The latest Fire Emblem is one of the games releasing this month and has a lot of hype built up for it.
Synopsis
Here, order is maintained by the Church of Seiros, which hosts the prestigious Officer’s Academy within its headquarters. You are invited to teach one of its three mighty houses, each comprised of students brimming with personality and represented by a royal from one of three territories. As their professor, you must lead your students in their academic lives and in turn-based, tactical RPG battles wrought with strategic, new twists to overcome. Which house, and which path, will you choose?
Game Play
You begin the game as either the male or female traveling mercenary in a group led by your father, Jeralt. After an unexpected incident reveals your hidden power, you’re invited to become a professor at Garreg Mach Monastery.
As a professor of an officer academy, it is your job to train up your students by assigning them tasks, offer tutoring or setting goals for them. The game operates by a calendar system where you can see an update weekly of your student’s progress.
Your weekends in game are free time to explore, engage in activities and create relationships/romances with characters in-game (and the game allows same-sex romances as well).
The battle system is a turned-based strategy combat which tests your skills and wits. You will have the opportunity to position your warriors in a grid-based map and set out a strategy. There is also a combat forecast to show predictions of what may happen to help finalize your strategy.
The game is set in two modes; Casual or Classic. In casual mode, fallen units rise again while in classic things aren’t so “nice”. Fallen units in Classic mode are gone forever. Which mode will you choose?
The Three Houses
In the game, you will need choose a house. As the name of the game says, there are three houses; The Black Eagles, The Blue Lions, and The Golden Deer.
The Black Eagles
Students from this house come from a mighty region dominating the southern half of Fódlan, the Adrestian Empire.
Students of this house mainly specialize in magic.
The Golden Deer
Students in this house hail from a region in east Fódlan with no crowned ruler, but a roundtable of nobles known as the Leicester Alliance.
Many Golden Deer are known for their archery skills.
The Blue Lions
Students in this house come from the Holy Kingdom of Faerghus, a land of kings and knights that sprawls across the frigid northern reaches.
Blue Lions often specialize in combat using lances.
Which house will you choose?
Where To Pre-Order/Purchase
There is only one pre-order bonus and it is a pin set available at GameStop.
Standard Edition
Season of Warfare Edition
