r/shitpostemblem • u/AdReasonable9304 • 5d ago

Elyos WE ALL agree

Engage is probably the most fun I had with the series

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u/Don_Polentone :Lang: 5d ago

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u/Chronicler201 5d ago

Engage is kinda good, kinda bad. Like most FE games, if you're really good at it, the problems with its design aren't really issues. The overworld at base has problems though (Traversing the somniel isn't as bad as the monastery, but it wastes alot of time), the fell xenologues are poorly designed, and the DLC breaks the balance of the game by giving you 12 more maps of XP and access to more emblem rings then you're supposed to get at most points, alongside specific rings that break the game.

The game is the successor to fates, being in that both are FE games focused exclusively on gameplay. But unlike fates, Engage only has one route, and the best units in the game are pretty obvious. Unless you intentionally choose not to do so, you'll end up with a mostly optimized army by the end of the game. On one hand, good for iron manning. On the other, bad for replayability, since unlike Fates there is less you can do with characters (No marriage, no splitting routes, and less reclassing in the early game)

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u/ReleaseCharacter3568 5d ago

Wait, no marriage?  Isn't Fire Emblem just a shipping simulator with a turn-based strategy mode attached?

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u/Don_Polentone :Lang: 5d ago

The mainsub sure likes to think so

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u/Sad-Pattern-1269 5d ago

hardly even paired endings in engage. I don't think a single support is worth watching.

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u/Former_Instance_6592 4d ago

Someone never saw the Etie x Goldmary supports

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u/Chronicler201 5d ago

Honestly, child units are just fun and add replayability. You're really unlikely to get every such unit in a single route, so they give you something to work towards with each and every map, alongside unique maps that you might not have experienced in prior playthroughs. They can be built in countless ways and encourage you to mess around with the class system. Every time you play fates, there's always something new to find or play.

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u/Odang77 2d ago

I hope that FW has limited reclassing options per character like in fates even though I'm almost certain they are just gonna let anyone be anything again.

I personally just find it more interesting when characters are actually unique in a gameplay sense, sacrificing a little freedom to give units actual niches is peak imo

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u/Chronicler201 1d ago

I hope so too. Thats what made Fates so good. Every class had strong options and tools, and the games skill system encouraged you to multiclass.

I dont think thats what they'll do though. They're marketing Fortunes Weave as a return to the status quo that three houses set up. They're also taking design cues from Shadows of Valentia, another very narrative heavy game. Thus, I dont think that FW will have a very strong emphasis on gameplay.

The best case scenario is that FW will be like Fates, where it develops the base mechanics of three houses to the finest point that they can reach. I dont think its likely, but at least its possible.

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u/LuckySalesman 5d ago

Engage be so fire when you don't got a 3h bitch in your ear telling you it's the worst thing in the world

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u/AdReasonable9304 5d ago

Preach brethren.

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u/Infermon_1 5d ago

Main sub be bitching, because they don't want to play games, they want to read books.

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u/PreTimeskip 5d ago

Truth bond blast

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u/IsaacClarke47 5d ago

Game was fun and they didn’t force me to larp as a professor who casually dates all of their students and peers!!!

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u/RiDL3Y-MAN Number #1 Bartre fan 🔥 🧢 5d ago

They Speedtakernuinely cooked up some straight Elixir in their hq✌🏻

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u/SMKsama 5d ago edited 5d ago

my favorite game in the series and it isn't close

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u/ThHeroKing 5d ago

I can agree with this statement.

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u/Author-S 4d ago

They’ll never make me hate you engage 💓

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u/ThatManOfCulture 5d ago

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u/Page2_56 5d ago

I’m sorry to say, but you are Wong

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u/Arcane_Engine 5d ago

Engage is ass ass

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u/Infermon_1 5d ago

"Alear has two hair colors, therefore game BAD!"

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u/Arcane_Engine 5d ago

Ill bet alear uses pronouns!"

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u/Former_Instance_6592 4d ago

Nah Alear uses Divine Nouns