Fire Emblem Engage Review After 110 Hours
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- čas přidán 22. 02. 2023
- I've put over 100 hours into Fire Emblem Engage on the Nintendo Nintendo. Here is my full review of the game playing on HARD / Classic mode.
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One of the things I love about your reviews is that you really celebrate the games. Hearing someone who really loves the games and puts the time into them gets me excited to play and enjoy that experience myself.
Thanks man!
It still amazes me how LITTLE Nintendo showed of this game leading up to its release. There is SO MUCH here, ESPECIALLY for fans of the franchise, and I had NO IDEA the game would be this good. I am at 100 hours in, Ch. 20 (purposely playing slow, grinding, making it last because I love it), and I agree with your review 100%. I love your love for this game and franchise because I feel the same way and it's nice to see someone sharing this love. The game deserves big success. Thank you! :)
well, it had months of feed content and marketing. not on tv indeed, but in videos and twitter... it was everywhere.
@@charlestrudel8308 Yeah, I really don't understand what OP is on about.
@@NuiYabuko What I’m “on about” is it was absolutely not everywhere, especially if you compare it to how Nintendo markets other games like Mario, Animal Crossing. Etc., even previous Fire Emblem games. We didn’t have much of a lead up either. Normally we would find out about this game being made way in advance, but this game we found out just a few months ago, they barely said anything about it, and then it was released. So to me, a lot more could’ve been shared and said. As a fire emblem fan who doesn’t watch television, but is online a lot every day, it’s crazy that I didn’t see any of the crazy marketing you guys are acting like existed lol.
@@sonictonic_ this is the first fire emblem I’ve played. Ive never seen marketing for the other games but I saw a good bit for this one. I think the demographic is probably just larger for those other games like Mario and Zelda so there’s gonna be more marketing for them.
This was legit my first F.E. Game ever.. and I must admit, I loved it. I went in played it on Normal and Casual. I’ll be starting a Hard and Classic mode here soon. Wish me luck!
if u have 3ds or use an emulator u can play 3ds era games since they are FE games. i wont recommend 3H as it is the black horse of the series since its different from the series
Great review mate. I appreciate a review from a true fan that actually goes into the details. And also that didn’t rush to complete the game to get a review out by the time game releases.
Agree totally. People rushed the game. You don't speed run rpgs and review them. Great video.
Just finished the game yesterday myself, Hard/Classic, man was the final level intense. It definitely has the best Fire Emblem combat, the Emblem Rings really add a new dynamic with lots of decision making.
In my opinion Three Houses had a better story, especially Edelgard's paths. And the musical score was also better. All that being said I'm loving Engage and it's still a must play for Strategy RPG fans.
Most FE games have better story than Engage. Music in Engage wasn't that memorable for me, just ok. Gameplay is absolutelly top notch.
Most FE stories are better than Engage. It's not bad, but it is as barebones as it can be.
Awesome video OJ, I agree with a lot of what you said. I don’t really care much about the story it’s fine to me. The combat, engaging and upgrading weapons and skills are my favorite parts. I’m on chapter 12 and loving it. Only complaint is like you mentioned the load times going between the training arena and ring chamber over and over. One question I still can’t figure out though, at what point should I be doing the divine paralogue DLC battles?
The Tiki one can be done before chapter 10 on hard somewhat easily IMO.
The wave 2 DLC stuff should be done after chapter 10 if you ask me.
Obviously it's up to how good of a player you are and what kind of units you have and rng.
I tried Hector's map around chapter 11 or 12 th (again hard difficulty) and it wasn't impossible but you must expect that Hector can deal 40-60 damage to certain units and a certain unit type is needed if you want to deal 'real' damage to him.
So be careful if you play classic.
Also I would like to point out that if you have the correct emblems you will get extra dialogue.
I hope I could help you :)
@@demicrow6745 Thanks for the info really appreciate it, that definitely helps a lot!! Playing on hard classic and did the tiki one as soon as it became available, might have been chapter 8 not sure. It took forever and it was tough but not terrible. I’ll probably try the hector one next, im on chapter 13 now.
game is amazing, 200 hours 5x maddening and counting, the gameplay replayability is insane
I didn't care too much for the story initially but I decided to stick with it cuz I'm a huge fan of the gameplay for fire emblem games in general and the engage system is so much fun. I'm glad I decided to keep playing the game cuz holy crap, the story has suddenly gotten good and interesting! I'm not going to spoil anything but just say that the story does eventually get really good.
This is late by a few months but I’ve literally done four runs on this. Replay value is excellent. Currently finishing up my royals only run. Really enjoying it
Thank you for the thorough review sir 🙏
Great review. I understand it takes a lot of time but you should really do more written style reviews
quick question If you d do a skirmish on classic mode at one of the catsles do your units die cause one of my units did die in said skirmish but he wasn't permanently removed
This happened to me too. Was kinda strange?
Most likely, a training skirmish. Even on classic mode, the characters come back.
Great review, I agree with you 100%! Having played past Fire Emblems and spent almost 400 hrs with Three Houses; Engage is the next-gen FE game I wanted. Three Houses bored me with its long winded support conversations, large & empty monastery explorations, and subpar social interactions; whereas Engage is focused on why I fell in love with the series many years ago - the tactical combat. Engaged is a more focused game, and the way Fire Emblem games should be.
Great Review @OJ!
This was my first fire emblem game, and I can say that it was a really good game, from gameplay, story, music, characters, I enjoyed pretty much everything, the sommniel thing also I liked that, being able to have conversations with my units was nice and all the other things that the game let you do there, now I feel bad for skiping Three Houses lol
Definitely go back and buy three houses it’s so good!!
@@salvatorecucullo3015 Yeah a lot of people have told me this, back in the day I was interested just by it’s universe(three houses) but never played it because of it’s genre, but probably I’ll check that game later in the year! :)
@@leonardomartinez6887 If you liked Engage and have a 3DS you should go get Awakening and Fates to it as those are lot closer to Engage in terms of gameplay and tone etc, as 3 Houses is overall the black sheep of the franchise currently with that game taking lot more notes from Persona series than Fire Emblem, also because the 3DS eShop is closing soon so you can't buy DLC or the other routes of Fates after that happens.
Oh definitely try Three Houses! The gameplay isn't as good, but the story makes up for it. Kind of the reverse of Engage, really, lol.
What a professional in depth review. 👏👏
So I want to get into Fire Emblem but not sure where to start. I wanted to start with Awakening, but don’t have the console to play it: so out of the 3 recent ones, Houses, Hopes or Engage, which one should I play first?
Three houses
If you want an easier game with multiple paths and a great expansive story with relatable characters, try 3 houses. If you want a very simple shorter story with over the top personalities, try engage. Even though I do think it's more difficult you could always play with casual mode so you don't lose your units if they fall in battle. 3 hopes is a dynasty warriors game and not mainline fire emblem. There isn't really any reason to play if you haven't played 3 houses. My suggestion is three houses as it is not only easier, but is a much better story with multiple storylines. They are also better at showing stats, consequences of potential movements, and explaining game mechanics better than any other game so it's a great casual beginner fire emblem.
@@wwfwrestlemania2000 I appreciate it the insight on the games. I'll go with your suggestion with Three Houses!!
i have tbh and say that this game is what finally got me into the fire emblem series. i tried three houses years ago and didn’t care for all the socialization in between combat. i think i played for a couple hours and never tried it out again. when i saw the gameplay trailer for this one, i was slightly intrigued. once i heard there was more emphasis on gameplay than story, i decided to give it a try. i do not regret it at all! i’m on chapter 5 and having a blast!
the DEFINITIVE review 💯
What do we like more, the Somniel from this game, or the Encampment from Triangle Strategy?
I'd personally say the encampment because everything's right there in one space, no running around or fast travel loading screens.
I’m tired of sprawled out bases, I just want a menu like in Etrian odyssey
70 hrs into FE3H (my first FE) and omg I’m so jealous of that smooth combat animation. Also binged 40 hrs of FE7 this weekend and it’s made me a fan of the weapon triangle. Gotta try my best not to buy this yet tho 😭 ty for the great review!
one of the best fee reviews out there, crushes any mainstream d1 review
My only complaint with the gameplay is the lack of variety in mission objectives. Which was also an issue in Awakening. Luckily, that's where similarities to Awakening stop because the rest of the gameplay is so damn good. I replayed it immediately after finishing it.
I agree. There WERE at least other objectives SOMETIMES. Like defence in chapter.. 8, was it? or escape in chapter 11 and 16, i think. But yes. Most of the time it was just to kill the bosses. What saved this game however and what made it REALLY fun were the map gimmicks. Fog of War aside, because i hate Fog of War everything else was creative. We had avalanches, vulcanic eruptions, miasma, MANY maps with balistas and such. Maps where your army was scattered across the map. Most of the time the pre battle preperations were where the fight started and after you started the map your whole plan was wrecked because the map gimmick was revealed. I love that, to be honest. And can i say something about the Emblem paralogues? SOOOO good. If you tackled them with the recommended level, they were TOUGH. Ike's paralogue for example was probably the most fun i EVER had in a Fire Emblem game. When Ike tore down that building i honestly jumped a bit and just like that everything went to s**t. If i hadn't killed him THAT turn, i would've been murdered. And it was tough
One of the 1st comments?!? Never before w/OJ😌
Great work; looking forward to eventually getting this👍🏾
This is probably one of my favorite FE games to date. Gameplay wise it’s my favorite, period. But once you factor in the story and character, I do prefer some other games, but that is not saying the game and characters are bad at all!
At first I didn’t like how one-note the characters were. Especially the Firiene characters, but I as I unlocked the support conversations, I was surprised by the hidden depth the characters had. I mean I shouldn’t have been since I’ve played plenty of other FE games and know how they work, but still. I hear many people talking about it, but the ally notebook was a fun feature that gives some incentive to unlock the support convos and gave backgrounds to all the characters. It was a nice touch. I actually really do like the characters. Some more than others, but it’s an overall good cast.
The story was very simple and kinda cliche. Do I mind? Nope. It had its moments especially at the end, but nothing new at all. But it’s an anniversary game and the story does celebrate all the different parts FE games and their stories. It does it very well to! I think the biggest issue the game had was the script. Some of the script was just a wee bit cringe, but it was only in the beginning acts and some one lines here an there. But regardless it was fun. The voice acting was great. The way I see it, FE Three Houses and FE Engage had two different objectives and they both achieved them well.
Honestly 10/10 game for me. The gameplay is all I need. The story is 7.5/10 and the characters are 8/10.
Ah, if you want some comparisons to others games. (Just my opinion)
FE Three Houses: gameplay 8/10, story 8.5/10, characters 10/10.
FE Fates (Conquest):
Gameplay 9/10, Story, 5/10, characters 7/10.
FE Awakening:
Gameplay 8/10, story 8/10, Characters 9/10
FE Echoes:
Gameplay 8/10, story, 8.5/10, characters 9/10.
Turns out the Fire Emblem Engage was the friends we made along the way.
Well said.
It's on my list, but I just got the NSO expansion pass and I'm working my through that.
Probably my only TRUE complaint about this game that actually bothers me, other than the somniel loading screens, is that I wanted the emblems to have more character time and talking. As a long time fire emblem fan I wanted to hear them go deeper into their lives, have more to say, and just feel a bit more *there*. I too often felt like I could have skipped what they said.
I agree a bit with this..their bond convos were too short...but other than that GREAT game
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@@UNSTABLE111 yes so true
the game is awesome, but what I really don't like about it is to have to go back to Somnieu after each battle battle to performe those repetitive tasks in order to get minor (but necessary) rewards. We probably spend 35% of the game time doing that.
Took my 220 hours and 8 was super over -levelled and ruined the story for myself, but 8ts a testament to the design that I still had fun. Those Skirmishes kept up with me on hard, no matter what level I was. I do miss their availability on maddening, could have done with a few more, or at least have story levels scale with you on maddening
Awesome review!! You convinced me to get it
Ok OJ. I picked this up late. A few weeks after it came out. I’m at chapter 17. I’ve never played an FE game before. I love this game. I didn’t need the back stories of the other games. I’m sure it would of made it more enjoyable but I’m good with it. So thanks again for all your “proselytizing” 😂 for this game. I am converted.
Thank you for this review. I’m new to the Fire Emblem series and this is my first FE game and I liked it - A LOT. I know Engage gets a lot of hate mainly for its “mediocre” story but I don’t care what others think and I’m so glad that I gave this underappreciated game a chance. I finished the game with DLC last night after 201 hours. I know it’s crazy and it’s not supposed to last that long, but I purposely took my time. Many times I’ve also lost track of time while playing. And that’s because I really REALLY enjoyed my time with this game. So much that I’m actually sad that it’s over.
9.5/10 for me
- Gameplay: I played hard/casual. I even had an Excel sheet where I planned their inherited skills, SP points, Bond fragments, weapon engravings, etc. T_T the gameplay is amazing.
- Graphics: I like the art style and the game is so colorful - it’s STUNNING!!
- OST: I like it! SOLM’s Bright Sandstorm is such a banger so I made it as my default skirmish music
- Characters: I love reading their supports. I’m also one of the few who liked Alear’s hair design lol but especially now knowing that there’s a reason behind it. I played as male Alear and he is now one of my favorite characters
-Voice acting: VAs did an amazing job. Their voices fit the characters so much
- Story: for a tribute/anniversary game I enjoyed its simplicity.
I hope more people would give this game a chance like I did because it’s needs more appreciation. I’m going to play 3H soon and I’m sure I would I enjoy it as well, but I know Engage will always hold a special place for me as the game that made me a new FE fan.
I LOVED this game. One of my favorite FE games in a while. That said, the story is mixed. I like the overall plot points a lot, its a good story with some impactful ideas. However the execution is brutal, the individual moments are written poorly and never land with the impact they could have. The character art is definitely at its worst, especially when you see previous game art while melding rings, but I still found myself loving a lot of characters by the end.
"Character art is definitely at its worst" Hold up XD. There's a lot to dissect from that lol. Like it pretty much is on the same vein of "good and bad" the 3DS and further games had (albiet some of PoR and RD). Like Ike's games, they had this thing were they used over-saturated colors for the characters. Like they used the option on the farthest to the right of the color wheel. Fates and Awakening (though I don't have this complaint but the try hards do) bring up how its the point where the series developed into over-the-top anime tropes with appearances and the women got extra horny outfits.
*sliding over Echoes cuz there really wasn't anything wrong with that, even objectively with appearances*
3H....oh boy. People don't want to admit but the cast really was 50/50. In that the other 50 was just boring to look at. Like FE has always been 50/50 on the anime/medieval scale. 3DS made it like 70/30 with anime vs medieval....3H made it 30/70 with Anime vs Medieval. Some of the designs straight up are boring to look at. Let alone the school uniforms made everything such a drab until time-skip. Never again do I want a series to go back to school cuz that kills creativity. Some of our cast look like....literal background characters. As in there is nothing special about them. The color palette was muted as hell. This is what happens when you hire the BL artist who drew freaking UtaPrince *eyerolls*
Engage: Need we repeat what has been said? Colgate hair, some of their outfits being so over the top. Majority of the cast being the same age range with appearances.
@@krismarshall3803 I don't understand what the point of your comment was? Like, there's no conclusion to it at all.
I’m hurt about it not having new game plus
I really enjoyed this game putting in nearly 110 hrs as well and I’ll likely do another play through on a harder difficulty in the near future. My only real gripe with the game is (unsurprisingly) the writing for both the story and supports. While I wouldn’t say it’s outright bad, it’s definitely a step down from 3H’s writing in my opinion.
I agree. I also didn't like the character design but the game play is probably the best in the series.
@@wwfwrestlemania2000 I honestly didn't really mind the character designs but I can understand people being put off from some of them (especially Alear). I'm curious, what character's designs did you person not like the most and why?
@@Sportykid2300 Alot of them honestly. Hortensia looked the most obnoxious. She reminded me of a carnival in human form with J pop atheistic. Plus those hair loops lol. Merrin I like but walking around with a wolf tail seems like she was made for furries. Celine's hair just looks gross. Princess Timerra looks like she dresses to intentionally turn people's heads when they see her but I think that's part of her character. Idk what the deal with Panette is so I don't know if they are scars or not in her face she has a lot going on with her overall design as well. The only issue with Yunaka are the stars in her hair and face. I don't know with a lot of these characters if they have face paint, tattoos, or what the deal is. Ivy is mostly fine but the roses, spikes, and face guard add up to be too much for me. Lastly I'm not a fan of the Rosado character either. I know we have had characters like him in the past but I feel he also suffers from bad writing as well since he seems to only care about cute and comes across somewhat vain. I think most of my choices if you removed a thing or two they would look better but the theme seems to be for half the characters to look as obnoxious and attention grabbing as possible. I think the biggest issue is that there are too many of these characters. If you had just one like Yunaka or Ivy it wouldn't matter but when plenty are on screen together it feels like too much. Sorry for the essay lol.
@@wwfwrestlemania2000 Oh boy, that was an essay indeed. I don't mind though, I wanted details and I got them.
Again, most of them didn't really bother me (though I can't say I'm a fan of Panette's design). I do think if you dive into some of the support conversations you can maybe gather some reasons for why the characters are designed the way that they are. Hortensia for example had to use her cuteness to survive in the royal court or Yunaka being overly cheery and bubbly to hide her past. I think these aspects are reflected in their designs, but I also won't argue that they are exaggerated and can be off putting.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts in such a well thought out and detailed manner. I had seen some complaints about the characters designs, but most of the complaints seemed to boil down to "too anime" or "fan service".
Glad to get your perspective.
@@Sportykid2300 yeah admittedly I didn't see their supports. I played with a small group. I think the gameplay is some of the best and gives a real challenge and the story has its moments however, I feel like this is gonna be one of the more divisive games in the series.
I’m not into SRPGd that much. In fact, Triangle Strategy is in my backlog. I’m going play it after Xenoblade Chronicles DE. I might get FE Engage latter this year or next year.
Triangle Strategy is an amazing game, it has an amazing story the gameplay is also great but many people had a problem with the fact that Triangle Strategy put more time and efforts in the story than gemeplay and you can end up in a half hour or even an hour long cut scene. On the other hand Engage is the exact opposite where the gameplay is ridiculous strong but the story is very underwhelming, so yeah... I wished we could fuse Triangle Strategies brilliant story with FE Engage gameplay.
@@Official_RetroMania yes it's awful. I had to stop playing but I might go back one day when I can dedicate my full attention to the story
@@ataridc I wouldn't call the story "awful" is just mediocre what is okay but now playing the other Fire Emblem games, mediocre or okay doesn't cut it, the series had much much better stories and we should demand better.
@@Official_RetroMania
"the series had much much better stories and we should demand better"
What did you smoke?
Most of FE stories were mediocre european medieval fantasy where hero's party defeats evil dragon at the end.
Like the only FE games where they tried and somewhat succeed with a story was the Tellius saga (2 games, the gamecube one and the Wii one) and 3H. Every other game had some generic story.
I don't know what clouds people's judgement about FE game's stories so much that they ignore the fact that almost every game had medicore story.
@@demicrow6745 I only played FE 3H, Awakening and Engage so far and from what I can see both Awakening and 3H smoke Engage in story, can't talk for every single title but there are definitely games with a much better story than Engage.
I neeed to play this . First one I ever played was awakening on 3ds. I have few of the others on ds but I need to play them . Fire Eblem games are so awesome once you start to make so progress
I appreciate these type of reviews, im glad i made my purchase🙏🏽 Thank you for your feedback on this game!
It is a really good game. Gameplay is amazingly fun, the presentation is phenomenal. I mean, look at Three Houses, i love that game to death but you can't deny that it didn't look pretty. They fixed it here. Story and characters may be a step down from Three Houses but my initial fear, that they are too shallow or uninteresting didn't come true in the end. It is true that the characters are very tropey, but once you read enough supports you'll notice that there IS some depth to them. You only need a little patience, the C-Supports are VERY shallow sometimes, but there are good ones too. The story is simple and predictable, yes, but it also works. It is good enough. And the difficulty! Oh boy the difficulty. I also played on Classic/Hard and i always found myself in a tough spot once i got too comfortable, the game keeps you on your toes at all times and i can't WAIT to play on maddening.
105 hours in and I can firmly say this is the best fire emblem game of all time by a country mile. Everything you said is spot on
Great review, I’m dying at people coming in your chat telling you the story is bad. What a bunch of weirdos 🤣 still at ch17 and enjoying the story
I’ve never played a fire emblem game before but I wanna get this physical since they’re going out of print 😭 for some reason where I am the price still has not dropped
Story/Lore great.
Animation great.
Storytelling was my problem.
I'd prefer less characters with more complete arcs.
I'd prefer specific but actual romances.
I'd prefer if not everyone was kinda-into-everyone.
I'd prefer this series (like many other Jrpgs) didn't fall in the damn loop of "everyone is everyone's bestie with cheezy dialogues"
I'd prefer better gameplay- cutscene transitions.
That being said, I think the game is technically and gameplay-wise, it's a great step forward.
Looking forward to the next chapter!
It's Engagin' Time
bro I have couple of advices for you. 1- If you use game music, they can hit you in CZcams with a strike for it and also they can stop the monetization of the videos you use the music. Also when you get paid to talk good about a game and you are in the monthly payroll you are suppose to disclose it.
Maddening Classic has got to be BRUTAL.
Yeah, the animations are fuking amazing in this game.
Everyone praises the GBA games for being as flashy as they are, but I find myself turning off animations because of how repetitive they are.
Genealogy/Thracia does a much better job of portraying the flow of battle because it has alternating animations for successive attacks as well as some classes having multiple critical animations. Engage's feels more like a 3D version of the Jugdral games with the flashiness of the GBA games.
Storywise, it really got interesting after like chapter 20ish where a lot of backstory is revealed, but it felt kind of empty because I wish the whole story was as good as the latter part.
Fanservice in this game is also great. All the remixes for the paralogue chapters are also amazing with my favorites probably being Celica, Sigurd, Leif, and Roy's remixes.
Though a little strange thing I noticed is Sigurd talking a bit too much about what happens in FE4, arguably the one game you should play blindly to get the full emotional effect of the story.
Adding on to that I also noticed a strange emphasis on Sigurd in this game. He has a more prominent role in the story than the other emblems, even Marth arguably, since Marth is mainly relevant for being Alear's first ring. Is this for the Japanese fans or are they getting us interested in him for the rumored FE4 remake?
**spoilers**
Of all the chapters you have an emblem for, he is collectively the one you have the longest for (Marth is gone for like half the game). He and Leif (who is also Sigurd's nephew) are the first of the original six rings you get back. He also seemed to act as a sort of de facto leader of the emblems (not saying he is, but he gives off that impression), I especially noticed this in the discussion the emblems had after you beat Chapter 18.
AND he was also the emblem that Lumera personally used/trusted.
Yeah there is still a lot of Marth emphasis, but it mainly has to do with his personal connection to Alear, not really the overall story.
Moving on from Sigurd I wish we saw more of past Alear, I wanna see more of what they went through. That whole emotionless personality really intrigued me. I also really dig that red dark design, wish it was some sort of unlockable skin for beating the game or something.
This is my fist fire emblem game,have any story connection other games
Within the first 2 minutes, you sold the game to me.
Bought it on day one … haven’t play it yet
You´ve got good times ahead once can take a break.
Yeah I have a back log of games to play too but it's worth having games preferably physical not digital.
I still at the beginning and I personally don’t like how the story started, but I still gonna fully play it since I love this series. Also love the characters ✌️
This IS the best FE experience to date. I can’t wait to dive in the other rings as they release. Your a beast to do the Permadeath. I stay away from that. The Tower of Trials is something I done believe I have tried. So I’ll have to get back to it.
I absolutely loved this game. I think my only critique is the story/lore but even that isn’t much. I feel like Three Houses took the classic tropes of Fire Emblem and breathed new life into them by adding complexity with characters like Byleth and Rhea and the truth behind everything. Engage went back to the classic tropes. And it did it brilliantly! But I am definitely hoping to see more steps forward with what Three Houses brought to the table. Not even necessary the multiple paths, but the mystery and lore. Anyway, thanks for the review!
Never played such a nice power ranger game
110 hours lol,I'm ashamed to tell how much I've played this one already 😂
👍🏾🔥
How the hell does someone put 100 hours in one month? Damn!
Thats like 3-4h a day. So I guess you put all your free time into it
@@GoldChocobo77 That has to take a toll on you mentally. It is just a lot.
@Juan Carlos Gonzalez I dont know, its kinda the same as people spending 4h a day watching tv. Apparently its the average
Yeah, I don't think the story or supports are bad at all in Engage. They are one of my favorites in the series.
I'm impressed... No, seriously. Gameplay itself is almost perfect but story/characters?
@Slepy Mnichu I guess there are people out there that enjoy stuff like that. You don't have to agree with me. It's my opinion.
I loved the gameplay and I also came in very optimistic for the story…
However Imo the story never kept me really excited to move from one chapter to the next 😭
Most of my enjoyment of this game has purely been gameplay 🔥
The story is presented very poorly with a lot of awkward talking and saying what’s happening rather than to show it.
The xenoblade series is still probably the best jrpg series with peak story and gameplay but I really really wish fire emblem could get a similar treatment especially with how much more successful it is,they probably have the budget to make the story even better
i think we all this, we kinda need to understand intelligent system is not the excellent. they always seem to struggle somewhere on each game.
Xenoblade has good story but the combat puts me to sleep lol
@@hardrubbernips_
I can see that tbh but once you dive deep into it i feel like there’s more sauce
Although fire emblem is instantly fun and doesn’t take too much grinding for the most part
@@painuchiha2694 maybe. I played through xenoblade 1 and really liked the story but the combat never really took off for me, it just felt extremely repetitive and boring to me. I'm playing through xenoblade 2 now and I'm going through the same feeling again. I can't ever really play for more than 1 hour each session because I just get too bored.
Funnily enough tell don't show is what XC3 does too. lol
Just my opinion but I feel like they haven't found the way to appease all in the fan base. It seems when they release a best in the series like Awakening and Three Houses with great stories and subdued characters with some quirks, they go way too overboard with it in the next game and the narrative falls flat. Goofiness like face rubbing and waking people up with over the top, cringe, wacky designed, attention grabbing characters takes precedence over relatable characters or am interesting story. I feel like with fates though they just tried too much. With Engage it feels like they didn't try at all and that stereotypical, wacky designed, one dimensional characters are expected to make up for a lack luster story. I feel like we never got to learn enough about the lord's and why they had games centered around them in the first place. I know they say the series never had big personalities in the older titles but they feel like props more than anything. Great and unique gameplay however and one of the best in that regards with unique great new mechanics so it certainly is conflicting for me.
Game play is fantastic💯
Concerted effort.. but nice video for the rest :p
Here's my problem though: The DLC, i started the game with the DLC and both Tiki and Edelgard, if you decide to use them that is, are, in my opinion, way too busted. Now with the new Emblems Soren, Hector etc. it became even more ridicoulus. So i deleted that save file and started again without DLC. It's way too broken. I don't know for sure, but i heard even maddening is easy with the DLC. To be honest, i want my money back.
I don't think the story is bad but it is way too predictable and way too simplistic. Compared to other games in the series Engage has a lackluster story, let's be honest here but the gameplay definitely saves to game and makes it very enjoyable.
Chapter 10 was certainly not predictable
@@Lookklaus It was never supposed to be. But all the story parts with forshadowing were extremely predictable, I even predicted the end and even who would guard the last Cristal before the fall dragon fight.
@@Lookklaus And who Alear is and her origin everything was predictable, beisdes chapter 10 but again no forshadowing that part was supposed to be a arsspull twist.
@@Official_RetroMania It's not really lackluster for the series considering how low the standards for stories are in FE series, especially before the jump to 3D where in most games the story is just there to give context and an excuse why you are fighting armies of nameless people.
You see, whats good about being dumb is i never expect anything, but also chapter 10 was definitely not my prediction lmfao
No mention of how this game looks like it was made by Skittles. I hate the multi colored hair and crap. I wish they would go back to the more grounded mature FE.
110 hours on the nintendo nintendo?
Being spoiled from the FE Warriors it did take me awhile to tell myself oh snap I'm not in this style anymore & back to the traditional way lol.
I still need to fix my 3DS XL so I can backlog my other FE games that I haven't beaten so I'll try to get to it later today. Anyway i love Engage but the 3DS ones are the best so far & I pray they bring them over to the Switch remaster style to give new comers the options to experience the best ones.
bruh it took you 110 hrs for one play thru on hard??
Was very disappointed after 3 houses
i like the gameplay a lot, the story and character are just ok, therefor I would give it a 8/10 which makes it still in my top 5 fire emblem games but there are better ones for me like FE4 and 3 houses personally
Boucheron stay missing
Now try maddening!
Have to respectfully disagree about the story/characters. I have played every FE game since FE7, and I think the writing of this game is by far the worst, and that is saying a lot as I also consider the Fates storylines (especially Revelation) to be actively bad. I found myself skipping over half of the supports, something I have never done. It was lazy, and I really don't want it to be a standard going forward with the series.
I also didn't care for the music. Thats not to say it was bad, but i feel the previous two entries (Echoes and 3H) were far superior with music.
Now that I got that out of the way, I am loving the gameplay and the versatility that each new game has. The characters and emblem combinations are numerous, and that adds a lot to the replay value. And that is huge. You can skip a bad story, but you can't skip bad gameplay.
I'm glad you enjoyed the aspects that I didn't, but I will be curious to see if your opinion changes as time passes. I don't think this game will be looked back on as fondly as others in the series.
I agree 100%. My first FE game was Engage and even after finishing it I was like: the story is so meehhhh but the gameplay was amazing so let me try Three Houses and I was like: WOW the story is like 20 times better the gameplay in Engage is better than in Three Houses but not by much, so I liked 3H way more than Engage.
I also agree that the music is much better in 3H the Edelgard music with the lyrics the main theme is so Impact full, full of emotions and the lyrics fit 1 to 1 the story of the game. I cried after I finished the game and started to understand the lyrics in set song, singing from Edelgard's perspective leaving this world to Dimitri if she dies, if she doesn't like in her own route then the song doesn't play what makes sense because the lyrics say: "I wish I could stay".
I'm now playing FE Awakening and I also think Awakening is better than Engage. Awakening maybe doesn't have the same quality of animations, music, voice acting because yeah is a 3DS older title with less budget but the gameplay is as good as in all other FE games and the story is better than in Engage but so far my favorite FE is definitely Three Houses hands down.
@Official_RetroMania Glad you are enjoying the series as a new player. If you enjoy the soundtracks of the games, I would highly recommend you check out Echoes for the 3DS. It has the best music in the series (my opinion). Map design a bit weak, but doesn't detract from the whole experience too much. Story is decently good also.
My personal favorite games are Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn, though I understand those are a bit more difficult to have access to since they released on older platforms.
@@taylorsmith5267 My plan is playing all of them and I'm getting the OG games aswell like Gaiden (the very first 4 of them, my budget wasn't big enough for FE Thracia 776 lol, even on Japanese auctions websites is like 300-500+ rip). For some games like the GameCube ones or others I will most likely emulate them because I'm now willing to spend 60+ in some cases over 100+ for old used games and in case of Revelations if I want it physical I need to get the Fates special edition what is like what 500+ on Ebay lol.
Yeah I'm enjoying my time with the games so far! I think I enjoyed more Triangle Strategy but Fire Emblem Three Houses is very close both S Tier games!
PS: I know Tokyo Mirage Season isn't really Fire Emblem but hey it has FE in the name, so I am obligated to play it and I like SMT and Persona gameplay so it won't bother me (I think).
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I've yet to find an fe game I don't love
You love Fates?
I can only speak for myself, but yes, i even love Fates. Why? Because Conquest has AMAZING level design and they, in my opinion, perfected the pair up system which was pretty wacky in Awakening. Revelations was bad, but yeah, Conquest was amazing. Story and characters were *ss though
Same! Though I’ve only played 7, 8, 11, and 13-17 so far
I mean I said what I said. Didn't I lol.. and the 3ds is my favorite nintendo system lol
It´s good! 👍O.J. .
Thank you! Cheers!
Why Play Engage When you can play the OG Characters and the OG Game on the switch Now, Engage is okay but ill go back where it all Started the First Fire Emblem!!!!!!!
It's alright nothing terrible but nothing really good or special, But I completely disagree with you on stuff like the UI or the Audio for the combat being good, They are terrible in my opinion, But overall it's still good again Nothing awful but nothing really special either
I played through it, hated the story. The characters are god awful and the dialogue is worse. I'm also not a fan of some gameplay aspects, namely, the over-reliance on skills. Maybe it wouldn't have been as bad if they didn't drip feed you SP to buy them, but good god you need an almanac to know who has what skills to buy and which characters should have them, and how they should gel together to even be competitive in some of the missions. This is one of the harder FE games if you haven't studied how to break the game with certain skill combinations. So, grind to get skills, study the game to find the right load outs, then you can play. It's terrible honestly...I prefer the simpler days of picking the characters you like best, and forming a strategy with them, rather than with what skills you've grinded for.
Story is a letdown coming off of Three Houses, and most characters are charming but simplistic. I know Jean is always going to say something about training to be a doctor, Chloe about how the situation relates to a fairy tale, or Clanne or Framme fanboying/girling over the Divine One. Everything in the story up to chapter 11 at least has been pretty bland and predictable. I had absolutely no reaction to who the hooded character was revealed to be.
Supports are kind of whatever, seem to be not too far off from how they've been since Awakening anyway, but the Emblem supports are somewhat disappointing. I get there are so many combinations of Emblems and characters that they can't create something in depth for all of them but you can very obviously tell they set up X amount of statements with X amount of responses for the Emblem supports, and they're normally just a couple lines then done.
Gameplay is fantastic, presentation is a definite step up, probably the best in the series, but the story needs really impress me by the end to be at the top of the list but i don't think it will.
*implying we haven't gotten to the Framme & Diamant support here lol. Where Framme actually confronts Diamant about Brodia with what Hortensia said, and Diamant admitting that objectively, Brodia is the actual "bad continent". Him going "I'm working to change that after the war" and Framme calling him out "No you're not, I can't believe you if you're still ashamed about mentioning Brodia's dark past"
@@krismarshall3803 Are you just casually spoiling something for OP?
@krismarshall3803 unfortunately to see a Framme support you would actually have to use Framme.
Octopath music better...
No
I liked the one for GBA with Eliwood and Hector way better, gameplay hasn’t changed or evolved that much and this one’s story is too plain and predictable.
you better start buying couple more switches to beat the ps5 lmao
It was a big step down from FE3H
Thats dedication. Playing a 6/10 game for 110 hours.
''The story and characters are great'' yeahhh .... just no. Its not good and really bad tbh.
I stopped playing after chapter 13 or 14.. I just never got interested in the story - it is too straight forward, nothing surprised me, it felt like the story is written for young teenagers. The characters are not very memorable and their outfits and looks are not pleasing to me either. I will try to finish the game and hopefully I will be more drawn into it. If you have never played a Fire Emblem, I’d highly suggest you to pick up Three Houses first and then Triangle Strategy. 😄👍🏼
Good gameplay. Worst characters and story that I've seen in a while.
Lol I have 180+ hours. On my 3rd maddening run, and I don't mind a good story if I was playing a game like splatoon. I play fire emblem for turn based strategy.
W-what?! O_o Shouldn't it be the other way around?
@@NuiYabuko yee. I just troll the FE reddit saying engage is better than 3 houses and if you prefer 3houses they should stick to games like splatoon, an FPS game
@@NuiYabuko If this was a book then yes but this is a video game so the GAME part of this game matters the most, especially in a Nintendo game.
This is the FE Engage review to hear. Others are pathetic.
Player essence , I need to talk to you over the phone, it's very important, do you have a Gmail account, so we can exchange numbers private. Not a scammer
Talk over the phone? Are you 80yo?! Discord or Twitter messaging exist just for that. Jesus
@@GoldChocobo77 , why yes I'm 80y old