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Fire Emblem: Three Houses Preview Thread (Including Opening Cinematic)
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Game will probably hit the upper 80s at least, but man do I wish the environments looked better.
Claude's voice actor is damn good. After hearing that last line I can see why anyone would be frustrated if they couldn't romance Claude. I still say we should hold out hope, as all of these previewers are under embargo for anything past part 1, and we have no idea how things change post timeskip. I believe we were told at some point that the actual conversations change depending on if you have the support convo before or after timeskip, so it's possible some characters that weren't initially able to reach S-rank with, will be now.
It could also be a bit more along the lines of old games where you could only support with certain other characters, or only certain supports would lead to a special ending. For example, in FE7 Hector could reach A Rank with Lyn, Farina, & Florina, but there isn't any evidence of their relationship until the postgame credits really. So just because a relationship isn't explicit in game doesn't mean you can't build a relationship that will reflect in a character's "ending".
idk, maybe I'm grasping at straws, but it feels like people are speaking with a bit too much certainty about how the supports will actually work in this game and for the time being I want to stay optimistic.
It could also be a bit more along the lines of old games where you could only support with certain other characters, or only certain supports would lead to a special ending. For example, in FE7 Hector could reach A Rank with Lyn, Farina, & Florina, but there isn't any evidence of their relationship until the postgame credits really. So just because a relationship isn't explicit in game doesn't mean you can't build a relationship that will reflect in a character's "ending".
idk, maybe I'm grasping at straws, but it feels like people are speaking with a bit too much certainty about how the supports will actually work in this game and for the time being I want to stay optimistic.
Claude is just amazing and I'm excited to play through his path, but I'm still going with Edelgard first.
Also, I'll gladly pay for Claude gay-marriage DLC, Nintendo. Your move.
Also, I'll gladly pay for Claude gay-marriage DLC, Nintendo. Your move.
She was referring to japanese previews. So it's not necessarily her impression, just what she's heard. She was personally disappointed with the map design where she was in the story (Black Eagles).
An interesting to note about Claude's character, Byleth's comment upon meeting him is that his smile doesn't reach his eyes, and his friendliness can be extrapolated to be a facade. This video is pretty consistent with that, even though he is in a joking mood, he doesn't speak about his classmates nearly as familiarly as Dimitri does with his classmates. It fits with his schemer persona as well
she did say that once the beasts started coming in, it was a big difficulty spike and she was enjoying it more
Keep in mind that in her preview, she lamented that the new games don't have maps as brutal as Thracia 776, which is perhaps an unrealistic desire.
Honestly the gameplay after Fire Emblem Echoes is not very dependent on map design, unlike most FE games before Awakening. the gameplay is closer now to something like FF Tactics where levels and classes play a big role more than the map design or hitting the weakness of your opponent based on the triangle system, so I'm not really that worried. I'm sure the game will have its share of great maps too.
I didn't get that far but lmao, that's hilarious.
Also, Claude is by far the most entertaining Lord. He'd be an instant pick if his actual house wasn't so uninteresting. Also, a house specializing in archery has to be the least appealing idea ever for an FE game lol.
If I had to guess, since they're an alliance without a king, there's a lot of scheming and backstabbing to become the actual "ruling" family. Been wanting to learn more about the setup of the Alliance, since it's weird that they have no king, yet do have a "ruling family" that is passed down within the family.
I have a feeling Claude's family pulled some schemes to take power. That's why it doesn't really seem like anyone else likes Claude all that much.
Thracia's maps weren't that good, the difficulty sometimes was due to pure BS conditions (I'm looking at you Saias).
Still, I'm glad to hear about hard mode. That confirms it for me, my first run will be with the Golden Deers, on hard/classic.
Now if only the 26th would get here quickly!
Still, I'm glad to hear about hard mode. That confirms it for me, my first run will be with the Golden Deers, on hard/classic.
Now if only the 26th would get here quickly!
Yeah, Archers tend to be one of the worst weapon types in FE
Well, they're hugely buffed in Three Houses, so prior entries — save maybe SoV — aren't great points of comparison for 3H bows/archers.
Yeah, I was staunch at start Blue Lions but Golden Deer intrigue me quite a bit with how Claude is shaping up, and his house is pretty solid. I think I'll stick with Blue Lions and then Golden Deer, but it's such a close choice which to do first.
If Claude has a great post-timeskip battle animation like that Dimitri has in that commercial it may convince to switch.
If Claude has a great post-timeskip battle animation like that Dimitri has in that commercial it may convince to switch.
I know their class skill is +1 range, so at least 2-3. I feel like I remember Ashe doing a backflip to dodge a melee attack & follow-up with a bowstrike so I think 1-3 is possible. But I could be remembering wrong & he was dodging a ranged attack.
Everyone save the Lords and their retainers (Hubert, Dedue, Hilda).
Extra range and damage generally, plus some killer combat arts from the look of it. Plus being able to use melee weapons gives them a fallback. And easier access to 1 range bows.
I mean the biggest problem with bows is that they're generally not great during enemy phase, so I think having more options during player phase doesn't patch their weaknesses enough. Especially since I'm sure that like in past FE games, they'll be limited to their last used weapon when attacked so if you attacked with a bow you'll be more vulnerable even if the unit can use another weapon
I was between Red and Yellow and I think I've been swayed by today's Twitter video. Golden Deer it shall be!
Bows get an ability that allows them to counter at melee range, eliminating their chief series-long weakness: lack of enemy phase capacity. Additionally, Archers get a class ability that extends their range by 1. Further, bows get Combat Arts that allow them to shoot even farther — up to 6 tiles away, IIRC — at a penalty to accuracy for each tile beyond their normal range.
So instead of being a locked 2 range weapon, bows now have a potential range of 1-6.
We'll see about the player vs enemy phase balance. The ability to see who enemy units are going to attack next trun makes me think it'll be a lot easier to manage aggro, which would empower bows a lot since you don't have to worry about them being rushed. The extra range is going to help with that, too.
Does their melee counter ability work on enemy phase, or is it a combat art which will likely only work on player phase?
I think only Loretz doesnt like him, he seems pretty friendly with hilda and Raphael here.
Works on EP. Passive equippable ability, not a combat art.
Yeah, found it on serenes, that definitely helps a ton, though it might also depend a bit on how far into the bow levels you need to go to get it, and what other skills are worth using since I think you can only equip 5 total, so having to use a skill slot just to make the weapon type not utter garbage might not be worth it. But we'll see
This. Deers have the best female units and worst male of all the houses, minus Claude the GOAT leader. Choices, choices....
Doing what must be done #EmperorEdelgard2019
Man, Hubert is so over the top.
I'm really sad that Hilda seems to be more of a physical unit because I really want to make her a super mage for the authentic Serra experience.
It's funny. It's like they realized Claude was so damn good they had to make every other guy in the house so subpar by comparison...
I'm really pumped to get the rest of the timeskip designs.
Too right.
There was this one-off thing that one of the presenters during the E3 Treehouse demo said. She said that sometimes, forcing a character to branch out and learn something they are uncomfortable with could end up with serious gains or something to that effect. I wonder how true that is.
Frankly the authentic Serra experience would be beating bullies over the head with her staff, so Hilda doing it with axes is perfect.
Yeah those are budding talents, characters can start out bad or neutral at a skill but if they keep studying they'll become good at it and unlock stuff. IGN lists them in the character profiles if you want to go see. Mostly it's neutral skills, but Felix is bad at Reason magic and Lysithea is bad at Swords, but they both have hidden talents in them.
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Nah, Blue Lions definitely have the most interesting dynamics with each other. You have a group of childhood friends, some of which are drifting apart, a retainer whose history with his lord is really tenuous and causes friction between him and Ingrid. Ashe and Sylvain both have family members that are directly plot relevant, with Lonato's rebellion being the first arc of the game, and Sylvain's brother being disowned and becoming a black beast. Plus Mercedes is a former noble from the Empire, and Jeritza may be her father or brother, and Annette possibly being abandoned by Gilbert. The Blue Lions just have so much going on for them, they're easily my favorite house.
Apparently, Eurogamer Spain's preview article says — and then emphatically reaffirms — that there are four paths, four games in one, not three. Some google translate quotes:
(If someone fluent could provide better translations, that'd be rad.)
(If someone fluent could provide better translations, that'd be rad.)
Wait is this a thing? Is it the red lines that show up when moving? I thought that was just who is in range to be attacked, but does it actually show who is going to attack who? Dunno if I like that.
It's been pretty obvious Thani was 100% legit for a while
And gathering the feeling of excess and scales that the series tried with Fates, what is proposed here is, before anything, a decision: north, south, east, eagles, lions, deers, blue, black, gold. Those are the colors, the emblems, and the origin of the three houses that come together at the monastery, and also the three vertices of a new triangle that gathers the teachings of the original game. No one is better than anyone, each house has advantages and disadvantages, there is no single right choice. Whatever faction we choose, we'll regret it, because all have charisma to spare and its quite easy to choose favorites here and there, and mainly because we're talking about the kind of decision that heavily conditions everything that will come after it.Eurogamer España said:
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Starting from a certain moment, things start twisting and what awaits us after are up to four branches of a story that doesn't limit itself to recycling scenarios and events from different points of view. Nintendo speaks of completely independent stories, new scenarios and up to four games in one (I repeat, there are surprises regarding this), and considering what we've seen until now, of the dialogue's complexity, the amount of characters involved and the inmense work reflected in every detail of the world, we feel they are not kidding at all.
So, up to four stories in one game plus surprises.
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