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Surprisingly, I didn't come out of this game with a whole lot of chara/chara ships, but I DID come out with a lot of MU/character ships. F!Alear is just too darn cute. I would say some of my favorites are Ivy/F!Alear, Yunaka/F!Alear, Chloe/Celine, Goldmary/Etie, Timerra/Panette and Alcryst/Seadall. though my personal favorite is Louis/F!Alear but that's just me self-inserting for my FE crush this time around.

Greetings! I'm a long-time FE player and have used Serenes for information a lot but like many, I hadn't really tried out interacting with the fanbase at large. Playing Engage just kind of scratched the itch for me to indulge in with Fire Emblem more so I decided to finally give the forums a try (it's also been a hot while since I've used forums in the first place). My favorite FEs are Sacred Stones and Path of Radiance, with Lyon prob being my favorite FE character in the entire series. I'm still missing a couple of FEs to finish (Genealogy, Thracia776, the DS remakes) but hopefully I'll get to it now that I'm in the FE mood. Pleased to meet you.

I personally really enjoyed Engage's story all the way through. The story knew what it was and what it wanted to be; little did it feel like it wanted to be a 100% legit war story, if just a telling of Alear's journey as an emblem. Though, I do feel like the story peaked at 22 and anything after that were the writers throwing ideas at a dart board with very little elaboration because there were only so many chapters left. Even for me, the entire time travel thing was just kind of unneeded and if they wanted to still pull the same idea of Alear fighting their past self, some sort of "we gotta fight fragments of the past now for w/e reason" deal would've worked just as fine. Ultimately, I still feel like the game wrapped nicely despite the shaky last stretch and overall, I had a really fun time. I think it's easier to take in Engage's story if you rationalize it as a shounen/kids anime sort of story and personally, I think that fits. Engage is supposed to be an optimistic celebration of the series and it sure does nail the tone of one.