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faroreswinds · 2 years

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The Eastern and Western fanbases are so unhappy, I’m baffled over how any of these decisions were greenlit. On Twitter especially the way people are reacting is so split. There are sooooo many fans upset. For GW on one hand you have people upset they took away core aspects of Claude’s personality and then you have people who are mocking those upset saying they never understood Dimitri’s character. On AG? It’s even more split. No one’s happy about Edelgard. Sylvain fans are also understandably upset. Dimileth fans and just Dimitri fans in general are so upset that this Dimitri is so hollow and never learns to live for himself. His character arc was his biggest appeal so for him to never actually learn to live again, ESPECIALLY with his friends there to be his support, it left a bitter taste in many people’s mouths. The only ones even remotely happy are Dimitri and Felix shippers (which is fine I don’t want to make it sound like I’m judging them!!) Edelgard’s route is generally seen as underwhelming and boring and there’s a small amount of fans REALLY upset that Edelgard didn’t ACTUALLY get to defeat her final boss. And that’s not counting how many Byleth fans are upset that they were used to market the game because no one would have bought it without Byleth on the cover and in the trailers. It’s just a mess :( I feel I didn’t get my $60 worth

It was greenlit because honestly, these sidestory musous have been very successful. AoC sold over 4 million units. For this niche genre, that is insane.

This type of gameplay lends itself well to a setting like FE, due to it literally being a war setting. What better way to emulate a war than have units run around a map and kill a bunch of people?

But making it a "canon" story to the original game was their first mistake. Their second mistake was replacing Byleth. Their third mistake was not telling one single giant story and just letting it end tragically.

and then you have people who are mocking those upset saying they never understood Dimitri’s character.

Huh? Why? I haven't been seeing anything of that.

No one’s happy about Edelgard. Sylvain fans are also understandably upset. Dimileth fans and just Dimitri fans in general are so upset that this Dimitri is so hollow and never learns to live for himself. His character arc was his biggest appeal so for him to never actually learn to live again, ESPECIALLY with his friends there to be his support, it left a bitter taste in many people’s mouths.

Edelgard I understand. It ruins Dimitri's story imo. But... Dimitri being hollow? I've heard complaints about him being boring without THE BOAR but being "hollow" is certainty not one of them. In fact, I rather like Dimitri here.

This is a Dimitri down a different path and we get to see him actually act like a king. I actually find it quite interesting, especially since we get to see Dedue and Felix really shine. AM was all about Dimitri. We don't need that same story again.

And... tbh, I've always liked Dimitri best when he's suffering. Him not learning to live for himself feeds my "he's still suffering" soul. I can imagine all the ways Felix and Dedue can eventually lead him out of that path. I don't need to imagine Byleth being the only one to do that.

Edelgard’s route is generally seen as underwhelming and boring and there’s a small amount of fans REALLY upset that Edelgard didn’t ACTUALLY get to defeat her final boss. And that’s not counting how many Byleth fans are upset that they were used to market the game because no one would have bought it without Byleth on the cover and in the trailers.

So far... yeah, her route is boring. I'm not even close to being done yet but it's certainly underwhelming. It started off so great too. But I actually find it HILARIOUS Edelgard doesn't actually beat Rhea or Thales. I can't explain why... I just do.

But marketing Byleth as important and then sidelining them was a major mistake. I'm hoping that maybe DLC will... adjust this a bit.

But I don't feel like I wasted money. I'm having fun picking apart the story, talking about FE again. Plus, I like musous, and from a gameplay perspective this is VERY well done. I get to see some character I love get involved.

My perspective may change as I get farther along, but sometimes I enjoy train wrecks as train wrecks.

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