Available on Nintendo Switch
The latest musou game from Koei Tecmo is based on the Fire Emblem Three Houses game. This game appears to be a side story and I say appears because if you played Hyrule Warriors Age of Calamity then you know that game was a giant "What If" game. To be completely honest, I don't play the mainline Fire Emblem games as I don't enjoy the gameplay, however, I do love the lore of the series. Fire Emblem Warriors is the perfect game for me as I love the musou style and I think it works best for this game. The demo takes you up to Chapter 4 and will transfer over to the main game if you choose to purchase it.
The game begins with you choosing a protagonist either male or female and from there the game throws you into a battle. There is a tutorial in the demo and you can turn it off if you so choose. Personally, I kept it on because while this game keeps in line with Omega Force's musou style there are a few new gameplay tweaks that they added. I also feel, and it may just be me, that the order system is better than what they had in Age of Calamity. For some reason, it feels better and you can do more with it. From a gameplay perspective, it's pretty much par for the course. If you played the first Fire Emblem Warriors game that was released in 2017 then you know what to expect for the most part. The gameplay in the demo is smooth but like all musou games, there are the usual issues when there are a lot of enemies on the screen. Granted that only happened once in my playthrough when there was a giant monster on the battlefield and there was some stuttering and the camera got "stuck". Other than that though it was a pretty fun and smooth experience.
The story setup is an interesting one and the way the demo ends I will probably pick this game up and some point down the road. I won't be picking this up on day one simply because there are too many other games that are coming out and something had to give. I like the new protagonist and will be looking forward to how he fits into the grand scheme of things. I do love the cel shade visuals of the Fire Emblem series (please give us an anime) it works well for the series and at this point if it ain't broke don't fix it. The music is pretty good as well. Koei Tecmo always does a great job with the music in these style games and I am digging this soundtrack as well. Have you played the demo yet? What do you think about it? Will you be picking this one up at some point? Leave a comment and let's talk about it.
Gameplay Vid
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