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Fire Emblem: Three Houses

Intelligent Systems

2019•Strategy•PEGI 12•About 76 hours

Taste attributes: adventurefantasywarunsavouryheavyimaginaryintricatelinearbig & variedemotive & stirringall consuming questcomplex relationshiphuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardy

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Boxlist takeExpect a wide-ranging, otherworldly strategy game, intricate rather than simple. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: intricate · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

IGDB rating

89 / 100

340 ratings

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About This Game

Fire Emblem: Three Houses is a tactical role-playing game developed by Intelligent Systems and Koei Tecmo for the Nintendo Switch. Players take the role of a professor at Garreg Mach Monastery, where they teach and guide one of three student houses. Gameplay combines turn-based battles, character development, exploration, and relationship-building.

Summary: IGDB

Story

War is coming to the continent of Fódlan. 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?

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

AdventureFantasyWarAll consuming questComplex relationshipHuman spirit/resilience/survivalRescue/escape/jeopardy

Keywords

Multiple endingsGrid-based movementUpgradeable weaponsSide quests

Where to play

Nintendo eShop

Details

Developer: Intelligent Systems
Publisher: Nintendo
Released: 26 July 2019
Series: Fire Emblem
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Modes: Single player
Perspective: Third person, Bird view / Isometric
Time to beat: 44h rushed, 76h normally, 237h complete
Age rating: PEGI 12
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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