FIRE EMBLEM ENGAGE: The Divine Dragon Awakens Comprehensive Trailer Analysis, Review and Opinions.
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- Опубликовано: 15 ноя 2022
- A new trailer for Fire Emblem Engage dropped earlier today, providing many new details on the game's story and characters. In this video, I breakdown each scene and discuss things you may have missed! Let me know what you think down below, there's A LOT to talk about.
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In a war against the Fell Dragon, four kingdoms worked together with heroes from other worlds to seal away this great evil. One-thousand years later, this seal has weakened and the Fell Dragon is about to reawaken. As a Divine Dragon, use rich strategies and robust customization to meet your destiny-to collect Emblem Rings and bring peace back to the Continent of Elyos.
Team up with iconic heroes from past Fire Emblem games
Summon valiant heroes like Marth and Celica with the power of Emblem Rings and add their power to yours in this brand-new Fire Emblem story. Aside from merging appearances, Engaging lets you inherit weapons, skills, and more from these battle-tested legends. The turn-based, tactical battle system returns with a fresh cast of characters you can customize and Engage to carefully craft your strategy.
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KEEP YOUR OPINIONS CIVIL LMAO. I genuinely feel there is a LOT of discussion to be had with the story direction going on here. If you found this video helpful, please leave a like and comment, and please subscribe if you want to see more Fire Emblem Engage coverage!
I don't know if you noticed but the main characters hair might be related to if there good or bad idk just a thought like in the final battle his hair might be fully blue instead of split between the 2
Will do man! Don’t worry about the design bud, the characters are alright and probably be world favorite for the community. Though, for me, all the characters color looks so flashy that I could mistake some of these characters with blue units and red units(though not the engage rings, they’re are easier to depicted lol)
Im honestly surprised you found the "clown girl" to be the most absurd design there. Opinions are fine, but besides the heart tatoo, she just looked like a pompous overdressed noble to me, pretty inoffensive.
What shocked me more, however, was how you completely failed to mention the woman in that castle scene with those four characters lined up, second from the left, because oh my GOD, if anyone ever complained about Camilla and Charlotte, they can go shotgun an entire rootbeer because THIS right here is a new winner for blatant oversexualization of a character design.
Its not really something that outrages me, but I am simply in awe of how shameless she's designed.
I don't think Alear's hair actually turned red, it's just that the lighting was red. Also, I had pretty low expectations for this game's plot, and the trailer at least in my mind exceeded those expectations. Also, I think 12 emblems is enough because each one can be properly fleshed out and play a real role in the story as opposed to being just living MacGuffins.
This trailer somewhat reassured me that the story could still be good, but it’s looking more and more like there are only twelve Emblems in the base game, and that’s a *really* bad idea considering they apparently prioritized popularity and an even gender ratio over actual gameplay and story elements. The more characters we see, the more my opinion of the designs shifts from “cluster*@&%” to “mixed bag”, as some of the best _and_ worst designs so far debuted in this trailer. For some reason, one of the two characters behind Faerghast’s least favorite character is wearing what is basically just Mami Tomoe’s outfit from Madoka Magicka, and it’s throwing me for a loop. There are two different ways that I can see evil Alear going: either they are an amnesiac former villain (which would be amazing), or this is another time travel story (which is kinda meh). It looks like corruption is even more of a story element here than it was in FE8, so despite early impressions, this might be one of the darker Fire Emblem games. I still have mixed feelings about all this, but I’m trying to be optimistic, and I *do* see things here that I actually like.
the way marth hesitates when telling Alear about their past is.... suspicious
I felt the same way. Felt like he was lying. Maybe the Evil Alear is actually the original Alear
I dunno, he could simply be trying to not rattle the amnesiac too much.
@@regulusking4299 placing bets that Alear is the child of the Dragon mom that we see die here and the Fell Dragon and originally they did fight for the Fell dragon. If the Risen ripoffs show up early on I'd bet they're trying to take Alear back home.
Don't think he would ever lie, I just think that he believed it would be better in the long run if he didn't tell him too much. And that it would be best if Alear figured out on his own. And evil Alear could just be him being possessed.
@@friendlyelites Dragon mom literally calls him "My child". I don't think that's much of a bet.
I have a feeling that the whole "evil Alear" thing happened in the past and is why Marth hesitated / lied about what Alear used to be like. I am a little bummed out about evil mage lady being spoiled as a playable character, but overall I'm still quite excited for this game.
That would fit into the whole Awakening vibe the game already has, what with Robin actually being evil... in an alternate timeline
I'm not sure whether to feel excited or not, tbh. I'm oddly apprehensive and have a really bad feeling about the quality of the story, I'm somehow sensing another Fates situation where the storyline is so MC focused that nothing at all makes sense and it becomes frustrating.
I mean Clown girl is shown on the big character art piece and looks happy which leads me to believe she's gonna become an ally as well and yet she appears fighting alongside EVIL Lucina so
One thing I noticed is when Marth tells Alear "there's no need to remember everything at once" he looks dower like he knows what bad things Alear has done or something.
Marth's convo with Alear at the beginning makes it sound like he's more aware of what happened when Red!Alear was active, hence this isn't a bad future trope and the Alear we control did commit war crimes of some description. What I'm more interested in is how much agency Alear had in this, and how allies will react once they put everything together, and how Ring/Emblem corruption affects the weilder. I'm also happy there a good narrtive reason for Alear's toothpaste design and seeing Red!Alear gives me hope for a completely Blue!Alear as well.
Same. A similar thing happened in Three Houses: In some of the earlier chapters, Rhea hesitates to refer to Flayn as Seteth's sister ie: "I know you're worried about your... sister". Can't wait to see how this pans out
I really desperately hope there's a third faction based on the color green that makes the emblems into Green Units
“Gods, the stupidity is contagious…”
Green Marth: I have a sudden and uncontrollable urge to walk into the middle of a bunch of lance users. Wanna come?
Green Unit: Stop stalling! We won't get there in time to frustrate the player.
@@lorddragonskin3603 Green Ike be like: "I'm about to make the worst decisions any mercenary leader has ever made"
Fate worse than death
And a Yellow third party faction that shows up every once in a while to cause mayhem but usually are not the main threat
I like the “evil emblem” thing in that it means the enemy will be able to use the mechanic too. Which will create interesting puzzles to solve with our own emblems.
puzzles? with FE's battle system? Battles typically end in one engagement. It'll just be having the better stats
@@rinkusan978 FE conquest says hi
@@rinkusan978 LMAO how to not say "I only play easy mode"
@@MrPiyuli hey, idiot, what dumb/noob player would even make a statement I made? Ever considered the possibility I'm so good at the game I can break it down to knowing the stats needed?
You really want to talk about lunatic mode where the game just throws higher-stats enemies to mask the sense of a "strategically harder mode" ? You wanna call irrational grinding and ganging up chip damage to overcome a single enemy strategic??
Lol, how to not say "I'm actually ignorant"
So the way that marth's evil hair looks exactly like Alear's red half makes me think that Alear will be the child of the Divine Dragon and Fell dragon.
Or one and the same, they have an Ouroboros motif going.
@@hilgigas09 good point!
@@hilgigas09 If that's the case, then I hate Alear's design even more. Because why not spoil an entire plot in just character design?
Honestly I don't mind. Makes me curious to know now how the Divine Dragon got giggity with the Fell Dragon.
@@hilgigas09 I have no idea why but something about this game reminds me of Xenoblade 3.
It’s a good day when we get a Faerghast breakdown of a FE trailer!!!
I know this isn't intentional, but I feel like the four kingdoms outside of Alear's holy land have designs that somewhat alludes to the seasons. Firene is lush and vibrant with flowers like Spring, Rodia is reddish-brown like the autumn leaves, Somne is hot and its inhabitants wear loose clothings like in the summer and Elusia is just cold as winter.
Firene has been called "The Spring kingdom" in some of the Japanese Twitter posts, so I do actually think it's intentional.
It's not rodia. It's BRODIA! Do not disrespect the kingdom of the bros, found in the Chadlands
@@justagiantnerd8001 Chill, it's just a typo.
@@zimonzieclown1633 I'm just joking, I may have been more aggressive than I meant to
I think that the Radiant Ike in a cutscene and the brave version of Ike on the mural might mean that the Emblem characters might be able to be upgrade and change classes, Like maybe you can have Path of Radiance Ike first and later you can master class him to his Radiant Dawn version or pick his Brave version with the Axe. Same applies to Lyn(Bow or Sword) and Lucina (Bow, Sword, or Lance Brave Ver.). It would be cool if this is the case, and would make the Hero Emblems more flexible in battles
Maybe in some kind of forging mechanic? Because remember, the Emblem characters are equipment.
I’d love to give all of the emblem characters axes just to be funny.
Didn't we already see Sigurd with both a lamce and a sword? In the first trailer it looked like it might be tied to the bond level with the Emblem iirc.
@@katsurakureha998 Not that I know of? The reveal trailer shows Sigurd with a Ridersbane, and the "Divine Dragon Awakens" trailer has no gameplay. I'm also looking back at the Celica and Marth Engage videos on this channel, and there's no new clips of Sigurd.
EDIT: Ok I hadn't seen the new JP trailer. Sigurd is summoned with a sword (presumably Tyrfing) so....yeah I think you might be on to something
@@jedimasterpickle3 Right, sorry for the confusion. I think in the first trailer I was thinking of Marth who went from Rapier at around 2:00 to Mercurius at 2:29.
I personally love Fire Emblem in all forms, from epic and romantic Genealogy to pandering and goofy Fates. I’m just happy to have another game in my favorite series, no matter which camp it falls into.
Same
Also based
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100% agree, fire emblem fans staying fed lol
I'm the same yeah, but I'm just worried that the plot is too similar to the already weak one from Awakening
Finally, I've been waiting for this all day since trailer released.
Edit: I think that the direction they took with evil "emblems" isn't so bad, especially if "emblems" will somehow morally hurt Alear. For example, imagine evil Marth telling Alear something hurtful about his past, especially his other dark self (did you hear Marth saying, that Alear shouldn't know everything). This would be cool (I guess).
I don’t know if this is a hot take or not: but I’m glad that there are only 12 Emblems. This is an anniversary title but the OCs still have to hold their own in both gameplay and story. Any more than 1 character per game would take away focus from the original characters imo and start to feel less like a celebration of the series and more of reliance of fan service.
I also like that Emblems can be used by the enemies too as opposed to strictly player-based as it’s essentially the equivalent to a pair-up.
As for Alear’s “evil form”, I hope that it’s one of his potential promotions. Alear starts as a Dragon Child with clashing colors but can promote into either Fell Dragon or Divine Dragon. With Fell Dragon being his “evil” form and Divine Dragon looking similar to when he engages with Marth. Sort of like Hoshido and Nohr Noble from Fates (but hopefully we’ll get to choose between the both of them regardless of choices made in game).
Finally, regardless of how good/bland the story ends up being they already sold me on this game from just gameplay aspects alone.
You know you make a good point, if there were too many emblems it could just end up feeling like Heroes or just fluffy fan service with no substance. It’s better for them to focus on the new characters and on a few returning characters then to try and fit everything in since it could muddy everything. One good character is better then a cast of 100 terrible ones as one might say.
(Not saying the returning characters are terrible btw just saying they could be made worse with too many involved.)
If we can choose to be evil or good, that would Alear's design all worth it
The whole fanservice angle seems to be heavily pushed by NoA and not Japan. The only promotional material NoA has on Twitter is the Emblems while Japan goes in depth on the OCs. It definitely feels like this isn't entirely an anniversary game but more like a homage that happens to feature past characters.
Agreed
I wouldn't mind the twelve emblems if I felt like some of the characters they didn't show just got shafted for others who are popular in name alone.
The thing that makes me the most excited, silly as it may seem, is that the nations all have names and distinct cultures. I think I’m still scarred by how poorly the worldbuilding was handled in Fates. Three Houses was much better so hopefully they learned that lesson.
Yeah I agree. I'm looking forward to how they are going to handle the worldbuilding in this game
Oh definitely!! Firene seems to be very French inspired, while the red-heaired crown prince’s kingdom is more general European/British inspired. The kingdom with the black characters is probably our token desert kingdom, while the villains seem to be from a more frigid kingdom. What I’m most excited about is black characters with accurate skin tones, rather than the grey skin tones of Niles and Benny for example. Let’s hope the entire kingdom looks like that!
@@SvanEsch123 this, it’s nice to see like proper black characters outside of the Khans for once, plus a few other examples I’m likely forgetting.
@@SvanEsch123 since when Niles and Benny are "greyish"? They look brown like most of latinos
@@Zerorenren4761 It might be Niles's art in heroes that gives people that impression. Most of his art in that game makes his skin tone look really grayish compared to how he looks in fates.
I wasn't at all invested in there being villains as emblems or more than 12 emblems, so I can't say I was at all disappointed by those turning out to not be the case. Rather, I enjoyed the trailer for giving us a better look at the non-emblem characters and their world, which made me more excited to use them, build them, learn about them, and hopefully satisfy the shipper in me by arranging available romances (assuming they exist).
I hope “evil” mage lady means a return of Malig Knights. Those were cool.
as much as people have been dogging on the character design i actually enjoy it quite a bit! i appreciate that every characters design is kinda goofy rather than alear just being the only goofy looking one. along with what looks like a much more light hearted story than 3h i think the story and designs fit each other perfectly and im very excited!
I think anyone who says the designs are awful is...well valid in their opinion, but I dont know if I agree. That said, a couple of the designs do sort of irk me, mainly for the women.
One of them is supposed to be a bare-knuckle brawler, but surprise surprise, the cowards made her thin as a barbie doll, and to think we had Rinkah rising above this crap years ago.
Another one has her cleavage out when her role on the battlefield makes that choice kinda stupid (the pegasus knight, but at least this one is more mundane than Camilla if nothing else).
Another one...oh my God...like, even assuming bad faith about Charlotte's design (which I defend somewhat because its meant to signify the barely-clothed male fighters and a female equivalent to that), that woman on the left side (the second in the row) of those four in the castle is just a blatant fanservice machine. She's so horrifically sexualized that it's cringeworthy.
Then theres that dark-skinned woman with the lance and offering food to the group, she's okay in my eyes since her outfit has an actual theme and style and taste to it, a wild charm if you will. That one is okay IMO.
I think Alear looks pretty slick as well. The uniqueness is a definite with the guy for sure, as well as the hair possibly playing a pretty prominent role in where he is character-wise.
@@ramenbomberdeluxe4958 i definitely respect people who may not be particularly keen on the character designs and i do agree with some of the sentiments of the female characters, specifically the issue with same face syndrome. that said though, im not fond of people who are very anti-engage for it simply being "too anime" and are disrespecting pikazos art as i think she did a great job. even with the female characters who are fully covered up like celine and the newly shown jester girl today their designs havent been met with much praise. i think it all comes down to a matter of opinion because everyone is entitled to their opinion and may not be fond of the art but i think calling it awful and saying it's "too anime" isnt valid criticism as it's simply just a different style.
@@ramenbomberdeluxe4958 Not every brawler and strong person needs to have big bulging muscles y'know. It's not even the first time FE does these type of characters.
@@danny5074 Oh frankly I dig the art style specifically, its just certain specific individual character designs are a bit iffy to me is all. Despite my issues and doubts, I am more on the side of hype and hope for this one. I think fire emblem has taken a more mainstream anime approach to its design and tropes in recent years, but it was always decently anime to some extent.
The "clown" girl seems to have some interesting connection to wvvern girl. As in they both have a rose motif with them. I think what they are going for it "court magician" and "court jester" kinda vibe. And these two things have opposing elements to their designs.
The "magician" has a wvvern and has a head accessory that covers her face.
The "Jester" has a pegasus and her collar I would say emphasizes her head as well as the face marking.
A light and dark kinda dynamic if you will.
If that is the case, I think there could be something interesting. Personally, I like both of their designs. Wyvern girl does give off a nice sinister vibe, while "clown" girl I think has the right amount of in your face for a "jester" design, (if that what they are going for).
Court jesters were a thing in medieval settings fictional and otherwise, so yeah, I don't totally understand why designs like this feel so dissonant to some people. Like, it's fine they have a different reaction than I do, I just don't know that the (relative) absence of clown-esque esthetics in characters up till now in the series is a substantial explanation.
I think she's cute, her design is bold but I kinda like it. 😁
One thing to point out is that this game has a significant amount of cutscenes for Fire Emblem. I wonder if this game is going to be pretty darn long. Like 60+ chapters
Honestly, I hope so, I've always felt that (with the exception of Radiant Dawn, which is about 42 chapters or something like if you count maps individually) Fire Emblem games are often too short (though they are usually still fairly long compared to most other games).
I don't think you can accurately estimate a game's length from two trailers. We've seen
60 chapters is insane but considering there will be one focused story as opposed to multiple routes i can see it being sort radiant dawn length
I’m thinking small. Smaller than one play though of 3 houses. Just because it’s been finished for a year and a half. And it’s just some quick celebrate the 30th anniversary game with a remake coming out right after. Then we wait a couple more years for a big new game on Switch 2. Spoilers Sorry😂lol
I have a feeling that the Divine Dragon and this Fell Dragon in this game may be more connected to each other than just we thought. Remember back to Awakening and Robin had a dark secret back then? I am getting similar vibes here.
As disappointed as I am that there will only be 12 rings I do think this may be for the better. If there were too many rings we wouldn't have as many character interactions between them and the rest of the cast nor would we be able to have all of them play a major role in the story. With too many of them they would likely be relegated to being glorified cameos. Though I miss the lords that aren't present having a smaller cast of one character per game with an equal amount of male and female protagonists was a good decision. Since some of the characters chosen such as Lyn and Lucina didn't have as prominent roles in their own games as the others we could potentially see them more fleshed out in a main line title which is also a plus.
You nailed it! Lest we have another Namco X Capcom situation where the villains didn't really have a common goal; they all just did their own thing.
As a more casual FE fan I'm probably in the minority here, but to me having a "simple" story is actually a plus this time. Three Houses' 4d chess geopolitics and multiple paths felt too overwhelming to me as someone who is mainly interested in the tactical gameplay and character designs (which btw don't really bother me here). Overall, this trailer just reinforced how amazing this game looks from a graphical standpoint, and for that alone I'm already pretty hyped.
No one is worried about a simple story. We are worried about a poorly written, clichéd one. And the trailers aren't doing anything to alleviate that worry. Simple can be good. In fact, I think simple is greatly underrated in terms of stories.
Yours may be a 'minority' but it's still worth respect and support, the series ought to have variety to appeal to as many players as possible.
And for as much as I love complex storytelling in Fire Emblem, with Three Houses being my favourite as a result, having EVERY game in the series be exhaustively detailed with sprawling timelines would be both tiring and time consuming.
Even us story enthusiasts can appreciate playing a simple, short, and satisfying tale on occasion (as long as the quality holds up)!
While I like how it looks so far I wish the evil emblems were the villains, they would’ve been really cool. Plus I feel like the villains are are kind of underrepresented and this was a good opportunity to give them some spotlight
If they gave them that spotlight, the spotlight wouldn't be good for them or the game. They'd either be reduced to pointless jobbers or completely overshadow the main villains, making the new characters pointless.
@LEGOMaster25 Absolutely not
I'm a new Fire Emblem fan (only played 3H, Awakening and Shadows of Valentia) so maybe my opinion isn't worth that much, but I'm extremely excited for the game! It looks very pretty with the new artistic style, I like most of the character designs (except the clown girl, I agree that was pretty weird) and the story looks pretty good in my eyes. I don't mind having an Awakening 2.0, I really liked the story there and I would gladly have another game in the same line. I don't really know that many villains so I don't care that much that they do not make an appearance in the game. Overall, it's a day 1 buy for me! Fire Emblem so far (those 3 games I played) has never dissapointed me, I'm hoping this is also the case for Engage!
Being a 'new fan' doesn't make your opinion worth any less, it just means you have different preferences and / or easier access to different games than older fans.
I second your sentiment about Awakening 2.0, as long as it's done well it'll be welcomed, we could use a simpler story as a break from the exhaustively detailed tale of Three Houses. Loved that game's story but would get tired if every Fire Emblem story was that complex!
@@finaldusk1821 Thanks for the comment! I hope they pull it out well enough
I was waiting for this video 🤣. I rewatched the trailer not that long ago and I was wondering if you made an analysis yet. Thanks for the analysis ❤️
How he called one of the scenes 'corny' I was dyin'. The honesty is what it is, however.
Engage is really feeling like I'm going back to the Awakening/Fates era, and I LOVE that
In what way? Genuinely curious as I've only just recently beat the main story of Awakening and haven't played Fates yet so I'm not sure what gave you that feeling.
@@agentz4695 More colorful and vibrant than three houses, story takes itself less seriously, designs are more fantastical and appealing, more tropey and "anime-y", friends and allies teaming up against an objective bad. Not to say Three Houses was devoid of those elements, but it was a more "serious" and "gray" game. And of course on the most important aspect, gameplay, the maps seem better designed than 3H at first glance.
The Clown or possibly more accurately Jester girls design is pretty in line with how most anime inspired fantasy worlds tend to be. A mix of regal and Lolita. So it shouldn't really be that surprising to see. Honestly I like her design. Her peg knight or at bare minimum winged horse sports the same kind of circus/clown/jester design as well.
I love all the designs in the trailer. They all pop, stick out and are memorable. Yes, even the clown girl. It's refreshing to see FE really messing with unique designs again. TH did it for characters in their canon classes, but I felt we saw too much of characters in their generic class fits for most of the game. Here each character has a design that is 100% just them, and even if they have to follow a class convention (Like Louis) There is still an amount of care that goes into them to make sure they stand on their own.
Also Alcryst (The blue haired archer) Is goated. Definately using him.
i prefer the fact that the Rings can just be used by anyone far better than having just the Antagonists from previous game.
Considering not all of them were actually evil
Awakening fans: Wait, wait! I've seen this one before!
I have been waiting for this!
I really enjoyed this trailer. The character designs look incredible with the in-game engine and animated cutscenes looking close to identical. This game so far has huge Awakening vibes! By looking at the Divine Edition box art and this trailer I think we will make choices in the game that will affect our relationship with each kingdom. For example we might choose a path which causes Alear to be Red and ally with Fell Dragon territories, having characters like Abby (MaligKnight) join us to fight, similar to Crimson Flower route in three houses.
Indeed, that would be very interesting, but unfortunately the chances of that happening are not very high... So I won't expect this feature, I prefer to stick to what I know for the instant.
I'm cautiously optimistic that we can somehow customise the emblems, but I'm disappointed that we're not seeing other emblems or villains for that matter. Having Grima whispering in this new Fell Dragon's ear would have been wild.
Also, we see Roy around 2:22 of the trailer fighting with Brodia's(?) prince.
To me most likey alear is a child of both fell dragon and divine dragon, most likely his father corrupted him to join the fell dragon side (explaining evil alear look-alike) hence marth's hesitance considering that technically is his nature as opposed to being possessed like grima proper. As for why engages look different their murals are probably their most evolved state, to give an example level 1 ike has his blade while a max ike (more specifically full power past/memories alear) has him with his axe. That way allowing for more customization without having to switch emblems along with mixing skills from previous lvs and may explain why although marth has his iconic weapons its still an early game thing. Im optimistic for the story as ling as engages talk a back seat and it doesn't feel like an "anniversary game" but something that can stand on its own that happens to pay tribute to fire emblem if that makes sense.
I'm actually a fan of them just corrupting Heroes because I thought they were just gonna have Villain rings and that woulda been way more predictable
Right? I didn't really theory craft enough to imagine villain rings might be a thing they were leading up to, but this feels.. I don't know, like it's unexpected? It's not a direction I could have predicted they'd take it in, I don't completely understand how the evil version situation works, but that in itself is exciting, too. It feels like in retrospect a due or at least encouraging departure from the more fan servicey aspects of the premise, which I'm totally down for.
so true
honestly i like the trope of good guys corrupted so i agree, reminds me of mecard in that way (kids show). but i kinda do hope they incorporate past villains in some way, even if its not through the rings.
I'm actually glad the rings don't just make the villains from their respective games. Too many dark mages
This is going to be fun, there haven't been many cases of the "corrupted hero" in Fire Emblem, first ones that comes to mind are Robin and Morgan, so this is actually pretty interesting for me to see. But like all games that are coming out I'll reserve my final judgment until the game comes out.
Dude January can't come soon enough. My birthday is around a week before the release so I treated myself to an early late present by ordering the deluxe edition. So hyped
Well happy early birthday then! And I'm right with you there. Seeing this trailer felt like a great entry into the new year for me upon release. So I'm just as ready as you are.
Anniversary or not, I'm looking forward to playing the game. What do I expect for this game? The same thing I expect from other games which is for it to be "we had lots of great ideas that we did our best to fit into the game...but we also cut some corners for reasons x, y and z". It's always going to be some version of that for whatever reason and that's fine. The bottom line is the game is enjoyable, expectations and/or aesthetic preferences be damned.
Super excited. I wonder if their will be two separate endings. Would've liked for the villains to summon villains instead of corrupt versions of the emblem heroes. I just wish FE JP Twitter account was faster at posting info. There's a ton of characters for us to meet.
The trailer showed a good amount of spoilers at the end, so I'm thinking about going blind after today. Just wanted to leave a comment and like though! You deserve it.
the similarities to awakening worry me a little too much. I fear that they are trying to mimic awakening and add even more fanservice instead of story, and after how amazing and separate three houses was (to me) I really am getting worried about this game. I was thinking of pre-ordering but now I'm not so sure
Never preorder anything. There's no way to know well enough it's not bad before there aren't at least several user ratings on various rating sites.
The characters look fun and interesting and realistically that's all I need
Also would be really cool if I could make Alear fight with his bare hands
My conclusion is that this is an indicator that next year's Fire Emblem Heroes fallen units banner will have Marth on it (Even though I'm still hoping for Blob Garon)
Now our lords are turning evil! We must save them.
Roy got fed up with being called a mid tier and went......EVIL
Minty Fresh VS Plaque Attack
Truly the best Fire Emblem story.
Hyped for Rodia characters, they seem like they'll be some of my faves really. Somne characters looking really cool too, I like the distinct vibes each kingdom gives off. I wish there was more variation in faces but at the very least, Rodia characters seem a lot different!
I'm so happy this game exists! I'm so excited to play it when it releases!
Personally don't mind that there are "only" 12 rings, don't want them to completely steal the spotlight from the new characters.
I suspected the hero emblems could be corrupted and as long as it's done well I won't mind it, the story in general could still be pretty interesting even with these premises.
Other than that, agree with what you had to say about the new characters' design etc. and again, thanks for these trailer analyses!
Honestly, being a divine dragon with amnesia is alright in my book. It could honestly have a nice build up for what his dragon form will be like(and assuming both his blue divine form and his red corrupt form will be a thing). Revealing the plot in the first trailer is skeptical but it’s fire emblem which either give us a taste of what happening rather hidden some critical information. The second trailer has me doubt that are we really going to vanquish the fell dragon again or not, being our path will be both dark and brutal.
Part of me believes the "Emblem" characters have achievable alt forms since I see Radiant Dawn Ike and Brave Lyn
How various videos are throwing shade at this trailer at times, while giving it some credibility is getting to be pretty hilarious now throughout the day. Thanks guys.
Isn't that normal constructive criticism? Clearly, Engage has things it does better than recent FE titles like graphics and animations that deserve praise while simultaneously doing a lot more worse.
Though normal, I'm just pointing out how funny it can be is all while watching. The game overall I'm looking forward to, but it doesn't hurt to hear others' take on it either.
Also, I don’t know if someone pointed out that, when Marth tell Alear of his past, he’s both skeptical, being the goddie good guy to Alear if he can remember him or not from long times ago(not harm him with painful memories I mean), and ,for some reason, hesitant. Not sure for the reason why he looking afraid rather pleased to see Alear again but it’s more or less that Alear distant memories will played a massive role here(also Robin but we don’t talk about mr and mrs strategists). I’m hoping it play the same similar to BoTW where Link have memories with good pals, Zelda, his training and endurance, and some location on the continent!
I'll be honest, I wasn't really feeling Engage at first, despite the polished art and animations, but this trailer has mostly sold me. The game seems to have a pretty fleshed out world, a decent amount of geopolitics, a somewhat grim, but not too grim tone, and even crumbs of good character interactions, especially those involving Emblem Marth.
About Marth and the other Emblems, I have a feeling that only Marth will play a huge role in the plot, and the rest will merely get base camp lines reacting to events of the story.
Also, I don't think Alear turned completely red, it's just the lighting.
I honestly like this trailer more than the original. My main concern was that we were going to have a happy go lucky story with all bright Vtuber characters and bright happy backgrounds with a sudden Grima stage at the end. It also feels more emotionally gripping to corrupt heroes than just have the new villains summon old ones, but I could see both sides of it.
I just love the way the land is called BROdia, and the king is a bro!
And then we got our Claude character as well!
Great recap Ghast!
I kind of expected them to only do the 12 from the get go. As awesome as it would be to have more (like you mentioned I'm sure we will get dlc for it) I think too many may have overloaded the game and made it too easy at times. And honestly, a FE party is typically 10 to 12 characters. So there are enough rings/emblems for your whole party. Add more and then the player has to pick and choose, which wouldn't be horrible, but maybe they want to avoid that for the first playthru.
As well, the number 12 has many connections to history, lore, and legends.
I'm still excited for the game and story. I think having the emblems be evil adds a neat twist. We are used to these heroes being on the side of good. How will it effect them to be used for evil purposes?
After seeing this trailer and remembering that this was an anniversary game. I feel IS is literally playing a sort of duality thing here using their already existing/traditional blue and red units. I say duality with how Alear seems to change towards the end of the trailer if corrupted.
You know I realized last night, Emblems are an evolution from Three Houses Battallions. Module, accessory-like, stat-boosting unit? As well as a slight fusion/twist on the concept of pair-up. And we saw 2 skills shown off in the first trailer that could be likened to gambits. Overpower, and Warp Ragnarok.
0:57 Elbert is like are you sure about that.
I think I've figured out IS's dlc angle. They're going to release more rings as dlc. You want hector, 5.99USD.
I honestly liked this trailer more than the first one. It would be unfortunate if there are only 12 rings, but they could still do that well. We don't know if there are just 12 for sure though, so we'll have to see. I'm also willing to bet that all that stuff in the trailer isn't too far into the game.
And I like all the new character designs we saw, even Clown girl. I think people just gotta chill and get their preconceived notions of what Fire Emblem "should" look like out of their head, because there is not set look for this series. No shame in having fun with the designs.
"no shame with having fun with the designs" my guy have you ever heard about tonal disconnect? Cause lord is Engage the epitome of the phrase. FE is historically a series that deals with politics, warfare, loss, grief and the like. It's okay to have some fun with designs not everything needs to be realistic, but when they distract and viscerally contrast the nature of the main theme of the story, it immediately takes away any sense of weight and seriousness from the narrative.
@@ZephyrK_ I'm sorry but that's simply a personal issue. If you think that takes away from the story, then I can't change that. But for me, and plenty of other people, that is just not the case.
Honestly, you can do a lot with a story no matter how the characters look. They don't have to look how you expect them to.
@@LordlyWeeb I don't see how something so clearly juxtaposing the main theme of a title can be a personal take. I literally stated things don't need to be realistic, go silly, have fun, make a character look sexy or badass but be reasonable, it's insane to have something like Spongebob in FE just because it'd be fun or potientally drive more sales.
I'm not saying they're terrible designs that shouldn't exist or whatever just that it doesn't fit in here specifically and if you disagree then dawg, i implore you to play more SRPG's or even older FE titles.
@@ZephyrK_ I've played other SRPG's and older Fire Emblems. I don't see a problem. Let's leave it at that.
@@ZephyrK_ don't like the hair cry about it and leave someone else's opinion be
Dead mom and maguffin collection quest within the first 13 seconds. Damn, a new record
tbh i enjoyed this trailer more than the first one!! i figured it was only gonna be the 12 emblems but i really didnt like any of the character designs until this trailer which had a few im interested in
I wouldn't mind terribly if there was a split path ending-- embracing either a dark or light side Alear that corresponds to a full color. Mostly because it cold be neat-- or even just leaning into it like ME's Paragon/Renegade bit, with some little side mechanics tied up into it, like access to certain classes or suupports, etc.
I'm glad they're only focusing on 12 rings. That means they all will get focus and moments in the story. We see what happens when they try to juggle a lot of past FE heroes. We have games like FE Heroes where the past heroes are just there and don't really play a role at all.
As much as I hate having an avatar godly being again this looks amazing and I can’t wait to play it
Also nice echoes music in the background
This trailer was the opposite reaction from me. I was pretty disappointed with the first trailer as I could tell that the story direction was not going to be nearly as interesting as 3H. I still think the story is going to be pretty forgettable but I’m way more into this showcase of the characters and plot elements in this second trailer. Evil Marth and Alear is great even if it’s been done before. Also loved seeing emblem Ike and Lucina. Super pumped to play the game now!
It looks like a lot of us are thinking the same thing, that evil Alear is from the past. Troups aside, I'm super excited for this one
Part of me is actually hoping they'll do a "good/bad ending" split like they've done in games like FE6 & FE12, where the Hero doesn't gather all the emblem rings or you don't gather supports from all the kingdoms. At least, that's what I hope happens.
The designs for some of the characters are peculiar, but meh, I can say that for a lot of Fire Emblem characters.
I did chuckle when you mentioned how FE10s Ike lost his beef. However, considering his Fates animation, this isn't that surprising.
My biggest annoyance is that they aren't consistent with what we've seen so far. Ike doesn't have Urvan, Lucina doesn't have Thögn, and Lyn has Mulagir/Murgleis instead of either of her Katti weapons. I mean, for all we know, Byleth could appear just like he does in Smash with all 4 main relics. I doubt that's the case, but I wouldn't put it past them.
Obviously, if these are the lords they're showing, they've got a lot of ground to cover, cause not having Alm, Hector, or Dimitri in this game is making me lose interest in the emblems altogether. And yeah, DLC would be nice, but that just means they'll be add-ons to a story that's complete without them, and that's exactly what I DIDN'T want them to do.
I've never screamed for a new fallen characters banner as hard as the time when i saw red marth
If anything this trailer made me more excited about this game since we didn’t know a whole lot about it in the first trailer and the concept of always good characters like Marth turning Evil is interesting. I also don’t hate the clown girl since all the other designs slap
My boy Hector never gets a go. No Smash, no Warriors DLC, no Emblem
I definitely liked this trailer better than the first one.
Oh I have like 0 fucking expectations for this game's story. After everything they tried to do in Three Houses it's all back down to generic "We're good guys and they're evil bad guys" (not that 3H didn't have that with the Agarthans, but like, Edelgard is the best villain in the franchise), and that flash of "Evil Alear" just gives me even more Awakening 2.0 vibes. This is shaping up to be a game I play for the gameplay, and then put down to return to Fodlan once I finish. But I will say that the Emblems turning red when corrupted is honestly fucking hilarious to me because they're blue when allied, and red when opposed....just like the units in FE.
Personally I don’t mind if the story is corny. I love fire emblem for the gameplay and the characters, both of which are looking fire.
My theory is that the rings can be “awakened” and the heroes currently in game as rings get partnered up with a relevant character to their own story (ex. Roy and Erika get Eliwood and Ephraim respectively).
This game honestly loos like it represents all of the game's themes, Path of Radiance & Radiant Dawn, etc.
I really like how the new characters look. The new prince guy looks like a beefier Sylvain
Attractive miklan
The clown looking girls makes the Protag's design look tamed
Well for me FE has always been a character driven story rather than a narrative story. No matter how bad or lame or cliche the story is if the characters are good and well written enough to take me through that story then im happy. Personally ill rather take this kind of story over 3h story.
It'd be the greatest plot twist if it turned out that flying mage lady actually isn't gonna be playable and was just there in the first trailer symbolically as a "all nations need to stand up against the Fell Dragon and defeat it together".
As for the story of the game, early on I feel like it's gonna have a lot of overlap with Fates, the "evil Alear" we see in this trailer I interpret as this being them in the past, being corrupted and going on a rampage similar to how Corrin went berserk, possibly being the one responsible for wiping out (almost) all the other Divine Dragons, being freed by their mother before being sent to sleep to keep them safe. Then the young girl we saw seems to have more of an Azura-like role at first, being mysterious, somehow related to Alear, all that jazz, while Alear seems to be going around or at least planning a roundtrip to all the different nations of this realm kinda like how Corrin was kinda at points. The parts from presumably later on in the story though feel more reminiscent of Awakenings story, or specifically the 2nd and 3rd arc, where worshipping the Fell Dragon clearly makes that one nation extremely sus, but Alear still tries to do politics and visits them in their castle, and it seems they aren't necessarily out against Alear either... nor does the Fell Dragon seem to be, looking at the scene where Marth gets corrupted with what seems to be the actual Fell Dragon just chilling at the side, possibly because he's trying to turn Alear into an ally as presumably happened in the past... honestly, thinking about it, the scene where those 4 characters come in and say they'll "kill everyone in the castle" seems like it happens in the same location, so possibly, either this happens earlier and we fight against them, or this is actually our ticket to escape that situation, either way it points towards there being a resistance against the cult of the Fell Dragon... and the flying mage lady might just very well be their leader, in that case, she might attack us because she thinks Alear only plays into the cults hands like how it happened with Validar getting the Fire Emblem in Awakening. In that case, the actual fake out is her being a villain in the first place. There also being a Pegasus Rider at the side of the Gharnef of this game also feels like an Awakening-reference, specifically to Aversa of course. Thinking about it, the actual process of uniting the different nations against the Fell Dragon also feels a bit similar to how Chrom went to Regna Ferox to unite with them against Plegia, and later with Plegia to strike back against Valm, a big chunk of the story might be focused around that, ironing out the conflicts between the nations to unite them as the "Lord Divine Dragon".
As for what we saw of the Emblems in this trailer, Ike and Lucina using different weapons than in the mural, I feel like it's hinting towards Emblems also being able to switch weapons? Like, if you give Lucina to a bow-user, she actually uses her bow, same with Ike and an axe-user. The characters they fought with, while not using swords, just didn't use those weapons, although then there's also this being a cutscene so they're probably all going to their default weapons. Since Lucina should also have a lance, all things considered, if they're already giving her the bow. Aside from that, I also find it peculiar how no one looks promoted in that cutscene, which, again, might be due to it being a cutscene, but with at least 3 of the 4 kingdoms seemingly beign united, and at least 3 Emblems gained, it should be a decent bit into the game... which makes me think everything that we saw so far might only be from like a "first half", not necessarily like in 3H where we got a timeskip, but definitely with a climax early on like in Awakening or Binding Blade, although unlike in those games, presumably a climax ending in tragedy, which again a bit closer to 3H.
Overall, I don't expect the story to be amazing like in 3H, definitely more on the simpler side, and these trailers are making me think it'll be at least decent.
Your overthinking it.. and besides the early build leak had a support menu that confirms she (red haired mage joins us)
@@bradleydrake6941 Overthinking is half the fun of discussing stuff pre-release, even if staying realistic is still important.
Also, not everyone has seen leaks, I myself have forgotten this detail, but still, you shouldn't assume that everyone has seen leaks or WANTS to know information that we're only privy to through leaks so far.
Personally, I'm just excited for a return to form more or less. Nothing wrong with Three Houses- I love it. But after playing it I will admit I was left wanting a more traditional FE experience.
I never expected more than 12 hero rings, but I was at least hoping for unique villain rings. Having the heroes turn bad is no replacement for that, since I'm guessing they'll just be brainwashed instead of each hero getting a believable "evil side". They could prove me wrong though.
On the bright side, I absolutely love the clown girl's design. I get that it's the most over-the-top design yet in a game full of over-the-top designs which I myself have some misgivings with, but like... she's a clown, or a jester, or something like that. They're _supposed_ to be colorful and hard to miss, so it works for her. If anything, I'm more upset at all of the other over-the-top designs -- if they weren't there, she'd stand out even more.
The game’s visuals and cinematic looks soo good imo
I’m excited to play it and I don’t think the story look that bad tbh
I’m interested to see old characters interact with everyone
I’m also curious about alear being evil lol
this trailer made me more excited for the game actually because it really confirmed that the game is just going for high camp silly fun, as opposed to trying to take itself seriously and ending up ridiculous and cringeworthy. i prefer the more serious fire emblem games, but i feel better about this game knowing it's meant to be a fun anniversary game, and hopefully isn't indicative of the direction of future games. (i'm also hoping that the remake rumours will finally pan out and be announced around when engage releases, since apparently engage has been finished for a long time)
I was somewhat negative on the first trailer. I’m not fan of the designs personally and it felt like a step back in terms of story. With this trailer I’m somewhat more interested. While I still don’t like many of the designs, the villain designs look sick to me. Especially Evil Alear, I had a theory Evil Alear was the original but the heroes changed Alear which is why they have a mix of red and blue and lost their memories, which in that case I would be more ok towards Alear’s design. And the way Marth spoke saying “you were kind, and don’t need to remember all now” felt suspicious and lack of emotion. I actually feel slightly curious on the story after this, but yeah not having all the old FE characters back does feel like a bad move, felt like characters/villains could’ve owned multiple rings at once
Them not bringing all the old characters back was a better choice, you can't justify their presence without hijacking. Even cartoon villain folks like Gharnef have no reason to help the new villains making old villain inclusions feel unneeded. They'd quickly lose their shine as villains and/or overshadow the new ones.
@@sharenatheaskrprincess870 I’m meant bringing all the old lords back instead of cherry picking them
My prediction is Alear was somehow present in every other FE game somehow (either in some alternate dimension or as a very weak influential force giving the good guys favorable luck or whatever) and thus him having to remember each ring makes sense. I think the bad Alear with red hair indicates that colgate Alear is literally a combination of the "kind" Alear and a berserk Alear, sort of like Corrin in dragon form without a dragonstone.
So maaaaybe it could be a gameplay mechanic where you can use this berserk form and have altered stats and abilities, as well as maybe having a full "kind" form where it's far less aggressive and has greater support abilities, with default Alear being a mix of the two.
Honestly, I love the over the top character designs. As much as I love 3 houses, the characters often looked just really generic.
Though, all of the other designs are also just way too good. The red mercenary/myrmidon girl and the female armor knight are probably my favourite "non main character" designs.
i have a feeling that alear's gonna be thechild of the fell dragon or the fell dragon himself
Don’t forget that at least of the characters has pointed ears…Like how Manakete do.
The only thing I want is for the red hair king to not die (or at least to not do it very quickly), he's my favorite design as for now and would like to know more of him
I kind of wonder if the 12 rings will be related to Solomon, or atleast invole his story? Since Solomon(in mythology) has 12 rings. Could just be a coincidence tho
I don’t know I was expecting to see my favorite characters like all, Azura, takumi, camilla, even tharja and others, but I don’t know. While the newest characters are interesting, I have my doubts about how they are going to the full game. And yes, I think Nintendo/Intelligent Systems will go more on DLC in the future… which is disappointing…. Omg….
i had a theory that Allier's design has an emphasis on duality!
this just confirms it, so is it possible we see a pure blue Allier?
Hope you're doing well Ghast! Random thought but Alear looks nothing like his or her mother who has light blue hair. 😅
January 20 is not that far off can’t wait to play this game along with deliver us mars and atomic heart
Now i want to play Awakening a 4th time. but I'm excited
besides the whole evil mage girl being spoiled to be part of your team the whole trailer got me hyped I will not judge the story until I play it