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Honestly all I want is a good linear story with good map design. Not even the great, just a reasonable good game.

Jesus the characters in this game got on my nerves lol either being annoying or unmemorable. Engage is probably the best example of a horrible first impression in games. The game is excellent in gameplay but without an interesting characters and story it’s a chore for me to play/ care

I really don’t think calling fates a half-assed successor is fair at all. The game implemented so many new mechanics unique to the game that change how it works drastically and refined Awakening’s systems so hard that they’re very different games that just feel similar at times.

Kinda disagree with the garreg mach, somniel comparison. For me garreg mach felt like it had a purpose, you had one place to do your own secondary gameplay mechanic of time management in. The somniel is basically pointless. It's just a 3d dress up of what could be much better achieved in a menu. And unlike a menu, it's tedious and takes way too much time to do anything. At least garreg mach was one place. Somniel is not only tedious to run through but it has loading screens before any of the actual usefull facilities. I got kindof annoyed at garreg mach in the later missions, but it never bothered me too much. I despised the somniel after just a handfull of missions.

Okay, but an Anna multiverse game where everyone is Anna would be unnecessarily glorious.

I was surprised you thought somniel was better than garreg mach. To me somniel took the bad bits of garreg mach, and added more junk on top of it. The one good thing is at least you only have a single meal.

Let's be serious, we all know how superior 3 houses is. That doesn't mean Engage is bad, just way too lower tier in FE history

I remember watching the "engage" cutscene for the first time and I literally closed my eyes, gobsmacked with second hand embarrassment and I also remember questioning if I should keep playing based on that cinematic alone as I was not prepered to withstand a second tsunami of cringe of that magnitude.

I like long video formats like this. They're entertaining to both watch and listen to. To answer you final question, I would like a return to 2d portraits. Mika Pikazo's(the artist for the designs in Engage) style looks so good, and would have been nice to see alongside the 3d models like 3Hs. I like seeing the different flashes of facial expressions and whatnot, I feel like IS missed out for not using 2d art renders.

Jokes were definitely a bit hit or miss, but I enjoyed the video overall! I think Engage was the most fun I've had with Fire Emblem since Fates or Radiant Dawn. A Fire Emblem game with Engage presentation + gameplay, and Three Houses/Genealogy/Path of Radiance level world building + story would be the dream.

This is less of a review and more of a plot summary, but it was a good way to kill 2 hours. Actually, the critiques were a such a small part of the video itself in the end that I hesitate to even call this a review since there's so little actual reviewing being done lol. Either way, it's a nice timekiller.

"You can either be her (Lucina's) husband or her Dad..."

Something about suppports (and bonds) that makes them take longer is that you can't build them on enemy phase. So if you have a good enemy phase thing going, you're paying for it with missing aupport and bond.

Incredible video! Long and listenable with not a wasted or dull moment. It's a balanced opinion with a wide perspective from other FE games and the surrounding game context. As a story/character-first fan, FE Engage has struggled to appeal to me but it's always interesting to hear what we and the developers can learn from it.

This video was a great listen.

Good video ! I love long videos like this ❤ . Subscribed dude

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Sacred Stones was actually better than the other GBA entries (referring to your examples in the beginning)