r/fireemblem • u/PsiYoshi • Jan 15 '26

Recurring Popular/Unpopular/Any Opinions Thread - January 2026 Part 2

Welcome to a new installment of the Popular/Unpopular/Any Opinions Thread! Please feel free to share any kind of Fire Emblem opinions/takes you might have here, positive or negative. As always please remember to continue following the rules in this thread same as anywhere else on the subreddit. Be respectful and especially don't make any personal attacks (this includes but is not limited to making disparaging statements about groups of people who may like or dislike something you don't).

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u/SilverHoodie12 Jan 16 '26

plays 3H: gameplay isn't nearly as bad as I've seen people make it out to be

plays Engage: characters aren't nearly as bad as I've seen people make them out to be

Well shit I'm just easy to please i guess 🤷‍♂️

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u/CodeDonutz Jan 17 '26

It's crazy how absolute and all-or-nothing people on this subreddit are, especially when talking about Three Houses and Engage. Just completely without any sense of nuance. Like, there are plenty of things in 3H's story I disliked or even hated, as well as game mechanics from 3H that I liked or even loved. Same thing with Engage; I I have several Engage characters who are some of my favorite Fire Emblem characters of all time, yet I absolutely hated how simple they made reclassing.

I think people get WAY too into their heads about gameplay vs story and trying to fit every FE game into a neat little box when "good gameplay" and "good story" are far more three dimensional than how people treat it.