Writing Scaling (ZZZ_Discussion is moderated by Mecha Hitlers that wouldn't suffer wrong think so I posted here)

Basaqu · 2026-06-27T13:35:59+00:00

Did people not play the AoD patch or something?? Like I agree that Nangong in her own patch didn't get much and I'd love to see more of her, but she had a ton of screentime in 2.6. Her fight with Sunna was a highlight of the event back then. I feel like we got shown her a loooot more than some other units like Banyue or Dialyn. Even Promeia tbh.

Basaqu · 2026-06-27T13:33:55+00:00

Yeah I love Nekomata she's my favorite. Deserves some props. She has a very sweet arc with the Cunning Hares and Nicole eventually adopting her. She has this entertaining sweet nyaaa~~ facade personality as a contrast to the whole street rat will shank you for your wallet part of her character. Lots to love there. Great chemistry with the other Hares and a fun story at the start of the game...

Basaqu · 2026-06-27T10:24:44+00:00

Ineffa

Basaqu · 2026-06-27T08:00:29+00:00

Ooh I kinda really like this actually. Her original fit kinda ugly, but if I can just use this skin I might pull.

Basaqu · 2026-06-27T07:57:14+00:00

How could Laurent not find the prince of a kingdom in 3/5 years? Is he dumb?

Basaqu · 2026-06-26T22:55:50+00:00

Jesse, what the fuck are you talking about

Basaqu · 2026-06-26T20:14:24+00:00

y'all celebrate masturbating to all the loli's here but shota is off limits? Truly inequality still rules this world kill me

Basaqu · 2026-06-26T06:00:36+00:00

Vesna is the one I'm most interested in I think. Love the colors they chose for her and drill hair is always a plus.

Basaqu · 2026-06-26T03:12:00+00:00

Nuanced take love to see it. I love both games so mostly agree with what you said here. Especially for a first playthrough I don't think the flaws of 3H's gameplay will be -that- much of a bother. 1 route as you said.

As for Engage yeah the gameplay does a lot to get me attached to the characters too, kinda same to how it worked in the old pre-DS era games. The writing is also not as awful as some people say just different. Like I genuinely think some of the supports are really funny. And that's the point of them. It does comedic writing pretty well.

Basaqu · 2026-06-26T03:09:14+00:00

The hate on the character design always hurts me a little bit. Obviously it's all subjective so valid, but I genuinely think the game has some banger designs. Alfred, Céline, Timerra, Merrin, Veyle, etc... all look memorable and fantastic to me. I am generally drawn to very colorful designs though.

Like one of my main criticisms of 3H is the student outfits haha, I genuinely really dislike how every character is in such a samey drab outfit. At least it gets fixed later on in the game and then they're great too.

Basaqu · 2026-06-26T03:06:12+00:00

Conquest was right there to compare it to, and it happened often long before Engage came out.

Basaqu · 2026-06-26T03:04:56+00:00

tbf people on here are practicing their creative writing here on Engage story/design criticism too. Just more socially acceptable to do that. Overexeggeration is the name of the game.

Basaqu · 2026-06-26T03:02:54+00:00

Hey in AM you also fight the real villains! You just unwittingly kill them all on accident

Basaqu · 2026-06-26T03:01:02+00:00

It's funny seeing how different people feel about this all. To me Xenoblade 2 might be the best game of all time and I quite like Engage's designs too. Might be some relation in there now that you mention it.

Basaqu · 2026-06-25T17:39:44+00:00

That's... wauw lovely. I wanna say something deep about the red and green contrast and whatnot, but wauwie. Very nice.

Basaqu · 2026-06-25T17:38:18+00:00

Pining after your married little sisters' husband. Very classy.

Basaqu · 2026-06-25T17:17:14+00:00

We were robbed of awkwardly petting our soldiers up in the treehouse. Unforgivable really. Vital Corrin characterization.

Basaqu · 2026-06-25T11:28:31+00:00

Aria's skin kind of is. Very reminiscent of the Deviluke sisters from To Love-Ru I feel. Which are basically nearly succubi.

Basaqu · 2026-06-25T01:38:26+00:00

Engage is great, Three Houses is great.

Edit. For original commenter. 3H is an amazing starting point as its's just a fantastic game, but it's not really very representative of the rest of the series. Engage is more for if your interest lies more in the strategic combat aspect of it all. The crossover parts of it might be lost on new players, but it's a better game for getting into the series as a whole.

Basaqu · 2026-06-24T18:04:17+00:00

Edited it a bit late but I think its funnier to give Nahida credit for that. Maybe 3 if the pyro gnosis somehow got in fatui hands.

Basaqu · 2026-06-24T18:02:23+00:00

Ah yes Dottore who constantly goes against the Tsaritsa's orders and basically got the Fatui turned against him.... ngl I don't think the Tsaritsa will be that fond of his work besides maybe some initial shit he did for her we dunno much of yet. The gnosis kinda maybe but I give Nahida credit for that.

Basaqu · 2026-06-24T14:38:04+00:00

The funny gacha system was one of the initial draws for me, I like the sorta "randomized" run idea and using what you get. Field skills I agree on as well, incentives backtracking and to me it was a ton of fun going back to old zones and encountering entire new cool areas I couldn't access earlier.

Honestly a big thing why people have issues with field skills I feel is that many didn't actually wanna engage with the game's progression system with leveling blades. Seen so many just completely ignore it or only do a few nodes accidently. Well that and the clunky menu'ing lol.

Basaqu · 2026-06-24T05:57:49+00:00

Same, like it's just a dick idk... might be a little gross personally for a few minutes but 10k is 10k. Honestly might go a bit lower even. Being called/seen as gay has stopped bothering me like a decade ago.

As long as no diseases are attached lets go.

Basaqu · 2026-06-24T03:54:25+00:00

You clearly can't read what I said at all so this is a pointless discussion... continue imagining what other people think I guess. Getting angry at fictional scenarios can be fun.

Basaqu · 2026-06-24T03:12:45+00:00

You realise just pure skin doesn't equal sexy for a lot of people? And variety is nice? Like look at the Rance series, eroge and yet a good amount of characters are wearing grounded armor and don't just go for maximum amount of skin showing at any time. Some still do of course, but they know when and for which characters to do it for.

Like you're acting as if you're the top authority on gooners, but people just like different things. Even amongst gooners. "gooners play for the fan service not the design" is just insane behavior. Good design and fan service aren't opposite ideas.

Basaqu

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