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Flonne wrote:
Eurgh, I'm still waiting on Fates in the UK... doesn't come out until next month. I'm still torn between which one I want though. I just wonder why we always get things last in this day and age! I'm trying so hard not to watch anything related to it on youtube but I'm starting to look at the odd one or two. Is it better than awakening?
In fairness we get some things first *strokes Xenoblade and Last Window*
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Pierre wrote:
Flonne wrote:
Eurgh, I'm still waiting on Fates in the UK... doesn't come out until next month. I'm still torn between which one I want though. I just wonder why we always get things last in this day and age! I'm trying so hard not to watch anything related to it on youtube but I'm starting to look at the odd one or two. Is it better than awakening?
In fairness we get some things first *strokes Xenoblade and Last Window*
This is true! I've yet to play Xenoblade but that's another story! :P Sometimes it feels like they forget about us though. Thinking we're too occupied with drinking tea to play games.
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General consensus on Fates is gameplay is better than Awakening but story is worse. Birthright is closest gameplay-wise to Awakening since you can grind endlessly and mission objectives are pretty much "beat all enemies" or "beat the boss". Conquest is considerably harder since objectives are more varied and you can't grind (though you can get around this with DLC.)
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In the case of Last Window us Yanks didn't get it at all. Thankfully DS games aren't region locked.
General consensus on Fates is gameplay is better than Awakening but story is worse. Birthright is closest gameplay-wise to Awakening since you can grind endlessly and mission objectives are pretty much "beat all enemies" or "beat the boss". Conquest is considerably harder since objectives are more varied and you can't grind (though you can get around this with DLC.)
General consensus on Fates is gameplay is better than Awakening but story is worse. Birthright is closest gameplay-wise to Awakening since you can grind endlessly and mission objectives are pretty much "beat all enemies" or "beat the boss". Conquest is considerably harder since objectives are more varied and you can't grind (though you can get around this with DLC.)
I'm leaning towards Conquest I think. To be honest I didn't really think Awakening had a complex story (I don't know if there was anything post-game that I missed though so that might be different) I always kind of knew what was going to happen before it had happened. I'm glad that there are some characters returning from Awakening (not going to spoil just in case) as they happen to be my favourite characters.
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I will say though, I do feel that Conquest had the better overall cast compared to Birthright's though and I did quite enjoy Conquest's gameplay. I will say too, I feel the gameplay is overall better than Awakening's. They refined the partner system that's used in battle and I really like that it's much more fair now that enemies can use it too. And things that were really OP in Awakening got quite the nerf. I do feel that bows are much better in Fates though.
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Man...that looks dull...this actually makes me worried for KH3 (since that team worked on the battle system)
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For those who don't know, Boo Camp is the DLC experience grinding map. It's similar to the one in Awakening with the escaping zombies, only this time there's a lot more of them and they're in a fairly open map so they're easy to reach. Gold zombies will try to escape, but green ones will attack you if you're within their range. They also don't carry Counter like the Awakening zombies did, and gold ones give you at least 20 XP per kill. Sounds pretty good so far, right?
Well, it would be if a bunch of the gold zombies didn't have Wary Fighter (neither unit can double attack, meaning if you don't crit or trigger something like Astra, there's no possible way to kill them in one shot), Sol (can heal when they counterattack you), Miracle (can survive a fatal attack), and/or Aegis/Pavise (chance of cutting damage from certain types of attacks in half). Then there's the stupid golem monsters that have a five range attack that freezes you in place for a turn if it hits (it doesn't even have to do damage, and usually it won't unless your defense is unusually low). So your experience monsters have skills making it harder to kill them, giving them a better chance of escaping (remember, the gold ones won't attack you, only counterattack) and you have other monsters that give piddling experience and serve no other purpose than to lock you down so the zombies can escape. There's no extra challenge to this, it's just obnoxious and makes you do the map that many more times.
If this was included in the main game or free DLC it wouldn't be a big deal, but the fact that you have to pay extra for the right to grind against annoying monsters (and it's the only option for grinding in Conquest) isn't cool
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Plus I find some of the enemies are actually pretty brutal. The huge.monsters might not attack themselves but as Franzise mentioned its difficult to kill them in one hit meaning you take a really heavy counterattack from them. Also the weaker monsters will get support attacks from them which can also do a number on you.
Still I feel there's more ranged weapons in this game than ever so its less of a problem that say...counter was in the Awakening grind map.
Like Kodachi weren't around before so a swordmaster had to work with one of.the crappy ranged magic swords to get any use out of that map back then.
By the way speaking of swords...I find myself super reluctant to use any weapon above steel category because they all come with stat debuffs now and I find that super off putting. Anyone else feel the same? Pretty much only spending my money on forging and healing staffs now.
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Story is super-dumb but considering you're building an army from characters from a bunch of previous FE games that shouldn't be too shocking
Combat is very Fire Emblem albeit simplified; each character can equip one basic attack, one support action, and what's basically a Limit Break (after you take enough actions, it automatically activates in place of your next attack/support action), along with three skills. All of those either come unlocked on the character (usually higher rank ones start with more stuff unlocked) or can be bought with Skill Points which are gained like EXP
You set characters in four-person teams in advance rather than deploying each unit individually, though you can have multiple teams and the stage tells you in advance what weapon types the enemies will have so you can plan accordingly
The biggest downside to the characters is you're very much at the gacha's mercy; other than the daily special missions that let you recruit certain characters, you'll need Orbs to play for more chances to get who you want (and the special missions only give a two-star version of the character of the day at best; you generally want something four-star or higher unless it's someone super-useful like Olivia)
The nice thing about the characters is you can upgrade the star rank on each of them if you're willing to put in enough work, more stars means access to more skills
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I'm definitely enjoying it. Certainly, there are some things I disliked, such as the return of gender-exclusive classes and the low variety of top-tier classes, but these are ultimately nitpicks--the difference between an A and an A+, if you will.
I'll admit to having mixed feelings about the lack of a "Revelation" route, though I'm ultimately in favor of such a route not existing. On the one hand, there being no "Revelation" route means that it's possible for every route to contain the unavoidable death of a character the player really likes. That said, even Revelation had a couple of unavoidable deaths. I'm also not sure how much room there would even be for a "Revelation" route in Three Houses, considering the nature of each faction's goals--though I can't really go into more detail there without entering spoiler territory. The main reason I like there being no "Revelation" route, though, is that I feel it helps drive home both the player character's significance and the autonomy of the characters they interact with; yes, the player character's presence in or absence from the lives of some characters can mean the difference between life and death for those characters, but there's also a limit to how much the player character can influence everyone--though again, I can't go into more detail without spoiling things.
I'm not yet sure which route I'll ultimately favor. I've experienced part of the Black Eagles route and all of the Blue Lions and Golden Deer routes. I suppose it all depends on how I feel about Edelgard and/or Hubert once I'm done with the full Black Eagles route I started today, since those two characters are exclusive to the Black Eagles route. Admittedly, though, every route would involve me missing out on at least one character I'm quite fond of, so I imagine it'll ultimately be a question of whom I'm least willing to not have in my party--or failing that, whom I'm least willing to have to kill after the timeskip.
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I don't think I could ever imagine being sympathetic to her cause now knowing the things she at least condoned if not outright cooperated in. I'd get to that plotline and cut her down in a second.Made by Chesu+Zombee
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Overall a great game although I feel the ending I got felt like it needed an extra chapter? The final boss really felt like they came out of nowhere with little explanation. It also didn't feel dramatic enough the same way other final bosses have. Also hardly any of my characters paired up at the end. I guess I just don't know the mechanics for it but I guess this is fine. I'm definitely in favour of not having to grind for an eternity to make pairings.
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Still a second playthrough will Be good except for the massive fear that I'll need to kill Claude or my old classmates somewhere along the way. Golden Deer always truest to my heart.
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Spoiler: Black Eagles, Chapters 1 through 14
I might have more to say later on, especially about a certain two characters who are exclusive to this route, but it's getting rather late on my end, so I'll save any further thoughts for some other time.
September 21 (well September 22 for most of the world) Edit:
Well, I just completed the Black Eagles route, and boy am I glad it was the last one for me to do a complete playthrough of. Having now also gotten a good sense of how I like to perceive my character's potential bond with Edelgard on this route, I can now say confidently that I count myself among the crew of the S.S. Byleth × Marianne.
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