Hands down my favorite fire emblem game to date.
You get supports that focus a lot on character growth, helping each other overcome difficulties, rebuilding ones image and home, as well as acknowledging weaknesses and showing a drive to chase improvement. It warmed my heart to see all the characters of different ethnicities and upbringings come together like a found family and (not necessarily only fight for a common cause but to) enjoy, celebrate, and help each other experience different aspects of each other's culture.
Mika Pikazo's designs are flawless in their storytelling. From the little discolored blemish on Diamant's hair (to reflect that of an imperfection in a diamond) implies that he isn't as "perfect" as everyone praises him to be. To the stitches and bandages on Panette's wrists and dress to signify she was neglected similarly to how a child outgrows a toy and forgets it after time- leaving it to decay. Finally, Alear's different colored hair having an important story element is also another reason I adore these designs and the amount of storytelling done through silence.
One thing that I always disliked the most about fire emblem games was the combat, and I never found myself willing to grind every support. Although, I happily loved grinding supports this time around. The rings, abilities, how you unlock them (and the unbreakable weapons thank GOD) really gave you a lot of room to do whatever you want with the characters.
Overall, if you want a consistently good experience with a lot of neat foreshadowing, subtle storytelling, and a lovely found-family cast- this is the perfect fire emblem game for you! If you prefer characters fight and argue about ideals... go play FE9 or FE10! This is a gorgeous and lovingly crafted game where I feel the character designer (Mika) was a perfect fit for the story that was conveyed.
Every character has supports with every emblem you get (even DLC) so you are 100% guaranteed dialogue between your favorite characters. There's bonus dialogue for the DLC fights if you fight each DLC emblem with their in-game counterpart (ie: ike with soren, corrin with camilla, lyn with hector etc). There's just so much attention to detail here that's truly amazing and fun and will give you interactions you never really knew you needed.
An amazing love letter to the whole fire emblem franchise.
Please, give it a chance and ENGAGE!
You get supports that focus a lot on character growth, helping each other overcome difficulties, rebuilding ones image and home, as well as acknowledging weaknesses and showing a drive to chase improvement. It warmed my heart to see all the characters of different ethnicities and upbringings come together like a found family and (not necessarily only fight for a common cause but to) enjoy, celebrate, and help each other experience different aspects of each other's culture.
Mika Pikazo's designs are flawless in their storytelling. From the little discolored blemish on Diamant's hair (to reflect that of an imperfection in a diamond) implies that he isn't as "perfect" as everyone praises him to be. To the stitches and bandages on Panette's wrists and dress to signify she was neglected similarly to how a child outgrows a toy and forgets it after time- leaving it to decay. Finally, Alear's different colored hair having an important story element is also another reason I adore these designs and the amount of storytelling done through silence.
One thing that I always disliked the most about fire emblem games was the combat, and I never found myself willing to grind every support. Although, I happily loved grinding supports this time around. The rings, abilities, how you unlock them (and the unbreakable weapons thank GOD) really gave you a lot of room to do whatever you want with the characters.
Overall, if you want a consistently good experience with a lot of neat foreshadowing, subtle storytelling, and a lovely found-family cast- this is the perfect fire emblem game for you! If you prefer characters fight and argue about ideals... go play FE9 or FE10! This is a gorgeous and lovingly crafted game where I feel the character designer (Mika) was a perfect fit for the story that was conveyed.
Every character has supports with every emblem you get (even DLC) so you are 100% guaranteed dialogue between your favorite characters. There's bonus dialogue for the DLC fights if you fight each DLC emblem with their in-game counterpart (ie: ike with soren, corrin with camilla, lyn with hector etc). There's just so much attention to detail here that's truly amazing and fun and will give you interactions you never really knew you needed.
An amazing love letter to the whole fire emblem franchise.
Please, give it a chance and ENGAGE!