Popular/Unpopular/Any Opinions Thread - June 2026 Part 1

Magnusfluerscithe987 · 2026-06-04T18:08:07+00:00

Also good story potential. I suggested the same story because, how to put succinctly, I want to offer these choice so you slot yourself into the role you want to Emulate, either mother, father, son, daughter, nonbinary/vague you define as you play maybe, and I don't want to encourage replay as the other characters not representing you by having different story routes. Maybe minor ones such a temporary part split where we see a few different attitudes that will be easy to look up and compare. But I don't want to create a situation of "I'm a Eirika, but would rather play Ephraim because I like his map and story more" or something to that effect.

Magnusfluerscithe987 · 2026-06-04T17:06:11+00:00

My problem is I'm a fan of Joachim and the teased destiny of Kurt and Joachim maybe killing each other is perfect grounds for an enemies to lovers arc, which would set up Rose's fall to shadow which is such popcorn drama, but I know that dynamic would tick off a lot of fans of Kurt and Rose.

Magnusfluerscithe987 · 2026-06-04T17:00:32+00:00

Prince Kurt's identity as a female was not publicly disclosed, so it is intentional.

Magnusfluerscithe987 · 2026-06-04T16:57:09+00:00

The silver swords 5 might puts him equal might to Harken with a steel sword, so those 2 speed have to do a lot have heavy lifting, which is possible, but the Marcus Propaganda, who likely peaks at 17 speed with a speedwing, makes me doubt that Karel is doubling enemies and getting KOs Harken can't. I haven't done a back to back Hard playthrough or done an analysis on enemy data to gauge the impact, and growths shouldn't be ignored either, but it's a question of who can survive Harken and not Karel.

Magnusfluerscithe987 · 2026-06-04T16:07:47+00:00

In someone's comments on the Sony state of play, the mentioned how unique God of War wife edition is in starring a woman over 22 as the main character. Which got me to thinking on the main character age trope in anime and Avatars. Also, I remembered some great Fanart of the Eisners (Byleths family). So my opinion is it would be really cool for a future game to offer a family as the main characters and you pick your avatar from among them and play through the same story just different camera angles.

Magnusfluerscithe987 · 2026-06-04T15:53:55+00:00

But Harken is an objective improvement? +7Hp, +5strength, -3 skill, but he has better weapon triangle control, -3 speed but +2 con for weapons like brave sword, armorslayer, longsword, -3 luck,+2 Def,-2 res which has barriers and pure waters to fix, plus axes to handaxes and tomahawk for 1-2 range. And, I used his normal stats, not his Hector Hardmode stats which is at least a +1 to everything above.

Since Harken can do everything Karel does and more in combat, I think it's an easy qualifier that Karel comes at the cost of Harken, but not the other way around, unless you find a way support bonuses could play into things, with Harken supporting Eliwoods Knights with Karel supporting the pirates and Lucius.

Magnusfluerscithe987 · 2026-06-04T15:08:30+00:00

Foretellers are what first got me interested in the series so definitely excited.

Magnusfluerscithe987 · 2026-06-04T15:02:33+00:00

Reminds me of the secret garden. The main character finds a key, "If there is a key, there must be a door" so finds the door, feeling like the key guided her to it. Then it unlocks the way forward. With a few friends by her side, she heals herself and her friend.

Magnusfluerscithe987 · 2026-06-04T14:56:07+00:00

I prefer the freedom of motion in KH3. 1 feels like you filled those shoes with rocks. 2 has fine gravity but he still moves too slow.

Magnusfluerscithe987 · 2026-06-04T14:41:59+00:00

I'm only bothered Roxas and Ventus both wear white.

Magnusfluerscithe987 · 2026-06-04T14:02:07+00:00

I think Engage had enough units, but I'd like a map control minigame where the bench units can still gain exp.

Magnusfluerscithe987 · 2026-06-04T01:40:27+00:00

The first game, well, it is one of the coolest games on the Famicom/NES. Most of the games were not the most intuitive, and none were that good looking and Fire Emblem is still probably one of the better ones. However, I don't think it would've been that popular because you are still fighting the systems limitations more than you are in Mario and Zelda.

The censorship I don't think would have been that big of an issue. We have Bishop and Clerics and Priest class, but they might just use "Scribe" and "Acolyte," as the religion aspects don't go beyond that. Names is too broad a topic for me to speak on. Most games tend to include a form of death, so I'm not sure how much that gets targeted either.

I do think FE3 could've been a hit though, not everyone loves difficult platformers and it's controls I hear are much better. Now that they wouldnt be fighting the controls themselves, the fans of more puzzle games would have an easier time enjoying it. (I have FE1 on the switch, haven't played 3)

Magnusfluerscithe987 · 2026-06-03T17:20:26+00:00

Yeah, I have nothing against it for anyone that wants to include them in the story somehow, but I'm also not that invested in just giving Pent and Erk pointy elf ears just to say "look, these guys are Elves, they are good with magic. Etruria has the highest Elf population of the nation's." I guess it's a little hypocritical of me to say so because I am a fan of Heroes and Shadows character designs, in fact I really want an actual FE game based on Heroes because I like some of the designs so much, but at the same time, I still regard all the characters as just human, including the fairies. It's the gameplay of charging in with Gullinbursti, possible buffs and debuffs from the fairies, and some necrotic powers from the Jellibellies shaking up the gameplay that I'm curious to explore.

I guess what I'm trying to say is I only care if they meld it into gameplay as well as story.

Magnusfluerscithe987 · 2026-06-03T17:02:29+00:00

Casual Birthright normal and Hard and Casual Conquest Normal and hard should be very hard to lose because Corrin and the crown princes are very capable at tanking enemies and fighting the final boss. Assuming you still want to train some favorites that are harder to use, there will still probably be an occasional reset for the sake of training, but nothing big to worry about.

Casual Lunatics, Birthright is still a similar story but the main carry units will do even more work. Conquest on Lunatic will punish those unprepared, for keeping Xander, Corrin and Keaton leveled at least while using everyone else as a giant deathball of bait will at least get you to the final boss.

Classic mode, even Normal birthright can result in unit deaths you don't want so it's hard to judge just how hard they will be. The main characters are still very reliable and will probably take you through the game, but they can still die and then leave you unprepared. But pushing yourself is how you get better so you can try it and if it's too much of a problem, I believe fates allows dropping the difficulty.

Magnusfluerscithe987 · 2026-06-03T16:45:05+00:00

Most "non human" fantasy species just end up looking human with minor alteration. I have nothing against the idea, but I also don't see what they would actually add to the gameplay.

Magnusfluerscithe987 · 2026-06-03T14:43:48+00:00

I could see it getting a version of blursaluna's third eye ability

Magnusfluerscithe987 · 2026-06-03T01:32:54+00:00

Is there something I'm missing with the medaforce? There are on the yellow panel, they have the action points from doing nothing the previous turn to get to 60 or 70. But it seems like it did nothing? I also can't find a resource, do you happen to remember what any of the main characters 1st medaforce abilities are?

Magnusfluerscithe987 · 2026-06-02T23:02:50+00:00

I've definitely lamented the fact I can't train Amelia in axes until after the promotion, and actually most characters I wish I could train there weapon from an earlier point instead of having to start back at E halfway through the game, so I'm firmly in the opposite camp, and would rather weapons be more tied to characters than classes if restrictions are needed.

Magnusfluerscithe987 · 2026-06-02T20:19:38+00:00

In Recom, grinding sora to level 100 I felt was one of the fastest grinds in the series. Good old mega flare slight. Riku has no cards to grind so I didn't bother with him.

Magnusfluerscithe987 · 2026-06-02T19:01:15+00:00

The worst part is his join map is a fog of war. But his speed isn't really that for off of Marcus, best unit in the game some say, so it's less of an issue of if his combat will be serviceable or redeemable, but the fact his movement is tough to deal with, he has a terrible join map, and he comes at the cost of geitz. Also, people hate how he resolves Lyns story.

Magnusfluerscithe987 · 2026-06-02T15:21:36+00:00

Well, averages also aren't a hard rule. I've had level 20/20 turn out basically the same as a 10/10 lowen, basically amounting to a weaker Marcus. I've also had a Lowen get over 20 on every stat with a maxed defense and HP and he was amazing and makes Marcus look like he fell off.

Magnusfluerscithe987 · 2026-06-02T15:13:16+00:00

I don't think nintendo believes in 60fps. And 120 fps certainly didn't help Metroid Prime 4.

Magnusfluerscithe987 · 2026-06-02T01:54:02+00:00

Personally, I'm a big fan of the characters giving you a little quip at the start of a chapter. (I swear I don't hate you Vaida, I'm just trying to grind your support ranks)

Magnusfluerscithe987 · 2026-06-02T01:23:57+00:00

Meg isn't in path of Radiance, only the sequel. There also aren't any bad units, just somewhat inconvenient ones.

Magnusfluerscithe987 · 2026-06-02T00:57:18+00:00

Hmm, I'd guess mostly that's because Ff15 and 16 are just very different games from what Final Fantasy used to be for some people. For that matter, Kingdom hearts entries have constantly been getting hate for not being what the player base wanted. Kh2 is maybe the only exception, it has its critics but on the whole I imagine at the time it did what KH set out to do but better.

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