Cheddabombs
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- Mar 13, 2012
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Beat my first playthrough the other day with the Black Eagles, now I'm going through it with the Golden Deer. This is one of my favourites in the FE series I think probably 4th behind Path of Radiance, Radiant Dawn and Sacred Stones the first two being undoubtedly my favourites and will never be dethroned. A few little things in my first playthrough that irked me a little bit or maybe could have been changed IMO.
The whole going back to the Monastery after every fight seemed a little weird to me. Not just actually going through the whole monthly/weekly process but just in terms of storyline it seemed weird that after a big battle, especially towards the end, we'd just go back to the Monastery for the month. Like after the battle for that big bridge, it seemed like a really big turning point in the story and I thought hey maybe we'd stay here now and then move forward from there, but nope they're like "hey big win guys, let's chill back at school for a bit now." I think ideally they could've made it so we did the same monthly routine but changed the setting of it, like imagine doing that stuff at the bridge after that chapter. That would've been a lot of work probably, and isn't that big of a deal, but would've made it so much better for me.
Maybe this is just me, but the whole making yourself the protagonist bit isn't that cool. Especially when there are these really cool cutscenes mixed in and there's so much happening but the main character says literally nothing. Like when your dad dies, not even a cry for help or "noooo" just dead silence and a few tears. That's such a big moment in the story and the main person is speechless. I'd much much much rather just play a fully fledged story as someone else being the main character and have actual dialogue.
For example, the Path of Radiance series is so amazing because I fell so into the story of Ike and everyone else. In direct comparison with this game's scene where the main character's father dies, the PoR version is so much better because of the emotion Ike has in that moment, it was so immersive for me and made the game that much better. Or in this game when your dad dies and you go through his diary, he just calls you "the child" lolol like what. That's your kid and you can't even write their name down because of the whole I'm the protagonist bit. "I faked the kid's death" like that's your kid man say their name lmao.
And the pacing seemed a bit rushed near the middle/end. So you find out Edelgard is The Flame Emperor and then the next chapter she's incited a whole army/rebellion already, like woaah slow down there buckaroo. Let this sink in for a second. Or towards the end when so abruptly the story just decides hey, a massive battle happened and Dmitri and Claude are pretty much gone. I feel like that's a massive story point as well and it's just dropped on you like it's nothing then you move on.
Maybe this is just me, but the whole making yourself the protagonist bit isn't that cool. Especially when there are these really cool cutscenes mixed in and there's so much happening but the main character says literally nothing. Like when your dad dies, not even a cry for help or "noooo" just dead silence and a few tears. That's such a big moment in the story and the main person is speechless. I'd much much much rather just play a fully fledged story as someone else being the main character and have actual dialogue.
For example, the Path of Radiance series is so amazing because I fell so into the story of Ike and everyone else. In direct comparison with this game's scene where the main character's father dies, the PoR version is so much better because of the emotion Ike has in that moment, it was so immersive for me and made the game that much better. Or in this game when your dad dies and you go through his diary, he just calls you "the child" lolol like what. That's your kid and you can't even write their name down because of the whole I'm the protagonist bit. "I faked the kid's death" like that's your kid man say their name lmao.
And the pacing seemed a bit rushed near the middle/end. So you find out Edelgard is The Flame Emperor and then the next chapter she's incited a whole army/rebellion already, like woaah slow down there buckaroo. Let this sink in for a second. Or towards the end when so abruptly the story just decides hey, a massive battle happened and Dmitri and Claude are pretty much gone. I feel like that's a massive story point as well and it's just dropped on you like it's nothing then you move on.
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