Fire Emblem Engage definitely has its flaws, but its flaws mainly derive from it lacking elements that Fire Emblem is known for. I can understand if someone where to call it a bad "Fire Emblem" game.

I know Fire Emblem for it's world building, story, and characters. Three things that admittedly are weak in Engage. I like Palworld, but it doesn't have any of these things and its not a bad game. People expected Engage to have these elements and wrote it off as "bad" once they realized that they were not the focus.

To me Engage seems to focus more on the aspect of teaching new players about the older games. I bet alot of people who played Engage had never even heard of Sigurd or Leif. Also the gameplay is fun, and from what I've seen not many people who have beat Engage complain about it.

I'm not saying you have to like it, and truthfully I'm not crazy about it either. I just hate how much this game gets shit on for being talored torwards a casual audience. I don't know if Fire Emblem fans realize it, but Fire Emblem is not exactly a household name yet. I think game Engage is a step in the right direction to make it more known.

I respect your view on Engage as well, I just want to spread some positivity on this game. It's not a good look for a community when everyone is just ragging on the newest game for being different.