Welcome to series. Hopefully you don't hate your stay.

It's nice to see so much positivity surrounding Three Houses, especially after how controversial Fates was.

Since you seem to be a fan of the Pulse, Echoes might attract you in that sense, as Mila's Turnwheel there is basically this mechanic.

Goddamn that thumbnail is brilliant.

“As big class reunions go... this one’s gotta be the worst in history.”

The Turnwheel/Divine Pulse is really useful when God decides that this random enemy with a 3% chance to crit really needs to ruin my day.

"no cheery fun time" Bruh the golden deers would like a word with you

"Spoilers... but not for the Golden Deer route." Welp, that's the only one I've played. So I guess I'll be watching the rest of this video in another few weeks

With the older games, you aren't meant to train every single unit. The avarage amount of units that you get in each Fire Emblem game is 40 but in a single playthrough, you really only need to train like 8-11 of them and ignore the rest.

when you're talking about the battle at gronder field during the blue lions route, and how you attacked the golden deer house first, it really was the thing that brought my attention to how differently people view strategies in this game. You decided that attacking them was the best course of option, but when I played through my first time, it was my second playthrough, my first having been the golden deer. I couldn't bring myself to attack claude or any of his units, so i fled completely from their side of the map, targeting edelgard's side, wishing and hoping that if I _just defeated her,_ i could talk things out with claude. i managed to go a whole seven/eight turns without attacking a single alliance member. and when I beat the imperial army and realized the battle was still going on, my heart broke. I knew claude most likely was going to retreat, but i couldn't bring myself to even attack him. He was already on my side of the map, so I managed to defeat him quickly, but, as you said in your video, it didn't feel good. But I still got through it with minimal casualties to the alliance side, which, was never mentioned, but I felt rewarded for having done, seeing as how you side with them in the blue lions route anyways.

Honestly the best advice I can give for going back and playing some of the older FE games is don’t be afraid to let units die, while it can suck losing a unit, it’s normally much better than tearing your hair out replaying the game. Part of the Reason some games feel like they have such an overwhelming amount of characters is because you refuse to let them die. The games are balanced around losing units, so even if someone dies you can continue on and get a replacement. Also after hearing you’re review you should definitely play Echoes, it has Divine Pulse and is similar in 3H in terms of how the roster is handled. From their I’d definitely go into Path of Radiance, and then Radiant Dawn. But either way, welcome to Fire Emblem!

This was my first Fire Emblem game, Game of the Year for me

Worth knowing that in the older games you could ignore the weapon triangle 90% of the time after the first few chapters since a good unit will do well against anyone pretty much regardless of weapon.

100% reccomend playing fire emblem echoes, while there isn't exactly marriage managing there's still fully voice acted supports and come characters do get together in the end

Regarding Divine Pulses: I don't think it's unreasonable at all that you say you may have dropped the game without them. I think while the game maybe offers you a few too many of these towards the end, they remove all of the tedium of having to redo a map simply because you made one small mistake or - god forbid - an enemy crits you.

I like your idea that there are no happy endings in Three Houses, which I believe represents the strong anti-war message that the game holds. However, I strongly recommend giving the Golden Deer a playthrough, as I think it's the closest we get to a happy ending, with the casualties being mostly minimal and the explanations given throughout. You actually get closure on some plot threads that are flat out ignored in the other playthroughs. Great video overall though! Also love your analyses, was considering making one for the game too!

This is my first fire emblem game, and I've played it for 165 hours 😂

This got me hooked. Seems like I have to buy Three Houses now :D

Just so you know, in other games you aren't supposed to use every unit you get. You're supposed to build a team of 10-12 out of the 40 or so you get. Also, Fire Emblem retrospective when?

Welcome to the series! Three Houses truly is a great game, and an excellent gateway game into the series! I initially expected the standard FE game, but the story and characters are so engrossing that it's crazy! The Blue Lions route was the first game to make me cry, like damn, these characters were like my children! Seeing them overcome their struggles and hardships and work to make a brighter future has never felt so rewarding. All the routes are great, and they're all worth experiencing since they're pretty much different story lines. Glad you picked it up!

"Except golden deer route spoilers" Ah I see you saved the best house for last To prevent unwanted comments: this comment was a joke because I'm biased towards golden deer because it was my first house... Plus who doesn't like claude

After learning to Love "Fire Emblem" there is another stage you'll arrive sooner or later "Learning to Hate Fire Emblem in general" Welcome to the club =3

This is the most positive reception I've seen a game in this franchise get since becoming entangled with it, I'm glad more people are getting the elegant beauty it's built on top of simplicity all over these years.

I'd say with the older games the big difference as far as unit management and not getting overwhelmed with the amount of units is to just have your core units and stick to them with each playthrough and just let the rest stay on the bench. Like in three houses it limits the amount for you by each house so you don't get overwhelmed but in the older games you just gotta figure out which units proform the best/like the best if you have the experience to baby them if they don't proform too well and stick to them. (also use save states just limitedly it's not cheating you've seen divine pulse intsys KNOW)

This game is absolutely incredible! It’s my first FE game and I’m hooked. You really get your money’s worth with this game. Four paths requiring for different play throughs (each of which requires around 60 hours to complete). Additionally, there is a separate DLC campaign as well. I’d absolutely recommend! Blue Lions for life!

There is actually a second black eagles route if you don't team up with Edelgard. It doesn't put you on Blue Lions route or Golden Deer but a 4th unique route not aligned with any houses post time skip

For future attempts at past FE games I’d recommend not trying to use everyone and instead stick with a core team, and save the rest of replays or specific situations where you may need them. It’s much smoother that way.

Holy shit KingK, these were my exact thoughts on Three Houses. My personal story on the Second Battle of Gronder Fields was rushing Edelgard's forces as the Blue Lions. I absolutely, under every circumstance, refused to fight the Golden Deer. I hoped in my heart, every second the battle raged on, with people dying left and right, students I had come to become involved with and bonded with crying out in anguish, that I could avoid confrontation somehow. That maybe all I had to do was talk to Claude or some of the other units to let them know I was on their side, that Edelgard was our mutual enemy. I was absolutely, completely devastated when I wiped out all of Edelgard's army without coming into contact with the Alliance army and truly understood what it meant by "Defeat both commanders". There wasn't a choice. This was war. And in that chaos, everyone was out for blood.

Been with Fire Emblem since Sacred Stones in 2004, having a blast with Three Houses 35 hours in about to hit chapter 11 with the Black Eagles 🦅

I went through the Black Eagle route with Edelgarde, and haven't had the heart to go into any of the other routes. This game crushed me emotionally and morally.

As an FE fan, I agree that Divine Pulse/Mila's Turnwheel should stay for all next entries. Though I do have the patience to restart a whole map, I know that many, probably most people do not, so a mechanic like this should always be present especially when this is a game where you can die from a 1% crit or even a miss-click.

I've never been able to get into a Fire Emblem game. So maybe I should try this one.

Fire Emblem: Echoes - Shadows of Valentia is amazing too. The other games I had trouble with wanting to finish but Three houses and Echoes I have.

Since you like Three Houses, I think you would definitely enjoy Echoes! Echoes is the closest in style and direction to Three Houses, and it's also the only other fully-voiced game in the series. The characters in Echoes are just as good as they are in Three Houses, and the game also includes a Divine Pulse and gets rid of the weapon triangle

Your perspective is pretty sobering to a hardened and cynical veteran like myself. Three Houses is generally regarded as a fairly easy entry by the community even on Hard mode, so you can imagine how foreign it sounded to me when I heard you say that Normal mode was challenging for you. It really shows how disconnected the core community can be from the average gamer that doesnt necessarily breathe and live Fire Emblem, for whom this game can actually present a daunting challenge. One could even make the arguement that the game isnt actually that easy, the community has just gotten too good at Fire Emblem. And as you may have guessed that same core community including myself are really not fond of Divine Pulse/Mila's Turnwheel at all, even if we've mostly gotten over Casual mode being a thing since that's at least optional without self imposed restrictions. Nevertheless, I'm really glad you finally got past your barrier with this series which might be my favorite game series ever.

The beauty of this game is that there being no truly unified ending means that your actions have weight, something that is oh so incredibly important in a game and a story where your choices and allegiances matter. The game makes no pretense: _war is hell_. And everyone has their own reasons to fight. I did the Golden Deer playthrough before doing the Blue Lions, and I grew to love those rascals. I even romanced Leonie (though this was mostly 'cause I really wanted Hilda to be with Claude, otherwise...). Come my next playthrough, in the Blue Lions, where I was then _forced_ to cut down Leonie, as well as Raphael. For the first time in quite a long, long while, that actually pained me. It made me cry. But I had to do it. They were just caught up in war, only this time I had to fight against them. All of the playable characters are all believable people with their own ideals and beliefs, all fighting for a cause, all just caught up in war. A lot of them are good, and some of them are good but have some vices, leaving them to be a little morally grey. I believed in these characters, and they felt all the more real to me. Even the more morally complex ones, where I know they face great difficulty with the choices they make, but it's all for the sake of a greater ideal. I can't get enough of this game. I really can't. I really, really enjoyed this game.

I'm expecting a 20 minute Video titled "How I learned to love Claude" cause how could you do my boy dirty like this! But welcome to the club, we hope you enjoy your stay in the FE community.

One golden deer student I didn’t use after I got her. You better not mean lysithea

Fire Emblem Three Houses taught me about the reality of war, that there is no happy ending because until the war is over there will always be sacrifices to be made, better than any other fps war games whilst still feeling like a game.

My first FE game. I'm hooked. I love everything about it. But I clicked because I thought you somehow romanced the Death Knight. So I'm honestly feeling a little hurt. 🙃

I appreciate hearing about divine pulse and how essential it was for someone new to this game and genre

Your comments about unit management touched on an issue I've had with the series for a while. The games force you to select a team from the available roster and bench the rest. This means that you can only get familiar with a select few units on each run. This problem was the worst in the GBA games. Despite how good those games are, I was always frustrated by how the limited supports meant that you could only get to know your characters partially. And once you got 5 conversations with a unit, that was it. You had to wait until your next run to see more. The games had to be played 4, 5, 6 times with incredibly delicate roster planning in order to see all that the characters had to offer. Even games with higher replay value, like FE7 for example, would become exhausting after just one or two times through. I'm glad that Three Houses side-stepped this issue by designing three separate storylines, each with a different main team to get to know. It keeps the experience fresh every time, while encouraging you to get to know the whole cast.

This game has quickly become one of my favorite games of all time, and I absolutely love how it’s introducing the tactics genre to many relative newcomers like yourself.

No better thing to relax than watching a KingK video about a series you love. That video made me tear up again and kinda regret taking so much students in in my second playthrough , cause it will probably dim down the feels I will get at that "reunion" battle as blue lions.

Stopped watching at the spoiler alert. I’ll be back to watch the rest in 95 hours.

If you liked this game, I'd also highly recommend Echoes: Shadow of Valentia on the 3DS. It also lacks the weapon triangle, and has a mechanic similar to Divine Pulse. It also only gives you as many units as you can actually take into a map, in most instances. The map design is poor at times, but I personally think the games makes up for it in mechanics. Of course, as a long time fan, I'd also recommend going back to older games with a new perspective - but Echoes is certainly the closest to Three Houses.

Now that you know Fire Emblem, I would really recommend going back to past entries, as your first game(s) always tends to have you lose a few units. This happened to me with Awakening, the first SRPG I ever played, where about a third of my units died by the end, but I beat all versions of Fates a couple of months later without losing anyone, even on hard difficulty. Also some way through my first run of Awakening, I got out of the mentality of trying to preserve all units and I enjoyed the game a lot more as I didn't have to stress out about saving all of them anymore (in fact I would now say that it's among the best games I've played). And welcome to the Fire Emblem series!

So happy you made this video!!

OK i understand that I'm in the minority for the opinions I hold about FE; with that disclaimer out of the way. I don't think fire emblem is for everybody. I'm not trying to take an elitist stance here either. FE has always been a niche genre for a niche audience. Strategy, oppressive difficulty and doing math constantly are just a couple reasons people can't get into FE. I think TH is great for eliminating these factors for new players. The game has divine pulse which for a player like me takes out all tension and strategy even with just 6. Also the game straight up does the math for you this time by showing lines predicting how the AI behave with general battle forecast. Coming from me this is more in the frame of criticism towards the game. However I'm bringing it up because older games don't have these quality of life features. TH is almost a better standalone game in my opinion, its almost more isolating since the game never gives you the agency to plan or calculate anything. I really think newer players who expect quality from the older games are going to be disappointed. Obviously not everyone, I'm talking in general of course. So to wrap up, its OK to be a TH fan and not like the old games. I still encourage new players to try the older games since they may just discover their favorite gaming franchise. But don't feel bad or spiteful because someone on the internet is flaming you for not liking the older games; or even for playing casual mode. Play the games you like for the reasons you like them.

Love your stuff man it helped me through a really dark time both this game and ur content so i appreciate your stuff so much

I just started my FE3H playthrough a couple weeks ago. Like you, I don't know much about the series and was pretty nervous to start up a fresh franchise. I'm glad that there are features in place to allow newcomers like myself to get into the game. It's one of my favorite this year! Great video, as always!

I was looking forward to another “learning to love.” Love your videos king k and thank you

Got to play this now! Also, if you get the chance please make the hollow knight video that you mentioned during the e3 retrospective. I'm sure it's a ton of work, but I'm finishing up my play through now and would love your thoughts.

Big fire emblem nerd raiding the comments to talk about this video and comment on stuff. You jumped head first into three of the most complicated fire emblem games. You aren't wrong in thinking they're tough to penetrate: the only reason Three Houses isn't among them is because of the forgiveness involved with the divine pulse, and Battalions and Combat Arts are deceptively simple in many cases; Gambits and Monsters are the two biggest factors in complexity , and both are ignored or left on the back burner until the midgame. A recommendation I'll give for a previous game to look into is FE 7. It's much more simple than 3 houses, featuring no battalions, Gambits, Combat Arts, or Gauntlets, and has absolutely no tutoring mechanics. It takes many of the basic concepts in FE and boils them down a lot better, and is what I'd recommend as a first game to anyone interested in the tactics of the game. And if emulated, you can get the bonus of making your own divine pulse effectively possible, albeit with a bit of extra clunkiness, in the form of save states. Its also a game with notably good map design across the board. Speaking of the Divine Pulse, many agree that it's one of the best things to happen for the series thus far: the only complaint is how many you get, and you even touch on that yourself. In terms of Units, in older FE games, your pretty much supposed to leave units on the bench. You get several over the course of the game, but by no means are you intended to use everyone. Later games gave unlimited grinding maps on easier difficulties mostly to serve the desire to grind out support conversations. The big weakness in this approach, and one that 3H absolutely makes better, is objectivity. In the previous games, the context of a unit is static across all playthroughs. You'll always get them at the same times, no matter what, and that makes the choice of units strained. Unless you specifically feel like gimping yourself, using dropping a familiar unit on a repeat playthrough can feel like cutting your own leg off, and it can feel near impossible without them. In 3H, the units you start with are different depending on the house, and that reframes a units strengths. Marianne is the example of this. In the golden deer route, you start out with her, and her healing is really the only positive she has, and her bonus in Swords doesn't look appealing if she's just going to use Magic all the time anyway. But if you recruit her to your house in another route, she'll likely have the sword rank to instantly use the Levin Sword, a powerful magic weapon that is eaily the best way to utilize that rank. But if you do so, her E rank in Lances will be far too low to make training her hidden Lance talent useful, and that makes the option of making her a Pegasus near impossible, while in Golden Deer it's absolutely possible, and Frozen Lance makes her arguably the best at the role if you have someone else to heal. It's a mechanism I adore. Lastly, some plot stuff. This game has the best plot of any game that's had a western release thus far, easily. It takes inspiration from the Jugdral games, which were only released in Japan, which overall is a 2 half story where part one is relatively light hearted with little tension, an absolutely blind-siding event occurs with a time skip, and a treacherous and far more gritty second half takes hold. 3H takes tons of inspiration from that story, but has far better gameplay elements to back it up and far more interesting story implications because of its branching paths. Edelgard herself is a near perfect analouge to the main Villian of that duology, while Dimitri is an analouge to a series troupe of morally gray paladins who are blinded by their sense of duty. The church is handled super well, with aspects of faith that are good and bad, and with how faith and reason in balance are both very important, and how a blind spot in either can be what makes you a monster. The worst part is probably those who slither and their conclusion, but they still are ahead of some other of their ilk that FE has to offer. For a final note, some other FE games I'd recommend. FE is a franchise where there isn't one best game, rather each game has strikingly polar pros and cons. The closest to a balanced and solid game is FE 7. Others show different strengths of the formula: FE 8 (Sacred Stones, GBA) has great character writing, FEs 9 & 10 have epic stories, FE Echoes has a lot of similar quirks to 3H like their own divine pulse and no weapon triangle as well as arguably even better voice acting than 3H, and so on. The only Japan exclusive games worth experiencing with all the Remakes out is the Jugdral duology, which if you don't mind emulation have fully featured patches: FE 4 has a grand story similar to 3H in many ways, while FE 5 Thracia feels like playing through a war would in real life, with a down to earth struggle full of unpredictable bullshit. So that went really long, but hell! Golden Deer is the best house, and if you read this, have fun playing it,and loved to see your take.

I've been playing since the first Fire Emblem game was released in English, and I'm 100% with you about the Divine Pulse system

Glad to see you like it. I'm on my second play-through and just hit 70h

HAHAHA mate i love the clip over to the gametime you played, i can relate! :D

Is it just me or is his voice silky smooth.

The reason why you are given so many units is because the games are designed around the idea that you'll just let them die. Doing this means that you'll reset less, and gives the game a lot of emotional power. In my last playthrough of fe4 I managed to end with 9 out of 24 units, and despite being sad I got to use units that I had never paid attention to, making it hella special.

Can’t believe I watched so many other videos of yours without seeing this one. Ngl I am halfway into the video at 11:22 and I’ve heard a lot of comment like “the addition of of divine pulse” or “the removal of weapon triangle” in reference to your gameplay experience. Like, these were additions in the previous entry in the series, even weapon skills. I know it’s due to lack of knowledge so it’s a non-issue, but if you like that kinda stuff check out echoes, it was the first to introduce a few gameplay mechanics and features that transitioned into three houses. Either way loving the review so far, I’m really enjoying your perspective and experience considering you’ve played bits and pieces of the series before hand. Love your work!

I have 80 hours so far, done 1 full story and just hit the time skip on 2nd play through

Totally agree on the part about divine pulse and new players. If there isn't a rewind button, I bet lots of new people will drop the game.

95 hours... You have to pump those numbers up

I loved FE3H for a lot of the reasons you're describing and the game really got me into the series. I love how this game portrays war. It's not just something to be won like it is in the few other Fire Emblem titles I've played. This war is harsh. Its bloody and inhumane and vicious. The game does a great job at making the other houses the villain of whatever route you play. Sometimes I almost forget that they were my students as well. It shows war as it is. There is no glory when you finally kill the other house leaders. There's just that awful sinking feeling in your stomach and the wish that you could have changed things. I think this Fire Emblem title excells as a social commentary and thats one of the things I liked most about it.

I never thought I got so early into KingK's video, not to mention that I never have any idea about Fire Emblem series aside from some of it's edgy and sexual jokes le epik meems spreading on social medias surrounding it, I'm glad that there's a channel which explains thoroughly the more specific technical of combat and map design of this game on serious note too , thank you KingK

I'm glad Three Houses is bringing more people into my favorite franchise. I recommend going back and starting from the GBA games, or maybe even FE4 and 5 if you don't mind the outdated ui and graphics (some of those fighting animations are great though). In fact FE4 might be the best fit for you since it also has a pretty small cast compared to the other games in the series where you have a 40 people army, give or take (though you aren't supposed to use them all, just the ones you want), and it's the one that influenced Three Houses the most in terms of themes and characters. If you want the best map designs you'd have to go with FE5, 10, 12 or Conquest, which you were playing. The maps in Three houses aren't actually bad (in fact I'd say they're above average in terms of design), just too easy for an experienced player.

As a veteran FE player and corroborated with other veteran FE players I spoke to, 3H is like a top 3 fire emblem. Every aspect of it is so tight and well done, it's amazing. It's been a long time since such a complete FE came out

Something that was going unsaid about this game (until this video) is its accessibility which is hard for alot of niche genres this game is great at that im happy you liked it. I started with awakening and got hooked and i played all but shadow dragon and gaiden and path of radiance

this is a title that mangs and mekkah need to learn from.

As someone that wasn't a big fan of awaking and fates, but really like the older ones on the gba and shadow of valantia. I'm so glad that i get to like a mainline gasme again. Butr the game becomes to easy to fast. To put it diffrently, if you're like me and played your first one trough on hard and classic and really enjoyed the difficulty across the board. You will just breeze trough it on a 2. playtrough. Partly because of the time management, which lets you become extremly op if you know what you are doing.

This was my first Fire Emblem game as well. I enjoyed it immensely and I'm looking forward to the next release. I'm hoping they build on what they have here. It's a great world and I'd love them to build in more "movie" pieces. They have such nice cutscenes and it feels like I'm watching a TV series. Please add more of those, it was criminal how few of them there were and I feel you could make an amazing game by doing so.

I noticed how u thought the maps where ur units didn't die were boring, I personally loved them, especially the battle of the eagle and lion. It felt like a friendly competition for bragging rights, which was great to me

Glad to see you got El's route first pass. And... Yeah. There really aren't any answers. There's only one person who's wholly good and that's Claude, honestly. And his route, as far as the story goes, is so wildly different from the others it almost misses the point of Edelgard's and Dimitri's conflict. Edelgard is playing a game much larger than Dimitri ever could conceive. But she misses the finer details, willfully at that. An ocean of blood pools at her feet as much as she tries to stem the tide and she knew it would. But she believed it was necessary, and after what the nobility did to her and Lysithea, it's hard to tell her she's wrong. But that also doesn't mean she's right. War is hell, and Dimitri plainly exemplifies it. He tears through bodies in his search for revenge, a tide of blood enveloping him as he pursues his revenge. He doesn't want to see anyone needlessly die ever again, but then he himself became the evil he sought to stop. War is hell, and all you can really do is keep pushing for what you believe in. It's by far the most mature fire emblem story I've ever played. Path of Radiance comes pretty close, but it was dragged down by its sequel imo. If you go back to past fire emblems and manage to force yourself through them, you'll likely find them... A bit lacking compared to three houses in the story department. Maps should more or less be fine, that's the only praise I'll give fates, conquest specifically, but the only games easier than three houses have to be awakening, and fates' other two routes.

I loved your video / critique of BotW, so I was hoping that your video on Fire Emblem would also highlight valid critiques of the game (while everyone else is just singing praises). This was my first FE game as well, and while I've really enjoyed it, there's notable flaws that people seem to just be ignoring overall. Good luck with future vids.

Awesome video man. Keep it up :)

Wanna hear your thoughts on other jrpg's like this. Keep up the good work!

I wasn't a Kingdom Hearts fan, yet look at me now.

Kinda sounds like mass effect or dragon age like, bonding with ur team and helping them develop

The teatime with the death knight is frickin hilarious.

You just described my experience with this game. I love it so much and I never go for games like this

All the newcomers now can go back in the series and see the hell that is my fav game series lol i suggest FE 4 super famicom and FE 6 gba

You should totally do a Donkey kong 64 retrospective

I thought this would be a video about the Death Knight learning to love when I saw the thumbnail

Wow i was curious to see if you'd make a video on one of the games of this series.

This is my game of the year, unless hollow knight silksong comes out this year, that might beat three houses.

I don’t get why everyone dreads the weapon triangle it has NEVER had THAT much of an impact on the game. The only time where you HAVE to make sure you always use the right weapon no matter what is on like maniac type modes. Playing the game normally has never had a huge impact because of weapon triangle.

I see we have the same favorite battle in the game! A fellow man of culture. XD Best freaking battle in the game, the series needs more of these.

This is a great video!

Palutena is my favourite FE Character.

It’s always fun when I get to do this so here goes. I’ll Echo (heh) what other people have been saying in the comments in that you should play Shadows of Valentia, it’s fairly similar to 3H with a smaller cast, Divine Pulse, no weapon triangle, and combat arts. Just be warned, uh Echoes is a remake of FE2 on the NES so the map design leaves something to be desired. From their I’d go to Path of Radiance, while it have a tad more characters than 3H and Echoes, it’s a lot more manageable than other FEs. But while being more traditional, FE9 does have a fairly strong focus on characters, as well as being considered one of the best FE stories, up their with Genealogy of the Holy War and Three Houses, with a good level of world building as well. The maps I’d say are a step up from 3H’s and Echoes’s map in design and difficulty, but they’re not going to be brutal in difficulty. Obviously from their I’d play Radiant Dawn, but don’t expect the same level of writing quality you’ve been getting. While it’s not poorly written, it’s not up to par with the series’ best, but in terms of gameplay it’s a blast. It’ll be decently harder, but by then I think you’ll be able to manage, and can probably play on Normal, just know going in it’ll be harder. It does have a high cast count, and so it doesn’t have much cast interaction as it would be a writing nightmare for the game. While it does have a lot of units, they pretty much all have a use in maps, even if some characters are just bad. But be warned, the cast in the game tends to be shuffled around a lot without delving into spoiler territory. From their you can go anywhere you want, Genealogy is pretty unconventional in terms of FE, but it’s still has a great story and different but good gameplay as well. It has few maps, but to compensate they’re huge, and equal several chapter in other FE games, so it’s still the same length if not longer. For this though, really avoid spoilers, this is definitely a story that needs to be experienced blind. Thracia also takes place in the same world as Genealogy, and is a sort of side story to Genealogy’s story. Just know going in Thracia will be pretty brutal, it’s extremely well designed, but is not friendly to new players. Just make sure you play the Project Naga patch for Genealogy and the Project Exile patch for Thracia, as those are the best translation patches for each game. The GBA games are also fun, but not as good as the rest of the series. FE7 (or just Fire Emblem) is probably the worst if the bunch, but it’s still worth a play or two, just again don’t expect high quality writing in that game, or map design, although you will get some good character interactions in that game. FE6 is probably the best in terms of gameplay, just be warned it will be harder than the other 2 GBA games, and a high amount of units front loaded in the game. It’s also has a pretty bare bones story and cast conversations, but it’s completely functional as a plot. Speaking of plot it’s FE7 is a prequel to this game, but they’re really not that well connected. Again don’t expect a complicated and intricate story in these 2 games. FE8 is definitely the easiest but has the best cast of characters and story in the GBA lineup. In fact, it’s probably has some of the best characters in the series. It definitely has a smaller cast, along the lines of Echoes. In terms of story it’s not a sprawling epic, but it’s definitely one of the more personal and creative FE stories. While the maps are easy, the game gives you a lot of tools to work with, so clearing the maps as fast as possible is really the fun in that games maps. Anyway this comment is long enough, I just hope you enjoy the series as much as the rest of us. TLDR Play Echoes than Path of Radiance than Radiant Dawn, you can jump to any other game after that, but different games will have different quirks and mechanics than the others, so understand that going in. PS Don’t bother with FE1-3, maybe if you’ve beat every game, but even then. They’re definitely aged the poorest in the series.

You said the reason why I love Three Houses and Fire Emblem as a hole thanks for this video and you got a new fan

Three houses is easily one of my favorite switch games, right now I’ve got about 170 hours it on it because of how much there is to experience

Things like the lack of a weapon triangle, the presence of combat arts and the undo function (Divine Pulse) were originally added in Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, the 3DS remake of the second ever Fire Emblem game. That game also made it's cast a little more manageable by splitting it between two protagonists who's campaigns take place simultaneously. The monastery stuff and intense customization is all new to 3 Houses though, so you will be taking a decent step back if you decide to go back and play the previous games.

Here's the real question, why does the fire emblem 3 houses opening song slap so hard?

The best advice I can give anyone giving the old games, save for a few games that deploy everybody because it doesn’t apply, a shot. Train a core team of 10-12 units. Don’t be afraid to drop someone if they aren’t pulling their weight, that’s why there are so many units gained throughout. And sometimes death is a motivator to take care of your surviving units, if you can look past permadeath. The series isn’t for everyone, but it’s damn good. And the OST’s are some of the best.

That 3 way battle also caught me waaaay off guard. I was sitting there with all of my units in the middle, then simultaneously Edelgard set the middle on fire and Claude started advancing towards the middle with his ridiculous attack range. That was a hard reset there.

If your new to FE just play causal and dont listen to anyone who tells you to do other wise.

3H is somwhat of a departure from the older Fire Emblems, easier and made to appeal to more casual players. Hence no weapon triangle, can turn back time, more lenient difficulty, and half the game isn't even combat. Much more emphasis the whole "school life" angle, somewhat to the game's detriment imo.

“What is war if not a spectacle of the damned?”

“No spoilers for the golden deer route” god damnit the one route I’ve finished so far. Well I’ll be back to this video in another month once I finish the other two routes