Fire Emblem Engage Might Become The Best Fire Emblem Yet

Fire Emblem Three Houses was received really well for its Switch debut so it will be interesting to see if Fire Emblem Engage can continue the tradition.

Fire Emblem Engage Might Become The Best Fire Emblem Yet

[amberknight]

Engage did everything Three Houses was bad at good, while doing everything Three Houses was good at, bad.

[valemontgomery]

“If you’re old school, you’re probably interested in traditional features like challenging level design and permadeath”
Jesus Christ, imagine calling basic game design and the things that make fire emblem special “old school”

[rupok]

This game was fun gameplay-wise but had a forgettable story

[vanilla]

Imagine being a short form content youtuber. You have absolutely nothing of value to say and just live off people looking for actual thoughts on something.
"The new hoover vacuum cleaner might be the best yet! It sucks up dirt! This is incredible but you'll have to turn it on over your carpet to see how well it actually cleans."

[anthonyalvarez]

I still prefer 3 houses as the different paths you take in the story offers more replay value. And a better soundtrack. The emblem ring engine in engage is still awesome, seeing other characters from other FE games is definitely a good fan service to FE fans

[odqcody]

I would prefer a remastered three houses

[MHBaba]

I just wish that Intelligent Systems would stop with the avatar main protagonist and go back to just having a single pre determined protagonist like everything pre fates

[Allmightyimortal]

So we're just going to forget about awakenings then.

[WrathNebula]

I'm not gonna call Engage the BEST Fire Emblem, but its fun. While many people dislike the story, I found the story to be better than Fates, and that's saying something.

From what I hear, Three Houses will always be the best in terms of story, but I didn't like the gameplay so much, I won't talk about Three Hopes though.

Overall, calling a game the best is really just a matter of opinion.

[alecperdeau]

Gameplay is excellent with great ways to strategize but the characters and story leave a lot to be desired. It feels like an anime you'd give to a 13 year old who just outgrew Pokemon and now wants something with a little more edge but is painfully PG-PG13. If anything, Engage is a great introduction game for newcomers of the FE franchise. There's enough gameplay to remain challenging for seasoned players with lots of new options to make it feel fresh while also having enough of a learning cap and lighthearted enough characters to let newcomers join in without feeling like they are in the dark about the franchise's history.

[auggy]

hearing the phrase "fire emblem engage might be the best fire emblem yet" actually puts me in pain. this game was a huge disappointment

[rjred]

I LOVE this game it did take a while for the story to really pick up though my main criticism is the fact that I can’t give Zelkov cat ears

[paragonnight]

Gameplay/Combat is a lot of fun. If it's the best? Definitely debatable. Doesn't help that story is an S tier comedy with very lazy, tropy, and basic plot with heavy exposition. Def feels targeted at a younger audience. Characters aren't much better on that note, and while I like about 75% of the cast design wise, MC is not one of them. Character writing is super shallow as well. Would still recommend it if u can look past all this. I'm enjoying my time and don't regret my purchase, but I hope the next game takes their writing and storytelling more seriously. Same for the art style. I have no problems with colorful characters, but some of these designs are just a bit too much. Also, for God's sake, the clipping xD

[GhostlyReader]

My brother in christ even if the gameplay is debatably solid the story isn’t exactly the best. This is literally from the Fates writing team.

[roze]

seeing the characters from prev games felt nostalgic and special but i hope they don't keep adding characters from prev games to the new one like this cause itd ruin the uniquely aspect of this game and nullify the nostalga impact.
in this sense i love persona cause within its franchise it has a sub series where all the characters from the diff games interact with each other and its still one of my top fave games series to this day!

[mimief]

I played it just because I like the series. The team that made 3H should get a chance to refine the formula further, put more time into maps etc. in a sequel. That game joins my short list of favorite RPGs.

[fivestarguy]

I strongly disagree with saying Engage might be the best Fire Emblem yet. It was good, but it had mediocre characters, both design and writing wise. Many of them were just copy pasted character tropes from Fates (and not good ones). The story was very hit or miss, having more misses than hits IMO. The gameplay was probably the only thing I’d say would be the best FE yet. So yeah, overall, I’d say it was good, but saying it’s the best? Hard no. Sorry Engage Fans. XD

[SazonSoldier]

Coming back to this a year later, three houses was 100% the better of the two games

[spectacularrobotToys]

It's like Fate but it's Fire Emblem

[monicalop]

The writing and story no game play yes