What really angers me is that the game isn't fully voice acted. The side characters don't have voice acting in 70% of their dialogues, while Three Houses and Echoes were fully dubbed. Besides, the the English translation (and the European ones that derive from it) has changed A LOT the meaning of the dialogues, significantly tweaking many character's personalities. One of the women is completely ridiculous now, while in Japanes, although she wasn't great, she was at least a character.
@@Princeomishore Not really lmao. They had very little unique maps to each route. Meaning they were just reusing the same thing with different models/dialogues.
id say the story is very sparse and more focused on combat. Maybe like a 7 as my first emblem game. better than triangle strategy due to the extra classes and better gameplay
@@fatihzeyrek2069 Triangle system of Axes/Spears/Swords all being weak/strong against a nother. It's kind of like rock/paper/scissors. They dropped it in three houses because .... well who knows why they did anything the way they did in that slice-of-life school sim masquerading as a fire emblem gam.e
@@retropulse03 they did drop it but you have abilities you master with the weapons which basically acts like the triangle system. Three houses is an amazing game
@@retropulse03instead of the triangle system, it was based on classes. Axe wielders would deal increased damage to armored foes, archers ofc had increased damage to horseback characters (like usual), etc etc
The variation was nice though. Not in the sense that the heaps of socializing and time management from 3H was amazing, it was alright. But it set up some massive appreciation for a traditional FE release.
This will be my first ever fire emblem game. Something about this one just called me. Do you guys suggest any of the others that were on switch? Im interested in at least playing those as well
Man I’m excited to play this, but Three Houses social sim emphasis made it one of my favorite games of all time. I’m going to miss that, but the presentation here looks phenomenal.
Absolutely what streetough said!! You should definitely consider getting persona 5 royal on switch, it’s system is what inspired the three houses format in the first place
or he played fe 1-2 or heard the song from smash or fe heroes... Together, We Ride is the most widely known theme in the franchise and was featured in multiples game before Blazing Swords
Guaranteed it’s better. Fire Emblem 7 (The Blazing Blade) is an awesome game but look how shiny and in depth Engage looks. There is no way FE7 is better
I’m glad to see they ditched the silent protagonist. I’ve only played Three Houses but lots of other games have a silent protag and the only ones that didn’t feel awkward to me were Persona 4 and 5.
@yoshizu in your imagination, in actual games tho not really, because besides the fact his team is stupidly overleveled in Gen 2, his a complete joke...
I'm enjoying engage, its not my favorite but all the micro managing you have to do in three houses outside of the major gameplay made it difficult for me to play it more then once.
Healers being the weakest link? uhhhhhhhhh they've always been necessary bastions that can save any hardcore run. and they usually get stronger once they can start casting some offensive magic.
@@mrdoritomuncher4066 Smash featuring Cloud, sonic, snake, mario, ryu, sora,sonic, pac-man, steve, sora, joker, banjo fighting each other is not comparable with fighting along marth or ike from a game in the same franchise... Even ssb64 featured characters from different franchise unlike engage
I've only played three houses and loved it. I'm hesitant about this game because it's art style is too anime imo, it's story being lighter than 3h isn't exciting, plus Alear's design I'm unsure about. Hmm
my thoughts exactly, not thrilled about either the art style or the story. If you have the chance I'd encourage you to play the 3DS games, you can't go wrong with any of them.
@@hazzmat9527 Yup. There's a "free sea" version already available. Also played only Three Houses out of all FE games, and Engage, while having better visuals/cutscenes/enviroments, really dissapoints so far in every aspect of narrative.
@@geraq0 Lol how are you going to agree with a distaste for anime and less serious stories and recommend the 3DS games, which have many anime tropes and simplistic main stories, some with major plot holes.
@@anab0lic Thankful for that, since a lot of people don’t actually want to delve further into the genre and this offers them an accessible yet fun offering, while also being an entry point for people who will take it further to explore more complex games. Fire Emblem is a pretty awesome franchise in that regard
Gotta say, the game play has me a bit interested, but the art style and character design--along with rehashing the old heroes again (Awakening, Warriors, and FEH wasn't enough?), has me really NOT excited for this game. Seemingly shallow story and characters only makes it worse. I'm so conflicted on this.
So far reviews highlight how Engage has far less focus on the social aspects so I’m guessing the romance is either not there or so minimal that it’s not worth mentioning lol
I'll pass on this one. The art style and weak story makes me wanna just go back to Awakening or try Three Houses. Just doesn't appeal to me. Glad they overhauled healers and added polish to combat mechanics though! Excited to see how the series continues to grow!
So don't play those aspects? Why should romance be removed for people who enjoy it? Just don't do your S-supports and stop advocating for removal of social aspects that revived the series in the first place. You can like tactical elements without shitting all over what other people enjoy.
@@kittycat4378 ahhhh yes let's force 2 hours of The social part and only 15 to 20 minutes on the strategy part of the game. Rinse and repeat until game is over.
@@MegaDarkness5000 This is just not remotely true. And if you really hate it that much you can literally skip the vast majority including teaching with auto options if you're fine with minimal recruitment (you probably aren't going to drastically change your roster anyways) and aren't going for a certain route (even then you only need to talk to one person in a specific chapter, that's it). Monastery only drags if you try to min max everything (which is totally unnecessary given the difficulty of the game and mostly due to fishing) and if you hate or are completely apathetic to the characters. It is entirely possible to beat the game with minimal monastery outside of maddening difficulty.
as someone who thought three houses was a step in the wrong direction by having the battling be not the focus instead focusing on relationships, im happy to hear engage does the opposite! :)
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It’s crazy how in 2013 Fire Emblem was literally do or die with Awakening. Now, we’re getting a game all about Fire Emblem’s greatest hits.
Waifus do be saving series
Agree
Half the games are flops 😔
@@mappyishot8110 Maybe you mean commercially, it's unclear. But every entry released in the west has been essential, at least for me.
The irony bekng that Awakening was, in and of itself, a sort of 'greatest hits' album for the series.
I'm hoping the success of this game leads Nintendo to remake some of the blind spots in the series, namely Fire Emblems 4-6.
3-6 since the existing 3 remake didn’t come over
*Prayers* for geneology of the holy war
Well the leak that leaked Engage a while back mentioned a geneaology remake. Its my favorite game of all time so fingers are crossed
We need remasters starting from fe6 and remakes for fe5 below 👌🏾
Success? Game is not even out yet.
Surprisingly thorough review; nice to see you had enough time to play and understand it
Lol did we watch the same review
@@Argonian0727 what did you not like about the review?
Hearing that Alear speaks and not a mute was refreshing. This got my hopes up
What really angers me is that the game isn't fully voice acted.
The side characters don't have voice acting in 70% of their dialogues, while Three Houses and Echoes were fully dubbed.
Besides, the the English translation (and the European ones that derive from it) has changed A LOT the meaning of the dialogues, significantly tweaking many character's personalities. One of the women is completely ridiculous now, while in Japanes, although she wasn't great, she was at least a character.
@@r.c.c.10 budget and size problem kekw
atleast engage has more content than the last one
@@SlavinRagnavoire but three houses had a lot of content? 4 different story paths and a side story that unlocks new characters.
@@Princeomishore Not really lmao. They had very little unique maps to each route. Meaning they were just reusing the same thing with different models/dialogues.
@@ptr4410 I mean if you want to talk 'reusing', reusing and recycling old content (in a modern style) is literally the theme for this game lol
At least this time the reviewer seems to understand the name and synopsis. Also, bonus points for the concern over non eng adapted characters.
It's a 9 for anyone wondering
@@TheBandoBandito A 9.5 but they don't give decimal points anymore.
That’s the entire point of the video
SPOILERRRS!!!!!
@@GreggyAck ?
Dude thank you!!! Getting straight to the point especially when you’re at the game-store and just want a score.
You the real MVP
wasn't expecting a 9 but that makes me even more hype for the game!
It's more like a 7
@@JungleOfMeat it's more like you have low iq 🧐
@Magoo The game isn't even out yet, why be so negative
@@austinclubb2093 These people are like that with most games that aren't at Elden Ring level of hype
id say the story is very sparse and more focused on combat. Maybe like a 7 as my first emblem game. better than triangle strategy due to the extra classes and better gameplay
Im glad they bringing back the original battle system of fire emblem in this one. Im definitely buying this one
If you want combat it's probably the best game yet.
Wdym by original battle?
@@fatihzeyrek2069 Triangle system of Axes/Spears/Swords all being weak/strong against a nother. It's kind of like rock/paper/scissors. They dropped it in three houses because .... well who knows why they did anything the way they did in that slice-of-life school sim masquerading as a fire emblem gam.e
@@retropulse03 they did drop it but you have abilities you master with the weapons which basically acts like the triangle system. Three houses is an amazing game
@@retropulse03instead of the triangle system, it was based on classes. Axe wielders would deal increased damage to armored foes, archers ofc had increased damage to horseback characters (like usual), etc etc
I'm so down for a Fire Emblem more focused on the core gameplay and less on the social aspects. Very excited to play Engage.
The variation was nice though. Not in the sense that the heaps of socializing and time management from 3H was amazing, it was alright. But it set up some massive appreciation for a traditional FE release.
100%! I've actually come despise the recent games because of their social aspects. Feels more like a dating sim than a strategy game.
I’ll miss the social aspects but it certainly beats the repetiveness of the first half of three houses
im so stoked for this game
Same here. My body is ready.
Same here
This will be my first ever fire emblem game. Something about this one just called me. Do you guys suggest any of the others that were on switch? Im interested in at least playing those as well
@@DCHRShow Only other mainline entry on the switch is Three Houses, then there's Three Hopes and Warriors which are just musou spin-offs
facts cant wait to play on my PC ☠
This is my first fire emblem game and I’m having so much fun with it. Couldn’t recommend it enough.
Duuuuuuuuude, you should really play Fire Emblem Three Houses then!
@Carramoz more like he should try other Fire Emblem games that are more similar to Engage like Awakening and Fates etc...
is this open world ?
@Roua Bertal no, Fire emblem games are more level based games (or map based as the fans call it).
You need to play Three Houses!😄
Fire Emblem fans be feasting this year
Waifu and husbandos simulator be feasting tho. 💀
Engage is basically the equivalent of a Super Sentai or Kamen Rider anniversary season
Engaging is kinda like something that would be in kamen rider and super sentai aswell
Ah man I'm so glad it reviewed well. The whole "grab the rings and summon the heroes of old" trope had me super concerned. Excellent review.
The main has amnesia, too. Man, sometimes they don't even pretend to try to write an original storyline. Great game so far though, no complaints here.
This is an excellent review; concise but informative and it’s clear that the person who wrote it is very familiar with the series.
Man I’m excited to play this, but Three Houses social sim emphasis made it one of my favorite games of all time. I’m going to miss that, but the presentation here looks phenomenal.
If you enjoyed that aspect, definitely get into the Persona series.
Absolutely what streetough said!! You should definitely consider getting persona 5 royal on switch, it’s system is what inspired the three houses format in the first place
@@kennanady2678 or other Persona games that are coming to the switch as well
Play Persona brother
Is persona fully voice acted?
Filler story but amazing gameplay, that mostly all reviews say. Still excited
The "very, very optional" part 🤣🤣🤣
holy crap ign didnt give something a 7 for once.
IGN's scores are meaningless anyways. Sometimes, though, the reviewer says something of value.
“Together we ride”… Whoever wrote this review definitely played Blazing Swords, best FE song ever
But
But
But
Together we ride is in every game!
or he played fe 1-2 or heard the song from smash or fe heroes... Together, We Ride is the most widely known theme in the franchise and was featured in multiples game before Blazing Swords
60 hours is a lot of game. Haven't played since GBA FE so hope this lives up to those
Guaranteed it’s better. Fire Emblem 7 (The Blazing Blade) is an awesome game but look how shiny and in depth Engage looks. There is no way FE7 is better
There's been 3 games released since GBA better than FE7. It should be fine.
Save yourself, don't play it, keep your memories alive
Scoop up 3 houses while you can that game was really amazing
Say that about games like persona 5 royal
I’m glad to see they ditched the silent protagonist. I’ve only played Three Houses but lots of other games have a silent protag and the only ones that didn’t feel awkward to me were Persona 4 and 5.
Pokémon red is definition of a cool silent protagonist
@yoshizu in your imagination, in actual games tho not really, because besides the fact his team is stupidly overleveled in Gen 2, his a complete joke...
@@Yoshizuyuner For a edgy kid only playing pokémon games maybe
@@Jfray252 Red in Gold and Silver is actually kinda cool though.
Nintendo on their way to release another banger 🔥🔥🔥
ah yes, like pokémon scarlet and violet
@@Infinite-tb5dz no like xenoblade 3.
@@aintthatapotofeffluck8926 own that fool
@@Infinite-tb5dz please play more games
@@punishment5658 he's not wrong, not everything coming from Nintendo is amazing nowadays.
I'm enjoying engage, its not my favorite but all the micro managing you have to do in three houses outside of the major gameplay made it difficult for me to play it more then once.
Ok, now I'm hyped.
Three Houses was amazing, but I’m so pumped to sit down soon to a more streamlined FE experience!
havent played fire emblem since awakening. Playing this one for SURE!
It looks like a great place to jump back in.
Healers being the weakest link? uhhhhhhhhh they've always been necessary bastions that can save any hardcore run. and they usually get stronger once they can start casting some offensive magic.
FE:E is cool, but for some reason there is no feeling that this is a completely new part, and not a crossover.
Yeah, but to be fair, the same happened with Smash Ultimate and look at it now.
@@mrdoritomuncher4066 its not really the same because the whole thing of smash IS the crossover unlike FE
@@mrdoritomuncher4066 Smash featuring Cloud, sonic, snake, mario, ryu, sora,sonic, pac-man, steve, sora, joker, banjo fighting each other is not comparable with fighting along marth or ike from a game in the same franchise... Even ssb64 featured characters from different franchise unlike engage
Your feeling is right. This isn't a completely new part, this is Colgate toothpaste's first game to promote the brand.
It's more of a 35th anniversary tribute game, thus all the past characters appearing. It is also the most approachable of the titles for newcomers.
I’m hoping this leads to a switch Re-release of the definitive edition of Fire Emblem: Awakening with all its DLC
I'd buy on pre-sale full price with my eyes closed. It's my favorite FE!
@@leticiavellozo same!
Ohh pleaseeeee
Me omw to listen to the entire ost of another fire emblem game without ever playing a single game from the series 🏃🏃
🤣 You weirdo lol 😜
Me with Final Fantasy lmao
@@jericolandry9872Self-reflect
Three Houses was my first FE game. I'm looking forward to trying this one.
This on oled will be awesome!!
9/10? Wow
Never fails to impress
What exactly?
@@fabio78 sì
@@fabio78 fire emblem probably
Never fails to fail
Now, that’s a review!
Gotta get ’Em All ~ Emblem Rings
excited to play it
Can’t wait to Engage with this game this week!
I’m guessing the enemies that “keep getting away” can probably be recruited 🤔🤔
They had me at "Lyn"
"Aqua fresh toothpaste hair" is a really apt description.
Asynchronous multiplayer? Clearly this game took a few notes from Heroes’s Arena battles.
Took even more from heroes- tempest trials is in this too!
Really thorough review
Great review, excited to jump in!
I've only played three houses and loved it. I'm hesitant about this game because it's art style is too anime imo, it's story being lighter than 3h isn't exciting, plus Alear's design I'm unsure about. Hmm
my thoughts exactly, not thrilled about either the art style or the story. If you have the chance I'd encourage you to play the 3DS games, you can't go wrong with any of them.
Currently at chapter 6, and gotta say that story, all of the characters and dialogues are absolutely dissapointing, generic and shallow.
@@marcuskane1040 of engage?
@@hazzmat9527 Yup. There's a "free sea" version already available.
Also played only Three Houses out of all FE games, and Engage, while having better visuals/cutscenes/enviroments, really dissapoints so far in every aspect of narrative.
@@geraq0 Lol how are you going to agree with a distaste for anime and less serious stories and recommend the 3DS games, which have many anime tropes and simplistic main stories, some with major plot holes.
Welcome back, Weapons Triangle!
Maybe when the dlc comes out it will improve some things they might of missed
...But can we actually get engaged??
Probably not but maybe
Really makes you FEEL like Marth
When is Advance Wars coming out?
Well, do you know when the war between Russia and Ukraine will end? Cause once is over the next day will most likely. Come out the next day.
The word "Engage/engaged" has been used 20 times in this video of anyone cared 😜
This is my favourite game of 2023 so far
IGN, Wow, this made my day brighter! Thank you!
I'm lucky that this is coming out just a few days before my birthday.
My favourite part was when they said "it's time to engage" and then they engage all over those guys.
🤣
It’s pretty amazing that in 2023 that Nintendo seal still manages to mean quality 🥰 …95% of the time anyway
If you mean the Nintendo Seal of quality, that one is also on Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. lol
@@splatommy7527 Pokemon Scarlet and Violet was made by game freak not Nintendo
@@splatommy7527 That's not a Nintendo made game.
@@Win-ii4qq But then it's even more ridiculous to give it the Nintendo Seal of Quality
@@Win-ii4qq Neither was Fire Emblem though.
They should remake awakening for the switch
Looks really fun and addictive.
So fired up for this game
Why you must be a newbie to the series
@@celestialarmor695 ok boomer
This game is seriously amazing!
the only thing that urks me is the whole "Engage!" thing, it's just comes across cringey
Break mechanic?
*you will know our names begins to play*
Cant wait for this!!
I'd love to see someone proposing to his girlfriend and uses this game instead of a ring
There’s no way a fire emblem player has ever had a girlfriend
You think they have a gf ???
LOL
Someone said we should have got a ring in the special edition to engage with someone irl
Bit of a shame Switch doesn't use discs, as it would be perfect otherwise.
Polish should be guaranteed since this game was ready a year before it’s release
Just the game early. It’s a 9.5/10 for me. Better than than FE Three Houses
Yea Three Houses was ok, 7.5/10
The school simulation overstated it welcome in 3H. Not every JRPG needs to be Persona.
Can you name some things that are better than in Three Houses ?
Three Houses was a GREAT game!
9.5 after a few hours? Seems legit
This is Fire Emblem
Picard: Engage
Switch youtubers are taking notes from this review
Nonsense, they're fuming because Nintendo made another dum Fire Emblem JRPG game
@@obviusthemaxim2509 Not all Nintendo fans are salty like that.
Nintendo doesn’t develop fire emblem, intelligent systems make them for Nintendo- so none of nintendos development resources are being used on this
@@SALTYTOAD00 yeah but it's genuinely funny when it happens
Hey how about not spoiling the story when you give a pre-release review? Thanks.
There’s an odd focus on tactics and battling in this anime dating simulator. Weird
The dating is optional but beneficial. The strategy combat is the main course.
@@deepmind5318 too bad the strategy is so so shallow, these games are only really interesting to beginners of the genre.
@@anab0lic Thankful for that, since a lot of people don’t actually want to delve further into the genre and this offers them an accessible yet fun offering, while also being an entry point for people who will take it further to explore more complex games. Fire Emblem is a pretty awesome franchise in that regard
@@nicholasdiaz1925 yeah, it's like baby's first tactics game.
@@anab0lic No, that's more like Mario and Rabbids, which is also a Tactical RPG.
Protagonist's hair color reminding Kamen Rider Build Base Color: Blue representing Tank & Red representing Rabbit
Looks like picking the Waifu is the way to go! She rocks the hair the best
Gotta say, the game play has me a bit interested, but the art style and character design--along with rehashing the old heroes again (Awakening, Warriors, and FEH wasn't enough?), has me really NOT excited for this game. Seemingly shallow story and characters only makes it worse. I'm so conflicted on this.
Was the lack of mentioning romancing units in this review intentional? Still haven't seen anyone confirm or deny if that is a returning feature.
Yeah it very sus
So far reviews highlight how Engage has far less focus on the social aspects so I’m guessing the romance is either not there or so minimal that it’s not worth mentioning lol
romance is like 3H, some are platonic though
Unpopular opinion, but fe echoes: shadows of valentia was probably my favorite fe of all of them
Is the Support/Bond System still there?
Of course, that is a staple in Fire Emblem.
Even the FE Warriors games had bonds. Why would would a mainline FE game suddenly not. 🤔
Yes.
ima need to know how to get that lynn outfit
dude 6:35 me and my fiance would literally do this on other fire emblems! haha , the epic couch coop adventure
Reviewer complaining about too many skills for customization even though that's exactly what I'm looking forward to.
Kinda glad to hear they moved a bit away from the teaching mechanics of 3H it kinda put me off that game
I'm hyped let's goooo!
I'll pass on this one. The art style and weak story makes me wanna just go back to Awakening or try Three Houses. Just doesn't appeal to me. Glad they overhauled healers and added polish to combat mechanics though! Excited to see how the series continues to grow!
It's very nice that the fire emblem franchise returned to its roots with engage... Less sim life, more compat and story
You sure about the story part? LMAO
9/10
Shadow Dragon virtual console needs its proper sequels re-released with localization..
can't wait for 20th jan!
0:52 they said the thing!
Damn, Fire Emblem has changed... it's not the same as it was before
It was.
9/10 never thought it will that successful
2:00 "Nothing aBOuT them"
So glad to hear this isn't a teaching and dating simulator with SRPG mixed in. This is my kind of Fire Emblem.
Wat that mean
So don't play those aspects? Why should romance be removed for people who enjoy it? Just don't do your S-supports and stop advocating for removal of social aspects that revived the series in the first place. You can like tactical elements without shitting all over what other people enjoy.
@@kittycat4378 ahhhh yes let's force 2 hours of The social part and only 15 to 20 minutes on the strategy part of the game. Rinse and repeat until game is over.
@@MegaDarkness5000 This is just not remotely true. And if you really hate it that much you can literally skip the vast majority including teaching with auto options if you're fine with minimal recruitment (you probably aren't going to drastically change your roster anyways) and aren't going for a certain route (even then you only need to talk to one person in a specific chapter, that's it).
Monastery only drags if you try to min max everything (which is totally unnecessary given the difficulty of the game and mostly due to fishing) and if you hate or are completely apathetic to the characters.
It is entirely possible to beat the game with minimal monastery outside of maddening difficulty.
Worse story could make me not buy it dont know
Nice 9 my favorite game
4:47 ACTUAL RE-ENACTMENTS
as someone who thought three houses was a step in the wrong direction by having the battling be not the focus instead focusing on relationships, im happy to hear engage does the opposite! :)
Pretty sure you’re wrong😂
they gave it a 9
Alear on a journey to find out why s/he’s red and blue. 😅
Wish Ninnin would let FE out on other platforms.....cause Three Houses really made me thinking about getting Switch and now this.
I'll just go back to playing Awakening instead
Alear would appear in Smash Bros in the future as an alternate skin of Marth.