Welcome back to Thrak Attack! What's your adventure? This is the final summer post and after this we'll be back to normal schedule. After the review I will let you know what that means but first let's talk about the latest game I've been playing...
Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Full disclosure, the only thing I know about Fire Emblem is whatever is in Super Smash Bros. So going into this game I knew nothing about the series. Luckily, I didn't feel like I needed to which was super refreshing! Fire Emblem has been a HUGE series in Japan since 1990 and has only made it big in the states over the past few years with the titles on the 3DS.
Now we have our first Fire Emblem title for the Nintendo Switch. This is not the first time on a home console but I feel like Fire Emblem lends itself to being played on the go but the Switch is perfect for it because the series has jumped back and forth between handhelds and home consoles.
This game is an experience though and I have not played enough of it to give it a full in depth review but I have gotten a feel for it and I have some thoughts. Lets talk about the big 4 topics when it comes to games... Graphics, Gameplay, UI, and Story!
Graphics!
These are some of the best graphics I have seen on the Nintendo Switch. The style is beautiful and is somewhat akin to an anime but has it's own distinctive style. I thought the heavy outlines would be off-putting for me but the more I played the more I enjoyed it. During the battles the backgrounds are a little stale but the Monastery is absolutely stunning and the characters are all really well designed!
Gameplay!
I don't like this style of gameplay, I finally figured it out after attempting the mock battle at least 5 times before figuring out how to actually play through it. I was never good at that style of game (I gave up on Pokemon Conquest and Mario + Rabbids halfway through the game). But with my personal biases aside, the gameplay is streamlined and easy to understand. There are a lot of stats and numbers and upgrades but I feel like every one of them matters which is hard to do with everyone of them. I feel like my characters are really growing and learning at the monastery. The battles are only half of the gameplay, most of the time your teaching your students, doing side quests, and bonding with the people in the monastery! It's a really fun experience that I can forgive my lack of skill on the battlefield.
User Interface!
There are A LOT of stats, numbers, weapons, items, quests, characters, and options in this game and usually with all of those things some of them feel lost or unimportant but I do not feel that way with this game. In the battles it's very clear of what you can do and how to do it, in the monastery if I'm on a side quest the map make sense, if I'm on 10 quests at once I can easily check and see what I'm supposed to be doing. It's just a well designed game especially for everything in it!
Story!
I am so engrossed in this story and the way it's been presented thus far! I am invested in the world they live in and understood everyone's ideals and what house or legion they belong to. Each of those houses have about 10 students in them all with diverse and specific characters that are all very thought out. There's a history between certain characters that I can't wait to find out about, and the mystery of the girl talking to you throughout the game!? Who is she?! I want to know!
Anyways, after playing the quick and ridiculously fun story of Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 which I know just about everything about, this new experience of a game that I can really sink my teeth into is great! I'm glad my next game is Astral Chain which I still have a month before it's release so I can really delve into this one and give it it's full attention it deserves! Is this game going on my ultimate shelf? YES!!!!
Alright, so real schedule of Thrak Attack starting this week. Here's what's going on...
Blog (News and Reviews) every Sunday
Podcast (Ross and Alan Fix Everything) once a month
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All the Best, Ross
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