I really should just not let others negativity bother me but it's honestly kind of confusing.
The female character designs are much more practical(I said more not fully), there no oni-channing or characters obsessed with the MC(that we know), little fan service(again from what we see), and much more detail into the lore and world building.
It seem like there genuinely addressing issues people had with Fates and trying to make this a much better game for everyone.
But it's still not enough apparently. Just having the games setting be a military school is aparently enough to just completely write this game off for some people and I don't get it.
I don't see how this is "too anime" coming off of Fates, and I say this as someone who really liked Fates.
I'm not gonna harp on it much longer, I know I'll probably like it but the reactions from some people genuinely baffled me to the point I wonder if they just were looking for an excuse to hate it.
To be honest, I can see why people are leery of IS's ability to come up with a great story (admittedly fates did have a really messy story, although the hate is way overblown), but don't understand the sudden complaints that FE:3H is suddenly going to become a full-blown
high school drama with teenager hijinks just because it has an academy involved. For all we know, this may even be more of a military college kind of deal (especially since the characters don't look like teenagers) and the fact that we're going into a new direction can be interesting.
I mean, awakening (admittedly my favourite game) had a really boring premise that really came together with the future generation.
Even the older games which people keep lauding as "the pinnacle of FE" had pretty generic opening ideas (blazing sword - group of teenagers go to correct a wrong). So I too, don't understand where all this negativity about a boring start is coming from either.
It's not like the game is above criticism (I have my own doubts about certain things here), but it's funny how people here jump to conclusions and then complain about certain elements that were
always present in this series.
Like the complaints about fanservice only being in the newer games? The same series where the most popular character literally ran around with bare thighs + slit dress and pegasus knights ran around in skirts?