Probably the most fun I've had playing a Fire Emblem game, while the story and characters take a massive backseat and are hilariously bland aside from a points near in the end (though not as bad as Fates' cast and story) though it's somewhat charming and puts more of a focus onto the real star: the gameplay.

The weapon triangle actually matters in this game making team balancing actually important, infantry units are no longer inferior to cavalry due to Chain Attacks, and the Emblems add such a cool element to the game, allowing you to bring your own bullshit in the same vein as the bosses furthering the strategy and difficulty.

To be hoenst, the only part of this game I didn't like was the Somneil, it's kinda funny how little there is to do with it to the point where it's questionable why it was even included. Not to say it's outright useless but it feels close to it.

Nice looking. Vibrant colours. Really fun gameplay. Excellent voice acting. Solid soundtrack, especially during Solm chapters. Decent challenge.

Not a good story. Cutscenes and support dialogues in this style do not work, in my opinion. Clipping is an issue and does not look good.

I had fun. There is defintely room for improvement in the storytelling department. Three Houses is still the best Fire Embelm to date

took me ~40hours to beat
i really enjoyed the mechanics of gameplay. i liked the emblem idea a lot- it allows for some really cool and powerful unit combinations and creations. i thought the story was whatever it was fine, bad dragon vs good dragon. and i hated the characters, some of the least engaging characters i've ever interacted with.

the other problem i have is with how much there is to do with micromanaging your units. you have fishing, cooking, petting the little mutant dog, collecting farm animals, upgrading emblem bonds, inheriting and unlocking skills, playing panzer dragoon, working out, dumping items into the well to get special items, using ore to level up your weapons, leveling up in the arena, and managing the social bonds of your characters. That's not including the challenge levels, the paralogues, or grinding corrupted fights. there's just a lot to do- and they all have really strong effects on your team and if you want to mid-max they're practically necessary. you can just ignore it, but ignoring +4str to all units next mission, or bond increases, or higher emblem ring stats, or having enough materials to upgrade your weapons for something viable. it's just- a lot of stuff that really bogged down my playthru that lead to me just racing thru the endgame just so i could finish.