I mean; this new direction was a great financial decision, still don't really understand why, to be honest, aside from the surface level appeal, the changes seems very niche to me. But personally, as a consumer, it's one I really hate. First FE game I have not bought since I got into the franchise, which really hurts after being such a big fan of it for so long.
UK: Fire Emblem: Three Houses nearly doubles Awakening launch sales
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I mean; this new direction was a great financial decision, still don't really understand why, to be honest, aside from the surface level appeal, the changes seems very niche to me. But personally, as a consumer, it's one I really hate. First FE game I have not bought since I got into the franchise, which really hurts after being such a big fan of it for so long.
It's lame and we didn't ignore it, but what else can we do from this point?
What do you mean, "won't stop people from buying it"? Shouldn't a minority group getting shafted be reason enough to not buy a game?
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You can not-buy it, right?
Or we can buy it and you can stop trying to shame people who have bought it.
I gave a reason why to not buy it. If I think that is a valid reason, why shouldn't I say it?
You're trying to derail the thread and trying to shame people who have bought the game. I understand your frustrations about the relationships in the game but there is already a thread on that.
Honestly, I think it's perfectly fine as it is. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but this game does feature same-sex romance options, it's just that for some people there aren't enough, right?
I think that your perspective is a tad too harsh. The game has a gay romance that doesn't end in tragedy for once. There can be lesbian relationships outside the ones with your main character. The problem is that there are not enough gay romances and exclusively gay and lesbian romances.
This is far from say a Persona 5 situation where they are genuinely not even seeing people like that as reasonable people just trying to live their lives and actively being malicious to the point of undermining the main theme of the game.
This is a problem, but I think it's a situation where I think we can agree that the devs aren't trying to hurt people.
You are asking people and they are giving you their answers. Yes, it is a bad decision but not all people will give the same importance to that factor.
Yeah but I don't think that's going to prevent most people from buying it. I mean, I was told you can have same sex relationships in the game. It's something I'll never see one way or the other so I would be most people aren't even aware of the problem. I myself am not entirely sure what the issue is (but I think it's a lack of options? I'm not a big FE person)
Can't speak for other people, and I am sure some are dissapointed with the fact there is only one gay support compared to the five lesbian supports, but I personally find the fact Alois and Gilbert are the first platonic S supports in the franchise the only real shitty move. To the point I can't look at it at any other way aside from being a malicious action. Though I would love to get another explanation.
EDIT: Sorry for thread derrailment. People should move on to the other thread if they want to discuss about this
Yeah, but they were mostly; if not all, a product of localization issues related with the characters performing incest. Which; uh, I don't think it makes it better.
It also gets into weird territory when endings are considered. Characters have loads of paired endings that happen based on support level but aren't codified via an S rank (because without kiddos, formalizing it before the ending doesn't really mean anything), so there will probably have to be a real deep dive post release to determine which of the ~100(+?) paired endings are platonic and which are romantic, and if any of the non-Byleth romantic paired endings are same sex.
Finally a FE that launced on a system that I owned, and I've been really curious about this series since Awakening. I bought it launch day, but really haven't had time to play it yet. Looking forward to it.
Well, honestly I had a Wii, but FE wasn't on my radar when Path of Radience (?) launced.
Well, honestly I had a Wii, but FE wasn't on my radar when Path of Radience (?) launced.
You expect people to refuse to buy a game on the the basis of a secondary mechanic being insufficiently inclusive regarding a specific marginalized group? Even when there's no explicit bigotry? I get that it's frustrating and you should by all means voice that frustration, but I'm not seeing a compelling case for consumer revolt. If you do, then I can't imagine there are very many things you are okay with people buying.
And with a much higher price tag at that, too.
We love an organic growth. Not everybody has that!
We love an organic growth. Not everybody has that!
Im startung chapt 3. The story and characterization of world is amazing.
Im 9h already. The lore is really big. They should do a show about it.
Im 9h already. The lore is really big. They should do a show about it.
Its very much anime, idk what gave you the impression that it's not. Mainstream has shown that they like anime aswell, but anime doesn't mean the story isnt darker or w/e, anime isn't a specific genre
It's a joke about the title being Three Houses. A block (as in city block) would be more=P
Actually more than double the combined sales of B/C
Still, it's probably lower than 25/30k
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Oh, ok so even less than 25k.
Wolfenstein is 6% too much. It was a just download code in the box. Lol
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If you only look Fire Emblem for the battles, I can see why all the changes seems fluff to you. But a lot of FE fans, the series are also about the story and characters and this one is a massive upgrade on that aspect.
It does not feature same-sex romance optionS for male MC, just one, compared to multiple romance options for everyone else. And there are 3 S supports total, but two of them are platonic.
So around 2x times the launch of Xenoblade and Octopath.
4m sounds more and more likely and it is totally deserved !
4m sounds more and more likely and it is totally deserved !
I'm feeling good about picking 5m in that poll. Switch is so much stronger than 3DS in the West that considering how Fates did in the West Three Houses is gonna clean up.
Strong debut sales in the UK, this is what the game needs to do generally in the West.
(5MillionClub represent)
(5MillionClub represent)
That is the reason why it is only the double and not the triple of awakening
In terms of not buying games like Fire Emblem it is.
It's a stunning turn around for Nintendo for a game like Fire Emblem to be number 1 in the U.K. that's for sure.
