Jul 262019
I’ve never played a Fire Emblem game.
The closest I’ve come is about 30 minutes I played of Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones.
I don’t remember disliking the game, but I was in the mood for something shorter at the time, so I quit and never went back to it.
(Although I switched to Metroid Fusion, which I didn’t finish until last year, so who knows?)
While checking my 3DS Activity Log (a feature I wish Nintendo would bring to the Switch, since it’s far superior to the vague time tracking the Switch uses), I noticed I also played about 30 minutes of the demo for Fire Emblem Awakening. I don’t remember it at all, but since I didn’t buy Awakening, the demo must not have won me over.
Now Fire Emblem: Three Houses is out, and it’s getting stellar reviews.
The game is getting so much praise, I’m tempted to pick it up and really give the Fire Emblem series a try. Of course, I’m mainly interested in the story and characters, which I’ve seen positive feedback about so far.
What do you think? Should I pick up Three Houses as my first Fire Emblem game?
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I have played a few Fire Emblem games, mostly the Wii one. I always got so paranoid about the permadeath but I enjoyed the strategy, story, and the character relationships within the game.
From what I’ve heard, this version has both a “casual” mode that turns off permadeath, and some sort of rewind feature.
Both of these things are true.
Well, I’m asking the same exact question you are, except I have played earlier Fire Emblem games, and don’t know if Three Houses will be closer to the games I like, or the games I loathe.
(Click my name to read more about my scenario… which prominently links your post as the first hyperlink.)
In any case, you should play fellow Intelligent Systems title Paper Mario: Color Splash first.
I’ll check it out. (I had been wondering if you would write something about it or not.)
I’m in the mood to play a couple shorter things before starting yet another 80-hour monstrosity… but while Color Splash is certainly shorter than that, it’s not quite short. I’ll play it this year, though! (Or next year.)
If you want to 100%-complete Color Splash, then yeah, it’s going to be a long time and not a short romp.
But you’re right in that Color Splash is longer.
Do you have Sacred Stones via the 3DS Ambassador Program or something, or did you just somehow get in front of it for 30 minutes?
From my quick search, it looked like around 30 hours for Color Splash.
3DS Ambassador Program, yes.
In that case, why don’t you just go and play through that?
Sacred Stones is relatively shorter than other Fire Emblem games. Under 30 hours!
Your response was less than enthusiastic when I asked if Sacred Stones had a good story. XD
I mean, you already have it. If the game is fundamentally repulsive to you, you won’t want Three Houses.
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Good point. 😛
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