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I make Fire Emblem videos. Sometimes.

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I make Fire Emblem videos. Sometimes.

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DeadBankerDream posted...

Makes me wonder if the spin-off franchise was really designed as a duology rather than the first game just receiving a sequel. Stuff like this suggests it was, but then things like how at the start of this case it tries to hamfist through this weird "oh, don't you remember person/audience. We also had a second case about this that was never mentioned before" makes it feel rather unplanned. I really dig that continuity between games. It's unusual for this franchise.

It absolutely was. In fact, I believe it's been stated that the GAAs were originally written as one singular, very long game, but it was too much to do in one shot and got split up into two.

I've also heard claims that it was planned to be a trilogy but never got the third game, but I believe that those rumors were false/based on misinterpretations.

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DeadBankerDream posted...

It sounds like they're actually going to say that Naruhodo was disbarred for defending a guilty man successfully.

Laaaaaaaaaaaame.

It's left ambiguous, but it's almost certain that it's because he revealed state secrets in court during G1-5. I really don't think there's anything that really implies that he was disbarred for defending a guilty man at all.


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I made a terrible graphic for my top 10 characters in the series for something else, and I figured I'd repost it here for the hell of it.

It looks awful, but ehhh.

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TwoDoorPC posted...

i'm on case g2-2 and a bit confused about the order of events

so, time-wise, it goes g1-4, g2-2, g1-5, right? if that's the case, i'm not sure why ryunosuke
has been saying that g2-2 is the case after which he can no longer practice law in england, when we already know he's defended someone since?

It goes:

G-4
G2-2
G-5
G2-1

Ryunosuke flashes back to G2-2 after G2-1. He was disbarred after G-5 and remained so as he flashed back to the events of G2-2.

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inTaCtfuL posted...

How long does the optional 8 mini cases take? Is each one like an hour long or something?

They're like 10~ minutes each. They're really not long at all, they're just goofy little side episodes with really silly plots. They're fun if you like the characters, but they're not essential or anything.

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Given the time period, I'd have to assume that it was tuberculosis.

Which...has really grim implications for his long-term survival.

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I personally feel like it was a potentially dropped plot point. If I had to guess, it was likely planned to be expanded upon, but got dropped due to time with everything else going on.

It could have been Stronghart doing it since he did have an interest in justice being done in his own way, or it could have been another member of the high up judiciary or even Sholmes, given that Sholmes was actively monitoring, predicting, and countering a lot of the events of both games.

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I think I'm also done updating my case rankings post-GAAs.

54. I-3
53. 4-3
52. 5-2
51. 4-4
50. I-1
49. 2-1
48. G-1
47. 1-1
46. I-5
45. G2-1
44. 6-6
43. 1-2
42. G-4
41. 6-4
40. 4-2
39. 3-3
38. LvAA-4
37. 3-2
36. 1-5
35. 1-3
34. 5-1
33. LvAA-1
32. G-2
31. 2-3
30. 6-1
29. I-2
28. I2-1
27. LvAA-2
26. 5-3
25. I-4
24. G-5
23. 5-6
22. LvAA-3
21. 6-2
20. G2-3
19. 3-1
18. I2-4
17. 5-4
16. G2-4
15. G2-2
14. 4-1
13. 1-4
12. I2-2
11. 6-3
10. G-3
9. 2-2
8. I2-3
7. 5-5
6. G2-5
5. 3-4
4. 6-5
3. 2-4
2. I2-5
1. 3-5

Roughly.

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My big problem with G2-3, personally, is

I felt like the actual murder sort of gets forgotten and is ultimately slightly underdeveloped. Dr. Sithe gets almost no screentime, so when it's like "Aha, but Drebber didn't actually do it, Sithe did!", it's like "Oh. Alright then."

Great case, but I wish the actual murder got more focus, because it felt almost unrelated to everything by the end of it all.

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https://twitter.com/dotsdfe/status/1439348088771076098

And after completing the game, I had to finish my tier list.

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Finally finished.

I pieced together a pretty huge chunk of the game, but case 5 was still really good. It was long, but the twists it took were great and were still presented in a suitably dramatic fashion. I really enjoyed it a lot.

...I honestly with that it would have ended with Ryunosuke staying in Great Britain, though. I expected him to leave, but it was such a gut punch and I think that "I still have more to learn here!" would have still made an effective ending. I also outright cried when I saw the daruma with the eye filled in, even if I knew it was coming. I'm so bad with endings like that one.

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I'm a bit into the trial now. Heavy G2-5/whole game spoilers:

I'm second-guessing myself despite evidence pointing towards my theories.

My assumption during case 4 was that Jigoku was the killer. The steamship ticket being in evidence, along with the photo of the group including Jigoku's trunk being visible, and his somewhat suspicious movements, had me really suspecting him. But I got to the point where Herlock & Mikotaba catch him on the ship, and I feel like it's a bit too early to have the killer be this overtly obvious. He's definitely heavily involved in the case, but I'm second guessing if he's the killer or not just by virtue of how quickly into case 5 it came up.

And, tbh, it's hard to ignore just how fishy Stronghart has been across both games. I haven't found a precise connection between him and the current case just yet, but I'm just kind of waiting for a strong link to appear because I'll be stunned if that suspicious dude makes it out of these games without being guilty of something. He's felt like a really obvious 'final boss' since he was introduced and it's hard to overlook that, even as other characters start to appear to be more suspicious.

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Just finished G2-4, personally. Big spoilers up to the end of that case:

That ending was...abrupt. Very abrupt. I feel like I have a reasonably solid amount of things figured out, so I hope that case 5 can throw in some twists. It sort of feels like there's just one trial day left to wrap things up, so I really hope that there's more to it.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmoiBBJFqbQ

Well, part 1 is ready to roll. Granted, the actual challenge aspect of the run doesn't start for a bit since battle preps don't unlock for several chapters, but still, I hope this run pans out in some form.

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Mberer posted...

Is that a rom hack?

Nope.

Basically, the idea of the run is that I have to roll my team with each new map. I have to try to beat the game with randomized teams every step of the way.

Though, I will get one wildcard pick of my choice each time as well to ensure that it's beatable and that I can ideally recruit as many characters as possible.

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https://twitter.com/dotsdfe/status/1432063480656498694

I'm sure people were dying for another awful dots run, but I'm trying something new...soon.

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https://youtu.be/E5cTmg2Sk6A

Here we go. It's time for one last ride in the SS finale.

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https://youtu.be/2UWaW3ppSzA

Last episode before the finale (which is already recorded and ready to upload in a few days).

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Payzmaykr posted...

I missed that scene in CS2 and I had no clue what they were talking about in CS3. I legitimately felt like I missed a game.

CS3 and 4 are going to be much more difficult to 100%, too.

It was such a perplexing decision to lock a plot-critical scene behind NG+ in an incredibly long game.

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In retrospect, letting insurance companies basically form policies as they want was probably a bad idea.

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If you're doing Maddening, the key is to let Gilbert die ASAP. He'll directly hurt you if you leave him alive.

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Quite a few FGC players despise Strive.

It's an interesting dynamic because it's simple enough to appeal to more casual players, and that popularity pulls in the pros who play more popular games, but a lot of people in the middle of those groups really hate the game. I'm curious about if it's going to have any longevity just based on that.

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I can't imagine that that would be anywhere near possible. That would basically have to be Fox's call, wouldn't it?

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Nope!

I need to lose weight again.

I had lost 50~ pounds late last year, but I kind of fell into a really, really depressive period for several months and didn't feel up to exercising, so I gained a lot of it back. I need to get back on the wagon and work on it again.

I also really need to cut sweets/soda yet again. I have a huge, huge sweet tooth, but it's so unhealthy.

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Gaius is Rean's canon love interest, sorry.

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That...is a really, really depressing story. Jeez.

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https://youtu.be/EHI_xNuoBko

I'm trying not to spam videos, but this was another one of my favorite episodes.

None of this was...planned? It was just a really, really absurd chapter that went in a very odd direction incredibly quickly.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5cRoiM3GZg

I threw together a little in between compilation video for the whole story of one of the most absurd moments of my ironman run if anyone wanted to see that whole...mess, without going through several hour+ videos to get there.

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I've seen parts of streams of it and I've seen comparisons from FE players.

The consensus seems to be that there's an alright game buried in there, but that it's fairly unfinished and has really bland maps. Supposedly the devs are still working on updates for it, so it's probably worth revisiting later on to see if it gets fixed.

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https://youtu.be/7GcGfGIzUmU

I'm up to part 11. Trying not to spam the links, just kind of a general reminder that I'm still going.

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DepreceV2 posted...

Forde is pretty trash. I mean.. he is still a Paladin and all but he is trash compared to the others

Probably.

I like him, though, and I usually have pretty good luck with him. He's getting schooled by Gilliam on this run thus far though.

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Compsognathus posted...

You went with Forde over Kyle? That's interesting. Most tier the Pony boys as Seth>>>>>Franz>Kyle>>Forde

I just strictly like Forde the best. A lot of my picks are more or less my favorites.

In the most recent episodes, I've been kind of upfront about both regretting going Great Knight on Forde (I wasn't 100% sure about the differences while recording and didn't realized that the movement in particular was so pronounced), and I've mentioned a few times that my Forde is really, really mediocre. He's easily my most underwhelming main squad unit as of now. I think it came up 3-4 times in the desert episode that I uploaded earlier today.

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It's great. Short, but really fun.

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It's really fucking depressing that the planet is utterly fucked because of sheer greed.

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Kircheis posted...

I feel like this is a great topic to mention that I've been watching a playthrough of Hector Hard Mode where a human controls the enemy army. (Eventual spoilers.)

It's surprisingly fun seeing how a human player would use the enemy formations in this game. Also very enlightening as to how unkillable Hector, Marcus and Oswin are in the early game lol.

That series is really fun. A really rad streamer that I mod for (SpeedyHawk) was on one of them, but sadly he lost pretty badly.

Really cool idea, though.

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I remember starting the series a few years after it came out. My friend said it was a good time to jump in because the book was old enough that the next one was definitely coming out soon.

It's been long enough now that I'd probably have to reread the series, because I've forgotten a lot of details. That was at least 5 years ago, probably more.

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Mberer posted...

I gave you a like.

Thank you so much! <3

Compsognathus posted...

Your graveyard list is rough. Franz and the two best early game offensive mages.

At least Seth can literally always save the day. And Salleh later.

All four deaths thus far have been in pairs to some unfortunate panicking.

Lute died to that Fog of War spider chapter early when I didn't look over the map closely enough.
Franz died to cav reinforcements from behind on the same chapter.

Neimi was filler long after being benched when I had an extra deployment slot on the Innes/Gerik/Tethys chapter on Eirika route, and I didn't know where reinforcements spawned in. Sadly, a smaller group including Neimi splintered off to the north while the main forces dealt with the bulk of the enemies. Pegasus reinforcements showed up right next to that smaller group and I just had to let Neimi go over risking someone that I was actually using.
Artur died to the same wave. I was so focused on the top group that I didn't realize that two of them could hit Artur, and he died to the same group.

On the plus side, I've gone deathless for the chapters since. I also have Saleh now (and I'll be getting Knoll soon if I want to use him), plus Moulder & L'Arachel are both ready to promote quite soon. Seth and Forde are also picking up the cav slack for the most part, so I think I've kind of stabilized a bit since those losses.

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I'm running an ironman (for Sacred Stones) for the first time ever, and it's honestly tough not to reset for my favorites.

It's in video series form, though, so I'm obligated to keep it up. I was really sad when I lost Lute and Artur, though, because I like both.

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Kloe_Rinz posted...

Assassins are absurdly OP in my experience. Its been a while since Ive played. But even Jaffar, who comes late game pre-promoted, just 1-shots everything

Ehhh.

Silencer is okay, but unreliable as hell. Matthew/Legault don't really have the growths to be all that good unless you get really lucky, either with growths or with Silencer procs.

Jaffar is a good lategame prepromote, but most FE7 prepromotes are really good.

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SkyUmbreon posted...

Rebecca ended up being pretty good for me.

Then again, her competition was Wil, who is...Wil

It's more like Rath.

Which is also the reason why nobody ever uses either one of the former two.

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Probably not worth it, Matthew is really mediocre at combat unless you get absurdly lucky a lot, but ehhh.

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The fanbase is half people who know and don't care because they find it entertaining, and half people who genuinely think it's real.

Plenty of people dislike the movies and the Warrens too.

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Calwings posted...

I really should sit down and watch some of these at some point. I've seen you posting them and been mildly interested, but I just haven't had the time.

No rush at all! I'd appreciate it if you wanted to watch some time, even as background noise or whatever. I'm really new to recording videos and stuff, but I'm having a lot of fun.

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https://youtu.be/lENh208BlCQ

And part 8 is up.

I'm kind of just posting these sparingly since I have 0 idea if anyone is interested at all, but I'm still going in the off chance that anyone is.

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