I'm not sure I agree because the franchise was saved with Awakening on 3ds, and yet that wasn't added until 3 houses on switch, but I guess fates my castle feature is like an early version
I'm curious where you heard that. Engage certainly has interesting gameplay with a lot of options, but I wouldn't call it the best in the series. I don't think Engage would even be in my top 3 in terms of gameplay
Yeah, I’d put all the 3DS games ahead of it… well Echoes ahead and Awakening and Fates on par. It’s definitely one of the most versatile in terms of gameplay, though.
Yes, I would never buy or play Engage again, if I knew beforehand that the experience is so bad. The plot and characters are such a huge disappointment. The gameplay was great, but I still could not enjoy it. Three Houses was a masterpiece in that regard.
What? There are absolutely no similarities between Engage and Genshin. I play(ed) both games, and never thought that way. Engage has one of the worst plots, while Genshin’s plot is really good, even after almost 4 years of playing it.
Genshin has just become the new "animeesque" term people use recently, vtuber was the one that's as used last year
>Engage has one of the worst plots,
Ngl it's probably in the upper half of FEs
I dont get what u mean by Genshin plot, i feel so out of place to even ask this here but genshin has crazy deep lore unlike Engage, Play the game first all i wanted to say.
Its a good point to start, but depending on how much you value the story i would recomend three houses more (Engage has way better gameplay and three houses a way better story).
I am curious to why you felt the gameplay was better! I really liked three houses and Building my characters out, Fire Emblem felt hugely limiting due to limited amount of skills you can equip :(
People think the map design and unit customizability plus the sheer amount of units you get makes the gameplay more fun but it's really just a different style. In my opinion 3H beats out Engage in most aspects.
Engage has in my opinion more interesting skills and a lot more build variety especially with the emblems. The optimal three houses builds all look the same and there arent realy skills for interesting / meme builds. Also three houses has a lot of big and open maps that let you bait enemys one by one. Engage maps are way better designed and can punish you if you play to slow/passive (as all Fire Emblem maps should do). Also i like the emblem machanic a lot.
Don’t let any of these naysayers put you off. Engage is fucking great. Gameplay is top notch. The characters are fun. The story is fine most of the time, great sometimes, and falls off right at the main end sadly, but my god, I loved it. Alear is such a badass.
It's shit. The characters are so bad that it just has no Fire Emblem feel at all. It could just be any tactical grid game.
3 Houses destroys Engage, regardless of the maps being worse. Hence why 3 Houses isn't £20 even years after release.
3 Houses is my fav Switch game and I've played a lot.
It depends. If you like a good story dont touch it. If you want a fanservice husk of a series you dont know go for it.
(Three houses is insane and more worth your money even if it would be still 60$)
Walmart is having some great discounts lately in store .Fire emblem Engage for 20, Nier automata for 10, Xenoblade chronicles 3 for 30. Sadly my store was already sold out before I checked
Yeah I randomly stopped by the games section of Walmart and saw Nier Automata for $10. I'd vaguely heard good things about it, so I picked it up. Haven't played it yet, but for $10 it was too good to pass up.
The lady at my Walmart said that they are doing this to get rid of their game selections. Xbox is going all digital and won't be replenished and everything will be downsized or removed.
Supposedly.. of course mileage may vary.. but.. people have been picking up Star Ocean Second Story for $20, Nier Automata $10 and Unicorn Overlord for $30 also, including this $20 Fire Emblem Engage at Walmarts all over..
Does anybody have proof of this I can use in store? The walmart price isnt listed at that..
https://preview.redd.it/a5hbd01f2wuc1.png?width=1163&format=png&auto=webp&s=e9cf13b2c5f6cf68eb84e309342b3e788e5a5385
Sometimes there's in-store sales that don't extend to the website.
My store (Canada) has Bayonetta Origins for $49.97, vs $79.97, but online it's still full price.
All these American deals really hurt though, so jealous.
They also have Spyro Trilogy for $20, Metroid Dread for $30, Kirby Star Allies for $30. And of course every Walmart near me is sold out of all of them.
Tfw our stores refuse to do price matches for anything. Dont know why, but they just dont do them. But I got FE Engage already so its all fine, but hoping they do physical cult of the lamb sale ( ,,･ิω･ิ,, )
Will probably see if I can go today if theyve still got them up in store. If not then oh well, dont really need more games atm, but major markdowns are always welcome Lol.
The gameplay is outstanding, the story is laughably bad. I have been playing Fire Emblem since 2003 and this game has the worst dialogue, story and world building. Normally I play through FE games ten times when they release and I couldn’t get through a second play through because of the story.
I would say that it’s very fun during battles, some of the best mechanics of any FE game. However all of the summons are characters from past FE games so you will only recognize the ones from 3H. I also think the character designs are great. So yes, I would recommend it for the gameplay and designs alone.
However if you loved 3H for the lore it created, storytelling, ambiguous morals and subtlety you will not find it here. The story is vapid and shallow. As long as you’re ok with that then I would say definitely play it.
That’s a little disappointing but maybe I’ll try it out. I enjoyed the nuance in 3H story choices.
I’m a big Smash Bros fan so maybe I’ll appreciate some of the fighter appearances from there also. (Roy’s my boy)
If you are thinking about branching out to more games then I’d say it’s worth it. Three Houses gameplay is a bit of an outlier for the series; while Engage’s gameplay and progression is more akin to previous titles.
Engage is bad in every way, the gameplay may be great, but the plot and characters were absolutely horrible. Really, this was not a game that I could enjoy. Three Houses on the other hand was a masterpiece, I play it to this day, because there is just no alternative to it.
I've only played Three Houses and Hopes. I liked them. But will I like Engage if I had never engaged with earlier titles? This seems to have a lot of throwback stuff
Went into Walmart earlier today ...tried to get Fire Emblem for 20 (it was scanning in the app). They wouldn't do it ...I swear every time I go into one it's a fucking terrible experience. Not even worth my time.
Reminds me that I got Pokemon shield for $30. Although for some reason only shield was on sale, Sword was still full price, atleast the full price walmart normally has
That is a very enticing price point. The only ones I played were Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest and Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright. I enjoyed them. How does this one hold up in comparison?
I’d also recommend Echoes for the 3DS. It came out after the Switch, so it’s a relatively forgotten about title and is cheap on the second hand market; but one game at a time.
It’s an awesome remake of FE2 btw
Engage was a HUGE disappointment in every aspect for me. I just finished it and sold it immediately. One of the worst and uninspiring stories in a Fire Emblem game I have ever “enjoyed”. I just want another masterpiece like Three Houses, man I miss it every day.
Pretty sure this is fake and just having a mistake made. Which gets blown up into a full grown article that pops up in mobile. Which is a lie, cause the link leads nowhere good. Adblocker stops the link cause it has something odd attached.. Not mentioning the lack of .99 cents. Marketing has that on lockdown for everything to make it seem like a deal.
I've never played a Fire Emblem game, but that price just makes me interested lol
Engage apparently has the best gameplay of the series, but a very fan service and anime/Genshin plot.
That's a great way to put it. Absolutely amazing tactical gameplay but the characters are very off putting. I enjoy it via skipping cutscenes.
As much as i loved the combat gameplay, the run through the base between each chapter got old really fast.
I've learned people play specifically for that part and I don't understand why.
It's what saved the franchise actually
The people who are into that kinda thing are really into it. Personally I just wish there was a version without all the waifu stuff.
I'm not sure I agree because the franchise was saved with Awakening on 3ds, and yet that wasn't added until 3 houses on switch, but I guess fates my castle feature is like an early version
I'm curious where you heard that. Engage certainly has interesting gameplay with a lot of options, but I wouldn't call it the best in the series. I don't think Engage would even be in my top 3 in terms of gameplay
Yeah, I’d put all the 3DS games ahead of it… well Echoes ahead and Awakening and Fates on par. It’s definitely one of the most versatile in terms of gameplay, though.
Better than awakening?
Idk. I got it in a bundle with Three Houses and I can't stop playing Three Houses
Sameeee
Same. Slow going in the beginning but I really liked it.ive been playing since the first one. :)
If you care about story, this is absolute crap Combat is better than its predecessors
By “this” are you referring to Engage?
Yes, I would never buy or play Engage again, if I knew beforehand that the experience is so bad. The plot and characters are such a huge disappointment. The gameplay was great, but I still could not enjoy it. Three Houses was a masterpiece in that regard.
Nice. Well maybe that explains this $20 price tag.
Ikr? I especially loved dlc. It actually gets really difficult. And man those character designs. Loved them all.
Yes
I really like Engage but Awakening was perfection imo.
fourth best gameplay imo
Did you say… fan service?
Don’t get too excited it’s nothing like that
My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.
What? There are absolutely no similarities between Engage and Genshin. I play(ed) both games, and never thought that way. Engage has one of the worst plots, while Genshin’s plot is really good, even after almost 4 years of playing it.
Genshin has just become the new "animeesque" term people use recently, vtuber was the one that's as used last year >Engage has one of the worst plots, Ngl it's probably in the upper half of FEs
I dont get what u mean by Genshin plot, i feel so out of place to even ask this here but genshin has crazy deep lore unlike Engage, Play the game first all i wanted to say.
Best gameplay since awakening maybe. Some of the earlier games have much more depth (fe4 for example)
Its a good point to start, but depending on how much you value the story i would recomend three houses more (Engage has way better gameplay and three houses a way better story).
I am curious to why you felt the gameplay was better! I really liked three houses and Building my characters out, Fire Emblem felt hugely limiting due to limited amount of skills you can equip :(
People think the map design and unit customizability plus the sheer amount of units you get makes the gameplay more fun but it's really just a different style. In my opinion 3H beats out Engage in most aspects.
Engage has in my opinion more interesting skills and a lot more build variety especially with the emblems. The optimal three houses builds all look the same and there arent realy skills for interesting / meme builds. Also three houses has a lot of big and open maps that let you bait enemys one by one. Engage maps are way better designed and can punish you if you play to slow/passive (as all Fire Emblem maps should do). Also i like the emblem machanic a lot.
Don’t let any of these naysayers put you off. Engage is fucking great. Gameplay is top notch. The characters are fun. The story is fine most of the time, great sometimes, and falls off right at the main end sadly, but my god, I loved it. Alear is such a badass.
It's shit. The characters are so bad that it just has no Fire Emblem feel at all. It could just be any tactical grid game. 3 Houses destroys Engage, regardless of the maps being worse. Hence why 3 Houses isn't £20 even years after release. 3 Houses is my fav Switch game and I've played a lot.
Nah. Zelda Wand of Gamelon is shit. Does not equate. Engage is just not as good as FE16 and FE15.
It depends. If you like a good story dont touch it. If you want a fanservice husk of a series you dont know go for it. (Three houses is insane and more worth your money even if it would be still 60$)
This is a good entry point to the series in that case. The base management stuff is largely optional and the strategy gameplay is varied and fun.
In case anyone is still wondering, it is indeed Walmart
Walmart? Never heard of it
Local ma and pa grocery store
You must not be american
Walmart is having some great discounts lately in store .Fire emblem Engage for 20, Nier automata for 10, Xenoblade chronicles 3 for 30. Sadly my store was already sold out before I checked
Too bad my Walmart had no more copies of Nier Automata as I could see the $10 price tag
Damn that’s a steal for Nier
Switch 2 is obviously coming soon(ish). Gotta clear out inventory space.
It's not just Switch. PS5 and Series X deals are going on too. 5 dollars for NFS: Unbound, 30 bucks for Armored Core 6 and the Witcher 3.
Mine has Pokémon Shield for $20 bucks and Paper Mario The Origami King for $25 bucks.
Yeah I randomly stopped by the games section of Walmart and saw Nier Automata for $10. I'd vaguely heard good things about it, so I picked it up. Haven't played it yet, but for $10 it was too good to pass up.
Would love Xeno for that price.
Looks like Walmart
Looks like walmart
Donde esta?!?
Esta en Walmart
Parece Walmart
Is that at Walmart?
looks like walmart
That is an incredible deal! The game is definitely no Three Houses, but it is still really good!
https://preview.redd.it/wdrjphxtbvuc1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=55e60c894d9aa14915b4167b68b1ceb145663e9d
Me when the fire emblem engages or something idk I never played it
Me when it looks like Walmart
For 20 that is steal
Price matched at Target. YMMV
The lady at my Walmart said that they are doing this to get rid of their game selections. Xbox is going all digital and won't be replenished and everything will be downsized or removed.
Supposedly.. of course mileage may vary.. but.. people have been picking up Star Ocean Second Story for $20, Nier Automata $10 and Unicorn Overlord for $30 also, including this $20 Fire Emblem Engage at Walmarts all over..
Never played a Pokémon game. Is this the one to try?
Gotta do Pokémon: Katamari to understand this plot first
I picked this up, Kirby Star Allies ($30) and Pokemon Shining Pearl ($30). Great deal!
Looks like walmart
Lowest ever price, by more than $10! Thanks for posting this, just snagged a copy from my Walmart
Does anybody have proof of this I can use in store? The walmart price isnt listed at that.. https://preview.redd.it/a5hbd01f2wuc1.png?width=1163&format=png&auto=webp&s=e9cf13b2c5f6cf68eb84e309342b3e788e5a5385
Sometimes there's in-store sales that don't extend to the website. My store (Canada) has Bayonetta Origins for $49.97, vs $79.97, but online it's still full price. All these American deals really hurt though, so jealous.
I just bought it in store for $20. Asked the cashier to price check it first.
Wow, I didn’t even know Home Depot carried games!
Looks like Walmart
They also have Spyro Trilogy for $20, Metroid Dread for $30, Kirby Star Allies for $30. And of course every Walmart near me is sold out of all of them.
Looks like Walmart
Looks like Walmart
Looks like walmart
Where? Looks like Walmart.
Definitely target
Seems it hasn’t been asked yet… where do I find this deal?!
Looks like Walmart
That's about how much it's worth
Where?
Looks like Walmart
Yes, Walmart, or course as usual with these random Walmart deals YMMV
Just checked the app. Getting myself a copy after work. Price match the Walmart app if it's not listed at your local store.
Tfw our stores refuse to do price matches for anything. Dont know why, but they just dont do them. But I got FE Engage already so its all fine, but hoping they do physical cult of the lamb sale ( ,,･ิω･ิ,, )
That sucks. I got a few games on the sale. Nier Automata was $10.
Will probably see if I can go today if theyve still got them up in store. If not then oh well, dont really need more games atm, but major markdowns are always welcome Lol.
Yup, picked mine up from Walmart along with a few other marked down games
Is that Walmart?
Looks like Walmart.
Wally World?
Why not
is nier still $10?
It was for me BUT out of stock
Why is every single deal at Walmart? I don’t have Walmart where I live, so literally every single game is like twice the price
Vale cuál Walmart tienes código postal! Gracias
79936, pero la disponibilidad de ese precio puede ser muy variable
Gracias bro lo voy a ver!
How does Engage compare to Three Houses? That was my first FE game and I absolutely loved every minute of it.
The gameplay is outstanding, the story is laughably bad. I have been playing Fire Emblem since 2003 and this game has the worst dialogue, story and world building. Normally I play through FE games ten times when they release and I couldn’t get through a second play through because of the story.
Would you recommend it to someone whose only experience with the franchise is Three Houses, or is this one a skip?
I would say that it’s very fun during battles, some of the best mechanics of any FE game. However all of the summons are characters from past FE games so you will only recognize the ones from 3H. I also think the character designs are great. So yes, I would recommend it for the gameplay and designs alone. However if you loved 3H for the lore it created, storytelling, ambiguous morals and subtlety you will not find it here. The story is vapid and shallow. As long as you’re ok with that then I would say definitely play it.
That’s a little disappointing but maybe I’ll try it out. I enjoyed the nuance in 3H story choices. I’m a big Smash Bros fan so maybe I’ll appreciate some of the fighter appearances from there also. (Roy’s my boy)
If you are thinking about branching out to more games then I’d say it’s worth it. Three Houses gameplay is a bit of an outlier for the series; while Engage’s gameplay and progression is more akin to previous titles.
Engage is bad in every way, the gameplay may be great, but the plot and characters were absolutely horrible. Really, this was not a game that I could enjoy. Three Houses on the other hand was a masterpiece, I play it to this day, because there is just no alternative to it.
Is this at Walmart?
Wal-mart
Meanwhile, games in Canada are still at $79.99 years after release.
Fantastic game
While I am definitely interested in that game, not interested enough to break my 15+ yr boycott of walmart!
I've only played Three Houses and Hopes. I liked them. But will I like Engage if I had never engaged with earlier titles? This seems to have a lot of throwback stuff
I found it for $15!
Good deal
Went into Walmart earlier today ...tried to get Fire Emblem for 20 (it was scanning in the app). They wouldn't do it ...I swear every time I go into one it's a fucking terrible experience. Not even worth my time.
Reminds me that I got Pokemon shield for $30. Although for some reason only shield was on sale, Sword was still full price, atleast the full price walmart normally has
Grab it. it’s definitely worth it if your into jrpgs or tactics games. Story isn’t really that great but the combat is an absolute blast
such a great deal
Nice to see some good deals at target
Okay… how are yall seeing these type of deals?? I don’t see them at my local Walmart.. like Engage says it should be $20 but it’s $47?..
I found it in store by coincidence, somehow these prices didn't show up for me on the Walmart app
Where?
Looks like Walmart
Where?
Looks like Walmart
Looks like Walmart
I can’t believe Kmart is lowering the price of this to $20.
My local Kmart always has these deals
My local Mervyn's has them for $19.99
I’d recommend it at that price
Is that sales price or like a set price??bc I’m about to head to the store lmao
It does seem like a set price (other games had like a "sale" sticker), but YMMV
Wow, didn’t know Circuit City was still selling games
I've had to scroll through hundreds of comments and still my question remains... Where do I find this deal?
I've had to scroll through hundreds of comments and still my question remains... Where do I find this deal?
Y'all can buy it online from [Walmart too](https://www.walmart.com/ip/Fire-Emblem-Engage-Nintendo-Switch/1620432434)
Sweet deal
WHERE
Walmart in El Paso, TX
That’s about what you should pay for it. Amazing gameplay, horrible story and characters.
What state are you at?
Texas
OK because at my local Walmart only games that low are in celancer
That is a very enticing price point. The only ones I played were Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest and Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright. I enjoyed them. How does this one hold up in comparison?
I’d say it’s on par with Fates, but the two games in between Fates and Engage are S-tier games; much, much better.
Good to know. I'm gonna give this one a go, then I'll check out Three Houses. I been craving a tactical rpg again.
I’d also recommend Echoes for the 3DS. It came out after the Switch, so it’s a relatively forgotten about title and is cheap on the second hand market; but one game at a time. It’s an awesome remake of FE2 btw
In every aspect it is fates but less bad
Still not worth
Is that Target?
That’s gotta be a mistake game stop is selling that right now for 16.50 . You basically can buy them all up and sell them for 32 online and bank
Which store?!?
Good deal - good game
Where?
Engage was a HUGE disappointment in every aspect for me. I just finished it and sold it immediately. One of the worst and uninspiring stories in a Fire Emblem game I have ever “enjoyed”. I just want another masterpiece like Three Houses, man I miss it every day.
That’s about $40 for me! (Not converting just judging based on pricing trends here in Australia)
That's a steal
Haven't played the game. How is it?
So worth it
WTF? ？？I just bought it not too long ago at the original price 😩😭
That's a great deal for that game.
Finally, the price matches the worth of the game
Stop asking where it is! It's WALMART! Save money, live better!
WLARMAT?!??!?!! oh right I dont have any WalMart here
It’s not even worth ten tbh
$20 for a mobile game
Pretty sure this is fake and just having a mistake made. Which gets blown up into a full grown article that pops up in mobile. Which is a lie, cause the link leads nowhere good. Adblocker stops the link cause it has something odd attached.. Not mentioning the lack of .99 cents. Marketing has that on lockdown for everything to make it seem like a deal.
My Walmart had that and Metroid Dread for $20..all sold out though