#not to mention how horrendous the npc designs are

[isuzukuretsuki]

I. AM DONE. THIS GAME. I’M SHAKING. This game was so good, 10/10, amazing, perfect, it was honestly everything I could ever ask for and it’s probably gonna end up as one of my favourite games ever. more random thoughts from negative to positive

-The final boss battle included Alm chipping away at the dragon while healers frantically heal him, and all the other characters are just chilling in the background doing fucking nothing.

-I AM STILL MAD with what happened to Berkut and Rinea. They were actually the characters I was looking forward to the most. I will hang onto their memory prism with my life because that’s the only place where they get some actual characterization. Like seriously don’t add new characters to the story if you’re just gonna kick them to the curb. Berkut was there literally to make Alm look better and I’m sorely disappointed with how poorly he and Rinea were treated by the writers

-also apparently Berkut is around the same age as Alm?? you’re trying to tell me he’s 17-18?? Nah son, this man is in his mid 20s at least. No 17 year old has a voice as deep as that.

-Speaking of Alm, he was a pretty meh protagonist tbh. Without any war experience he somehow manages to become the leader of the army, is glorified and loved by everyone, charismatic, skilled, kind. Yeah......... Celica, on the other hand.

-I was kind of upset about how all the female units had to be saved but given how this game is a remake of a 1992 game I’ll let it slide 

-I wish they’d let you save in the middle of dungeon crawling because accidentally getting Alm/Celica killed and having to redo the entire thing isn’t fun. The music in the dungeons was pretty bad too

-The only thing Fates (conquest) has over Echoes is better map designs tbh. The maps in Echoes were pretty plain in comparison

-I read all the endings and what the fuck was up with some of them. People bitched about how Faye got a terrible ending but what about Kamui? Kliff? Tatiana and Zeke having an incredibly fragile relationship? Fucking Sonya? She of all people deserved a happy ending and she ends up becoming a witch? Fuck that

-Speaking of Sonya, she surprisingly became one of my favourites. She should have been a story relevant character because of her connection with Jedah and honestly she’s by far the most tragic character imho. I do not regret picking her over Deen.

-I would have paid real money to have Faye get the hell over Alm and like hook up with Kliff or something. Cutest villager girl x cutest villager guy would have made the cutest pair lel. Faye deserves way better than continuing to pine after Alm I just want my daughter to be happy

-Alm and Celica’s romance was really boring lmao. I was way more invested in the side romances (Berkut/Rinea, Zeke/Tatiana). Then again I’m usually more invested in the side romances so welp

-FULLY. VOICED. Even the support convos and npcs were voiced like if that doesn’t scream effort and detail idk what does. Aside from a few bad voices, the dub was a joy to play through. A step up from Fates that’s for sure bc if Fates was fully voiced with their dub I’d prob stop playing lol.

-Grinding through dungeons >>>>> boo camp and risen boxes any fucking day

-World building was really fun and I loved how you could actually do shit aside from just moving the story forward like side quests or dungeon exploration. The world map layout of Fates was horrendous so I’m glad Echoes fixed that

-The story was really enjoyable and I was honestly 100% fully invested and interested. 

-I remember when I saw Jedah’s full body art I was like “this man is the final boss” and you know what I was pretty close. While I’m sad that Mila ended up not being a villain, I do think Duma was a great villain and final boss. He isn’t just a stereotypical evil shit head and most of the characters still hold respect for him and were thankful to him like Mila, so it was a nice touch.

-I heard the final map theme beforehand but honestly having this song play while you’re actually playing the final map is a whole other experience

-I have adopted probably 9 sons and 11 daughters over the course of this game. I absolutely loved the cast. Every character was lovable. The short supports, and the simple base dialogues they have when talking to them actually did wonders in characterizing. Even the memory prisms. For characters aside from the story relevant ones who get so little spotlight, they were characterized really well and were all likable and memorable. 

-The fact that these characters are so enjoyable makes it even more infuriating when the writers fuck them over (cough Berkut, Rinea and Faye) 

-Honorable mentions to Rinea, Berkut, Kliff, Celica, Faye, Lukas, Conrad, Mae, Boey, Sonya, Tatiana, Leon, and Python. I have so many faves from this game

#ellie plays fe echoes terribly #long post #this is. really long. but i gotta write it #this game completely blew awakening and fates out of the water imo #partly cuz of mila's turnwheel so i could actually play on classic LMFAO