This is not the most incredible dlc expansion to a game but it was fun to see some additional worldbuilding. It’s a bit stilted and flows worse than the main game, but this has some good bits and adds some thoughtful fights. Disappointed a bit in the restricted character choices and relying on some default builds as well but it was nice to return to the best fire emblem game, minus some rough spots.
this really just served as a reminder of how much i love three houses' world...fire emblem games are such a massive time sink for me that i STILL haven't got round to the blue lions and black eagles routes despite playing golden deer like 4 years ago at this point but man did this make me look forward to re-emersing myself in fodlan once i have a little more time
CONSTANCE = PEAK
Me lo dejé sin jugar allá por 2020, y ha merecido la pena solo por Constance. Eres la mejor, Constance, ten cuidao que no te de la solana que te sienta mal
Challenging (Positive)
Rather short
Story mildly engaging
Rather short
Story mildly engaging
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En la boca del Lobo ha estado bien por su historia y sus personajes tienen un pase, pero fuera de ahí no puedo destacar mucho más.
Como complemento para profundizar en ciertos puntos argumentales no está mal.
Deberían vender la historia por separado 😕
Como complemento para profundizar en ciertos puntos argumentales no está mal.
Deberían vender la historia por separado 😕
Every school setting needs a group of goth kids
Honestly if it wasn't for the reused maps and bad placement in the Three Houses story, I would rate this DLC higher because it was quite challenging and I liked it! The Ashen Wolves all add another layer to Fodlan's world and they're all just so fun to play as! The final boss was pretty predictable but that doesn't stop the final map theme from being a bop.
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The story seemed pretty basic, but the map design seemed solid. Definitely appreciated the lack of ambush reinforcements. As the DLC is relatively short and Abyss lacking in extra side activities, talking to the NPCs in between chapters thankfully didn't feel as stale. Overall, the difficulty seemed pretty fair, but it was definitely easier than the main story on New Game Maddening. Lastly, I liked playing with all the new characters and their classes. Except for Aelfric, he simped too hard for that dragussy.
i fucking love cindered shadows. i love the story, i love the new units, i love the new classes, i enjoy the difficulty, and the little new music is great. i think it just makes a great game even better.
Cindered Shadows adds four new units, a couple of new classes, an additional side story and an underground location for the base game.
The side story is surprisingly difficult and the maps can feel overwhelming at times, especially since you're given units with predetermined stats and classes for the course of the story, so you can't cheese your way out of it.
The new location, the Abyss, is an underground city which adds practical new uses for your renown from the base game, like increasing support levels between units or exchanging various items for renown (very useful for NG+).
As a reward for beating the new maps you unlock the Ashen Wolves one by one for the base game and their respective classes.
Now to the actual characters; in my opinion Hapi and Balthus are underwhelming and are easily powercrept by other units from the base game, Yuri is very situational and only Constance is the one unit to really shine because of her Dark Flier class, which is very handy under many circumstances.
Overall, Cindered Shadows is worth a play if you're planning to use the Ashen Wolves in the main game, but I wouldn't recommend getting it just for the side story alone.
The side story is surprisingly difficult and the maps can feel overwhelming at times, especially since you're given units with predetermined stats and classes for the course of the story, so you can't cheese your way out of it.
The new location, the Abyss, is an underground city which adds practical new uses for your renown from the base game, like increasing support levels between units or exchanging various items for renown (very useful for NG+).
As a reward for beating the new maps you unlock the Ashen Wolves one by one for the base game and their respective classes.
Now to the actual characters; in my opinion Hapi and Balthus are underwhelming and are easily powercrept by other units from the base game, Yuri is very situational and only Constance is the one unit to really shine because of her Dark Flier class, which is very handy under many circumstances.
Overall, Cindered Shadows is worth a play if you're planning to use the Ashen Wolves in the main game, but I wouldn't recommend getting it just for the side story alone.
yuri can rob my house if he wants i wouldn't mind
Enjoyable and challenging. Adds many useful relics to the game and the characters are enjoyable.
I don't know about its quantity being worth the money it's charging--I did wait to buy it on a sale--but its quality is top Fire Emblem experience. Some of the most interesting map designs in the series (omg that chapter 4!!), definitely better than the main game in that regard, and the added classes compliment nicely to the revamped challenge. Also, cutting all the filler of the Monastery and focusing just on the combat was refreshing after 3 playthroughs of Three Houses.
great dlc and a nice addition to three houses, the new characters are all lovely (especially Constance)
this is like hardly a game lol. Peak
yuri!!!!
Super fun lil campaign! Totally didn't spend the entire 8 hours of my run starring at Balthus abs x'D
Features the answers to questions that no one was asking, while everything that’s actually interesting acts more as a backdrop than anything else. The new characters and maps are fine. It’s whatever. I wouldn’t buy it if I were you.
YURI FIRE EMBLEM!!!!!!!!
Feels like bad fanfic.
Simp dragon teaches you how to use battalions. (Basically monsoon from the Metal Gear series.)
FE:3H but worse! +1 star for Yuri.
hard as hell and ended cheesy as hell too. the overall lore stuff was cool and i enjoyed the new characters a lot. but the main story was pretty confusing bc nothing grounded the story's pacing in context
i mean its alright like
constance my beloved
ashen wolves my beloved
New characters are cool but the maps are kinda hit or miss. Besides that the story alright but it feels like a filler episode.
I guess it's alright, I feel like most of it's value will come from playing one of the main routes with the DLC activated since it gives you more classes and characters
I guess it's alright, I feel like most of it's value will come from playing one of the main routes with the DLC activated since it gives you more classes and characters
A fun, self-contained story with a select group of the best characters from the base game. The new characters are SO good, and fit SO well with the base game, it's a shame some players will never see them. To me, this is evidence that fewer but more consistently-good characters is the path forward for a sequel attempting to recapture the allure of Three Houses.