Finished it.

Was a "get it on sale" kind of enjoyable. Visuals were nice, but the gameplay felt like it was from a 2005 game. Not a bad 2005 game, mind you, but it felt dated. Movement felt clunky, for instance. Unless they're angling for a sequel, I'm annoyed by some things that are never answered by the end of the game.

I'm also 50/50 on whether I found Hugo endearing or if I hated him. There were moments where he comes across as super sweet and likeable, but then he does something to make me want to smack him upside the head or just tell him to shut the fuck up. Amicia was a likable protagonist though.

I'm out of payed hours for this month, so I'm just sitting around the house, playing Fire Emblem like a turbo-neet. Weeee!

Very good.

Better now that I've maxed out my professor level and don't have to fish all the time for professor XP.

Being able to romance Claude with either gender would have made it even greater.

As far as the combat goes, it's about what you'd expect for a fire emblem game. Optional side missions seem to all re-use maps from the main battles which is slightly disappointing and I feel like the scenarios could be a bit more varied (Radiant Dawn, the last FE game I had played before this one, felt like it had more memorable missions so far) but those are my only gripes on that front and they're pretty minor ones. Haven't finished the game yet so opinion could change.

The characters and the story do a good enough job of keeping me engaged.

3H is phenomenal. It's like they finally got it right and that the lessons learned on what to do and what to not to do. Sure Fates proved educational there! Will keep it short as I'm "only" some 28ish hours in and might be halfway..

- OST and Visually it's up there with the best. Now by visually I mean the art style they went with is one that the Switch got no problem handling and is a massive step up from what Awakening and Fates had with them being "stuck" on handhelds. Animations are great with surprisingly few opsies which is great to see. OST is.. it's Fire Emblem so of course it's fantastic.

- Combat is mostly like it's been in Fire Emblem. People that've played only Awakening and Fates will notice some changes, all which I prefer over how it was in those games without meaning anything negative about those titles. Missions are by far the best out of Awakenings and Fates. Not every mission is mega memorable but they gradually got better and better as the story and narrative progressed. The maps themself can naturally be better but with a fair bit of the game left, maybe the maps I seek are there, waiting for me

- Characters are miles if not light years better than Awakenings and Fates, Fates in particular I would say is a 180 compared to the ones we got here. By that I mean that the ones in 3H are in general more fleshed out, more reasonable and less reliant on "unique" character traits that replace any semblence of the character being an actual person. Still a few of those characters are there and that's fine, they are minority now and not the main portion

- Story and narrative: Will say almost nothing here but what I've experienced is pretty great. Keeps me focused and going and whatever opsies that take place are quickly forgotten. Curious to see how what "House" you picked affect things, Ness I know is running the Golden Deer so gotten some ideas as I'm naturally a Black Eagle

And I need to say it once again, the game made me get a Switch. Few games makes me get a new platform and so far, it's been worth it

I’ve also been playing the new Fire Emblem, and also think it is the best one compared to the 3DS titles. I should ge around to playing Path of Radiance and Echoes soon.

I do have a few grievances. I absolutely hate the fact that the protagonist doens’t have any dialogue unlike Robin, Alm, Corrin and Celica. This whole thing with Japanese games always making the protagonist a Silent protagonist annoys me, I like it in Persona because the protagonist is at least a bit more expressive whereas in this game they might as well be a Piece of plywood with a face drawn on it. I don’t play Fire Emblem for the roleplaying aspect anyway, but I get it. Persona is a popular and succesful franchise, so of course other developers want to cash in on that formula (see Dark Souls, Arkham Asylum, Call of Duty and Gears of War as examples) At least let me customize them then. There is also a lot of jank in the game, you can definitely see that most of thedevelopment of this game was handled by Koe and not Intelligent Systemsi, because the environment design of the monastery looks as janky as a Dynasty Warriors title. Plus the weird 3D perspective in combat just feels unnecessary.
Also, while I like the calendar system in Persona, I feel that system has run its course.

What I like about this game, unlike any other Fire Emblem, is how it presents its world building. In a lot of ways, it feels like this game has taken a lot of inspiration from the Trails games than Persona in regards to its world building. In previous Fire Emblem, factions, lore were thinly veiled world dressing, here it feels fleshed out and makes it easier to care about the world. The characters also feels more well written in line with Persona, and the Trails games. The combat is also still Classic Fire Emblem, it is hard to get used to not having the triangle system anymore.

Enjoy your Game of Thrones Season 8: The Video Game.

Male Byleth looks way too cool in his outfit. This is a tough choice!

How am I supposed to choose between three houses I know nothing about?

Black Eagles, huh? I guess they're as good as any... given I know nothing about any of them! XD

Query, I've read Edelgard+Byleth become an invincible duo at some point. True?

Good, good, I'm playing on "super easy, barely an inconvenience" mode.