Vexal

Waiting is indeed the objectively best way to handle season passes. That said, the eshop straightup mentions on the page for wave 1 that individual DLC waves can not be bought seperately. You have to buy the entire season pass or skip it all. So if money is a concern, skip the season pass until Wave 4. Wave 4 is likely to be the most meangingful aspect of the DLC to begin with.

Last post on this so as to not clutter the thread

Actually, there's a different take for this

Engage is reportedly, supposed to be an anniversary game that got delayed. It's why the Emblems are the past lords and why we have maps that are nearly identical to past ones, only missing out on game-specific features when it comes to the map itself

They did give the various infantry types unique mechanics to make up for this, with Covert having a rather nice one in doubling terrain bonuses but not the penalties. The Emblem type bonuses also sound really nice, though its hard to say how many of them will actually be worth aiming for. That said, stat total doesn't matter that much, but rather how the stats are distributed. Jade from what we've seen as an Armored Axe was very hyper specialized, and from all the footage we've seen from Vander I imagine that him hitting twice without a brave weapon will be a rarity, potential endless grinding on Normal mode aside.

I find it interesting that the investment system feeds into itself, as it improves material gains, gold gain, and exp gain. The achievement system feels a bit of a missed opportunity, was kinda hoping it'd be like the Awakening Renown system or even Three Hopes's achievement system, but it only gives bond fragments

Stats seem to be inflated+optimized this time around. When we saw Jade's level up screen in the JP DLC trailer, she was unpromoted at level 18 and had 50 hp, 26 str, 22 dex, and 26 defense. For being level 18 these stats are honestly absurd

yep, Leif trailer. I don't have too much to say that wasn't known about Leif beforehand, but some interesting things to note is that Rosado is shown as a Sword Knight. Yes, the Sword Knight from Tellius. Oh and Etie was shown as yet *another* completely different type of class. She has the Flier-type engage armaments and she's wielding a spear....Just how open is class changing going to be?

So, Rosado was shown as a Sword Knight, which is another base tier class (and yet another thing returning from Tellius....Now give us third tier classes so we can get Archsage). If we assume Fates style class restrictions, it is likely that Rosado will always have access to a mount.

Yep, forgot what video it was, but when you have it equipped your hit's value is displayed with the symbol for infinity. Believe regular Surge does this too

It'll never happen but Nintendo....Please, greenlight another Custom Robo. I miss that series greatly

Breath of the Wild is mostly just an overhyped hype-balloon and if it wasn't for the physics engine there would be nothing interesting about the game.

I'm basing this list based of games I played for the first time this year, though will be counting any games that I got by September of 2021, as all of those games I don't grab until Christmas and tend to not get around to playing until the start of this year to begin with. Also I don't believe in using numbers for rating a game so I'll be using descriptors instead. Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Very disappointed Kirby and the Forgotten Land - It's okay, but has plenty of missed opportunities. God of War (2018) - Wait? People actually liked this? This is one of the few games I had to outright quit. Lost Judgement - Arguably RGG's best game since Yakuza 0, and definitely the best game I've played all year Mario Party Superstars - An amazing foundation that's completely ruined by its board selection and lack of updates

5 speed difference does seem to be the doubling threshold again, as a Sword Fighter that had 11 speed doubled 6 Speed Vander in that same video. Though since we know most weapons are unique this time around; I forget, have we ever seen the iron axe specifically double?

I know we will have *at least* 12 on some maps. I forget which character video it was, but I believe it was Anna's where we had 12 units deployed Anyways, no plans on which emblem goes to who, but I will be employing every mage we get our hands on, along with Alear, Anna, Etie, and Rosado. So at the very least, my core team will comprise of Alear, Anna, Rosado, Etie, Clanne, Ivy, Hortensia, Citrine (has been shown off spellcasting in Eirika's video) and Celine