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Twenty-two? hours in? Bareahard.
Still always chuckle at how so many reviewers just don't really get the basic underlying set-up. No, it's not about "rich kids" and "poor kids" in the same class. And, uh, *class* has nothing to do with how rich or poor you are! Class means that as a noble, you have certain rights that non-nobles do not have. A right to, let's say, a certain number of spots in a class that are reserved for you. Or a certain number of jobs at a company or government agency or whatever. A right to a certain level of respect. Hell, a right to be tried by a jury of your peers, if it comes down to that!
Though, the other funny thing is that, also when it comes down to it, so, OK, *of* Class VII
- Rean: Noble, but adopted into a noble family
- Jusas: Noble, but bastard
- Machias: Commoner, but his father has achieved a fairly high rank
- Elliott: Noble, but his mother has passed away how many years ago?
- Gaius: "Transfer student" from a leading family outside the Empire; not a commoner, but not formally a noble.
- Laura: Noble, same as above (mother passed away)
- Alisa: Commoner, but from a rich family
- Fie: Def. non-noble, how *did* she end up here, anyway?
- Emma: "Scholarship student": We never do find out anything about her family, do we!
So, yeah, so like every promo piece and review of this game does talk up the "class conflict" - but, turns out, there actually really isn't any. Or anyways, isn't really any real *reason* for any!
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At the same time, the more things *happen*, the easier things are to understand. So, to recap, where are we right now? Through all of the last game, we had a fairly weak emperor, and a chancellor who was working very hard to overturn the natural order of things that has been in place for how many hundreds of years now, and give non-nobles more power. At that point, how is a noble-led uprising *anyhow* a surprise?
And so, what do we have now? We have a vaguely bizarre situation - some of Erebonia is siding with the king because it doesn't matter what he is planning on doing, he *is* the king - so, that faction is monarchist *and* progressive, and then, there is the noble, anti-monarchist, and, uh, reactionary side?
Which actually makes Jusas's scene really interesting to watch. Yeah, he starts off with his allegiance to his family. But, the whole point of being a noble is that your allegiance is to the country as a whole first and foremost - and, more immediately, to the ruling dynasty! And if your father is against that, well, he does not speak for the entire family name!
Still always chuckle at how so many reviewers just don't really get the basic underlying set-up. No, it's not about "rich kids" and "poor kids" in the same class. And, uh, *class* has nothing to do with how rich or poor you are! Class means that as a noble, you have certain rights that non-nobles do not have. A right to, let's say, a certain number of spots in a class that are reserved for you. Or a certain number of jobs at a company or government agency or whatever. A right to a certain level of respect. Hell, a right to be tried by a jury of your peers, if it comes down to that!
Though, the other funny thing is that, also when it comes down to it, so, OK, *of* Class VII
- Rean: Noble, but adopted into a noble family
- Jusas: Noble, but bastard
- Machias: Commoner, but his father has achieved a fairly high rank
- Elliott: Noble, but his mother has passed away how many years ago?
- Gaius: "Transfer student" from a leading family outside the Empire; not a commoner, but not formally a noble.
- Laura: Noble, same as above (mother passed away)
- Alisa: Commoner, but from a rich family
- Fie: Def. non-noble, how *did* she end up here, anyway?
- Emma: "Scholarship student": We never do find out anything about her family, do we!
So, yeah, so like every promo piece and review of this game does talk up the "class conflict" - but, turns out, there actually really isn't any. Or anyways, isn't really any real *reason* for any!
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At the same time, the more things *happen*, the easier things are to understand. So, to recap, where are we right now? Through all of the last game, we had a fairly weak emperor, and a chancellor who was working very hard to overturn the natural order of things that has been in place for how many hundreds of years now, and give non-nobles more power. At that point, how is a noble-led uprising *anyhow* a surprise?
And so, what do we have now? We have a vaguely bizarre situation - some of Erebonia is siding with the king because it doesn't matter what he is planning on doing, he *is* the king - so, that faction is monarchist *and* progressive, and then, there is the noble, anti-monarchist, and, uh, reactionary side?
Which actually makes Jusas's scene really interesting to watch. Yeah, he starts off with his allegiance to his family. But, the whole point of being a noble is that your allegiance is to the country as a whole first and foremost - and, more immediately, to the ruling dynasty! And if your father is against that, well, he does not speak for the entire family name!