Tag Archives: Fire Emblem

Fire Emblem Engage is one of the most bizarre, funny, and challenging entries in the franchise. It marks a stark change in tone from the previous game – the ambitious and brilliant Three Houses – and makes up for its weird narrative shortcomings with great map design and new mechanics. Alear – we can choose their gender and rename them …

Despite being the remake of Fire Emblem Gaiden, one of the series’ first installments, Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia has the best story since Path of Radiance, developing relevant discussions and tragic characters in a well-constructed narrative. However, it also brings back from Gaiden some uninspired level design alongside some problematic gameplay changes, making it one of the most …

Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest is a much better game than its counterpart, Birthright. With a more engaging story and some unique, complex stages, the game manages to maintain the usual quality of Nintendo’s tactical RPG franchise. Fates’ protagonist is called Corrin. The character, despite having their own personality, functions as an avatar for the player, who can modify their name, …

Fire Emblem Fates is divided into two titles: Birthright and Conquest, with a DLC called Revelation. Birthright, however, serves as a terrible example to justify such division, making some problematic changes to the series’ classic gameplay structure while offering a narrative that is not only shallow but also ridiculously stretched – like butter scraped over too much bread – to …