[FE8] Fire Emblem: The Morrow's Golden Country [COMPLETE]

Posting this review after beating the game in 2 weeks. Thank you for making this.

Story/Supports

Holy f**k I love this entire cast. Easily the most attached I’ve ever gotten to one of the largest army of characters I’ve ever seen in a Fire Emblem game period. Blair’s growth as a character was one of the most satisfying plotlines to experience in a main lord.

Overarching plot did have its pacing issues, part of me felt that the Viridian arc was a bit too fast and forced in getting me to like the characters but I got attached all the same. Having some supports occur in the field is a nice touch, though I disliked that I had to field certain characters for recruitments and such just to unlock full support chains.

8/10, normalize gay Fire Emblem lords. :sunglasses:

Also, make Zeke promote earlier, my mans was stuck at lvl 20 for so long. :sweat_smile:

Gameplay

Wow this game lets you do some broken Player Phase stuff. Honestly all for it though, really makes the game kind of engaging. 3 Houses skill system also integrates itself well without making it a necessity to engage with. Each character feels unique enough to have a niche without necessarily being locked to it, which is a big plus. Some weapons feel really overtuned (2-7 range bow is INSANE for how good Snipers are :saluting_face:) but felt appropriate given the ramping strength of enemies.

9/10, supports giving weapon ranks is pog.

Aesthetics + Music

“Gentle Madman” is way too f**king on point in the endgame, my god. Character sprites look gorgeous, honestly blown away that there are promotion sprites. Maps and backgrounds look great, no notes. Some weapon animations (mostly certain tomes) don’t look finished yet, but they didn’t detract from my experience.

9.5/10, Persona music is the f**king best.

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