#fire emblem fates replay

[noahmio]

Fire emblem the wakening doodles bc I’ve been replaying the 3ds fire emblems

#pachidraws #fire emblem awakening #chrobin #robin fire emblem #chrom fire emblem #lucina fire emblem #they are so funny to me. dysfunctional family #big fan of how the robins r identical it took like 2 mins to edit short hair onto frobin to make mrobin #despite these drawing the one I’ve been actively replaying is fates cq

[mayordoi]

azura fire emblem (now fully rendered in digital form)

#mayor doidles #fanart #fe #fire emblem #fire emblem fates #fe14 #fe fates #fire emblem if #azura #azura fire emblem #digital art #cell shaded #need to motivate myself to get through my fifth[?] replay of revelations but i got really hung up on planning out everyone’s ships and all #the skills i want to inherit to the 2nd gen units #this is the fe fates way

[frogintheair]

i REALLY like their support so have some art from last year

#fire emblem #fire emblem fates #nina fire emblem #shiro fire emblem #nina #shiro #my art #2022 #i decided on a whim yesterday to replay fates and bhebhfjgksdhfg #i read their supports AGAIN and i wuv them. does anyone else like them. this ones for u....

[milanosbitch]

tiger mountain peasant song 2.3x2.3 inches on watercolor paper

“I don’t know what I have done, I’m turning myself into a demon.”

#this is so funny to me because last week i didn’t know this guy existed i was simply replaying fire emblem fates #then friend showed me three houses and i locked onto target (sad white man) #dimitri alexandre blaiddyd #fe3h #fire emblem three houses #dimitri fe3h #my art

[emblemxeno]

I think another reason why I'm of the opinion that 3H's writing falls flat due to superfluous exposition, is that... it actually does what I think is great gameplay-story integration.

And that's the character paralogues!

Every character has a paralogue which ties their personalities and backstories into that mission's plot, without exception. Certain gameplay elements are also introduced to suit why the characters are doing what they're doing in those missions.

They're not flawless of course (map reusal is a bitch), but they are nonetheless stellar ways to tie in the characters to their world.

So what's the issue? The problem then becomes, why the hell is there so much else then?

I'm not advocating for everything else to be cut or for character backstory/development centered supports to be shelved, of course. But when you have paralogues-missions that are very well crafted to engage the player in the game flow and the writing simultaneously-why do the characters reveal the same things and go through similar developments in other places, like supports, the monastery, sometimes even in story as well?

Because you can miss out on paralogues? Well this game makes it so you can skip the monastery, supports can get locked if you don't do them in time, and those sparse story moments don't exist if the side character dies. There's no functional reason why you need multiple avenues to dive into the same few character plotlines, especially when one method does it consistently better and more involved than the others.

And logically or writing wise, there's even less of a reason other than they really wanna make sure you know these characters really well. Which is in no way bad of course, it's great to make a cast that you're proud of and want people to fall in love with every aspect of each of them. But there's nudging your audience to a position, and then there's outright making the line between player control/influence/preference and authorial intent too blurry.

Inevitably yeah, people did love this cast. That's why 3H is so popular and why their characters rank so highly in polls. But I reiterate from previous posts: 3H doesn't do anything special that previous FE games didn't as well. The cast isn't particularly deeper than most FE casts on average, nor is its world/story writing any more impressive. There's just more of it being delivered and put in your face than normal. And because many finer details unique to 3H's plot construction end up irrelevant (or outright contradictory to the main plot when thought about for too long), most of what's pushed is the character writing and backstories and Fodlan's primary backdrop... over and over and over again.

To me, that becomes tedious and ironically makes me care less for the world as I find incessant need to reiterate major aspects of the story near verbatim to be artificial and suffocating. But I'm not most people, and I can't fault others for finding great joy in it. I just thoroughly hope that the gameplay-story interaction is taken as priority like it was with Engage for future FE games, because these are still video games at the end of the day. When your game is being talked/argued about more than it's actually being played (for reasons that don't specifically have to do with archaic design elements as a result of its age)... shouldn't that be seen as a bad sign in the eyes of a video game designer?

#fire emblem discourse #storytelling #3h hate #like the fact that 3H's near unanimously most panned aspect #is its replay value as a result of poor game design choices #should be seen as something not worth repeating ever #especially since I see people constantly talking about going back to replay Engage or Fates or even Radiant Dawn #games with stories that have noticeable issues but are still great GAMES that don't have to rely on massive amounts of text #to get people to want to play them again

[extantformoflife]

honestly I love that queen mikoto foresaw her ENTIRELY PREVENTABLE death via magic or something, took NO steps to prevent it, and also told yukimura "hey btw when I die give my kid the cool sword hidden in the statue. yeah it'll be revealed when I blow up. mhm cool thanks okay I'll just go back to waiting for my eventual demise via exploding sword. thanks." and that's it! that's all she does!!! it's fucking great!!!! I love this game!!!

#extanttalks #extantgames #fire emblem #fire emblem fates #fe: fates #fe:f #queen mikoto #im doing a birthright replay so im fire emblem posting i guess #also i KNOW that yukimura says that she didnt know the specifics only that she was going to die soon #but like. cmon.

[asteraws]

various enst charas as fe14 classes (2021)

#enstars #itsuki shu #kagehira mika #kanzaki souma #nito nazuna #fire emblem fates #last yr i had a phase where i replayed fates and lamented so hard abt how the music and visuals were beautiful but had shit narrative #and valkaloids fusion came out around the same time so i was inspired by the spears from that mv lol #sorry the layout of this is horrendous but i want everything to be in one huge megapost lol #my art #im not abt to tag everyone #mikas an outlaw turned troubadour #shu and midori are also troubadours #hiiro and nazu are cavaliers #soumas prob samurai but i wanted to draw him as arms master too #rinnes either one of the furry classes or like a chieftain #nikis an apothecary that turns into a merchant later

[z-1-wolfe]

two girls and their emotional support himbos

#fire emblem awakening #fire emblem fanart #fe kamui #fe severa #zenta draws #i replayed the fates trilogy in my spare time #and spewed out these doodles for giggles

[andyling]

the past couple weeks i've finished a verdant wind run of fe3h that was collecting dust on my switch and played through golden wildfire on three hopes for the first time afterwards and i'm still craving more claude content 

i think there is something severely wrong with me

#i miss him #i'm replaying fates rn but like claude is still on the brain #what has this game done to me #THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME I'VE PLAYED IT #I HAVE NEARLY 500 HOURS ON THE GAME #WHY HAVE I NOT CHILLED OUT #HOW IS IT GETTING WORSE #i'm mentally unwell #fe3h #claude von riegan #fire emblem three houses #fire emblem three hopes #golden deer #verdant wind #golden wildfire #claude being a character that exists has ruined me forever

[only-lonely-www]

I like to think about modern day AU Inigo who’s an idol who goes by his stage name Laslow, and his hair style/color and fashion change to match all of his dad options.

#fire emblem #fe inigo #fe laslow #fire emblem awakening #im late #but happy birthday #i love this guy a lot #also it’s awkward for me to call him Inigo #because I played fates first #and replayed many more times than awakening #anyway can you guess the inspiration for each one ;)

[homosexualcitron]

now i have to wait 2-3 days for the new dragon quest monster rrrh there are so many games i wanna play..

#i will probably do most of the dragon quest #no the very old ones tho.. like the 1-3 also i didn't like the 4 when i was a kid so idk (but i kinda want to try again idkk...) #+ the fire emblem!!! engage + fates + 3H other routes and i want to replay path of radiance and awakening #in my gamer era fr???!!!!

[laura5407]

Why does Trial of Fates go SO HARD its ridiculous

#fire emblem engage #trial of fates #like its so good #specifically the bare your fangs version #its genuinely making me want to replay fates #though im sad i cant be gay with Azura

[silent-partner-412]

in a conversation about the best modern fire emblem game “i don’t think it’s because of nostalgia but genuinely i think awakening is the best of these!” bro it’s 100% because of nostalgia because that’s the only way i can possibly imagine somebody enjoying awakening more than the rest of the modern era fire emblem games

#fire emblem #more distance from the series only makes my takes less and less nuanced #and makes me more and more mean to awakening #i would rather play fates revelation three times in a row than replay awakenjng once

[frogintheair]

MORE old fates sketches

#fire emblem #fire emblem fates #elise #mitama #kiragi #kana #2022 #my art #yeah replaying fates has made me go back to my old sketches i made #thinking... maybe ill draw more... depends... #also ://// im sorry for being the only person ever willing to marry azama #i cant even lie anymore and say its bc i want pink mitama i just think hes funny :(

[milkpieces]

The serotonin boost I get from these two images is. Immense.

#fire emblem fates #kamarx #my ramblings #I was *finally* able to implement the gay fates hack correctly this time and I've just been having a blast replaying fates #for like the thousandth time #with all these new super rad supports to unlock #I love the added supports for Gunter especially #Felicia revealing that she sees him as a father figure was so sweet #and him actually being able to talk to the royal family he's been serving for years that isn't Corrin? I love it #but I especially love that I can fiiiinally marry Blonde Boi McGee over here #I love my wife Anna but... Grumpy-looking mofo. Cute.

[elegyofthemoon]

lord give me the strength to not download and play fe awakening or fates again theres only so much i can handle with the little time i have and i dont need my brain to be losing attention enough as is

#my brain focused so well until it was lunch time and now my brains like DOWNLOAD FIRE EMBLEM AWAKENING.... DO IT.... #and i wanna play fates again. BECAUSE I NEVER FINISHED. #like i wouldnt replay birthright since i finished (also im like meh on the story) #but conquest however 👀👀 #personally i feel like i like the characters in conquest more than i do birthright. which is partially why i miss conquest more #like i like the family in birthright a lot! but none of the other characters really stand out for me compared to conquest #but that could also be because i had to suffer nohr 3 fucking times and neither of the runs ive finished #third one i was v close but well yknow. forgot to finish. #snow speaks #but fe awakening? i love. the kids. sm. #if i start spamming fe again im so sorry im going through something ig