This is surely the weirdest direction to take the closing challenge. The pinnacle of incongruity happens when the final boss actually offers to pull back in order to explore other worlds and leave everyone in peace.

The scenario is also a bit flat and suffers from occasionally blunt writing and strangely soft antagonists. There's just not that 'something more' which made more recent entries particularly mind-blowing, like the second generation of characters in Awakening, or the full scale war in Fates or Three Houses.

Fire Emblem Engage tends to remain a bit too much in a Manichean 'Good versus Evil' comfort zone.īut this more traditional approach doesn't mean the story can't be enjoyed it boasts a couple of surprising and impressive plot twists, illustrated by superb cut scenes revolving around strong feelings like revenge and sacrifice. Ironically, that's pretty much the entirety of the plot. You travel to every kingdom of the world, eventually persuading every prince and princess to join the fight. The protagonist you play as, called the Divine Dragon, is a godlike figure who wakes up from a long slumber to vanquish its evil alter ego, the Fell Dragon. While keeping in mind the novelties introduced since Fire Emblem Awakening in terms of narrative structure, it's fairly interesting to witness how Fire Emblem Engage feels much closer to older, classic Fire Emblem titles, especially Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones. So does Fire Emblem Engage stumble, or does it leave its mark on JRPG history like its direct predecessors? But growing fame also means greater expectations that the series has to keep up after each successful installment Fire Emblem is now at a point, thanks to the incredible success of Three Houses, where any misstep could seriously kill its momentum. Fire Emblem has gained wide international recognition ever since Fire Emblem Awakening released in the west roughly ten years ago.

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