“I did not know pain was a flavor” has to be one of my favorite quotes ever now. If that’s the stuff you get in the affinity rank up cutscenes or whatever they’re called, I might be really missing out
you are not missing anything story wise, the worst part is, everyone tells you how the story doesn't take itself seriously, which is false. The worst problem about engage is that it takes its story waaaay too seriously, and even the jokes are so flat and bland
@mihaimercenarul7467 the problem with engage is that Yunaka is the only character the game actually gives you a thorough introduction to despite nigh everyone else in the cast technically being more important than her. This is what happens when they remove recruitment conditions and conversations...
I'm rarely bothered by stuff like this but it really did in Engage- Characters just appear in whatever next place they have to be. No matter what. Even if that place is the throne room of a guarded castle, they will appear in that throne room, and the enemies will be surprised by how expertly you snuck in.
Also gameplaywise, Yunaka Covert with Corrin's Smoke square was way too broken. Louis too. And because several things are incredibly broken, the game seemed balanced too difficult because it had to facilitate those things. (Coverts are broken -> Mages now ignore Avoid. Units have way too high DEF -> Mages are broken)
So funny story about the whole "Marni is right there"... that's a plot point in Mauvier's supports with Four Winds. Needless to say, the reunions are not that pleasant as you can't just treat a human being as a replacement to someone else.
All this has convinced me of is that Engage was invented by Camilla. Deciding to add all of her friends from Heroes, making semi-copies of her friends from Fates, and taking parts of her personality (and her appearance) in others. She also copied her own homework with some hints of Fates' story being mixed in here. Not content with being overpowered in Conquest, she decided to extend some of her power to inventing a whole game.
reminds me of the crack theory shitpost about Fates being Inigo's self-written p*rn flic. which... fits far too well. especially with his daughter's existence.
With all the voice actor nostalgia in the video, I’m surprised you never mentioned Eirika being voiced by Kira Buckland, who I remember from one of your older videos being one of your favorite voice actors.
1:27:10 so the thing you noticed with jade is because of internal level since fates i think every character has an internal level, which is just their starting level + any level ups you gained. because of this there is no need to wait promoting, so promote at 10. because of this internal level it was lower for jade cause while the displayed level was unpromoted 1, the actual level was a bit higher, like alot higher. and because of the level difference you got less exp.
celines dress looks like a ballroom outfit, not a combat outfit. fun fact if you just leave the post map area without talking to people you STILL get the bond fragments Regarding tiki and her revival crystal, i kept buffing louis or panette. because if im sending someone into armies of enemies i want to give em a safty net as they slaughter everyone. vengenge wrath panette is too op
tbh the rediculous thing isnt that celine has a dress as armor. just that i imagine moving in the type of dress she has to be a bit difficult on the battlefield because of its volume@@512TheWolf512
1:27:10 so the reason why Jade was getting less experience there was because the game tracks levels internally I assume you reclassed her to mage immediately so since she starts at level 12 and was level 18 at the time the game treated her if she was level 30. Awakening also had this mechanic but I think it was a little different I’m not the most familiar with awakening mechanics so take that with a grain of salt.
A wonderful and exhaustive review, even if I am a bit surprised that by the end you apparently never realized the Emblems were not actually the people from other worlds, basically they are magical constructs with the powers and some of the memories of the originals (hence why they tend to speak and act like the originals, with some like Veronica seeming to not even understand they are not the originals). Officially the Emblems have been described as "echoes" of the original heroes, hence why they sometimes manifest looking like a character that we know lived to be far older than what we see them as as a Emblem (Tiki for instance, her echo was from when she was still a child). Was looking forward to your reaction when Marth tells Sombron that they might meet the hero Zero Emblem is based on if they search enough other worlds, but "Emblems are not the same beings, we are not them," and since Zero Emblem is most certainly dead they cannot find them in any realm of the living. Likewise, the Emblems didn't go back to other worlds at the end, rather they died (with further implication they may revive one day). Alear is an exception to all this (being the same being as before, and not dying from the portal) due the unique way they become an Emblem and having an actual physical body. And yes, Zelestia is Giga S. Such a gorgeous design, nice personality and fun to play as a unit. I am curious what were some of the plotholes you found, as there are explanations for a lot of them (Veyle's helmet for instance is noted to be attached to her, she can't simply take it off, hence when she does remove it she breaks it instead and can only do that because it was already damaged).
Bro didn't seem to realize that the well recycled items until after completing the Xenologue. Fuck sake he didn't notice the characters had unique dialogue until halfway through the game genuinely how do you miss that.
Can I go off about how fucking funny the Zero Emblem/Emblem of Foundations is? Because it's incredibly funny that the Emblem young Sombron latched onto as a mentor was seemingly uh, an Emblem of Sombron himself. I presume since the world Sombron is from is a mirror Elyos where the Divine Dragons won the Fell Dragon War with him as the sole survivor, that the Dark Emblems he summons in the final chapter are from that same world, fitting that world's topsy-turvy nature. And Emblems are heroes (or villains) from worlds other than the one the Emblems themselves are from, that's ordinarily part of the definition. Thanks to being exiled from his world before he got his start as a villain, Sombron is the villain of a different world to the one he's from - and thus eligible to be an Emblem in that world. And, of course, Sombron's actions laid the _Foundation_ for the entire history of this version of Elyos, hence the Emblem being called the Emblem of Foundations. Also, Sombron's start of villainy was to burn an entire village to the ground when all they did to deserve such retribution was offer hospitality. This is the origin of the Zero Emblem's invocation: "Burn us, Emblem of Foundations." The Emblem of Foundations is also known as the Zero Emblem in reference to the paradoxical nature of its origin: the villain it represents only exists because the Emblem itself already existed, but the Emblem can only exist because of Sombron's legacy existing _somewhere_ in the timestream. This name, the Zero Emblem, is also a reference to it and Sombron's eventual fate: Sombron tried countless times to summon his Emblem again, but each time he failed… until the end of the game, at which point he has come to truly embody the legacy of the Emblem of Foundations. So when he tries to summon it again, he summons _himself_, in a direct parallel to how Alear summoned themself at the start of the final battle. Then, deliriously not realizing that _he_ is the reason he feels the Emblem's presence, he Engages with himself. Engaging is the process of Emblem and ringbearer fusing into a single being. Two become one… and in Sombron's case, one becomes Zero. (Furthering the parallel, Alear, the Fire Emblem, is the thirteenth Emblem (out of twelve), while the Zero Emblem is named such because it is the zeroth Emblem (out of twelve). They each go out of bounds on opposite ends of the list.) This also means that Sombron doesn't even get to die and go to the afterlife that canonically exists in the setting. Instead, he's trapped in a paradoxical state. He exists and is alive, metaphysically speaking, but he has no location, because by taking the role of both Emblem and ringbearer in the fusion process, he effectively did the equivalent of deleting his character model, so to speak. (Basically, Sombron as the Emblem disappears as he fuses into Sombron as the ringbearer, except They're The Same Body so oops.) Engaging only lasts 3 turns, of course… but Sombron has no location to return to, because the merged body doesn't exist, so when the Engage state ends, he is still nowhere. He is gone forever, existent but nonexistent. And none of his victims will ever have to see him again, even in death.
@@FlameUser64 while that is a neat theory, it has some issues. An early one is that there is no indication Sombron came from a mirror Elyos. He was sent to Elyos because it was a world ruled by god-like dragons, a world that those sending him thought he could live comfortably in. Doesn't mean as much if the world he was in was itself ruled by dragons. People also can't become Emblems outside of a one time "miracle" only the 12 Elyos Emblems even knew about. All other Emblems are separate beings from the people they resemble.
@@Ryodraco It's pretty much outright stated that he's from a mirror Elyos. He came from a world that had a war between the Divine Dragons and the Fell Dragons, much like Elyos's Fell Dragon War 1000 years ago. But in that world, the Divine Dragons won, and he was the sole surviving Fell Dragon. Again, much like Lumera was the sole surviving Divine Dragon after Elyos's Fell Dragon War. He was only not killed because the Divine Dragons couldn't bring themselves to kill a child, so he was banished instead. And that world _also_ had Emblems, which even in the DLC have still only been seen on versions of Elyos. And while that's ordinarily true, it's _also_ true that when Alear makes that comment about how the Emblem of Foundations must be someone only Sombron can see, we see from his PoV… and it's just Alear and Veyle in the shot, while the Emblem's light glows inward from the edges of Sombron's vision, seeming to me to imply that the light is coming from behind Sombron's own eyes. Furthermore, the only thing that has _changed_ between this attempt to summon his Emblem and all the previous failed attempts (aside from Alear being an Emblem now I guess, but I doubt Alear was two different Emblems and it doesn't fit as well thematically) is that he's at the very end of his story. And Emblems are beings made from the legends of heroes (or villains, in the case of those Dark Emblems).
@@FlameUser64 then why was Sombron able to summon the Emblem of Foundations multiple times in the past? Given Marth's belief is that the Emblem vanished because it died (due to having traveled to another world in an awakened state), it makes some sense that Sombron saw the Emblem again because he himself was dying and passing into the afterlife. Also, I've seen him tell his backstory multiple times, and at no point does he say who or what his kind were warring against on his native world. If his world was one ruled by divine dragons, then why would they bother to describe Elyos as "a world ruled by god-like dragons" as if it was different from his own world?
I just love your videos, your sense of humor is so damn funny and wholesome. All the perfectly cut edits had me crying 😂 AND a very cultured taste as well.
Well done on persevering through both this new game and making your humorous walkthrough for it! Your hard work on editing all the gameplay footage you recorded really paid off in the end! After enjoying your past few Fire Emblem walkthroughs (i.e. Fates and Three Houses), I found various gags you included all the more hilarious, especially callbacks to Fates since this game seems to reflect its animesque vibes. =P
Couple of things to add. Alfred will not die if you give him the pact ring. 2nd, Hortensia is actually one of the best written characters in the game, she makes a terrible 1st impression, but shows tremendous growth in her supports. She is also the best support/healer in the game due to her personal skill. The rest of the rankings I understand where you are coming from.
the two lines/parts that live in my head are from chapter 4 when Alear is inviting the first set of merchants to the Somniel. Vander tries to object and she's like "what?" the VA delivery on that "what" tickles my brain. The other is Yunaka's exchange with Alear in chapter 6 "you must have great eyesight Yunaka" "yea I have a killers eyes" "what was that?" "Killer eyes! Like they're so good!"
Literally every single support conversation in this game has me going "What are you two fucking talking about?!" like the meme of Eggman from the Sonic blind fandub
Amazing video! I'm really glad you focused a on the supports where the majority of the character development is. I'm not sure if you you knew but the social events like cooking, swimming, napping, training (exp. sparring) etc. reset after an online trial run. It's the best way to quickly spam support points in between chapters. I got about 95% of all supports done (including dlc characters) by the end of the game on my first playthrough. Also I noticed you didn't speak much about the skills you can equip. Stacking the right ones with the right emblems can create insane combos and broken abilities.
2:25:40 So many things were straight lifted from Fates, like Lumera being Mikoto 2.0, Veyle being Azura 2.0, the "twist" of being the offspring of the villain who is also a dragon 1:00:30 for such an important scene that changes how you play the next chapters is so ridiculous the way you lose the rings, like guys there is a giant serpert/dragon in front of you why would give your back to them? 2:11:00 Also calling the hounds fan favorites is funny because they arent, the DLC was done way in advance is why it released so fast
Soren isn't just in Ike's game, he's the living proof of how much of a chad Ike is. In a world where humans and beast-men are at top levels of racism and the only thing they hate even more than each other are the children born from a mixed race couple, Ike just stumbled upon Soren, who is one such child, and went like "Oh, you're a smart guy? Cool, how about you come with me and become my tactician." We did it guys, we solved racism.
Game was a ton of fun, loved how they kind of looked at past strategies people would try and cheese maps with and worked on ways to counter it (break/follow ups for turtling, enemies ignoring 100% dodge and 0 dmg, enemy boss break bars to handle warp strats, etc). Game felt super play tested and it was nice to have maps that felt designed again. The playing previous games does help, especially when doing the emblem maps that are modeled after maps from the character's games. There are some weird replayability issues like having to do the DLC stuff again in each run, but I wouldn't hold that against the initial experience which is superb. Overall it was comforting to see IS still had it in them to create a stellar gameplay experience, now if only they could nail story and gameplay at the same time, since I think the last time they did that was tellius.
i was so upset when byleth didnt interact with the 3 lords!! im still sad i missed it, but im so glad i wasnt the only one! and now to look up that scene so i can cry happily
i dont remember my entire team, but my two lynchpins of my army were panette and louis. cause having 2 enemies that you can just send into entire armies and have them not die is amazing. think i also used most of the ferine cast because it just was good.
42:03 Slight correction, only Black Eagles has two different endings (it just changes the narration at the end) for Three Hopes, Blue Lions and Golden Deer are the EXACT same no matter if you recruit Byleth or not. 1:58:05 So you like the scene BECAUSE it completely rushes this plot point out the door, has Alear get over it in a minute, thus making it so that the entire twist is all meaningless, understood.
Yeah no offense to Ram but has some real hot takes on the plotting of this game. From skipping through the Xenologue when it has the better story, to...everything about Amber, who feels like if Spider-Ham was completely insufferable. I think there was like one line from his that i didn't cringe at. The biggest surprise was liking Amber but calling Timerra's singing cringe. Like i said, it's his opinion. Its just...an out there opinion.
I love the Fell Xenologue specifically becauss you vould have both versions of vharacters interact, and even better when you make them fight their retainers
I don't know how to feel... Like when seeing your final ranking I saw the top row and thought yay finally people who respect Jade, Alfred, Amber and Pandreo's contribution. Fun. But when looking at the lower placed ones, like Hortensia and Kagetsu in a few of the lowest tiers... it's weird, because both are not only top tier units but also very entertaining to watch. How they didn't intrigue you with their skills or after a few supports is honestly surprising to me.
I couldn’t bring myself to actually watch more than like 3 supports especially when I realized the conversations with the emblems are like 2 sentences max which I think just goes to show there way too many characters when the main reason people probably picked up the game have like 1 sentence as a support
I didn’t expect myself to watch this whole thing but I did - Really good job on this video! In my opinion the art style, the battle music, and the battle animations specifically are some of the best if not the best in the series. Trial of Fates and Trial of Awakening music specifically were special. The intro of the Trial of Holy War reminds me of Gusty Garden Galaxy’s intro which makes it even better. Hearing Faraway Eternal Holy Land and Full Bloom in the Breeze at the beginning of the the game set a strong foundation right off the bat for the music. I’m still in awe of how they change so seemlessly between the normal version of the track to the war version when your units start combat. I played all of the games released in the US and Roy’s game. Sacred stones is probably my favorite game in the franchise because I’ve played that game more than 10 times and it’s a shame that game didn’t have better music in the first place for Engage to draw from for the Trial Music because the abomination they created for Eirika/Ephraim’s trial was just criminal.
1:59:24 the shadows of evil round change music gave me whiplash i had this on in the background playing persona 3 reload and i heard that sound and immediately whipped around
Anna breaks the economy of this game. Power-level her, then change her to a mage class because she has the best Mag growth stat. Give her any Goddess Icons to raise her Luck stat for increased procs of her special ability. It’s great.
So a funny thing you can do is the quintuple strike you have your dedicated boss killer then attack-> sedall dance (position him with canto diagonally behind your boss killer) -> attack-> byleth dance (so it hits the boss killer AND sedall) -> attack -> sedall dance -> attack -> veronica contract -> attack if your veronica user is a ranged person they can do a normal attack before the byleth dance too. nothing lives this.
About 80% into the video and it only just occured to me he actually didn't use Kagetsu thanks to that sparring match. Props for sticking to the bit I didn't expect that.
Always refreshing to see someone who likes the designs and characters of this game. Reminds me that some people are happy having low standards. It's telling that you enjoy the more "lighthearted" story (i.e. it making no sense under the slightest bit of scrutiny), and that you also want a fates remaster above any of the other better written fire emblem games too. I guess if you like a game that doesn't care about telling a good story and just makes characters that are just jokes without nuance, modern fire emblem is a godsend. But... yeah. You're lost on the specifics of how Aleae becomes the Fire Emblem because there are no specifics. They just didn't write them. This game is an excuse game with a plot that somehow takes itself seriously, despite having no actual writing at all. It's a game made to make money, not to tell a good story with good characters
@@rishiy6183yea but at the end of the day turn based combat can only be so good and by the last couple of chapters most people are pretty ready to be done with the game so you have to give them incentive to finish and keep playing and that would be the story, that’s why people had so many repeat playthrus in 3H
fell xenologue is held back heavily by the fact that s) its difficulty defaults to the difficulty your save file STARTED at, so when your file starts on hard, xenologue start on hard even if you reduced the difficulty. and b) while everything is set, SKILLS ARE NOT and neither are emblems. so if you do it late game you have alot more tools then in earlygame. especially the skills are a heavy effect on the maps
I just had to comment on the Deltora Quest reference. I loved the books! Good video! I wish that Engage was better, but it’s got some very solid gameplay
Ngl the art design in this game looks too cartoonish and their heads are a tad too big. I just can't take any of it seriously at all, I prefer three houses waaaaaay more.
The est part of the DLC for me was to try and get all the dialogs with my characters evil alter egos. I liked the story and maps (even the insta kills on the last one..) but not getting to level up or change class was kinda bad. It's also nice to see their are special dialogs with the evil 4 and good 4
I think I would actually enjoy this game more if the Somniel didn't exist. It's "optional" in theory, but in practice, ESPECIALLY on Maddening, it forces you to fuck around doing tedious upkeep tasks for like half an hour inbetween every single map if you want to keep up with the game's difficulty curve. The gameplay itself is fun, but the downtime makes me want to not play the game in the first place... Maybe I wouldn't mind if the characters and world we were spending time with during all this was more 'Engaging'.
Hector is in this game, I am so happy. Yes he is dlc, but at least he is remembered and gets voiced, but can we appreciate one thing. Hector is in this game! I am old.
