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fire emblem: waifu roulette

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fire emblem: fates except with even more weird gimmicks

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fire emblem: who even knows

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Total Members Voted: 12

[Elephant Parade]

Yeah, I was about to do a Hard/Classic run, but then I remembered that instant-act reinforcements were a thing and decided not to.

[Nighthawk]

Yeah, I was about to do a Hard/Classic run, but then I remembered that instant-act reinforcements were a thing and decided not to.

A number of strategy games have problems with the whole "reinforcements" thing. XCOM (Enemy Unknown/Within) also has it to a lesser degree, where enemies appear instantly and go into overwatch, which isn't terrible, except for the fact that during escort missions if you can't kill them before their next turn they're practically guaranteed to murder whichever poor sap you're trying to protect.

Why can't turn-based games all just give you a little "ENEMIES WILL SPAWN HERE IN ONE MORE TURN" indicator before actually spawning them? Seriously.

[JoshuaFH]

I'm honestly still not sure what 'pre-loading' is.

[Twinwolf]

You preorder the game, and it downloads so that you can play it right away when it releases.

[JoshuaFH]

Then why not just release the game earlier if it's already good to go?

[SOLDIER First]

Release dates don't just change like that.

[Furtuka]

I presume if you do then you wind up with situations sort of like how it was when FEA came out where not all the stores actually had their copies on release date, and then everyone who didn't get one on time just canceled their pre-orders and bought the e-shop copy. Which probably hurts the distributors.

[Aklyon]

Then why not just release the game earlier if it's already good to go?

If you have people download it before everyone else because they paid for it early, that means less people trying to download it at once when its actually released. Probably helps the servers not fail.

[Reudh]

Yeah, it is presumably that. Remember the debacle with the launch of Pokemon Bank/Transporter? That it knocked the Nintendo Network offline due to sheer demand?

[i2amroy]

Yeah, preloads are a combination of distribution things and a way to make sure that everyone gets access to the game at the same time. It's also adds a bit of a professional air to the thing. It's like when you go to the grand opening of a store, you could hypothetically say "well there's a ready store right there, why don't you just let people in earlier", but the ceremony of the thing is a part of the process.

Also this finally got me to get off my butt and work to getting a 3DS; I probably won't be getting one for another month or so, but now that there's two fire emblem games for it I guess I better get one.

[Sirus]

There's actually three Fire Emblems for the 3DS, technically speaking

[SOLDIER First]

Technically speaking it isn't murder if I'm not the one that pulls the trigger.

[...] but now that there's two entries in the fire emblem series for it I guess I better get one.

[JoshuaFH]

You can also get a 2DS, a cheaper version with the 3D part removed.

[Haspen]

Also this finally got me to get off my butt and work to getting a 3DS; I probably won't be getting one for another month or so, but now that there's two fire emblem games for it I guess I better get one.

Or, if you're feeling extra retro/masochistic, go play Fire Emblem 3, 4 and 5 on SNES emulator (if you can obtain a translation, that's it)

[JoshuaFH]

Also this finally got me to get off my butt and work to getting a 3DS; I probably won't be getting one for another month or so, but now that there's two fire emblem games for it I guess I better get one.

Or, if you're feeling extra retro/masochistic, go play Fire Emblem 3, 4 and 5 on SNES emulator (if you can obtain a translation, that's it)

4 is the best in the series IMO, so yeah I recommend it. 5 is the hardest in the series, and I believe it's the only FE that has an honest-to-god cheat code in it that gives all your characters the Elite skill (double EXP), and even then it's extremely hard.