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    FE16 Same-Sex Relationship Discussion

    in Fire Emblem: Three Houses

    Posted

    People seem to forget that Fire Emblem at it's core is a turn-based strategy RPG. Since Awakening & Fates pushed this whole idea to romance everyone & everything, appearently we now need standards for this whole romance stuff, which imo is just another feature to sell the game. The day IS really thinks about making this whole romance & dating stuff a  core feature, we can stop calling  it Fire Emblem. This is not what Fire Emblem is about, maybe IGN will make you believe this crap but it's really not.

    I personally have no interest in romancing a fictional character. This is also the reason I don't care for an Avatar (selling feature).

    Reading through this thread just proves my criticsm towards modern FE. This subject will never be done right (unless you find the likes of Niles & Leon a genuine representataion of gay people and even than I find most S supports terrible & cringy) , like now there are 8 options in this game and people still are whining about it.

     

     

    I like the small cast of characters we have so far

    in Fire Emblem: Three Houses

    Posted · Edited by fOrEiGn sOUl

    3 hours ago, Shadow Mir said:

    a smaller cast is just bad for replayability for various reasons.

    This is just plain wrong on so many levels.

    Replayability comes from personal preferences in a game.

    If I dislike 80 % the character roster of any entry & value that in a game, chances are pretty high, that I won't touch said game again. Sometimes gameplay, story or writing can motivate for a replay.  A healthy mix of what we value in a game provides replayability.

    I managed to replay Gaiden 2 times and yet I still have to finish my Rev playthrough. Just because I had 10 times more fun with Gaiden's gameplay, than forcing myself through whatever Rev tried to accomplish as a game. It just simply failed to attract me. Gaiden has a little cast & little to no characterization, while Rev has 60+ characters and characterization that I for the most part don't care for or find boring. 

    A big cast doesn't:

    -indicate  a good story or writing

    -fun gameplay

    -or whatever you value in any FE game on a personal level. If these aspects are not applied to your persenol preferences, a big cast means nothing to you for replay value.

     

     

     

    New event calendar (June-July 2019)

    in Fire Emblem Heroes

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Roflolxp54 said:

    Jeez, this calendar is an even bigger clusterfuck compared to previous months.

    Yeah, it's pretty sad at this point.

    1 hour ago, Roflolxp54 said:

    there's nothing too exciting

    You hit that right on the mark. 50% of this "event" calender is summoning, 30% rehashed content and about 20% actual new content. 

    Any kid can tell you by now, what's wrong with this game. 

    Feh Channel Posted!

    in Fire Emblem Heroes

    Posted · Edited by fOrEiGn sOUl

    So this update proved once again why I still don't regret quitting the game after playing it for one year.

    Instead of improving existing game modes, introducing once more a distracting game feature, that 90% of the playerbase will stop caring about the day after, adding features, that should have been introduced like a year ago & replacing unrefined game modes, which fans also stopped caring about since IS, up to this date, refused to listen at players feedback to improve said game mode.

    The biggest announcement of that FEH Channel were -what a surprise- summoning banners for 20 weeks, because you know, back to the fundamental core of this game: Summoning.

    Everything positive, that Heroes announces at this point, is basically damage control. Instead of listening to the criticism of the playerbase in a reasonable amount of time to creat a fun & engaging game experince and then cash on it, they skipped the hard working part & gambled with half-assed ideas, which in the end were killed,(what a shocker, I know) for a quick bug.

    Killing the interest of many launch players & 50 % of the entire fanbase, seems to be an easy task for IS. Who needs variety, especially when there are than 10 different games in the series to choose from, when you can spam alts of the same 10 Characters in a time period of 2 years instead. The most long-term design choice I've seen in years.

    From what I've noticed, Heroes nowadays is played casually. Many interesting FEH Youtubers,I used to watch, quitted long ago. The current playerbase has little to no expectations for improving updates or are fine with the mediocrity of this game.

    Frustrating to think of the fact, that not all fans of this franchise were able to enjoy this "celebration". Refusing to fix fundamental issues with the game & creating a unique FE experience for newcomers & veterans alike by listening to feedback from dedicated players, killed the game for me a year ago.

    Beeing a gacha game is a very poor excuse for lazy game design & it's funny to watch people defending IS's poor decisions, when neither the fanbase nor IS itself in a long-term perspective, gain nothing from them.

    I feel it's a waste of energy to argue  on a personal level for a game that, in my eyes, is not even worth the effort to begin with. The execution to this is up to you, tho.

    For anyone who enjoys FEH at it's current state, probs to you, I applaud your dedication for this game in 2019. I view FEH as "wasted potential" at this point & stay at least halfway excited for the introduction of new faces (in particular pre-3DS characters).

    New "Heroes" Appear: Darkness Within (May 10 ~) SPOILERS: Datamined Stats

    in Fire Emblem Heroes

    Posted · Edited by fOrEiGn sOUl

    More like "A new Hero" + Special Heroes 2.0

    I feel sorry for those, who still believe in game representation for Hereos ( I thought the constant Fates-bias and addition of more seasonal banners made it pretty clear, that this won't be a thing any time soon).

    Must be very depressing for fans who enjoy the series as whole & their strong supporting cast (that probably won't make it into this game) to watch these pseudo New Hero banners.

     

    How well do you think Three Houses is going to sell?

    in Fire Emblem: Three Houses

    Posted

    On 25.4.2019 at 11:01 PM, The DanMan said:

    The vocal minority of the fanbase doesn't mean jack shit.

    Should probably explain FEHs current state & revenue figures in it's 2nd year, right? What a good thing, that those passionate fans stopped caring.

    11 hours ago, Arvin said:

    I'd guess higher than Echoes but nowhere near Awakening/Fates. We are on console transition with the franchise on a more expensive console than 3DS.

    That's a very realistic view. 500K ~ 1M sound's right.

    I'm also not a huge fan of this artist, not gonna lie. The overall look & presentation of 3H is okay at best and I do believe it will have an important impact on sales as well. You would think IS would take a huge step up from RD graphically into 3H, but that's certainly not what I've seen so far, kinda underwhelming.

     

    New event calendar (April-May 2019)

    in Fire Emblem Heroes

    Posted

    At least we can stop pretending that Heroes "celebrates" the franchise as a whole. In fact, I would rename it to "Fire Emblem Top 200 Heroes", you know like the music charts. Heroes development team is so much out of touch with the fanbase (think about the last time the majority of players were overall happy, satisfied or excited?). You can really feel the gacha in the game now where things are designed in a short-term-view, which results in a shit ton of uninspired & predictable seasonal alts. If you're lucky and happen to like one of the Top 200 Heroes, there is no need  for you to complain. Just keep telling those, who are already waiting 2+ years for new characters (or their favorites) to be patient, because X Character needs an alt.

     

    Langrisser M General

    in General Gaming

    Posted · Edited by fOrEiGn sOUl

    Too bad IS had no experience with mobile titles before. This game is so much everything I wanted Heroes to be, it's frustrating. I really hope Langrisser becomes big competition for it, so IS  maybe realizes how bad their game is ( and we're talking 2 years after release here). 

    Anyway, can we have SR focuses? My devotion swapped to Hein.  All I have is the one shard I bought on the market.

    Langrisser M General

    in General Gaming

    Posted

    23 hours ago, IS Bath Salts HQ said:

    Added! I'll be sure to throw friend points over when I can.

    Hey guys, about befriending: can you send a quick PM including SF, so that I have confirmation - I would like prioritizing members from here, thanks ;)

    Langrisser M General

    in General Gaming

    Posted

    I'm diggin it as well so far, got Dieharte (this game is very inspired of german-ish things as well...) Dieharte roughly translates into the  TheHardOne(female)..

    Anyway my ingame name is Python FE 15, i'm on the Salrath server. Good luck on your pulls, i'm saving for an evil dark mage focus (Bozel I believe is his name).

    Catch you maybe there!

    How many of your favorite characters are in Heroes?

    in Fire Emblem Heroes

    Posted

    In this case I have to go by every title, since none of my all time favorites made it into the game yet (currently not playing).

    Echoes - Python

    Fates - Azama / Benny

    Awakening - Brady

    New Mystery - Yubello

    Shadow Dragon - Jake

    Radiant Dawn - Pelleas

    Path of Radiance - Tormod

    Sacred Stones - Gerik

    Blazing Blade - Erk

    Binding Blade - Hugh

    Thracia - Asvel

    Geneology - Arthur

    To be honest, I don't see me coming back for Heroes, especially not in it's current state.

     

     

     

    Fire Emblem Heroes General Discussion and Links

    in Fire Emblem Heroes

    Posted · Edited by fOrEiGn sOUl

    3 hours ago, Tybrosion said:

    Nah, IO was right in leaving those mistakes and wastes of space them off. Unless if you seriously mean to tell me that an avatar that didn't need to exist and added precisely nothing (constant Marth ass kissing is not something) really is so much more important than anyone on that list when they're really not at all.

    I find this very amusing, considering the same can be applied for Robin & especially Corrin. Let's not rank Avatars, when they haven't been implemented in any good way by now. Bad is still bad + in Kris's case, he/she happens to be in the 'not so popular' & JP exclusive game.

    Feh Channel on the 7th 7:30pm PT

    in Fire Emblem Heroes

    Posted · Edited by fOrEiGn sOUl

    2 hours ago, Lewyn said:

    Also this is the wrong place for grand statements, this is about what we expect/hope for the channel. 

    That's obviously not what the topic title indicates.

    2 hours ago, Lewyn said:

    Oh and if you want IS to notice how unhappy you are with the game to the point of even quitting perhaps, then send it as feedback ingame. 

    I would go even further and recommend quitting the game (as I did a year before) as it's far less exhausting  than lowering your expectations month by month to enjoy a mediocre at best Fire Emblem game app. During my Heroes period were million reasons for me to complain like every two weeks or so. And then I thought: Well I could do that and let others suffer through my whining all the time or I simply just quit. So I definetaly can see, where people are coming from and I do believe they have the same right to be negative about Heroes (for valid reasons) as you are positive (hats up for that) about it.

    2 hours ago, Lewyn said:

    Also about pessimists in general, yeah one expects the worst all the time so is rarely very disappointed.  However at the same time they aren't living life.  They have no passion for anything, they can't enjoy anything not nearly to the degree that people who aren't pessimists or who are optimists can.  It is a safe way to live but I wouldn't call it living. 

    I've been a pessimist my whole life & I can guarentee you that I do live a splendid life including tears & joy just as any other human being. It protects you from many unpleasent stuff in life & also prevents you from getting offended by the smallest thing that passes you by ;)

    Sacred Stones: The Best Worst Fire Emblem

    in Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones

    Posted

    5 hours ago, DragonFlames said:

    Dozla seems like a cool dude, but pretty generic.
    Ewan is a bratty half-pint that reminds me all too much of Ricken and Hayato, two characters I can't stand.
    Tethys is alright, but nothing special.
    L'Arachel is annoying and a progenitor of the gimmicky characters of later games (I know I'm probably pretty alone with the opinion of L'Arachel being annoying, but there you go).

    Any yet nothing of it proves what makes them so lifeless (which is a ridiculous statement in itself). Of course this cast has it's flaws like any cast we've seen so far - no doubt in that. Just because I dislike the majority of certain cast, I could never argue that it's lifeless since that would be a straight up lie. It's very difficult to read through such dramatically huge statements, when the reasoning behind these are pretty poor. At the end of the day it comes to personal preferences. (the comparison between Ewan and Ricken/Ricken 2.0 I find very odd, as Ewan has ideas he shares and he's very interested in his environment instead of focusing on his appearance/demanour.)

    Thanks to your response I do have a better understanding in your reasoning behind that first statement.

     

     

    Sacred Stones: The Best Worst Fire Emblem

    in Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones

    Posted · Edited by fOrEiGn sOUl

    12 hours ago, DragonFlames said:

    The thing that bugs me most about Sacred Stones is how unmemorable - sometimes straight up unlikable - it's characters are to me.

    Unmemorable - I'll give you that, but straight up unlikeable has to be an exaggeration, right? It seems that you clearly missed out on a lot of support conversations because this game has many well written one's. Here's a link if you're interested enough to give this "straigt up unlikable cast" a chance https://serenesforest.net/the-sacred-stones/scripts/supports/

    Maybe you'll be able to convince me how lifeless characters like Dozla, Ewan, Tethys and L'Arachel are?

    I love how Sacred Stones is it's own thing (besides the inspiration it has from Gaiden). It has this dark atmosphere - especially noticeable in the music - and the monster classes do help to keep that up. There are plenty of possibilites to make the game a decent challange ( a push in the overall difficulty would have been nice, tho). The usage of the class branching mechanic provides replayability and I do enjoy unlocking NPC's / villains in the post game. While the game itself feels a bit rushed,  it's for the most part amazing cast is enough for me to come along for another playthrough of Sacred Stones.

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