Playing through FE11
In the middle of chapter 14 at the moment, in fact. These are my first impressions of the game (yeah, yeah, I just got around to playing it now. I'm a late-adopter, what can I say? :P) So, yes, MASSIVE NOOBAGE AHEAD a durr
So, what do I think?
I think it's pretty good. Gameplay-wise, it reminds me of FE10 (large movement range, large maps, and ( Read more... )
So, what do I think?
I think it's pretty good. Gameplay-wise, it reminds me of FE10 (large movement range, large maps, and ( Read more... )
I <3 Ballisticians. One of my favorite things about the game.
-Is it wrong I kinda want to ship Marth/Nina-- scuse me, Nyna--, now?
Do it. Doooooo it. IS sekritly wants you to, or they wouldn't have tarted her up, given her a lot of conversations with Marth that never existed in the original game, and made pretty pix of them together.
Not that they actually love one another or anything. But dooooo it.
Also, Archanea is the name of the continent...but also a ruling house and its own nation?
Yeah. Confusing as hell. Basically, the kings of Archanea once ruled the whole continent... or tried to... but ceded up land to a bunch of little satellite kingdoms, including Altea, about 100 years before this game starts.
And no, none of this is stated in the game (or its previous iterations). It's in FE3 Book II/FE12. FE12 also comes with a handy relationship chart to make sense of it all.
Then again, I am less than halfway through...
Are you unlocking any of the optional conversations? Those help.
Also, I admit part of my obsession with the game stems from the belief (at the time) that it was some kind of subversive work-- given that it allowed, nay encouraged you, to slaughter your own units... and the the game hero had what appeared to be some obvious mental health problems. I'm still not sure IS was trying for subversive (though if they ARE, FE12 is even more so), though I stand firm on the other point.
But at its essence I do really, really like the gameplay.
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Not that they actually love one another or anything. But dooooo it.
LOL "tarted her up" XD. There definitely seems to be some intrigue there, what with the Nyna-Hardin-Camus thing going on and Marth there. (Is NoA ever planning to localize FE12, I wonder?)
Basically, the kings of Archanea once ruled the whole continent... or tried to... but ceded up land to a bunch of little satellite kingdoms, including Altea, about 100 years before this game starts.
Ah, I see. Thanks for the clarification. I was wondering if I'd just glazed over an important bit of exposition or something XD
Well, up to this point I've recruited every character possible and gone to none of the side chapters (15 dudes or less for a gaiden chapter? REALLY?) because I'm a perfectionist about keeping everyone alive. XD Are there any other secret in-battle convos I'm missing? (the only one I've found was having Caeda and Ogma talk in chp 4)
Solely in terms of gameplay, how would you rank 11?
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Poor Marth walked into someone else's love triangle and got cast as the Hypotenuse. Bad luck on his part. Well, except for the fact that he does end up with the girl he wants and everyone else gets hosed.
Are there any other secret in-battle convos I'm missing?
Quite a few. All the Whitewings can talk to one another, they all can talk to Minerva, Merric and Linde can talk, Merric and Elice can talk, Astram and Boah can talk... and Marth can have some pretty funny conversations with characters that other people recruit (but only in the chapter they're recruited). My favorite is the one with Astram in Chapter 13, because Astram is basically, "Rawr. You are not the boss of me and I reserve the right to kill you."
Solely in terms of gameplay, how would you rank 11?
Out of 7, 8, and 9, it's the one I reach for when I just want to play to unwind. It's just... streamlined, stripped down, the essentials. It feels good. Though it sounds like the gameplay in FE12 (I'm sure it's coming... maybe 2Q of this year?) hits a new pinnacle.
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