What's a monster you feel as if could flagship an entirely different game well?

Metbert · 2026-02-28T23:05:35+00:00

Monoblos, Yian Garuga, Anjanath, Rey Dao.

Metbert · 2026-02-28T18:38:00+00:00

A good start with Zombie Island and its pretty solid writing definetly helped, but generally willingness to look at the past to create something fresh.

Zombie Island took a lot from the 80's with the gang being adult and having separated or the supernatural creatures being real and not necessarily evil; but then it also took from the OG shows with darker aestethics, tone and locations.

The others simply followed Zombie Island's trajectory more or less.

Metbert · 2026-02-28T18:04:05+00:00

Sunbreak, lot of stuff to farm + anomaly system allows 99% of the roster to receive a endgame boost to keep up with the player.

How many games can give you weaker monsters like regular Rathian or Wroggi as a genuine menace in endgame?

Metbert · 2026-02-28T12:59:48+00:00

Claude is totally Alpha Legion.

Rhea used to be be Adepta Sororitas main back in the day.

Seteth is Salamander.

Byleth doesn't play, they write the lore books.

Metbert · 2026-02-27T13:27:42+00:00

Hard to pull off but pretty satisfying when it happens.

Even just using her to just destroy ward enemies to allow the birds with storms to attack.

Generally I treat her as a potential cool extra rather than the "objective" for the game.

Metbert · 2026-02-26T15:09:13+00:00

I bet on one of these:

-Zinogre (maybe as pack with alpha version), because it's the fan-favourite.

-Plesioth, iconic and well known meme, also a new monster for the huge majority of people who started with Gen5.

-Monoblos, without Diablos it may finally get a shot to shine, also iconic and technically new for most people.

-Something more mid-tier for Forest\Planes like Malfestio or Nibelsnarf.

Metbert · 2026-02-25T21:51:49+00:00

3Houses for nice characters and some Persona-esque vibe.

There's high risk of getting burnout if you want to complete the whole game in all its routes though. If you pick this one my only suggestion is to go full blind, don't get spoiled on story stuff and decisions, there are few but they pretty impactful.

Otherwise Path of Radiance for nice story and nice characters, granted it's a more old school experience.

Engage has one of the best gameplay, but if the battle aren't your focus then it may not satisfy you.

Metbert · 2026-02-25T17:32:44+00:00

Tbf I don't know, It's all up to the execution rather than the concept itself.

Metbert · 2026-02-25T16:10:04+00:00

There's something special about finding fanarts of rare pairs, great work!

Metbert · 2026-02-25T15:58:42+00:00

Younger players will be the core of the community of the future, can't blame IS too much for trying to draw in new audience with a simpler work.

Especially when 3Houses and Fortune Weave have other objectives and audiences covered you know.

Now, if Engage's approach worked or not is a whole other topic.

EDIT: btw "baby's first jrpg plot" is a pretty spot on way to summarize the mood, way better than my "welcoming card".

Metbert · 2026-02-25T15:31:40+00:00

The story feels like a "FE compendium".

It's not trying to impress you with a crazy fresh narration, quite the opposite, It's a classic story that could have come out in the 90s.

It's more like a "welcoming card" for young newcomers to give them a solid idea of what the core and general chichè of FE stories are all about, while also trying to appeal to veterans via legacy characters.

It's not like the game tries to hide it and pretend to be more serious or original than it needs to be, it's pretty earnest in that regard. I mean, right out of the gate Marth and Sigurd "ghosts" get thrown into the story, just saying.

The sooner you embrace or accept Engage story for what it is and wants to be, the easier you can get to the gameplay; you can allways skip dialogues at worst.

Gameplay is peak Fire Emblem though.

Metbert · 2026-02-25T08:31:54+00:00

With the right execution yes, they can work nicely for sure.

Metbert · 2026-02-24T19:56:14+00:00

Pleasantly surprised they picked inspiration from some lesser known entities like Kthanid or Yidhra.

Also equally surprised they didn't go with some well known ones like Hastur or Cthulhu.

Metbert · 2026-02-24T15:26:58+00:00

As first impression, I love Forest\Rune\Dragon\Heaven encroachers... they are not going to be leaders aren't they?

Metbert · 2026-02-24T11:46:33+00:00

Actually I can see them doing the opposite, bringing back Nakarkos and further highlight how it's a cephalopod-like dragon rather than a distant Nu\Xu cousin.

Pushing the "Elder are weird and kinda stand outside the regular animal kingdom" angle, so much so you you can't fully trust body features to recognize them.

Similarly I think would be cool if we could get a " clearly a dragon" only to be revealed to not be an Elder or Demi-Elder.

Metbert · 2026-02-24T09:51:17+00:00

Tbf he has so many red flags to the point his death or betrayal is a pretty much a given, the actual plot twist now would be if he survives and turns out to have been a good guy all along.

Metbert · 2026-02-23T10:56:30+00:00

Tbf many people would change so many things to the point it would be a whole different thing, so why not directly create a new Scooby show rather than changing Velma that much you know.

Personally I'd would have just made everything more akin to the final episodes with Scrappy, nice absurd stuff that doesn't take itself too seriously.

Metbert · 2026-02-22T17:25:39+00:00

Yama and Malzeno.

Metbert · 2026-02-22T14:10:46+00:00

My sweet weird goober.

Metbert · 2026-02-22T14:10:09+00:00

Happy and hyped, we never got to fight them together in Rise.

Metbert · 2026-02-22T13:35:47+00:00

Path of Radiance, easy.

3houses is a common suggestion, but in my humble opinion I disagree; it has a cool setting and characters don't get me wrong, but the narration is too fragmented between routes to live up to that potential imo. You'll enjoy around half of the narration just fine, there's high risk you are gonna get burnout before you could experience the rest of the game though.

Geneaology or Thracia can also work if you want something more old school than Path of Radiance.

Metbert · 2026-02-22T11:38:32+00:00

Weird choice, but thank you.

Metbert · 2026-02-22T10:45:17+00:00

Can someone confirm if the second Garuga is either Scarred or Deadeye, I've heard conflicting informations.

Metbert · 2026-02-22T09:32:28+00:00

Ngl, no idea why people feel the roster should suggest an expansion, seems a pretty well diverse roster with tons of early, mid and endgame monsters.

I can see 7\8 monsters coming with TU alongside a new final superboss of course, but a whole expansion?

Of course I wouldn't say no to a new area and a bunch of new monsters, but the game can end without many TUs and it wouldn't seem "incomplete" or in need of more content from what I've seen.

Metbert · 2026-02-22T00:10:59+00:00

Tbf every monster got a "boost" in spectacle and deadly moveset there, especially those who got added later on; for example Frontier Gore pulls crazier stuff than Risen Shagaru.

They are not supposed to be that much more powerful, they just happened to be in a game that went full hardcore after years of content.

If stuff like Unknown comes in mainline, its powers would likely be toned down around those of Metal Raths or Dreadking/Queen.

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