Darthkeeper
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Basically what a few others said. I'm pretty sure they just world hop, and partake in the various conflicts. Really it's just like Outrealms, feh's justification, and the general fiction trope of unlimited AUs. There are worlds/AUs people know them, and there's ones where they don't show up at all (i.e. the game we play or in Echoes case with DLC a playthrough). Regardless none of it is canon.
Cipher is Cipher but I agree with Seazas having ocs was a welcome addition. Especially since they're way more creative than FeW's sword ocs.
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On 6/30/2020 at 11:08 PM, SoulWeaver said:
IS actually missing out big time here
So, to beat a dead horse, like they are with a majority of feh? Granted, they sort of gotten better with Forging Bonds by actually making use of the premise and making characters from different games interact. Heck, I recently maxed out my Say'ri and thought it was kinda cool she mentioned the Greil Mercenaries. She also mentions Hoshido, but that's an easy samurai allusion. Also, I don't really consider any allusions to Awakening, Fates, Three Houses, or heck even Echoes to an extent a good nod, because the majority of the fanbase already knows those games. When this game is supposed to "celebrate the series" as a whole.
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9 hours ago, Lynsanity said:
I just wish these included all their preferred stats for recruitment.
Also I look forward to all this info being on the Forest, because IGN's web design is atrocious.
From the looks of it, it tends to be what they're proficient in. Even then, I read that it gets harder to recruit more students so we can assume it changes depending on the order your recruit them.
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On 5/15/2019 at 9:21 AM, Jingle Jangle said:
I don't understand most of the questions being asked. Why most of the commentators focus on the story/ characters and very few respond about the gameplay. No questions like:
- How hard is the game?
- Are most the maps route based?
- What does "subpar" mean?
- Is the monastery a good hub?
- Are the maps big or small?
- Is reclassing that important?
- How goes the turnwheel work in this game?
But the story? That has to be center stage.
People are asking those question they're either going unanswered or getting a "idk", which makes sense according to his other claims. While one's like "how hard is it" and "what does 'subpar' mean, are pretty subjective, especially since they're getting their info from in sources.
What's so wrong about being concerned about the story? It seems interesting, and people like stories and characters. Half of what makes Fire Emblem appealing is the characters. Especially after the trainwreck Fates was, people are even more concerned.
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On 4/26/2019 at 6:16 PM, Onestep said:
I'm curious as to how the time rewind affects Lord death. Presumably, you don't get a gameover if you use it to rewind from the death of a Lord. But at the same time, that means you don't HAVE to use it to avert the death of a different character. In which case, Byleth is actively choosing to let someone die for strategic gain, which is cold as hell really.
Lord deaths are probably game overs, so you can't rewind, similar to SOV. Got me wondering now though if it's like Fates where, say if Camilla dies, she just can't be used ever again but appears in cutscenes still.
On 4/26/2019 at 6:16 PM, Onestep said:In which case, Byleth is actively choosing to let someone die for strategic gain, which is cold as hell really.
This does happen in casual mode lol. Actually, it's arguably worse cause they're just injured.
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I also had a feeling the woman was "evil" in some way. Hopefully they go for a morally gray story (which contemporary culture favors more than classic "good" vs "bad" ones). If this is true, I love the fact her design is very "good guy", but actually isn't necessarily.
This theory also helps clear up why the teacher character is named Byleth. Upon reading it's based on a king of hell, I reserved opinions of him being the bad guy similar to Robin/Grima, as many people have been led to believe. Another reason is I don't think IS would make such a theoretical plot twist so obvious from the first trailer.
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After talking with my friends this is what we noticed.
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Adrastea, at least from the trailer, seems to be the main, for lack of a better term, "good guy" house. However, of course, the player could just happen to be there.
Also based on the blue flag, Griffons might be a thing again.
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On 6/6/2018 at 11:29 AM, Glennstavos said:
They're doing multiple versions again...180 dollars to see all three routes huh? Oh and yup, they're peddling the Season Pass before release
I know this is mostly a "for fun post", but I'm just going to say: While I don't agree with them splitting the games up, they did let you buy the other route at half price. So, it's not that bad.
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On 10/5/2017 at 8:56 AM, Captain Karnage said:
back when I was in high school I got my latin teacher to help me translate ID purpose,
it was pretty much gibberish, so I'm not surprised at all if it makes no sense
Some bits and pieces of this song make sense, but as a whole eh kinda still.
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2 hours ago, Book Bro said:
Well... Leo doesn't technically do much in Conquest's plot. If he was the main character, everything would be so much better. The story actually becomes Leo trying to fix Nohr from within like it was advertised because he already knows something is up with Garon, he has no reason to trust Azura or conquer Hoshido with her, Camilla becomes a better character bc no Corrin means no obsession and instead she helps Leo and Elise, Xander becomes a better character because he would probably become a recurring enemy/NPC until he eventually betrays Garon and joins later in the campaign... also being the lord Leo becomes a better unit and gets more deserved screentime :3
I never knew I wanted this. Granted, I/we expected so much from Fates' story in general.
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6 hours ago, eclipse said:
The sheer number of girls who stand with their toes pointed in is irritating. Glad Sonya bucks that trend!
5 hours ago, Interdimensional Observer said:- Faye
- Delthea
- Mathilda
- Mae
- Possibly Genny?
- Catria
- Est
That is a lot. Maybe they slurped too much Cold Soup and can't find the nearest Sacred Spring?
I think it's to accentuate "femininity". In some cases, it's just the angle they're at. This is the case for Catria, she's actually not on her toes the way I see it. Faye is a maybe, and is more of a "ready to go" pose. For Clair it invokes "elegance" which is fitting considering she's a noble. Mae is stretching, so that also conveys "ready to go". Est is on her heels, so it shows she's got that "youthful energy". Same could be said for Delthea, albeit conveyed with a different pose.
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On 4/1/2018 at 3:42 PM, Interdimensional Observer said:
As you get to it whenever you can, thank you Kirokan!
But why is this called Valentia Accordion? I'm guessing they mean "Accord-ion", as in settlement, diplomatic protocol, an pact of unity and agreement.
But the name is weird and that "accord" meaning sounds very forced. As is, the title sounds like Alm should have an according strapped to his chest as he plays the Song of Storms ad infinitum flooding Dead Man's Mire and the Swamps of Duma with clean rainwater and flushing out the poison or something.
I thought of an accordion folder. So like, it's a collection of the art and what not. And of course like the other person said, English sounds "cool: to the Japanese, similar to how Japanese words sound "cool" to us.
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On 12/21/2017 at 1:19 PM, John Denver Fan said:
I don't want to see A+ ranks that was from Fates, it was a terrible idea.
Not really. It was a way for players to customize more, which is what the latest games (I was going to exclude Echoes but it has Villager Fork) have been leaning towards. However, I will agree it's confusing with the whole overlapping and it's a bit tedious in general.
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On 4/24/2017 at 0:35 PM, shadowofchaos said:
Attack on Titan became official. And it sounds bad.
I don't think it sounds "bad", per say. It does sound a little awkward (and is), especially when I first heard about it. However, it's not like it doesn't make sense. From a translation perspective, yeah it's pretty bad.
Anyway I personally had a mixed view on "Echoes". I am fully aware that Japan tends to just throw in "cool" English words. However I, evidently so, was mislead the title was "Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia" because of said popular belief. Even then I took it with a grain of salt, as opposed to some people who are really convinced it's the sub series name. I think that's how most people saw it, as a possibility not really a sure fire thing. However, you probably know that and are just frustrated at the misconception.
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Camilla!Nina is also pretty good, and has a nice hair color. Also get those royal growths, albeit a bit skewed.
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50 minutes ago, Gustavos said:
Could be an english version of the Japanese commercial, or just a reminder of the May 19th release date with some stock footage of cutscenes.
I'm betting most likely this. Warriors seems like a fairly big thing, so they'll save that for later.
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On 1/19/2017 at 3:29 AM, Klegor said:
The art for Echoes (both the character art and cinematic art) looks so much better than Fates' and Awakening's art, especially Fates' whose character design was so over the top to the point it was appalling. They really did a good job for Echoes and I hope future FE games have a similar art style.
Elaborate on "over the top", because I personally think most of the Fates characters looked pretty decent. Of course bar the panty cavalier, knight, boob windows, etc.
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On 1/25/2017 at 0:02 PM, Dinar87 said:
As someone who previously was a massive critic of the potential of echoes being too faithful...I now no longer think that's the case and I'm worried that people will freak out over gaiden not having expected things like supports when gaiden is meant to be different from the other installments. It should be looked at as an experiment rather than another fire emblem game and I'm worried that reviewers will freak out like I did when they realize their precious supports and stuff aren't here. That's not to say wanting supports and stuff are bad but I just feel that gaiden should be gaiden and not just another fire emblem game.
Thanks IGN and Kotaku.
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On 1/22/2017 at 9:11 PM, The Geek said:
I've seen plenty of people who are more casual fans of the series who are hyped for this game.
From what I've seen it's just because "Another Fire Emblem YAY!" Don't get me wrong I'm like that too, but I wouldn't think too much about it.
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Eyyy Ghast!
Anyway, like said above people need to keep their expectations in check. People expected Fates to be "amazing," but in the end a lot of people were disappointed it wasn't like Awakening, it was "Anime" af, or a game with a better story (the potential was there).From what I see fans of the game are super stoked of course, but the more modern fans seem to be hyped just cause Fire Emblem. Like said in the video, some people are going to be totally astonished at how many "new" and different features there are in the game. I learned a thing or two from the video myself such as magic costs HP and the Lion Heads. My friend who loves Awakening to death is afraid that it'll be too different. I'm afraid it won't do too well, and as of a result won't open up the possibility of more remakes. The fears of course exist as you know. Nobody can say for sure. We'll just have to see how this goes.Edit: 3 AM ramblings^
I think the possibility exists modern FE fans seemed to like Conquest. Which as you know was the more "traditional" Fire Emblem. However, like I said (in my ramblings), Gaiden is very different. It all depends on how they remake the game.
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7 hours ago, Jedi said:
Now that i'm looking at the Trailer again, I don't see a clear indication of Weapon Triangle stuff.
Plus i've been told that Lance is literally just called "Lance".
I've seen this image multiple times in this topic and just noticed the small yellow part to Crit. Then again Alm is using a sword, so there goes that idea. It might be noteworthy within itself though.
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2 hours ago, King Marth 64 said:
Except that Dread Fighter and Assassins coexist in Awakening.
My point still stands that there's no Assassins in this game. I'm hoping it's more like the Fates version, is what I'm saying.
It's been 2 years since Warriors. Have you're opinions on the game changed since then?
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Shadow Dragon/Mystery aren't even well known or "successful". Most people only really know Marth, Minerva, Caeda, and the likes. Fe 12 is the reason Fe 13 might have been the last game after all. With Zelda people at least know it's an old series with characters of varying importance. Meanwhile the common Fire Emblem fan doesn't really know anything beyond the 3DS games (and well Switch now). It's akin to people only knowing the Smash reps, but on the scale of an entire, then, about 25 year old series.
Half of what makes Fire Emblem so beloved are it's characters. FeW basically disregards that and only focuses on characters mostly newer fans would know, and threw in Shadow Dragon cause "it's the first game". Considering characters become popular in feh (and in general) just solely on looks, they played it way too safe basically being "Fire Emblem Awakening and Fates Lyn, Celica, and Marth". Heck, a lot of Lyn fans never played fe 7. As for Celica, she's practically a 3DS character because not many people played or heard of Gaiden. Heck, some people still don't know Echoes is a remake.
Also, the fact there's so many swords and clone characters is even more aggravating. Why say they didn't want an over saturation and then do it anyways. And sure clones are fine but why not throw in more characters if you're going to do that.
The general consensus is it's a pretty good game, but it's a horrible crossover game. However, despite people in this thread and other threads I've read, I generally see more people love the game, because it's the Fire Emblem they know and it's catered to them, the 3DS crowd. With Lyn being already well known, and Celica coming off as "advertisement" and/or "that lord from the new game", and thus neat bonuses.
Feh is weird cause while they have gotten better the past year, such as Forging Bonds actually making characters from other games interact, they are still very inconsistent and still make weird choices. As for mechanically Three Houses is a lot of people's first game and/or introduction to mechanics and skills such as Canto. The game is still very much the more RPG leaning enemy phase modern fe games. I'd argue it's also the second most RPG the series has ever been, still beat by Gaiden/Echoes. So, really people will just think those things originated from Three Houses.