Blue_Inigo posted... I like Fates mostly well enough so I agree on that. Is Echoes really that much of a step down? What's it doing wrong
I haven't touched it since beating it on release because it sucks so I'm sure I'll forget a ton of stuff, but off the top of my head
- No weapon triangle
- Alm's maps are all boring wide open fields with cavalry enemy spam
- Celica's maps are all swamps that greatly limit your movement
- There's a new annoying asshole enemy called a Cantor that is usually hiding behind a million other enemies every single map that does nothing but spawn a million more annoying enemies every turn until you kill them
- There's another stupid ass enemy called a Witch that can warp from any place on the map right next to any of your units to nuke them because everyone in this game has 0 Res
- Archers are absolutely fucking broken and can attack from like 5 spaces away. Goes for both you and the enemies ofc
- Extremely tedious dungeon crawling which feels cool for the first 5 mins until you realize you just do the same exact fight every time you run into an enemy
- Enemies spawn on the map constantly like in Sacred Stones which makes you again have to fight the exact same layout of enemies any time you wanna go to a shop or something
The game has good presentation with its visuals, music and voice acting, but the gameplay is an actual chore and the only FE I had to force myself to finish and didn't even bother with the post game because of how unbelievably painful it was to play.