Unpopular opinions timestamps (not my opinions, just the ones in the video): 1:58 Fates isn't that bad 5:40 (FE8 spoilers) Eirika trusting Lyon 8:27 People shouldn't turn down Fates because of the critism towards the story and rather play it themselves 12:26 Leonie best girl 14:59 Three Houses' pretime-skip (White Clouds) should be different in each house 16:50 (FE4 minor spoilers) *ncest shouldn't be removed from FE4 21:25 Birthright and Revelations' gameplay is good and better than other games in the series 26:09 FE8 is the best game 30:07 Shadows of Valentia is a good game (+Mekkah's take on Echoes) 34:00 Fates > Three Houses 36:37 Remake Thracia before FE4 39:30 Funeral of Flowers is the best end theme from Three Houses, would rather play Revelations over Awakening and Edelgard's appearence is overrated 41:57 Full voice acting should have a "turn off" feature 44:44 Fates' writing is fine 45:27 FE4 *ncest should be removed but not the MAIN *ncest (spoilers) 45:55 Corrin's naivety is understandable 47:00 FEH will shut down by 2022/23 48:05 There's nothing wrong with a cartoonish villain 48:49 (Path of Radiance spoilers) Crimson Flower is FE9 from Ashnard's POV 50:17 A game filled with Wyvern riders but also make them more balanced

Gotta love how he actually talked seriously about that Leonie take

this was a good video. Here's like not an unpopular but like definitely controversial thought, Micaiah is actually one of my favorite lords in the series until Part 4 plot stuff because I think she's a very great take of an ignorant rebellion leader. Micaiah does get a lot less interesting as a character once Part 4 hits, but I think before then she works really well as someone whose stepping into a pond way more vast than she understands, Micaiah makes a lot of genuinely stupid decisions because of pride, ego, and her blind nationalism faults her into AND I think the game does for the most part a great job of highlighting the issues of her actions rather than treating her as perfection through the criticisms of the other characters and the results of her actions. I think the Blood Contract was actually unnecessary for Micaiah committing to the war just because she was already excellently characterized as someone who is dedicated to the cause of Daein to the degree that her personal doubts and regrets would ultimately take a backseat. I think there's actually a lot of interesting stuff from a thematic sense when you look at Micaiah in the role of an ignorant leader rather than the mary sue. And this part might be more of the popular opinion idk I don't pay attention to RD discourse too much, BUT... I also really like to think of RD to be an explicit deconstruction of Fire Emblem Troupes at the time and their issues in the same vein Genealogy was for a lot of the typical ideas FE had (in the case of FE4, things like the deconstruction of the noble hero with a good cause, of the simplistic morality of antagonist up until that point, etc,) in exploring the issues of the impact of the Mad King's War and the corrupted morality of Begnion. RD did a pretty good job of establishing that while Ike's journey made some improvements to the world, Ike definitely did do his fair share of damage with aligning with Begnion and letting them have control over Daein and letting Daein suffer the consequences. In context yeah it made sense for Ike to side with Begnion and work with them, but in doing so he allowed for so many acts of unjust harm to come into fruition. Furthermore, the story highlights the ignorance of humanity and our own self serving desire with the Begnion Senate's own actions and how they caused more and more conflict because of absolutely unnecessary pride and ego, which is really interesting because most FEs to that point didn't really have a faction the story of a previous game supported turning out to be so morally corrupt which is really cool. I think RD goes out its ways to be very critical of FE in a very interesting way, I have a lot of issues with the story as well as most people (especially with how Part 4 cranks it up,) but I think there is a lot of interesting ideas in RD that's cool and I think many of the underlying themes of RD is actually really dope. I also think POR was definitely written with all the deconstruction RD had in mind since it alludes to a lot of the stuff RD explores.

As someone who has not played fe4, hearing “incest is bad, it birthed the anti-Christ by doing it” was kinda a shock lmao

Expecting a lot of “You see, Fates isn’t bad, guys.”

The large maps are the best part of fe4. They build a sense of scale and show a flow of time that the other games cannot display on such small maps.

the thing about the cousin stuff in FE4 is that in Japan its not as taboo as it is in the west. and also like you said in medieval times it wasnt a big deal either. but they absolutely shouldnt remove it in an eventual remake no matter what.

Crimson Flower has the curious trait of being the only route where the Tailtean Plains are used in the story, a place that otherwise only appears (and rarely) in Battle quests; despite holding quite the significant position in the lore (being the place where Seiros' defeated Nemesis and started to steamroll the rest of his kingdom).

unpopular opinions are just things people have argued with you about one (1) time hot takes are just normal opinions that everyone agrees with, but you say them aggressively

"Finite and consequential reclassing" seems way more like something you'd say about Conquest, where your limited resources CAN majorly screw you over if you try to be stupid with reclassing rather than the ones that have unlimited money and grinding, which is what that one poster was talking about.

my take on sov, i can definitely understand what people dont like about it, but its just such an enjoyable experience for me in so many ways and thats why its my favorite fe

no, no, NO, please not more "X FE is underrated and here's why"

Actually no, wyvern’s shouldn’t be in anyway nerfed, make them even more powerful, dragons are cool.

LEONIE GOOD

Listening to the conversations about Fates/Awakening and 3H, I think one of the biggest challenges for FE going forward is going to be UI. Skill emblem is a cat that’s never going back in the bag (whether it’s traditional skills, combat arts, proficiencies, etc.) and what makes 3H feel like a slog to me on maddening is just how bad it is to navigate the menus to check skills. Fates/Awakening were very clean and easy to navigate but had two screens and a touch pad. Im sure this is commonly thought, but I never see it anywhere: Echoes UI sucks. Not displaying hit and crit anywhere on the unit pages really gives that authentic NES gameplay

Which incest are you removing ? -Mekkah, 2021

The dude saying that Heroes is gonna die next year is totally ignoring how - there's a huge backlog of characters that still haven't been added (where tf is Volug) - game loves creating OCs. There's like 29 already and that's starting to get close to a retail FE game - game loves making seasonal alts. You have easter, summer, halloween, xmas, new years, and even bridal and ninja festivals to bs at least 28 characters a year, even duplicates of characters already in the game - game loves alts in general. There's like three or four Eliwoods on a horse, nothing stopping them from making a 5th and people will pull anyway. Fallen (of his horse)Eliwood let's go - IS can like, y'know, still make new Fire Emblem games for the Switch and suddenly Heroes has excuse to run for a whole year more and not be halfways done with the new game's characters. FEH players are sick and tired of 3H characters and there's still a bunch missing (og Dorothea when. She got two alts already but I want her school uniform damn it) - IS doesn't give a shit about powercreep so they're more than happy to exploit an already exploitative monetization system for more money. Though it's funny to go to Twitter; you'll always find someone complaining about Hegemon Edelgard in the comments like IS cares I still hold the opinion that FEH is a pretty bad game, a pretty bad gacha, and most importantly a bad "Fire Emblem" game, but it's a decent enough mobile experience that's fun to like, log in, not play, save orbs, get new waifu, continue to not play, and just collect Fire Emblem characters and then you feel like playing after 6 months and suddenly you're full of resources to raise units, make builds, and play for a good long while on the bus or during lunch or when you're simply not up for a more substantial game.

Honestly what I probably find most frustrating with Eirika as a character, though it doesn’t necessarily make her bad, is how little she seems to learn throughout the game in that regard. I totally agree characters should be consistent and I don’t expect the fact she’s naturally more trusting to change all that much. But after getting tricked at multiple points in the story I do kind of expect her to be a little more distrustful when a similar thing happens in the future. Still I guess it’s not entirely impossible if someone is just naturally so trusting that overshadows their past experiences so I can’t say it makes her a bad character.

On why certain games are often better appreciated on subsequent playthroughs: I think this is especially true of games in series. It's very difficult to approach a game without getting into it with expectations about how it should be playing out. As such, rather than trying to appreciate the game for what it is and playing to its challenges, we spend time reacting to the fact that it's not what we expected it to be. It adds a mental disconnect that wouldn't happen if we hadn't experienced the game series before. I felt this way notably about Xenoblade Chronicles X. For a long time, I was very disappointed with it because I jumped in with expectations about a deep and engaging story, since that was where I was coming from in Xenoblade Chronicles. However, it's only after playing Breath of the Wild and replaying Legend of Mana that I considered approaching XCX with a different outlook. This time based around exploration and world building for its own sake, rather than to drive a main narrative. And, lo and behold, I found the game to be incredibly fun! Another reason why subsequent playthroughs usually feel better is because by the time you start your second playthrough, you've probably learned a lot about how the game is played and find better ways around what might have seemed like obstacles or impediments during the naive first playthrough. It's why I love sequence breaking in Metroidvanias. I find new and interesting ways to address the game's challenges and I find out that this is actually more fun.

Here is an unpopular opinion I have- I hope you won’t mind me sharing it here even though it’s not related to the opinions in the video, since I don’t have many other places to share this opinion and I don’t think it will be too bitterly divisive at least: Gilbert is one of the most interesting characters in FE16. He’s widely disliked because he’s a terrible fuckup of a person, but he’s fascinating because he’s remarkably like AM Dimitri. He convinces himself that because of his past failures, he has to do repentance or else dishonour those he had failed. And this leads to him deserting his family and ruining his relationship with them, while making himself miserable in the process. Because of the duties he convinces himself he has due to his failings, Gilbert makes things worse for literally everybody. Nobody- not even Gilbert- actually wants Gilbert to do the things he persuades himself he has to. This is the same dynamic with ‘Punished Dimitri’- although Gilbert doesn’t necessarily get over this as Dimitri ultimately does.

The incest thing is actually an interesting commentary on free will. I always felt like the minor + minor = major thing is doing something similar to bioshock where its pushing you to do something morally reprehensible in the context of the game. Developer is god!

Forgot to mention it but my unpopular opinion about FE is that no permadeath should always be an option, especially on harder routes. I’m bad at the game so if I didn’t need to worry about my favorite units dying I’d be more willing to play older games

The one thing that I hate about full voice acting is the characters never call you by your real name. This makes total sense in 3h because your students address you as "professor" but in engage it was beyond annoying having your allies refer to you as "the divine dragon" constantly.

Don't know if this is an unpopular opinion or not, but with the exception of villagers/trainees, class customization was a mistake and never should have been introduced into Fire Emblem.

For my money, the worst conversation in FE4 regarding incest is the one between Sylvia and Claud. I don't care what Kaga said in an interview. I'm not so sure on the cav in the corner as reinforcements idea. Considering the size of the maps, it'll be a while before they reach your army and at least from my memory, didn't make much of a difference. If we're doing unpopular opinions in the comments, then I'll copy mine from the subreddit: Reclassing in 3H is probably not the main reason the units feel homogeneous. If I were to narrow it down to 2 things that do it more, it would be that you can wield almost any weapon in any class and that most unique skills/combat arts characters learn aren’t better than the universal skills/combat arts everyone else has access to. And to stay on the reclassing train, reclassing doesn't have to inherently take away from a character feeling unique. Reclassing like in Awakening and Fates does a good job of this. Last thing, less isn't always more.

See, i love Fates in land concept. Hoshido is a beautiful land with a vibrant atmosphere. See, if they focused less on fanservice in that game and kept more in universe. I think it could have been great! but...nope...and i bought all three games.

The reason a lot of the gen 2 cousin pairings exist is because they’re based around the substitutes, who aren’t related to any of the characters, so it’s not incest in that case, and the kids and substitutes have the same love values.

Unpopular Opinion: Fire Emblem is the pinnacle of strategy, characters, and story

Unpopular opinion pulled out of my lower torso: Wyverns should have 6 mov, or at least one mov less than pegasus knights.

32:36 There's a simple solution here, simply add a marker where same turn reinforcements will appear. That way, you can't simply spawn kill them, but it will also be significantly less trial and error bullshit.

22:01 I agree with that Fates statement 30:07 SOV is just that game where the presentation makes up for anything else. 40:35 Awakening is like playing the sinnoh game. You think you want to do something different but apart from shuffling around pairings here and there you end up doing the same thing It was fun watching this vid mekkah. This vid showed people have already explored the unpopular opinions and they are just recycling the same points or coming up with something that isnt relevant at all

About FEH shutting down: 1. They're making a lot of money. Mobiles games shut down when they stop being profitable, FEH is a long ways off from reaching that point. 2. They keep innovating, adding new features, new types of characters, and new game modes. This is not the kind of thing you do in a game you're planning to shut down. 3. The FEH story has actually been giving out hints that it's gradually building up to something bigger. They'd probably want to finish that story if they could. With the pace at which they're going, I don't see them reaching that point before 2024 or 2025. EDIT: However, it's also obvious that Mekkah doesn't know much about FEH. Since the last CYL, which was in February, 58 new characters have been added (not counting alts) (8 of those 58 are OC's). Then again, not counting OC's, they still have 382 characters they could add (even more, considering that Ullr has been added, confirming that lore characters can also make it in, even though they didn't appear in the CYL due to lack of an in-game portrait). Point in case, there's enough characters left for another 6 years, without considering that in that time, one or two new games with an all-new cast will have been released, which tend to bring enough new characters to carry FEH for two or three years (they're still working on adding very relevant Three Houses characters - Ignatz, Manuela and Jeralt aren't even in FEH yet).

When it comes to birthright, I can safely say that every time I replay the game I end up liking it more than I did before, and even with my recent completion of it using no re classing and minimal child unit recruits, that statement still holds true. I think that comment has a good point, but in BR's case it can just be chill to play even without exploring all those mechanics if you know what to prepare for. However, despite my opinion constantly being raised for it, I think that redditor failed to mention it's biggest flaw that holds it back, that being the maps themselves. Some of them look inoffensive with a slew of enemies spread out on them but quickly overstay their welcome with a massive reinforcement spam while others are beyond brain dead (ex. Leo level, faceless fort dragonfall, xander). Birthright may be pretty fun at times, but it will never be listed as one of my favorites because it will be forever held back by those maps. Haven't played Rev for like 5 years and I only played it once, so I don't have any thoughts about it.

I think fire emblem 8 is the best game with its the best beginning game for new players really good supports and characters and its just more fun then other games in my opinion i hope it gets a remake

Yooooo... the valak mountain music in the bg is sending me its so good 👌👌

I have a feeling that this is a popular opinion that I don’t often see discussed (at least where I’ve looked) but FE should branch out to more interesting settings/situations for its games. The classic Fantasy setting with nobles, kingdoms, etc. where you play as a lord with a dead parent and go to fight an evil dragon is nice and all, but there are so many concepts that could still feasibly fit under “Fire Emblem”. Some basic concepts i thought of while writing this: - a far future version of an existing FE setting, where people still use swords and stuff because [insert scifi reasons]. Awakening did something like this, but it just was another fantasy setting without significant technological change - a game where the primary focus is assassinating some noble with a small group of criminals, and the entire game is focused on setting up the conditions for that and dealing with the reprecussions - games in setting based off of things other than medival europe. The fact that fates even slightly strayed from that is really cool, and I wish there was more of it. - going entirely off the rails and having the main conflict revolve around fighting off aliens or something crazy like that

These videos are great! I like this type of content, I can watch without committing to a full LP About the incest thing in FE4 or 5 (idk), even though I haven't played them, I think they should leave it if it's localized... If it's weird or immoral, that's just how the game is. You wouldn't change art to fit modern values... And it's not the game's job to educate you on incest. No one should seek to mimic game characters, that's not how people learn to behave.

Potentially unpopular opinion? Jagen’s are the most important unit for any fire emblem cast(for gameplay), and three houses really showed how rough it can be without having one. They make the game much more replay able, and serve as an optional get out of jail free card for the player. They enable strategy’s that otherwise wouldn’t exist merely because they take a lot of hits and do a lot of damage when most of your units suck. They’re a huge boon to both newcomers and veterans alike. And for some reason people are still afraid of them. If you don’t wanna use them, that’s totally up to the player but I cannot magically make a Jagen appear in three houses. It would make replaying through the tedious early game much more enjoyable since you could more easily steam roll into the unique parts of each story without even changing the story at all. Obviously Jeralt would’ve been a great story inclusion, but even if you just got any of the adult monastery units in like chapter 2 or 3 it would’ve made replaying other paths much more enjoyable and made maddening mode much more bearable and probably even fun. Instead we got an end turn simulator where your units die in 1-2 hits at most.

FE8 fanboy here >:( Trusting Lyon at the end of Chapter 18 is something that Eirika, a hopeful character, would totally do. Lyon is one of her closest friend, ever. However, I feel the need to remind people that in Ephraim's route, it is him who is a dum-dum and charges forward alone, only then to have the Stone of Renais destroyed by Lyon/Fomortiis. In this case, if someone can say Eirika is a dumb protag because she gives the stone to Lyon willingly, then they have to say her brother is dumb as well, because it's essentially the same thing. Now, for MY hot take: criticising a game for being "too easy" is a poopy argument. FE8 devs went out of their way to make the game easy. It's a conscious choice, unlike games that have zero quality control whatsoever and leave the game balance completely out of whack - some parts are too hard, and some are too easy, there is no consistency in difficulty. You can say that the FE8 devs took the easy way out, but I think it's smart because they didn't try to do something that they perhaps did not have time and/or resource to do. No, I think the Archanea, Valentia games, FE4, FE6 and FE16 are better, but FE8 is far from the worst game in the series.

Comparing the lords in 3h is stupid. The game isnt written well enough for it to be a worthwhile discussion

Can't wait for the cringe takes and the debate on this XD need something to laugh at today.

Honestly, in terms of gameplay at least, I prefer the FE8 hack Sacred Echoes over the actual Echoes. I feel like Echoes works far better following the GBA formula with some of the mechanics from Gaiden kept in than sticking with its original, outdated design (the maps, for one, are far faster and more engaging than they were in the original game IMO). I'm really excited for the hack to be complete, because the only thing holding it back for me that I can think of is that it only goes up to Act 3 right now. Once it's truly finished, I might consider it the best way to play Gaiden.

Y'know, years ago I said I would never play Fates, but I think I'll go back on that. Maybe it'll be fun.

my personal take on Birthright/Rev is yes they have some of the best and most in-depth game mechanics in the series and a great balance between the rigid unit roles of early games and blank slates of 3H, but it's maps are so easy and on higher difficulties, the monotonous hordes of enemies mean those mechanics can't be properly explored unless you forcefully gimp yourself which just feels bad to do. i could create a super creative build that uses a unique combo of skills and pair up bonuses, but i can just plonk Ryoma & Corrin in enemy range and it does the same think without all the hassle.

For the wyvern comment at the end, I think if you can highlight the weakness of a wyvern more in the early game that would make it awesome. Like in FE7 getting 3 peg flyers that all mostly highlight the high res high speed high move but fragile characteristics, having 3 wyverns should make the early game more magic heavy or higher speed enemies.

I would say that Fates definitely has quite a few enjoyable characters. Or at least, characters that are enjoyable in theory, had the writing been better. Pretty much every aspect of the story and characters in Fates can effectively be summarized as 'missed potential'.

I was going through a lagspike776 and the funniest bit was that the biggest issue you have with conquest in the ability spam. That is not the case in revelation. So for mekkah the best lunatic mode from fates would be revelation.

Here we go again. Also my unpopular opinion prolly I don't mind FByleth's design. I understand why it is hated and it could be much better as I love MByleth design more.

15:50 I have a bit of a crackpot theory involving White Clouds. Because so much of it revolves around Blue LIons characters, plus the fact that only Dimitri's route gets a fully animated cutscene for one of the final chapters. I personally think FE Three Houses started as a standard FE game and Dimitri was going to be the main lord, but as it developed they decided to go with the house idea instead. I have no evidence to back this up, this is just what White Clouds made me think.

Interestingly, I started 3H with Black Eagles and I still loved Leonie, though it was only on my second playthrough (Blue Lions) that I actually used her and was instantly hooked

Since you brought it up in the Erica question, what do you look for in a Fire Emblem story?

It’s 2021 and people still talking bad about Leonie smh

Over time I’m becoming more fond of being critical/looking for sharp opinions on of various things is very acceptable in the FE fandom. on the end of the day few people really take issue with disliking various games/concept or celebrating others. Mostly in contrast to pokemon, in which large numbers of fans are negative or positive, but also seem to do worse about legitimately considering other takes. I’m especially baffled how positive fans(including Serebii at times even) are at times punching down on negative takes or denying them legitimacy. There’s a slight elitist/casual rift in FE, but most seem decently well informed on others opinions and needs. Even the slighty bizarre ‘fe fans hate fe’ brand of jokes seems to indicate a relaxed stance towards analysis and nitpicking. Some opinions get more flak then others, but I don’t often get the impression opinions get aggressively smothered(maybe some of the more out there story takes at times, but that’s natural dicier then just gameplay). So here’s to more unpopular opinions.

I think Fate’s story isn’t that bad because bad > boring. We have fun making fun of it. That’s better than what I get from Fe6, for example.

My unpopular opinion (I’m pretty sure this one is actually unpopular!) is that Echoes’ map design rules, and I think some of the sloggier ones are well made, because they feel like slogs. Assaulting a fortress in a desert or swamp shouldn’t feel smooth or easy, and the game sure doesn’t make it feel either of those things. I understand that for some “it feels tedious” makes it categorically bad, but I would not say that’s true for me.

I like heros just because i like to look at the artwork, same reason i like cypher

TMS is great Game, and deserves to be in the FE pantheon :D

LETS GOO MORE UNPOPULAR OPINIONS

Whoa, hold up. Celica had a lot more agency in her own rescue in Gaiden. She didn't just hand over the McGuffin to the obvious villain and get knocked out to be a human sacrifice, she was teleported to the dungeon and fought her way out to meet Alm. Echoes took cues from Eirika for Celica's character, but tanked her IQ harder than even Eirika gets memed for.

I guess my unpopular opinion would be that modes like maddening and lunatic+ aren't fun? They aren't tested well enough and feel tacked on and they feel like work.. I don't want to feel like I'm working during my game time. A reasonable challenge is fine and usually fun

Just came to hear that Three Houses is a bad strategy game

Unpopular Opinion: I think the Julian/first thief archetype is the best archetype. I always make an effort to use one in every playthrough I do because I find their accessibility and oftentimes strong class/growth synergy to be their strongest points even when on paper they may seem lackluster. I even think Sothe is a perfectly reasonable unit to raise up in both PoR and RD, even if he is a trainee/prepromote and Volke has a a better growth spread and skill. And Gaius, Yuri, and Niles are godsends due to how well they fill their niches as clean-up hitters with their propensity for crits, strong ranged attacks and mobility.

My unpopular opinion: Fire emblem fans can't read

Yeah, I like Fates more than 3 Houses at this point. I just can't stand doing the monestary sections anymore. My castle is way faster, and way less important. Fire Emblem typically just focus on the srpg elements and story, but the monestary is so big and important it feels like a whole 3rd piece of the pie and it's just a very watered down Persona. The problem is that I think the maps are too short and not that interesting (not to mention reused a lot). I think Persona 5 had a much better balance between the life simulation and dungeons. Leonie and Alois's paired ending is hilarious. I think the Begnion Senate were good cartoony villains. They were all hateable and over the top, but not deep in the slightest. Basically just a bunch of power hungry slime balls.

My take on people complaining about incest in medieval set fantasy games is "just look at the Habsburger line". I don't support it myself. I'm the first one to complain about ANOTHER FUCKING LITTLE SISTER ROUTE IN A VISUAL NOVEL... but it wouldn't be too weird for that time period. I don't like it, but it's not that out of place. NOW MODERN DAY GAMES HAVE NO EXCUSE AT ALL, so I will make a petition to get rid of all incest stories in games with modern setting.

What a brave soul venturing through reddit for our entertainment

Defensive Fates fans feel like they still have trauma from when the game was the newest in the series and everyone was dunking on it very hard, which is an era of the FE fandom that lasted for a relatively long time. I think that Fates has been around long enough where we're getting past talking about Fates as if it were an alien concept and actually judging it fairly alongside the other games, rather than to the side of then (ex. "This character is pretty good for a Fates character.")

It doesnt really make sense they would only play three houses once.. dangle three interesting things in front of someone and most people aren't gonna think ya im only doing one. Fire emblem is about replayabilty and three houses took care of that part even though it's not perfect. Still my fav in the series though

22:23 Aldwyn... That was Aldwyn

It’s sad how “all Fe3h lords good” was (and in some ways still is) considered an unpopular opinion.

oh yes this is gonna be fun

If I wanted to see people I know reflected in fictional characters, I would just hang out with those people and not play a video game.

I've literally played everything to do in fates, all the paths, tried all characters, but I've never done any of the story. Since the first time I played it I skipped the story. So I like the game since I dont know the story

The thracia before Genealogy would probably be like "you have this detailed FE experience that modern fans are used to, and that builds up the world for the large scale warfare of fe4"

Birthrite was my first fire emblem game and while i acknowledge that the story abd other aspects are a complete mess i still had fun with it esp just memeing with different child builds.

"There's frame rate drops in 3H part 2." The entire game has lag, especially chapter 1 which is always super laggy, lol.

unpopular opinion: cain is better than abel in shadow dragon. the big reason is the higher luck. many enemies pull substantial crit (mercenaries, manakeets, bishops, etc.) and they do so much damage that if they crit you youre pretty much dead. esp the manakeets and thoron bishops, even if youre capped it doesnt matter. cains speed base and lance rank early on is annoying, but you can work around that pretty easily, its just tedious. theres no ways to work around getting one shot by a crit outside of the one goddess icon you get and secret shop stat boosters. and 35% vs 40% strength growth is almost inconsequential. i just finished an ironman run so i believe this holds true at least in this context, if youre dying to a crit theres just no way youll be of any use tanking manakeets.

Eirika still is pretty dumb, when she gives Lyon the stone it’s is quite literally the chapter after you fight him for the first time and see that he is clearly possessed by the Demon King. You’d think she’d learn a thing or two about giving something important to the enemy after Novala but nope. She’s either just stupidly naive or doesn’t grow as a character. That being said Ephraim is also dumb for running off after the big bad on his own. Still, fe8 is the game I recommend to newcomers to the series

My unpopular opinion, the player shouldn't know about growth rates. I think it actively reduces player enjoyment since humans are so bad at probabilities. I mean, the games lie about hit rates in almost all of the entries for a reason.

I like Fates. Not the best, but still liked it. Conquest was my favourite story. And as for fun factor. Conquest was fun because of the strategies and limited levels, and Birthright was fun because army of Swordmaster go brr

16:50 Fire Emblem needs more incest.

Very unpopular opinion here azura as a kinshi knight should be used more, she can get some decent healing from her personal skill and Amaterasu and can do pretty good in combat and the extra movement is really nice

Im never gonna play fates because its funny Also yeah, leonie is great. Not my fave but up there

My unpopular opinion is that Peri is the best conquest character (i even submitted her to the unit feel) i understand why others dont like her and its valid but to me she stands out visually and personality wise in a sea of cookie cutter personalities and designs

Is "Radiant Dawn is the best FE game" an unpopular opinion? I think it definitely was 5 years ago when I first started engaging in this community, but I've seen a lot more love for RD lately Also, I can't believe you don't like God Shattering Star. That song is a certified banger

LEONIE IS BEST GIRL

I'll throw an upopular opinion in the mix. I think Three Houses has a not very good soundtrack. It feels very weak, thin, and ineffectual. It's a real letdown compared to the very full-sounding, textured, and beautifully orchestrated Echoes and Fates OSTs. As a random example, compare Fodlan Winds to Dusk Falls. No competition.

To be fair, incest themes can be present in many Fire Emblem games, not just Fates (You are always blood related to Azura) and FE4. Since the first games and up until the newest ones Thanks to Fire Emblem Blazing Blade being a prequel to binding blade, Roy and Lilina could be cousins, and it appears to me that it was intentional, given that the writers knew of FE6's existence and the consequences of allowing Eliwood and Hector to marry the Pegasus Knight sisters. There had been rumors of Ephraim and Eirika being together, and although they ended up being false, the fact that Lyon was jealous of Ephraim while also being in love with Eirika might give the wrong impression. I think Ephraim also adresses this in heroes? I am not sure. In a less speculative instance, Byleth's relationships in Three Houses can be a bit... confusing. Though I haven't personally played it, only seen bits of the story and memes. Lucina can marry Owain while being his cousin, or a male Morgan while she is his aunt. You can do a lot of incest marriages in Awakening apparently. While writing this to fact check myself I found a thread of people saying (bragging, maybe?) of all the incestuous pairs you can make.

Regarding the Holyn and Ayra thing,FE4 spoilers: Holyn and Ayra have to give major holy blood, otherwise Julius could not have gotten major holy blood. Deidre and Arvis both have minor holy blood, just as Holyn and Ayra do.

There is someone who likes fates. It's one person who kept visiting my castle (and I kept visiting theirs) for a week straight. They kept giving me maid bands

Unpopular opinion: The Black Knight fight in Fire Emblem 9 is perfectly balanced.

I don’t think most people realize that 1st cousins are not incest in Japan

As a Fates fan I know the story sucks. It was my first FE game but I like it because the story isn’t the only part of the game and the rest of it is actually fun to me.

15:20 I do disagree with the redditor's opinion, but I've never said that the part 1 paths should be more similar - I'm perfectly fine with exactly the way that they are don't think they necessarily need to be made more different. That is to say just because you don't meet people who want a change in the opposite direction doesn't mean that there is nobody opposed to change in your direction. I recognize that making a game as large as 3h is difficult and it's likely that the reason they were able to put in all the things we liked about the game was because they DIDN'T put effort into making p1 different. Every other take was related to matters of personal taste (fe8 is your favorite or Fates is fun? Nice) or were related to things that literally don't exist (hypothetical Jugdral remakes) so they can't even be discussed reasonably.

40:00 how dare you dislike our lord and savior God Shattering Star

I like the Fates love

4:53 out of context

I’ve never played Golden Deer, I barely know Leonie, but I mean, who tf cares which is your favorite girl? Lol

Even if you justifiably dislike gacha games (I do too), Heroes should exist because it provides voice acting, correct pronunciations and art for a great deal of characters/places that lack it, not to mention the official localisations for the Japan-only games. I mean, Ullr had like one piece of blurry vague group art, no voice and no official English name until Heroes; if you're a fan of FE you have to appreciate stuff like that.

What's the background music from?