This review contains spoilers
I moved in with my partner and we started sharing game libraries. I had very few games that my partner hadn't already played or owned, but my partner had way more games that I wanted to play. So I was told I had to beat two of their peak games to get access to their library. Fire Emblem Echoes and Sekiro it was. In return I'm making them play Xenoblade 3 finally since it's one of my peak games.
I had tried Fire Emblem before so thought this should go first, albeit grudgingly. I had tried Three Houses and FE7 to not that much love so I was really skeptical.
And then I started to enjoy it. Well, most of it.
Alm Route was great. Bekut was just fantastic, and I can't believe he's not in Gaiden. The rather obvious Star Wars father plot twist was coming and I knew for most of the game due to various signs, but HOO BOY that elevated the Star Wars Dad reveal. Rudolf has to be one of the most tragic good guys in existence too, I feel so bad for him. The characters on this side were fantastic.
Celcia Route just didn't hit for me as much as Alm. The swamp maps destroyed my confidence every time. I didn't enjoy the characters as much as Alm's route, despite Saber and Leon doing some HEAVY lifting. I also was never quite sure what exactly Celica's goals were, and her turning herself over to Jedah just felt.... off and rather forced. I do kinda wish we saw more of Jedah and the religion of Duma outside of the, hehe we're evil and we follow an evil god.
On a third note, the Voice Acting really elevated some of the writing in this game to insane degrees. Voice lines like UNCLEEEE, just don't hit as hard without the insanely talented cast in this game.
Overall the plot was really good, despite some misshaps on Celica's side, and some of the maps making me want to pull my hair out. (I'm looking at you swamp maps, and maps with only one path into enemy territory if you don't have a pegasus knight)
I had tried Fire Emblem before so thought this should go first, albeit grudgingly. I had tried Three Houses and FE7 to not that much love so I was really skeptical.
And then I started to enjoy it. Well, most of it.
Alm Route was great. Bekut was just fantastic, and I can't believe he's not in Gaiden. The rather obvious Star Wars father plot twist was coming and I knew for most of the game due to various signs, but HOO BOY that elevated the Star Wars Dad reveal. Rudolf has to be one of the most tragic good guys in existence too, I feel so bad for him. The characters on this side were fantastic.
Celcia Route just didn't hit for me as much as Alm. The swamp maps destroyed my confidence every time. I didn't enjoy the characters as much as Alm's route, despite Saber and Leon doing some HEAVY lifting. I also was never quite sure what exactly Celica's goals were, and her turning herself over to Jedah just felt.... off and rather forced. I do kinda wish we saw more of Jedah and the religion of Duma outside of the, hehe we're evil and we follow an evil god.
On a third note, the Voice Acting really elevated some of the writing in this game to insane degrees. Voice lines like UNCLEEEE, just don't hit as hard without the insanely talented cast in this game.
Overall the plot was really good, despite some misshaps on Celica's side, and some of the maps making me want to pull my hair out. (I'm looking at you swamp maps, and maps with only one path into enemy territory if you don't have a pegasus knight)
xLiliAUS
28 days ago