Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Nintendo Switch)

The game is amazing!

This is a game of endless possibilities, multiple story arcs which are unique and intricate, compelling characters, and well designed turn-based combat.

Bought for a friend, he loved it.

I dont usually enjoy strategy games, but the story and the characters are engaging and unique from one another. There are 4 different paths making it so you can play it 4 times with very different stories. I strongly recommend.

I have come to the conclusion that people who really enjoy this game just dont really play other games and thats why it has as high of a rating it does without truly deserving it. Firstly, this is supposed to be a triple A game thats a collaboration between IS and Nintendo, making it a first-party game and its been pushed as a must-play but Im going to be honest, while this is one of the better games for the switch, theres really not much competition, considering theres like enough first party nintendo games I can count with two hands and the rest are indie games thats been out on the pc for years or ports from the ps2/ps3 era. This is a very standard SRPG. Its actual battle mechanics are kind of fun, because it involves some logic and strategy. Theres a list of things that work and things that definitely dont work. Ill make a list arguing the pros and cons of what I saw. Pros: -the tactical style game play at its core is fun but srpg with a developed battle system is fun at its core -the rank up scenes between characters (Not the MC) are actually pretty fleshed out and fun -this game is fully voiced, like every single line, even the random npcs who show up as castle guards so they definitely tried (which is kind of a strange move to me imo because npcs rarely say something compelling) -the time skip mechanic for everyone (other than the MC) is pretty cool. Its nice to see their characters change and develop. -each route/ characters being morally good or bad is subjective Cons: -the graphics - playing on the docked switch, the characters models have a lot of pixelated lines, which could have been fixed with anti aliasing. This was a 2019 game but the 3D graphics are worse than the PS2 era games because of the above reason. Background graphics are not much better either. -the main character is an obvious self-insert and has the personality and emotional depth of a wet sponge. FYI, you can definitely write silent protagonists with personalities better than Byleth. Its not difficult, just have actual dialogue choices that are funny and interesting and have cut scenes and backstories that are enjoyable with the same MC. -the fanbase, aka people who think byleth is a good silent protagoinist because it allows them to self insert and s-rank one of their students. NOT to mention how weird it is that youre playing as a professor, looking to get engaged to someone who is one of your students, but Im not going into the questionable technicalities of that since there is a time skip but that doesnt remove the weird teacher-student power dynamic -The Timeskip, the intro, aka everything involving the writing. It just feels very flat and theres a lot of jumps forwards and backwards in time that dont really add to the story. Theres at least 3 deus ex machinas in this story, which to me screams bad writing. -people Ive talked to advertise this game as one with a lot of content, but what they mean is you need to restart the game from the start and grind through part 1 to play through each route but its really just a lot of rehashed recycled ideas with some new endings. The tea party is the same mechanic, just with different character models swapped out and I do not understand how you can praise someone and have that make compelling conversation when they ask you a completely unrelated question. Overall, If you enjoyed Pokemon Sword/Shield without stressing too much about it, you will enjoy this game. If you thought the new pokemon game was low effort and bad, then maybe this game is not the game for you. 3H has slightly better game play experience than Pokemon SwSh. I would give it a solid 3/5.

This game is worth every penny! My husband and I rarely like the same games - I tend to prefer story-heavy games whereas he prefers games with that can pose a challenge him. Yet FE3H is able to scratch the itch for both of us. So much so that we had to buy another Switch and copy of the game along with the DLC to keep the peace. We have already both put in 100s of hours into the game with no signs of stopping and have been thoroughly enjoying every minute of the experience. I have enjoyed the game so much that I took time to write a review and I never, ever do this - thats how much of an impact this game has made on me.

I have sunk over 100 hours into this game. It is a great strategy RPG that is engaging and fun to play. Offers many ways to customize your team and the difficulty level of the game. After beating the game there is a New Game+ option that unlocks additional features for added replay value. If you are at all into this style of game, this is a must own title.