TheLeon Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 So far I’m definitely enjoying this more than Three Houses. There’s just enough down time between missions without all that tedious school crap. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted January 26, 2023 Author Share Posted January 26, 2023 I think I finished 4 chapters. It is definitely a streamlined experience compared to 3H. The pace is nice and you are fighting quite a bit. I don’t necessarily love the characters and story so far. The game looks fantastic on the OLED. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggie Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 7 hours ago, Brian said: I think I finished 4 chapters. It is definitely a streamlined experience compared to 3H. The pace is nice and you are fighting quite a bit. I don’t necessarily love the characters and story so far. The game looks fantastic on the OLED. The further you get the more and more things open up to do trust me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggie Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 It basically has everything Three Houses had but with lots less running around all over the place. I unlocked fishing last night. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 The side stuff feels a lot more optional this time around, which I greatly appreciate. You’re able to go straight to the next story mission if you want, and eventually there’s enough “mandatory” down time between missions with inventory management, forging rings, support conversations, etc. that I can’t imagine a lot of people will miss that extra layer of the school structure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 4 minutes ago, TheLeon said: The side stuff feels a lot more optional this time around, which I greatly appreciate. You’re able to go straight to the next story mission if you want, and eventually there’s enough “mandatory” down time between missions with inventory management, forging rings, support conversations, etc. that I can’t imagine a lot of people will miss that extra layer of the school structure. Three Houses was the best selling FE game ever by a pretty wide margin IIRC, I think the school stuff probably had something to do with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkness35 Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 1 hour ago, Kal-El814 said: Three Houses was the best selling FE game ever by a pretty wide margin IIRC, I think the school stuff probably had something to do with that. Disagree, I think it was a return to the console/handheld era for Fire Emblem. With the switch being a highly successful device, it definitely contributed to the success for 3H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 Chapter 10, shit is getting real. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggie Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 1 hour ago, TheLeon said: Chapter 10, shit is getting real. Chapter 12 for me. I am loving it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternallDarkness Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 would be nice if the public option for relay trials actually worked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggie Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 12 minutes ago, EternallDarkness said: would be nice if the public option for relay trials actually worked Ya it’s broke I think. I did get some private codes from gamefaqs thread and finished peoples trials. It works fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternallDarkness Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 3 minutes ago, Biggie said: Ya it’s broke I think. I did get some private codes from gamefaqs thread and finished peoples trials. It works fine. yeah I know the codes will work, but it sucks that you can't easily join a relay or have others join yours. I have codes for two ongoing relays that I keep meaning to post here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedarkstark Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 I'm on chapter 16, the story sucks but gameplay-wise this is the best game since Awakening. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggie Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 16 minutes ago, thedarkstark said: I'm on chapter 16, the story sucks but gameplay-wise this is the best game since Awakening. I kinda like the story lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 Finally got to start this games over the weekend and I'm really liking it. Seems Nintendo decided to keep all the fluff from Three Houses, but really make it feel a lot less necessary so as to not kill players with their minmax OCD. Makes the time spent between battles feel a lot less tedious and that really compliments the nice, clean art and world design. Yeah, I'm really liking this game. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggie Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 What I do is return to the Somniel after each chapter, skirmish, or training event. Then I go in order. First visit my room and rest. Then go to each and every area doing everything once. Like having a meal at the cafe, fishing, working out for training, relay trials, bonding, etc. Then I pick up all materials on the ground before heading back out to the world map. Seems like a good way to do things. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedarkstark Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 Chapter 18 now, the difficulty really spikes around chapter 16 (on hard mode at least). Going to have to spend some time on skirmishes, buying upgrades, and forging weapons. Up to this point I hadn't done much min/maxing but it's starting to become necessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 On 1/31/2023 at 7:42 AM, thedarkstark said: Chapter 18 now, the difficulty really spikes around chapter 16 (on hard mode at least). Going to have to spend some time on skirmishes, buying upgrades, and forging weapons. Up to this point I hadn't done much min/maxing but it's starting to become necessary. Yeah, I just played chapter 16, beat it but I lost 2 characters, including my new waifu Spoiler Rosado So I’m going to need to replay it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 About to start chapter 16, we'll see about the difficulty spike. Really loving this game. Story is fine, nothing special, but these games have always been about the battles for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 Do you think we get a choice of female Robin or are we stuck with the dude? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 Yeah, difficulty does spike around chapter 16. This is why I turn off the permadeath. I hate stressing over losing one or two characters in battle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggie Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 51 minutes ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said: Yeah, difficulty does spike around chapter 16. This is why I turn off the permadeath. I hate stressing over losing one or two characters in battle. I’ve grinded so many training and skirmishes that I’m way overleveled lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 1 hour ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said: Yeah, difficulty does spike around chapter 16. This is why I turn off the permadeath. I hate stressing over losing one or two characters in battle. I turned off permadeath I don't know how many games ago after I realized it was pointless thanks to all the save scumming. What's the point if I'm just going to reload everytime a unit dies? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 8 hours ago, Ghost_MH said: I turned off permadeath I don't know how many games ago after I realized it was pointless thanks to all the save scumming. What's the point if I'm just going to reload everytime a unit dies? I’ve turned it off since they gave me the choice. With the older games, I’d refuse to go forward with losing a unit until the last battle. At that point, I just accepted a loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 10 hours ago, Biggie said: I’ve grinded so many training and skirmishes that I’m way overleveled lol I did a fair bit of grinding for a while. Pretty much all my core units are well into their advanced classes. I have slacked off the last couple chapters, though. I'll probably need to start back up with the skirmishes again when I play next time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted February 21, 2023 Author Share Posted February 21, 2023 I finished chapter 15. The combat is great but I don’t care for much else. The story is bad. The characters are throwaway. Somniel is fine, but I try to sprint through it as fast as I can. I am glad it doesn’t take much time to get back to the combat. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 Yeah, I'm not super engaged in the story, but these games have always been about the battles for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedarkstark Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 16 hours ago, Brian said: I finished chapter 15. The combat is great but I don’t care for much else. The story is bad. The characters are throwaway. Somniel is fine, but I try to sprint through it as fast as I can. I am glad it doesn’t take much time to get back to the combat. Same which is why I disagreed with all the reviewers saying it was a step back from 3 houses, the monestary was such a chore. I couldn't care less for all the expository dialogue between characters most of whom I had zero interest in. The story in that game was much better though I will at least give it that. I'm on the final 2 chapters it's been fun, hoping the post-game dlc content is good and provides a nice challenge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted March 2, 2023 Author Share Posted March 2, 2023 Finished it up. I did a couple of skirmishes and all of the emblem missions. By the end, my boy was a wreaking machine. The combat is great. My opinion remains unchanged on the rest. I started skipping all story content near the end. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 I'm at chapter 23 and so many of my characters are maxed out. I hate the level caps. I'm just rotating lesser characters in now to get them leveled up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted March 3, 2023 Author Share Posted March 3, 2023 1 hour ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said: I'm at chapter 23 and so many of my characters are maxed out. I hate the level caps. I'm just rotating lesser characters in now to get them leveled up. You can use the second seals to reset the level caps if you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 14 minutes ago, Brian said: You can use the second seals to reset the level caps if you want. I know, but I never have in any of the games. I always like the classes they start with. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted March 3, 2023 Author Share Posted March 3, 2023 19 minutes ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said: I know, but I never have in any of the games. I always like the classes they start with. I meant use second seals to reset the lvl on their existing class. Once Alear hit lvl 20 as a Divine Dragon, I used the second seal to reset the DD class back to lvl 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 5 minutes ago, Brian said: I meant use second seals to reset the lvl on their existing class. Once Alear hit lvl 20 as a Divine Dragon, I used the second seal to reset the DD class back to lvl 1. Ohhh, I guess I didn’t realize that. Do they keep their stats? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted March 3, 2023 Author Share Posted March 3, 2023 6 minutes ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said: Ohhh, I guess I didn’t realize that. Do they keep their stats? Yes. The characters get a lvl reset and keep the same stats. It shows you the stats remain the same before applying the second seal. Since it isn’t a new class, you don’t get a stat increase. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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