just completely invalidated your argument. I've seen that used so many times that it got to the point where i stopped taking it seriously. I know its only a minor group of people on the Internet who says things like "You're making babies with your favorite Japanese archetypes with your half-dragon" and other things similar to that but its not even legitimate criticism.
No, it's not, but I'm sure it's one reason people play the game. It's called cynicism, are you going to hold me against it for that? Tough. I dislike the game for its handling of the story, reliance on fanservice-y archetypes, and general disrespect with its intolerable localization. What I do value are nicely written characters and an inspired plot. This game does not have those.
Quote from someone who actually played the game.
...Something tells me you guys don't even know what means in this context, yet, you keep using it like it's valid. There is a little difference between reading a story outside of playing the game and reading the story while playing it. This isn't about gameplay. Have you guys ever played Grandia 3? Star Ocean 3/4? Oh, and for a better understanding of my values: I enjoyed Awakening's story before it pulled its time travel plot device, then I just focused on exploiting the genepool. It's called developing preferences and sticking by them without catering to delusion. I enjoyed those other listed games - thankfully by skipping the cutscenes. I do see myself in this scenario for Conquest after some time.
What passive-aggressiveness? You are making absolutes blinded by ignorance, and I'm simply calling it out. Oops.
Also, tone it out down with the spoilers, the tag exist for a reason. Whether you consider it a spoiler or not is of no one's concern, is still in bad taste.
What actually makes your lack of knowledge more blatant is when you are suggesting that the game has become a "love simulator". This is the part where your ignorance shines for the worst; and I'll be the first to acknowledge what you are trying to imply: this iteration does have more fanservice than the previous ones and some of it even come off as shameless, such as Camilla, which justifiably raises some brows, but the side features that exist in this game are merely there without intruding in the experience at all, while characters getting married have been around since Binding Blade. Fates at it's core is still the FE that people are fond of, and more so than ever since Conquest proves that IS can still do good map design and challenging objectives. Which you will be aware of if, you know, played the game and educate yourself further.
With that in mind though, there are far cheaper, more fanservicey games out there that are more worth the time of anyone else solely interested into it than FE. Trying to look down on anyone else who enjoys the game for what it is doesn't help your case further by referring to others with derogatory names based on a consumer stereotype mindset you've created for yourself, but I guess you gotta stroke that ego somehow, right?
Using images now? My, I was hoping for a wordy debate.
You are being passive-aggressive, subtly at that. Since we're constantly misusing each others' context:
so I recommend you to play the game a bit in order to have a more educated opinion.
You may as well call me stupid with that kind of remark. It's insulting at this point and regardless of your intentions. Stop it. I'll cut back on the spoilers in the mean time.
I don't look down on people for finding enjoyment out of this game, I simply didn't buy it. I didn't know that was a crime too! I expressed my preferences with my obvious cynicism in this case.
What happened to plots that added wartime tension through political intrigue and corruption? What of the looming, building threats of a world war involving various(more than 2)nations? The last time I saw this kind of storytelling in FE was in Radiant Dawn and that game isn't even that great in plot(especially toward the end where the plot collapses on itself pretty much), but it did its part in keeping me interested through the difficult gameplay. It's predecessor, Path of Radiance, did a solid job setting the stones and making the player understand the world of Tellius as Ike grows up - of course, not without him tripping up along the way. Conquest did a nice job at making me want to focus on the gameplay with its rather underwhelming story. Birthright's pacing bugged me too, and I know that's not the localization's fault.
I'm not talking about the marriage system, I'm talking about characterization and misuse of them in order to "take the easy way out". The character units are somehow less memorable than Awakening's, but I don't want to bring the other character units into the discussion without comparing the localization. However, let's take for example: Corrin. He's a dragon - a half-dragon, and the main character as the player's MU. Do you know how dragons are commonly represented in FE lore? He's a walking writing sin, hence my remarks of him being a mary sue(accurately at that and not just how its commonly misinterpreted).
Ike, as well as Lyn, were the last FE protagonists I have grown to appreciate with emphasis on "grown" and they're nothing too special when looked at in summary. Why? Because I watched them develop from coming out of their shell and learning of various expectations from people after being forced into war. Corrin develops through constant moral quandaries, sure but I still have difficulty accepting a character, despite how nice he is and naive, that is accepted by every other character too quickly - often beloved or envied right from the start from total strangers - it's unrealistic. But from a marketing standpoint, it's a healthy characterization. Story being bad or not: if I don't like the characters; especially the main character, I cannot enjoy the story.
