It also brings back the series’ weapon triangle system, a paper-rock-scissor gameplay mechanic where swords beat axes, axes beat lances, and lances beat swords.Īs both sides normally get to attack during a turn, an overlevelled axe wielder can still crush a sword user, so theres a new twist: stronger weapons inflict a Break status, preventing the other unit from following up with an attack on that turn or the next. Whereas 3DS predecessors Three Houses and Fates included multiple narrative paths, Fire Emblem Engage returns to a singular story. Depending on your disposition towards certain anime tropes, you’ll either find the chivalrous royals and their quirky retainers future favourites or grating. There’s a diverse roster, hailing from different nations including the peaceful pastoral kingdom of Firene and the desert queendom of Solm. They’re a bit like back-seat companions which give the character that equips them stat buffs, or special moves which not only change a unit’s hair colour but also lets them use a different weapon.įortunately these Emblems don’t overshadow Engage’s new characters, of which there are many to get to know.
These heroes of old, or Emblems, are spirits who fight alongside you, drawing power from 12 Emblem Rings.
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Uniting other nations to defeat a Big Bad feels like a roundabout way of jumping on the multiverse bandwagon, and how many faces will be familiar is debatable given much of the series never officially came to the West, but there’s narrative justification for it all. It might be set on an all-new continent of Elyos, with an original story, but Engage features a roster of heroes from past games.
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