquest.
themagicalkitsune
Member
I liked the story in Awakening as well.
dreamlongdead
Member
I'm still taking the positive reviews for Revelation with a grain of salt. This path seems underwhelming based on what I've seen from pre-launch footage and read from some gamers.
Conquest and Birthright are both guaranteed plays for me, so reviews don't matter for either path.
I can't wait to start my Hard/Classic playthrough of Conquest as soon as I get the game. This will be the absolute best experience for me.
I will also finish my first Birthright playthrough on Hard without grinding, but I think the opportunity to grind will actually convince me to do a subsequent Lunatic run.
Just two more days!
Conquest and Birthright are both guaranteed plays for me, so reviews don't matter for either path.
I can't wait to start my Hard/Classic playthrough of Conquest as soon as I get the game. This will be the absolute best experience for me.
I will also finish my first Birthright playthrough on Hard without grinding, but I think the opportunity to grind will actually convince me to do a subsequent Lunatic run.
Just two more days!
WrenchNinja
Member
I doubt people who played Awakening really want maps to continue being ROUT THE ENEMY
BuckRobotron
Member
Ready right now to dig into some serious Conquest after revisiting the GBA games and PoR. Hopefully it arrives on time. I've basically spoiled myself on story stuff, but really fighting for wins in challenging varied boards is what I look forward to most. Secondarily, I won't pretend not to be curious about which "waifu" I ultimately hook my avatar up with.
wild wild rice
Member
Good to see the positive response! Do any reviews discuss NoA's localization? I'm looking forward to it, love their work.
Conquest is in the mail despite the fact that I usually suck at these games. The scenario and varied missions just sounds more interesting than Birthright and thankfully Nintendo gave some options to not completely fuck over subpar players while keeping the insane challenge for the more highly skilled masochists.
Conquest is in the mail despite the fact that I usually suck at these games. The scenario and varied missions just sounds more interesting than Birthright and thankfully Nintendo gave some options to not completely fuck over subpar players while keeping the insane challenge for the more highly skilled masochists.
Inferno313
Banned
Yeah, I agree. Sure, it wasn't as complex as the Radiant games, but it had great GREAT characters. Ultimately, great characters are the most important part of nearly any story.
Aaronrules380
Member
Difficulty curves is more balanced in this one. The first chapters in Birthright (10 first I would say) are actually ok even easy sometimes and it becomes more and more difficult until the end.
with some tricks you could give Robin a lot of exp, Frederick never surpassed level 2 or 3 in my runs
Ok thanks. So I take it that the reason conquest hard is so difficult isn't because a lot of your units effectively act as dead weight that will die super quickly to one or two enemy attacks? My main issue with Lunatic awakening is that early on it didn't feel like you had many options, so as long as that's not the issue I think I'll be ok
I don't think you lose much perspective if they've both played FE (Awakening, in particular) before and are communicating the differences to each other. That seems to be the case.
Aaronrules380
Member
Thanks. That's all I needed to know and is about what I expected
Tom Nook Sawyer
Member
It doesn't matter how much info they share; it's still two inherently different perspectives.