Fire Emblem: Three Houses

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8.8

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  1. 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
  2. BertKA88
    Aug 29, 2022
    9
    This is probably my favourite Switch game along Zelda BOTW which speaks to just how good this game is.
  3. 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
  4. Divad27
    Dec 18, 2022
    9
    The best of all the Fire Emblem franchise I've played. For RPG lovers it is wonderful, a great variety of combat movements and possibilities. Outside of combat it is equally good, artistically it is very beautiful, the soundtrack is great, the characters are most important and essential and the story has great depth (Like most of Fire Emblems). A must play game for those who can play itThe best of all the Fire Emblem franchise I've played. For RPG lovers it is wonderful, a great variety of combat movements and possibilities. Outside of combat it is equally good, artistically it is very beautiful, the soundtrack is great, the characters are most important and essential and the story has great depth (Like most of Fire Emblems). A must play game for those who can play it and a good chance to play an RPG if you have never tried one… Expand
  5. 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.
  6. Paradov
    Mar 26, 2023
    9
    Very fun game. Lots of good waifus. I loved the art direction, the combat is pretty good.
  7. 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.
  8. HydrophobikFish
    Jun 9, 2023
    9
    Top tier turn based strategy game with a huge amount of interesting and engaging characters to get to know and train up. Highly replayable.
  9. 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
  10. TruthSeaker
    Aug 11, 2023
    9
    There are very few games that I can return to and enjoy one more playthrough.
    This game is one of them.
    Great world-building, memorable characters, engaging combat system, phenomenal music.
    Shame that they dropped the ball with Engage after this masterpiece.
  11. Equinocio
    Jan 14, 2021
    8
    One of the best Fire Emblem out there. Nice story and characters. Unfortunately, the game is marred, otherwise, by terrible graphics and very few classes for you to choose from.
  12. MovieCriticSD
    Jul 26, 2019
    8
    The game is fire emblem meets persona meets harry potter. Not very innovative, but still a decent game as it combines mechanics from previous successful jrpgs.
  13. SomeName
    Jan 25, 2023
    8
    It's an improvement over the FE: Fates, tries out some new ideas, but visibly lacks polish. I'd say its better to wait for DLCs and patches to add content before playing it.

    + Some new management/life simulator elements that allow for breaks between the battles. + They "somewhat" dialed down the waifuism in the games. Sure they still all look like anime, but they mostly look of legal    It's an improvement over the FE: Fates, tries out some new ideas, but visibly lacks polish. I'd say its better to wait for DLCs and patches to add content before playing it.

    + Some new management/life simulator elements that allow for breaks between the battles.
    + They "somewhat" dialed down the waifuism in the games. Sure they still all look like anime, but they mostly look of legal age and you're not related to them.
    +Some of the support conversations were actually fun to read and also explained some of the lore of the universe.
    +/-The story lets you believe they actually hired writers this time, although they struggle with keeping up a good suspense. Every time the secrets of the protagonists are on the verge of being revealed, the game has to force in some disturbance so the story can keep going on.

    - The graphics... just look ugly. The character models have strange outlines and the lighting makes a lot of environments look very plain. The game also seems to drain more power than the Switch can charge which can lead to resolution bugs at 1% battery.
    - The game is too repetitive. To fully explore all paths you'd need to play it 3 times, but really only the 2nd half changes per playthrough. A lot of battle maps are recycled which also doesn't keep combat fresh either. The life simulator minigames can also turn into a real grind. Especially that fishing game. Why oh why did they include that?
    - The game hasn't really been balanced/tested too well. Some classes are significantly superior to others and mount penalties are meaningless. There is also no weapon triangle, so there's no incentive to master more than 1 weapon category.    … Expand
  14. ParkerI
    Jan 15, 2020
    8
    This is the perfect introduction to the Fire Emblem series. In fact, I loaned the game to my friend, and both him and his girlfriend completed it. So if you are on the fence about the series, then definitely you should give the game a try. It has an extremely addictive gameplay loop that makes you feel constant progression. Therapeutic, in fact if you like games like Animal Crossing or theThis is the perfect introduction to the Fire Emblem series. In fact, I loaned the game to my friend, and both him and his girlfriend completed it. So if you are on the fence about the series, then definitely you should give the game a try. It has an extremely addictive gameplay loop that makes you feel constant progression. Therapeutic, in fact if you like games like Animal Crossing or the old Sims, this is probably right down your ally. I will say as a Fire Emblem fan, I enjoyed the game more on my first playthrough than subsequent ones where I began seeing its shortcomings. I wish there was a higher difficulty setting and a more refined end game. I see Fire Emblem Three Houses as an extremely safe game that could have been even greater if more development time was spent. Alas, what we do get is still incredibly worthwhile! I'm hopeful for the future of Fire Emblem.… Expand
  15. Afenger
    Dec 13, 2020
    8
    Sou um grande fã da serie Fire Emblem, este novo jogo veio com uma proposta bem diferente, tirando o foco de ser apenas um rpg estratégia direto, aqui temos a introdução de um calendário onde temos que fazer escolhas que nem sempre sao de nosso agrado. Personagens com pouco carisma ficando longe de termos alguém próximo ao Chrom. Um vasto conteúdo que garante diversas horas por 3 historiasSou um grande fã da serie Fire Emblem, este novo jogo veio com uma proposta bem diferente, tirando o foco de ser apenas um rpg estratégia direto, aqui temos a introdução de um calendário onde temos que fazer escolhas que nem sempre sao de nosso agrado. Personagens com pouco carisma ficando longe de termos alguém próximo ao Chrom. Um vasto conteúdo que garante diversas horas por 3 historias diferentes garantido um bom fator replay.… Expand
  16. SZJX
    Sep 23, 2019
    8
    It's an excellent mainstream game but it's really overrated. I can gladly give it an 8 but not more.

    Just as many other mainstream JRPGs, the true focus of the game is actually the character interactions and romance, while the main story just serves as a back drop, unfortunately. It's good that they attempted something relatively new among mainstream games, which is to try to present    It's an excellent mainstream game but it's really overrated. I can gladly give it an 8 but not more.

    Just as many other mainstream JRPGs, the true focus of the game is actually the character interactions and romance, while the main story just serves as a back drop, unfortunately.

    It's good that they attempted something relatively new among mainstream games, which is to try to present the main story from several sides, who conflict with each other. Unfortunately, eventually they somehow still deemed it necessary to play it safe and introduce some absolutely cartoonish "villains", so that they take all the blame, while every "normal character" can be whitewashed. Sorry, this is simply not how the real world works. This sort of black-and-white, good-vs-evil thinking is not just stupid, it's downright dangerous.

    The battles/maps are generally not satisfying enough. Part 2 of the story is rushed, and many plot developments on the main story simply don't make much sense or are clearly unfinished.

    They clearly devoted their main effort to writing and directing all the character interaction stories. But to view all of them you need to grind incessantly, which is a huge waste of time. According to the stats on my save, I spent more than 80 hours just to finish my first route...... which is ridiculous. I don't even spend that much time with some actual Visual Novels, which have really deep and well thought-out stories, save the pain of having to do lackluster battles in between.

    If watching those character interaction soap opera and romancing the characters is the whole point of this "game", why not just go on YouTube and watch all of them easily?    … Expand
  17. Khaar
    Jan 27, 2021
    8
    WIP REVIEW!

    As a PC and PS4 gamer it was interesting trying out the switch and play Fire Emblem. I loved FE on the GameCube so I looked forward to the "different" FE game on Switch. First "playthrough" landed on about 10 hours but I decided to restart because I choose Normal+Classic. If you like Strategy games normal is way too easy, I would always suggest classic because (trying    WIP REVIEW!

    As a PC and PS4 gamer it was interesting trying out the switch and play Fire Emblem.
    I loved FE on the GameCube so I looked forward to the "different" FE game on Switch.

    First "playthrough" landed on about 10 hours but I decided to restart because I choose Normal+Classic.
    If you like Strategy games normal is way too easy, I would always suggest classic because (trying not to spoil) there is two ways to undo someone's death in the game.

    Hard+Classic at a glance changes base stats like hit chances, now I cannot overreach with characters and I have to think hard about which weapon to use based of the hit stat. Something I barely needed to pay attention to on Normal.

    Graphics:
    Nintendos decision to make a portable console reflects on the graphics. Much like PS2 era games, the 2d art is gorgeous but the 3d animations are stiff like much of the textures.
    Prepare for that if you're coming of PC games or even PS4 games.

    Monastery:
    You'll spend quite some time outside of combat, here you will do quests, converse with characters and more!
    While I had my doubts in the beginning the game does an excellent job of slowly giving you the tools and understanding of how it all works.
    One amazing thing is that they give you the option to fast travel very early, so running around the monastery doesn't take too long.

    The only thing I really found lacking was explanation of the classes. If you look online there is obvious better choices for some characters then others, and the game does a terrible job to relay this to the player.

    I feel like the characters should more clearly tell me what they want to become so I can guide them towards that goal. Needing to rely on other people and the online community is not optimal.

    Combat
    Story
    Characters    … Expand
  18. Elric81
    Sep 3, 2019
    8
    A great game but that for a poor graphic and the boring part of the monastery, makes me lower the score.
  19. Razor7557
    May 3, 2020
    8
    Fire Emblem's return to glory after the localization-caused complete failure and insult to western audience's intelligence that was Fates. Story might not be groundbreaking, but it's still very good, gameplay is enjoyable, and characters are really fun to get to know better through the Support conversations. I certainly also enjoy that none of the sides is entirely "good" one, somethingFire Emblem's return to glory after the localization-caused complete failure and insult to western audience's intelligence that was Fates. Story might not be groundbreaking, but it's still very good, gameplay is enjoyable, and characters are really fun to get to know better through the Support conversations. I certainly also enjoy that none of the sides is entirely "good" one, something you notice if you play more than just one campaign(Talking especially to people who played only Blue Lions route... which I personally consider worst of four possible endings).

    I would give it a 9/10, however I can't help but notice that the game seems somewhat... "sanitized" in development, possibly to avoid offending certain easily offended scumbags who pretend to play games while in reality just being bunch of political activist whiners. For example, there is an odd lack of swimsuit or even towel outfits, which were usually available in Fire Emblem, even though the game has a Sauna, which should be more than enough of a reason for characters to wear towels... but instead they seem to wear really out of place looking potato sack outfits... I mean there is no proof there was any meddling in that regard, but nonetheless I find it suspicious.    … Expand
  20. Perminator
    Aug 5, 2019
    8
    I was a bit skeptical at first to buy this game, because I played fire emblem awakening and I didn’t like it. However this is way better than I expected. Just the fact that you can customize each of your students to fit to your needs is done very well. The story is great too. I’ve not gotten far into the story yet I think. I hope not, because I don’t want it to end... haha. I will try theI was a bit skeptical at first to buy this game, because I played fire emblem awakening and I didn’t like it. However this is way better than I expected. Just the fact that you can customize each of your students to fit to your needs is done very well. The story is great too. I’ve not gotten far into the story yet I think. I hope not, because I don’t want it to end... haha. I will try the two other faction/houses after I’m done with one I playing with now.

    What I miss is the possibility to change the appearance of your character. Being able to change everything, eyes, hair, clothes and more. There is DLC they were you can buy to get additional clothing, but I think at least give us the option the change the hair and the face. With details and so on. That’s why it doesn’t get a 10/10 from me. The gameplay is very fun and it’s rewarding to see how your ensamble of characters evolve and become even deep. You can even invite other students into your house from the other factions.That’s great. I love that. All in all, you can get into this without prior knowledge about the franchise or lore. I enjoy that, newbie friendly but still deep and complex at the same time. I’m now looking forward to the next entry in the series. Please give us more options to create a character from the ground up like other RPG games has done in the past.    … Expand
  21. Emmett601
    Sep 2, 2019
    8
    Fire Emblem Three Houses is an ambitious game, no one is going to deny that. There is an impressive amount of scope covered between three lords under the same view points each with their own perspective and reactions to countless events with each cast each having their very own highs. Your first play though should be a lot of fun as you learn how the game operates and learn the unfoldingFire Emblem Three Houses is an ambitious game, no one is going to deny that. There is an impressive amount of scope covered between three lords under the same view points each with their own perspective and reactions to countless events with each cast each having their very own highs. Your first play though should be a lot of fun as you learn how the game operates and learn the unfolding of the maps and what strategies work, and once you finish you get the option for New Game+ to help you through getting to custom build how you want the world even more so than before.
    However the biggest flaw in the game is really that there is just way to much shared content in maps with a difficulty on par with Sacred Stones and with as tools as broken and plentiful as Awakening. I still had a great time with this game and put in countless hours but after your first playthrough it's a bit down hill compared to your first time through. Also not every route is equal.    … Expand
  22. Da3_who_knows
    Jun 19, 2020
    8
    i have played many Fire emblem games before, and i can say that this one is one of the best in the series, but there are a few thing that i would have improved.
    First thing first, this is an amazing game. Despite all the small problems that is has, i have finished all the storylines, played more that 170 hours in it. Gameplay is amazing, story is awesome, music is great (not as great as    i have played many Fire emblem games before, and i can say that this one is one of the best in the series, but there are a few thing that i would have improved.
    First thing first, this is an amazing game. Despite all the small problems that is has, i have finished all the storylines, played more that 170 hours in it. Gameplay is amazing, story is awesome, music is great (not as great as awakening thought imho). the fact that the weapons break is actually a great mechanics that i think should have been added long ago.
    i wish it had more relationship iterations, like the past fire emblems. And the fact that after playing all the storyline i still haven't found something that would agree with me. No story would leave me completely satisfied with the characters and their choices, so that kind of left me disappointed. However, all in all this is a great a great game and i would recommend it to anyone.    … Expand
  23. xSelene89
    Sep 15, 2019
    8
    Very good Story and Chars but its a technical mess. The Frame Rate is horrible and slows down to 10 FPS when fast traveling inside the school. Textures on the Fighting Maps are not better then the 3ds Version.
  24. Onioncreature
    Jan 13, 2021
    8
    Three Houses is certainly a step up in the series in terms of storytelling and gameplay accessibility. I found the 3DS titles to be slightly too difficult on the causal setting, but Three Houses has dialed back the difficulty substantially, which I, and many other novice strategists I'm sure, greatly appreciate. Three Houses also fully realizes the central hub concept which was exploredThree Houses is certainly a step up in the series in terms of storytelling and gameplay accessibility. I found the 3DS titles to be slightly too difficult on the causal setting, but Three Houses has dialed back the difficulty substantially, which I, and many other novice strategists I'm sure, greatly appreciate. Three Houses also fully realizes the central hub concept which was explored in Fates, and expands upon it majorly. Walking around the monastery is a nice change of pace from the battle sections, though completing the various tasks did become a bit tedious in the latter half of the game. The story is generally more engaging than ever before, the central characters have a bit more depth to them than in the series past. There's also a fair bit of intrigue, many characters have fairly detailed backstories that are gradually unfurled as you go along. That being said, the way they delivered some of these vital pieces of information was a bit lacking, leading to a few instances of anticlimax. Speaking of anticlimax, one of the biggest issues I have with this title is the sheer amount of content, though I do recognize that for many this will be the game's greatest asset. I found myself a bit bored with the gameplay loop by the last few hours of the game, and the final months of my Blue Lions playthrough did test my patience. This is unfortunate, because having completed one of several different routes through the game, which took about 50 hours, I discovered that several key story details are contained within other routes, leading to a bit of disappointment. The ending itself was fairly satisfying, but I just really dislike the feeling that I'm missing out on vital story details. I simply don't have the stamina to play through another whole campaign with this same gameplay loop right now, and because of that several plot points either have no resolution, or ones which aren't particularly satisfying. I think that it is a bit unreasonable to ask players to complete a 50 hour story mode several times to get the full picture of the events which take place, even if there are many enthusiasts who will take it upon themselves to play every route. I will say, however, that at least Three Houses includes all necessary routes on the cartridge, which was not the case in Fates. Three Houses is still in most respects a great game, but I do hope that Intelligent Systems returns to one central storyline someday, as the multiple route method just doesn't really mesh with how I play these games.… Expand
  25. DaveTheGigi
    Apr 29, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Graphics: This is one of the easier things to critique about this game, this game looks absolutely horrible at times, the environments look so bland it's ridiculous it looks like they went to unity and searched for stock castle assets, and while in the beginning, the wonder of this huge place and being able to explore it immersed me very early on but after a while, it wears off once you look at the details especially if you look hard at certain textures (FRUIT), The Saving grace (graphically) of this game is the character models each character felt and looked distinct while there were some jaggies on the hair and stuff like that I found myself falling in love with some of the character designs (*cough* *cough* Post timeskip Dmitri) when you start battling this game's faults visually become less of a problem as your focusing on strategy and everything looks alright the anime cutscenes are absolutely amazing, they were immersive and badass. and got you engaged in the plot very easily while the fps is kinda low the animation style is gorgeous and makes me want to see a fire emblem in a Xenoblade 2 art style overall visually 6/10 looks like crap but over time your eyes get accustomed.

    Gameplay: Speaking of strategy this game's combat system is absolutely fantastic and is easily the best thing about this game and is so consistently good and satisfying every time I wasn't vibing with the story I'd do some random sidequest and it would immediately engage me. a MUST when you play this game is to have permadeath if you don't the combat system wouldn't be near as fun, there have been several times when my character was about to die and I had to do some crazy strategy, one of my most ballsy strategies is on the final area of the game when I had to have byleth go and defeat a monster and a whole fleet BY HIMSELF because they were nearly killing my characters and I couldn't get to edelgard, so I had Cyrus near the corner of the door so he couldn't get attacked by anyone except the mage that nearly kills you in one hit so he was drawing damage while byleth and came in with a whole fleet. these strategies are so satisfying to pull off and allow your creativity to go wild and while playing this game it feels like gates in my brain are opening when I do some big brain strategy. another reason to have permadeath when one of your characters die you feel is unlike anything I've felt in a game before when a character dies your heart drops and when its the end of the game and you have to make sacrifices so the rest of the squad can survive and succeed it feels bad and makes you feel like you're in a war, Especially post timeskip. this feeling I've only felt in cutscenes with games that have the best of stories. overall Gameplay 10/10 some of the best I've seen out there

    Story: I'm going to have two separate sections for story and writing because especially in this game there is a major, so overall the overarching plot of this game is pretty good post time skip it slows down to a slog luckily I went blue lions soi had crazy Dmitri to keep me entertained. but the twists in this game will have you engaged but because of the sometimes sub-optimal writing and characters, the game can feel like a chore to get through. whenever something crazy happens such as Dmitri killing a man in cold blood or when Dmitri transforms as a person to become king and passes the dagger to edelgard and the Final Scene oh my **** god the final scene was amazing and showed so much character development in only a 2-minute cutscene. speaking of cutscenes whenever the game goes anime **** goes down and something wild happens like your father dying. or you going **** Super Sayain, either way, the overarching story is engaging and entertaining. Story 9/10 Pretty engaging but not a masterpiece

    Writing: the writing in this game is either fantastic or dog****. Byleth is a piece of bread and is so boring but he does the job of reflecting the player and making you feel in his shoes but when you think about him he's just a boring piece of bread which is somehow so fantastic that everyone loves him so much and this would be fine if they had a character creator or something like that and gave more options to speak up and say more things they usually give you two options yes or yes in a mean way (which isn't that rude in the first place) but this isn't completely true and in certain areas, they give you choice which can affect plot points dramatically but the thing that makes me hate the writing is that the characters will say the same thing over and over as if I didn't get it the 7TH TIME. but I won't lie certain things Dmitri say still reverberate through my head, and sometimes the writing is master class but it lacks real consistency 7/10

    Music: Great not my favorite edge of dawn slaps 9/10
    Supports: wish they had more detail if this game had a higher budget and support convos could improve also sometimes these convos are cheeks other times great 8/10    … Expand
  26. MagicHadi
    Sep 2, 2019
    8
    To preface this: this is my first Fire Emblem hame. I’d heard of the series before playing, but I’d never touched it till now, and I gotta say I’m impressed.

    First of all, the gameplay surprised me with how engaged I became with it. Things that I thought would be boring when I saw the trailers turned out to be massive time sinks. There are 2 main gameplay segments: the battles and    To preface this: this is my first Fire Emblem hame. I’d heard of the series before playing, but I’d never touched it till now, and I gotta say I’m impressed.

    First of all, the gameplay surprised me with how engaged I became with it. Things that I thought would be boring when I saw the trailers turned out to be massive time sinks. There are 2 main gameplay segments: the battles and exploring the monastery.

    The battle mechanics in Fire Emblem are unique, and cant really be found anywhere else-not to this extent atleast. I’ll spare you the details as you can just find videos of the battles, but as a first-timer playing on the hardest difficulty I found them decently challenging. If youre a fire emblem veteran, though, its definitely going to be easier..

    In the monastery you can perform many activities to bond with your students or give yourself some bonuses. You can plant and harvest crops in the greenhouse, fish on the lake, have dinner with pairs of students, go to choir practice, or just have tea with students or faculty. Participating in these activities is essential to building support between your characters and increasing student motivation-both of which are optional but highly recommended for the full experience. Increasing support with your characters allows them to gain certain bonuses while newr each other in battle, but also unlocks support conversations. This brings us to the next part of the game: the characters. I’m happy to report that every single character in this game is complex, and just *feels* real. They all have doubts and fears, things that excite and motivate them, flaws and little ticks that get you invested in them. theyre all overflowing with so much character thats evident in every interaction you have with them, and this is just accentuated by the spectacular voicework the VAs have done. As you unlock more support conversations with characters you feel your bond deepen with them, and you genuinely want to protect them-adding an entire new layer to the story.

    Speaking of the story, its just as good as the characters are. Its a war epic that starts tame, and relatively happy-go-lucky in the first part, before getting dark and gloomy in the second. It deals with themes of morality and oppression and handles them masterfully. In the second part you discover that no characters are strictly “good” people. Everyone operates in a grey area, just like in real life. The main antagonist has views many would agree with, but methods many would consider extreme and it all comes together in a way that makes fighting against them morally conflicting.

    The music in the game is nothing to write home about, but is serviceable. Theres a really nice credit song and one out of the two battle songs is great, but nothing is that memorable.

    Performance on the switch is stable for the most part, but in the larger battles near the end of the game it tends to dip pretty heavily. Ive also found a few rare frame drops even in the monastery, but overall nothing spoils the rest of the game.

    Overall, I highly recommend this game for any jrpg fan, and even strategy game fans who dont particularly like jrpgs will enjoy the combat. The story is nothing like classic jrpgs (which tend to be filled with tropes and cliches) so if thats worrying you then be at ease. The game has 3 main routes, but I’d highly recommend starting with the Black Eagles route first, as there are some extra story details there not found in other routes.    … Expand
  27. AlexSuprem06
    Jul 26, 2019
    8
    Fire emblem three houses is my first FE game and it’s very good. The character are very fun to interact with during your journey as a professor. I like the whole professor idea also. Pick up this game for a nice experience
  28. Ginko-the-gamer
    Aug 1, 2019
    8
    Since this section seems to be just a battle between 0's and 10's, Imma leave an 8.

    Balanced, as it should be.
  29. Cloudmoon
    Jul 26, 2019
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Is a great game aweson gameplay and i loke this so much enjoy this game is so cool , good story an grat gamplay… Expand
  30. PervasiveFire
    Jul 27, 2019
    8
    Not the best Fire Emblem in recent memory, but not even close to being a bad game. Three Houses feels like a huge step forward for the series, but still as the first of the franchise on the Switch, it has teething problems. I'd give the game a 10 except for two reasons, the battle scenes are not as polished as I would expect, and there is so much micro-managing that you need to do to getNot the best Fire Emblem in recent memory, but not even close to being a bad game. Three Houses feels like a huge step forward for the series, but still as the first of the franchise on the Switch, it has teething problems. I'd give the game a 10 except for two reasons, the battle scenes are not as polished as I would expect, and there is so much micro-managing that you need to do to get the most out of the game. I also dont know how welcoming this entry is for gamers that are new to the franchise, honestly I'd recommend grabbing Shadows or a slightly older game to get acquainted with the series before taking the dive into Three Houses. All in all I love this game and I look forward to what the future holds for FE.… Expand
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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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  2. Mixed: 4 out of 102
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  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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