Fire Emblem: Three Houses

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  1. titoim
    Jan 18, 2022
    6
    I really like the tactical adventure style of Fire Emblem series as a whole, but this one I really couldn't get into. It has a lot of complex systems that doesn't really matter at the end, and a very slow-paced university section.
  2. zealouz
    Jan 19, 2022
    10
    Let's put this way. I have never finished any of the switch games that I owned, this one is about be finished, and I am looking forward to replay with a different house and also DLC. Easily the most addictive game, perfect with portability of switch, I think this one is a bit better than the latest one from the Persona series which I also love.
  3. stinkyboy
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    There is a plethora of things to do in this game, turning it into an experience like no other.
  4. Ventu
    Apr 17, 2022
    10
    Fire Emblem: Three Houses es un RPG táctico muy profundo e interesante, con partes de gestión y socialización para profundizar en los personajes. La historia es interesante, y muy rejugable, ya que tiene 4 rutas diferentes, donde cambian los finales y los personajes, según la clase que hayas elegido. Hay muchísimos personajes, y tendrán más o menos relevancia según la historia que elijas,Fire Emblem: Three Houses es un RPG táctico muy profundo e interesante, con partes de gestión y socialización para profundizar en los personajes. La historia es interesante, y muy rejugable, ya que tiene 4 rutas diferentes, donde cambian los finales y los personajes, según la clase que hayas elegido. Hay muchísimos personajes, y tendrán más o menos relevancia según la historia que elijas, siendo muchos de ellos muy memorables. El combate está muy bien desarrollado, siendo muy gratificante de jugar en dificil, y dando la posibilidad de activar la opción clásica de la saga de muerte permanente, que añade un punto de dificultad muy disfrutable. La parte de gestión del monasterio, si quieres profundizar en la historia de los personajes, es muy entretenida. En caso de que no te interese, puede omitirse. A nivel visual y sonoro es muy bonito, y perfectamente optimizado. Lo mejor es el equilibrio que tiene el juego, así como sus numerosos contenidos y alta rejugabilidad. Totalmente recomendable si te gusta el género, tanto si eres fan de la saga como si es tu primera experiencia.… Expand
  5. Lucas359
    Feb 16, 2022
    10
    Gracias a este titulo de la saga Fire Emblem termino de asentarse como una franquicia de interes mundial y gano el reconocimiento que siempre tuvo que tener.
    Este es claro ejemplo de series que no sabiamos que necesitabamos para la pantalla grande hasta que lo jugamos.
    Una historia increible,3 co-protagonistas con los que es imposible no simpatisar,uno mas que otro dependiendo de tu vision    Gracias a este titulo de la saga Fire Emblem termino de asentarse como una franquicia de interes mundial y gano el reconocimiento que siempre tuvo que tener.
    Este es claro ejemplo de series que no sabiamos que necesitabamos para la pantalla grande hasta que lo jugamos.
    Una historia increible,3 co-protagonistas con los que es imposible no simpatisar,uno mas que otro dependiendo de tu vision de lo que se debe hacer y del camino que se debe seguir.Todos los personajes son geniales y no tienen desperdicio.Una banda sonora que te pondra la piel de gallina en mas de una ocacion y escenas que te daran alegria/tristeteza/rabia en varias oportunidades.El camino a seguir es tuyo!    … Expand
  6. jorge1102
    Feb 24, 2022
    9
    Playing as a teacher to train students

    Very fun SRPG

    The three main lines are integrated into one game, which is very valuable
  7. zalivka
    Feb 20, 2022
    10
    Great game, finished it 2 times (Church and Edelgard) and going to finish it one more time for Alliance and Cloud. Cool story, cool tactical combat, romance and exploration. I'm waiting for the musou spinoff.
  8. Galaron
    Mar 6, 2022
    9
    Intro:
    * This is a no-spoiler review. It will only go as deep as strictly needed. Everything more will be properly marked as spoiler.
    * I played the game without ever using the online functions, thus they will not be discussed * This review takes into consideration only the game itself, without any type of comparison with previous games of the series. * The game features four different    Intro:
    * This is a no-spoiler review. It will only go as deep as strictly needed. Everything more will be properly marked as spoiler.
    * I played the game without ever using the online functions, thus they will not be discussed
    * This review takes into consideration only the game itself, without any type of comparison with previous games of the series.
    * The game features four different routes. Three of them are chosen at the beginning of the game, while the fourth one (called “Crimson Flower”) can only be unlocked midgame during a specific other route. For this reason, throughout this review I will refer to it as the “Secret Route”.

    Pro:
    + Selectable difficulty from Normal to Maddening
    + Selectable mode (Casual and Classic), which makes you decide whether you want the perma-death of your units or not
    + Mechanic to “turn back time” during the combat (only for a limited number of time per stage) in order to modify previous wrong actions
    + Even though there is half game of “common route”, it has different insights of the story in each different route, thus not making it boring to replay
    + Many different things to do in the game (support conversations, minigames, chatting with characters, build them with an RPG system and turn-based grid battles)
    + More than 30 different playable characters
    + Most of the characters are interesting and well written, and different from each other
    + Really good variety of support conversations between paris of characters
    + Really good soundtrack
    + Many build possibilities for the characters
    + The DLC adds an interesting side-story, four new classes and characters and many features for improving replayability
    + Many (and good) characters’ endings
    + Good gameplay variety
    + Huge amount of content (each of the four routes is roughly ~40 hours)
    + To “fully” cover the main story, two routes are enough if chosen correctly
    + Possibility to romance characters with the protagonist and to create romances between pairs of characters
    + Many optional side quests, and most of the ones with important rewards have a way of getting the reward later if previously missed
    + Many possible strategies and builds at low Difficulties
    + Really good voice acting both in japanese and in english, except for a few exceptions
    + [Minor Spoiler] Good differences in characters (also visually) pre and post timeskip

    Cons:
    - Some of the (many) tutorials are not really clear
    - Since you can only do a certain amount of “actions” before being forced to do the following main story battle, it is possible to be hard-locked (even more if playing with perma-death mode)
    - Characters have only two fixed body-type for classes, so a slim mage will visually have a muscular body if reclassed to a brawler class
    - With perma-death, if a character dies, there will be not a single line about that from the other characters; the only difference will be that there will be missing dialogue from that character in the cutscenes
    - The classes’ requirements should be better displayed in all the menus in which they could be useful
    - Some classes are genderlock with absolutely no good reason
    - The DLC’s english translations are really bad
    - The Secret Route is incomplete, with also missing cutscenes
    - Many side activities become extremely boring to do when replaying the game for the different routes
    - Bad division between main story, support conversations and documents (like important information for the main story are in some optional support conversations and vice-versa)
    - Items’ menus suck
    - There are few same-sex marriage endings (unless the protagoinist is involved) and some have no reasons not to be avilable
    - Really slow loadings
    - Some mechanics (like gardening) have a random seed that makes them incomprehensible
    - A few characters have no character development
    - Background elements are really low-res
    - A very powerful and useful class is DLC-only
    - Routes are made artificially different in some points even though it doesn’t make much sense just to keep them all unique
    - [Minor Spoiler] Some Support discussion are locked after the timeskip if not done before it, even though they could have used something like flashbacks

    Miscellanous:
    * Routes are not meant to be a “what if”, but they are actually different stories. For example, if in a Route a character was doing something in the shadows, it might not be doing it in another Route even though nothing related to that character has changed in the story * Characters’ weapons have durability, but it is well balanced * As mentioned before, each route takes around 40 hours to complete, for a total of ~160 hours to play them all. The DLC side story is long ~8 hours    … Expand
  9. Elias373
    Mar 17, 2022
    10
    Mein Lieblings-Switch-Spiel.
    Kämpfe sind besser als bei den letzten Fire Emblem Spiele und die Geschichte ist die beste von allen.
    Grafik ist dabei auch super
    Kein Mangel TOP
  10. BorgenIsBigBoy
    Apr 28, 2022
    8
    One of the best games on the Switch! I personally believe that this game is a must have for anyone who owns a switch or is interested in tactical RPGs or RTSs. Fire Emblem: Three Houses offers a surprisingly deep story and lore supported by some of the best written characters in any RPG I've played. The game features engaging yet challenging combat alongside one of the best soundtracks onOne of the best games on the Switch! I personally believe that this game is a must have for anyone who owns a switch or is interested in tactical RPGs or RTSs. Fire Emblem: Three Houses offers a surprisingly deep story and lore supported by some of the best written characters in any RPG I've played. The game features engaging yet challenging combat alongside one of the best soundtracks on the switch accompanied by stellar voice acting. Although I consider this FE's magnum opus, it isn't without it's flaws. My biggest gripe with this game is the class mastery system which I find way too grindy, I finished Azure Moon with 999 battles on Gilbert and Hilda and around 660 on Dedue and Alois just because of all the times I threw them in a thicket with a broken lance as a fortress knight just so I could master the abilities I wanted on my main cast, it's too long and grindy and it just feels cheap. Another fairly major problem this game has is that the monastery (especially at A+ professor rank) is pretty boring, I found myself in all playthroughs at part 2 just falling in the same free time loop, share a meal with my main cast, enter the sauna with my main cast, instruct, do choir or cooking sometimes, repeat. I know this game was on a pretty tight development cycle but I still wish exploring was almost as deep as Persona 5's exploring with more to do and less restrictions. My remaining issues are pretty small but they do add up to a non-insignificant amount annoyance. FPS issues, Beginning of the game restrictions in NG+ (disabled fast travel and inaccessible facilities), minor plot holes (Blood of the Eagle and Lion), Crimson Flower being unfinished, and some side characters being fairly two dimensional (Ignatz, Lorenz, Catherine, Cyril, Raphael, etc.). Even though I just spent half the paragraph talking about the flaws of this game, but I believe this is still one of the best switch games and is a shed of light in the toxic and over monetized current games industry.

    TLDR: Brilliant but flawed. PLAY THE GAME!!!!    … Expand
  11. Yaacgold24
    May 9, 2022
    9
    Always mind blowed by Fire Emblem and its story. Just one of the best switch game ever.
  12. quininer
    Jun 29, 2022
    8
    Three house is undoubtedly a major innovation in the FE series, but if you focus on the SRPG part, it is a big step backward.

    three house is a good game, but hopefully IS doesn't do it again.
  13. sunnyholt93
    Jul 7, 2022
    5
    I DO NOT RECCOMMEND

    THE GOOD If you are a fire emblem fan like me, you'll enjoy what's on offer here and know what you're getting. Roughly speaking, you won't be surprised by anything besides the shameful technical performance. Plenty of replay value. THE BAD Waifu/relationship related rubbish is still present, and while it does affect gameplay in a positive and meaningful way,    I DO NOT RECCOMMEND

    THE GOOD
    If you are a fire emblem fan like me, you'll enjoy what's on offer here and know what you're getting.
    Roughly speaking, you won't be surprised by anything besides the shameful technical performance.
    Plenty of replay value.

    THE BAD
    Waifu/relationship related rubbish is still present, and while it does affect gameplay in a positive and meaningful way, it doesn't belong in a fire emblem game.
    At least, not amped up to this level, in any case.

    THE UGLY
    Frame rate drops? In a game like this? For a full price (as always) nintendo product? They are taking the piss.
    Has a very muddled, unfinished appearance. The technical performance overall is rubbish.    … Expand
  14. main01
    Sep 10, 2022
    10
    Spent over 100 hours on this game and finshed all 4 lines. Absolute one of the best games I've ever played.
  15. supdude80
    Jul 26, 2022
    9
    reach for my haaaand, i'll soar away, into the dawn, ohhh i wish i could stayyyy, in cherished halls, in peaceful days, i fear the edge of dawn knooowing time betrays
  16. YamiKasai
    Nov 28, 2022
    10
    A masterpiece, a must-buy for all Switch owners. Story hits hard, soundtrack hits hard, Fire Emblem never disappoints.
  17. GRAFAIAI
    Sep 1, 2022
    10
    this game is incredible, rewally amazing gameplay. i love this one and recommend it
  18. XiaoLiSoi
    Sep 7, 2022
    10
    An absolute splendid game! Enticing gameplay, story and characters. Great for beginners and veterans of the series. By far the best entry so far, so good that we even got a spin-off for it! If you are debating purchasing this game, don't hesitate to make the choice, buy it! You wont regret it.
  19. ELYS1UM
    Sep 20, 2022
    9
    This game is truly incredible. It has a great plot, characters, worldbuilding, music, gameplay, and is really fun. I love how you have to micromanage so many little things, but it never feels like a chore. The music is really good too, some tracks are incredibly memorable. The character writing and story just go hand in hand to create a unique experience that couldn't have been pulled offThis game is truly incredible. It has a great plot, characters, worldbuilding, music, gameplay, and is really fun. I love how you have to micromanage so many little things, but it never feels like a chore. The music is really good too, some tracks are incredibly memorable. The character writing and story just go hand in hand to create a unique experience that couldn't have been pulled off without the social sim time management half of the game, and the experience is overall really unique and something you don't find in many places. I love how the story comes from different angles, and you really have to consider if you agree with the path you set out on. Great game.… Expand
  20. ZakaryJNicholls
    Oct 9, 2022
    9
    Three houses is an excellent FE game, which is similar in many of its mechanics to earlier games in the series.
    The story does split quite a lot between the 3 choices, and this can become complicated if you start to misremember particular things on subsequent playthroughs.
    That fact aside, this game has a solid story and a great feel. I enjoyed all three playthroughs.
  21. tsbasilisk
    Oct 16, 2022
    10
    Make another one like this! It's the peak of battle academy game. Not the same rip-off Hope type though.
  22. sloomo
    Dec 10, 2022
    10
    Video games really don’t get better than this. I have had two play throughs. Heard mixed things about the DLC so didn’t get that.
  23. Ignis_z
    Jan 29, 2023
    10
    Obra maestra.
    Música, historia, dificultad ajustada, buena estrategia y la jugabilidad en el campanario es muy divertida. Es, de lejos, el mejor Fire emblem, y he jugado todos absolutamente todos.
  24. TheGuyWhoHats
    Apr 21, 2023
    0
    Three Houses has a lot of problems, the monastery sections get boring after a few chapters, Some routes aren't finished, The gameplay is not as good as other games like Engage or Fates: Conquest. But i don't really care because I can make Ashe a great knight and I think that's funny.
  25. Macombee23
    Jan 14, 2023
    10
    The blue lions path alone gets this game a 10 for me
    The story is amazing, the voice acting is great and there are some amazing characters in the game
  26. klaaz
    Jan 25, 2023
    9
    The game that after two weak releases like fates and valentia brought the saga back to glory. A game that takes all the good things from the Awakening gameplay and accompanies it with a story full of interesting and charismatic characters.
  27. OmarVOOM007
    Jul 13, 2023
    9
    Gran juego de estrategia, grandes mecánicas, buen diseño de personajes y música, si bien hace falta más trabajo de voz, el subtitulado y la acción están presentes, uno de los mejores fire emblem y en general dentro del catálogo de Nintendo Switch
  28. Borderlinez
    Aug 8, 2023
    10
    The game is full of memorable characters, each with their own unique personalities and stories. Players will grow attached to their students and be invested in their success. The gameplay is addictive and challenging, with a variety of maps and enemies to keep players on their toes. The game also features a deep customization system, allowing players to create their own unique units.
  29. lord_batman
    Aug 20, 2019
    10
    Finally, a game where you can ditch the whole world just for the sake of your waifu. Choose your path and strike down the baddies to become her hero. 10/10 would recommend.
  30. Catfanatic3000
    Jul 28, 2019
    10
    Simply the best SRPG of this generation. The gameplay, the story, and the characterization is superb.
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#4 Best Switch Game of 2019
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#4 Most Discussed Switch Game of 2019
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#4 Most Shared Switch Game of 2019

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Metascore
89

Generally favorable reviews - based on 102 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 98 out of 102
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 102
  3. Negative: 0 out of 102
  1. Nintendo Force Magazine
    Apr 28, 2020
    95
    There may be too much content here for busy adults to tackle! I don't know when I'm going to find the time to do full playthroughs of the other two Houses that I didn't choose to begin with! [Issue #41 – September 2019, p. 74]
  2. Universo Nintendo
    Oct 29, 2019
    90
    Fire Emblem Three Houses is one of Switch's best games of 2019 and a breeze of fresh air to this franchise. Unfortunately, its poor animations preclude any possibility of being the game of the year.
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  3. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Oct 11, 2019
    86
    Large selection of classes, good AI and wide variety of missions make Fire Emblem: Three Houses one of the best turn-based tactics. [Issue#240, p.50]
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