#also hi im just nagging coz im bored HAHA

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ill be honest while playing engage is fun so far the romantic narrative is. lackluster. i saw some S dialogues n even saw some of tbe cgs and it looks less romantic like how it usually does in otome games. yes i know fire emblem is not an otome game and ever since awakening they kind of amped up the romantic aspect of the game.

in my opinion 3 houses did a great job catering to the otome aspect (dimitri is still number 1 wanted by female players) and the cgs are so romantic since the male love interests has cgs cater to typical female players and female love interests has cgs cater to the male players. plus i love how 3 houses has the romantic subplots (ballroom tower n goddess tower scenes) inserted in the story without making it out of place.

of course awakening has romance as its core plot so the fact that that narrative became a hit i guess developers try to roll with it. fates is a either you hate it or love it game with the romantic narratives so well loved (mstly by eastern fandom) or so hated (mstly by western fandom). im still bitter they removed some mechanics in the jpnese game lmao

which brings me to engage. the story seems fun. seems campy. comedic even. ive seen some of the alear dialogues that hv romantic undertones w other characters and tbh the only 1 that has a natural progression is alear with alfred. i dnt mind alear not getting ALL the romantic supports but i am disappointed that they removed paired endings for all characters

now of course im not saying fe is only interesting when its an otome game. i love fe7 A Lot coz the plots so good and the romance in it fits so well and so perfect (eliwood/ninian n jaffar/nino) n even lyns support with kent still has me in a grip. matthews grief over losing leila still hurts me and to think he slowly heals with serra gives me the uwus. even fe8 and fe echoes were interesting with their paired plot (seth dealing w his feelings for eirika and berkut losing his humanity n rinea at the same time)

my point here is: im kinda annoyed at the direction engage went with. the lack of proper romantic subplot be it compulsory (fea n fe7) or optional (fe3h n fates) its like they want to cater to Everyone that it ends up not meeting any expectations. if anything it is only met in the middle