Alastor

Tried the Requiem demo on Switch 2 and yeah, I'll be playing that again on the console next month, Switch 2 is pretty fucking good for ports this gen and I find myself thinking of double dipping on some stuff simply for the handheld-console duo option, what a great console.

EDIT - sorry just moving my post from the wrong thread to the right one

Just got out from a showing of Resident Evil and I enjoyed every last second of it, my brother hated almost every last second of it though and as we're both big fans of the game, I'm interested to hear takes from people in here since I know pretty much all of us love the series in some degree(?)

It's pretty much a non stop ride watching a bad player play the games with a ton of blood and gore. It's basically the same level of horror as Requiem or 7, but with some survival horror aspects of the PS1 games.

The clicky buttons on the reverse edge of the Joycons where the magnets attach to the console are fantastic for making them decent fidget toys while playing, that is all. Also, I love the Xbox/PS5 controllers, I even have an 8Bitdo one for the Switch 2 but the flexibility of the Joycons can't be beat man, I'm playing Fire Emblem with my hands by my side as I lie back or crossed over behind my head when I rest back against them, so damn comfy

There's always the chance it's just the early game, and by early game I mean wow this game might be the biggest game in the series by far, so the curve goes up a little slower than usual. I didn't mention this last time but I probably should have to offset my complaining a bit but the new route system is pretty cool, basically instead of choosing a route you can do any route you want at any time, I don't know how that works with regards to progress but it's a pretty awesome idea if it sticks the landing. The routes in 3H seemed to operate on the idea that everything you learned lore wise is canon even if the events massively diverged but here it's all one big interconnected story from different POVs so that's exciting I think.

Ten or so hours into Fortune's Weave and I'm not sure what to say, so far it's been pretty heavy on the tutorials and rather light on actual map based strategy gameplay. I'm sure Three Houses and Engage were too at the early stages but there is genuinely so much more to know in this game it's insane, it speaks to the ambition the game seems to have but I really hope I'm just about done…oh I just learned about catching mounts, okay then.

One thing I'm really not sure on right now is the new 'Dungeons' that play out like a really cheap Metaphor/Persona that has your main character running around an RPG dungeon hitting enemies on the map to initiate a traditional turn based battle, I wouldn't mind too much but I feel I've done as much as these so far as I have the main map battles. Another new mechanic is 'Blaze' which is the power all 4 lords in the game have and they are super mega OP so far in my opinion, I'm playing on Hard/Classic and this game feels easier than Sacred Stones or Awakening, really hope it kicks things up soon.

The main thing really is I just want to put my units on a grid and play medieval fantasy chess and literally every other mechanic of the game is getting in the way of that and when I do get to do that I'm not really pressed at all. Despite all that, it definitely feels like a solid game/RPG and I'm having fun, I just want it to start feeling like Fire Emblem.