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*turns to the camera* Denji, you were finally able to open the door. You helped me kill Power. There might have been a way to save Hayakawa, if only you'd bought the Revelation DLC for $19.99 on the Nintendo 3DS eshop while it was still up, but y

#I haven't thought about revelations in years...#I have it but I don't think I ever played it actually #I may have started a save file but I don't think i got far

escuerzoresucitado

avidcollectorofdust

To YOU it’s bad writing. To ME it’s a very nuanced piece of work that explores subtle intricacies without outright saying it. And also it’s bad writing

#fates

everyluxoziatonce

fire emblem mod that changes the player phase animation to say “FUCK AROUND” and the enemy phase one to say “FIND OUT”. is this anything

vilkalizer

ok

sotiredmostnights

"why does awakening present the player with choices that don't even matter"

that's. that's the point. you're supposed to feel like your decisions don't make a difference. you're supposed to feel hopeless when emmeryn dies. you're supposed to feel like you have no real options when facing lucina's judgement. these moments are intended to make the player feel fate's inescapable grip on them, which makes it all the more rewarding when the final choice the player makes in the fight against grima lets fate loosen its grip at last: the choice was made, and it DID matter, and fate was truly bested, be it in the present or 1000 years from now

ntrlily

I love how one of the themes of Fire Emblem Fates is like, what family is defined by, whether it's about who raised you or about blood ties.

And it kinda botches that "blood ties" things with its "No incest, bro!" supports and whatever is going on in Revelation because it turns out Corn isn't blood related to anyone plot important enough for this to be a real question.

Just, peak writing, absolutely amazing. 10/10. No, 11/10.

ntrlily

"Is family about who raised you when you were 6 or who raised you when you were 10?"

aokozaki

No, family is where you were born. You're ruler of Valla now.

theballmighty

Family is your cousin that you can marry in all three routes because it doesn’t get dropped until the end of the third because they needed an excuse to put Corrin on the throne

ntrlily

aokozaki

See, now you're starting to understand Fates.

theballmighty

Every single time I catch myself slipping into historical revisionism that people were too harsh on the writing, or that it was actually good somehow, I just think about it for more than 5 seconds and stop thinking that

#I made a chart about this in my HS senior project media analysis thing #will add to this thread after work

okelleok

fire emblem hell, continued

gumihoe

new fe players who started with 3h be like "HOW am I supposed to care about characters without 5000+ lines of dialogue about how mentally ill they are and a year by year breakdown of their entire life from birth till the story starts and 38hrs of seeing them age and go through formative experiences this is OUTRAGEOUS" meanwhile fe boomers be like "this is my scrimblo McRedKnight from the japan-exclusive 1998 game Tales of the Honky Tonky War he has three (3) lines one of which you'll only see with his literal last breath and he's my favorite character ever because one time he dodge-tanked 12 enemies in a row on enemy phase and procced a 17% crit chance on the chapter boss and gained str spd and def on level up"