#but if you push it a bit we can also say that Benedict from TS is one

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I know you're not the one that compared Unicorn Overlord to Fire Emblem, but I have to say as an experienced S-RPG fan, I have to say that comparison isn't accurate.

Unicorn overlord isn't based off Fire Emblem, its based off the OGRE BATTLE series down to the same gameplay and such. You can look up Ogre Battle on your own.

And yes, there are in-fact ogres in the game, but they're extremely rare and powerful, being more like Oni/Demons than what most people would consider an ogre. The creators were also massive QUEEN fans, as in the band QUEEN with Freddy Mercury.

FWIW,

I might have noted similar plot beats between the two (and how plot threads aren't dropped unlike what happened in FE16) - gameplay is radically different and how the plot progresses too ! - but to straight it up say this game is a better "FE" than FE17 it's just... ridiculous, for the gameplay reasons you mentionned (even if FE's gameplay always evolved from one verse to another).

The Swordmaster's Meteor Strike and Berenice (or the F!Landsknetch)'s animation for Bastard Cross, aka throwing her shield up, slashing and recovering it afterwards really reminded me of FE animations though, like the Astra skill and, for the Bastard Cross shield tossing, the GBAFE Heroes (Raven and Harken?) throwing their shields during their critical animations!

But bar those superficial comparisons (blue lord has to retake his kingdom and can rely on the help of his childhood friends and his parent's trusted old retainer + must recruit allies to be strong enough to defeat the big bad emperor and the evil sorcerer who manipulated everything behind everyone's backs) the game is, as you said, not a FE game.

I suppose the ones arguing vehemently otherwise are just looking for another reason to throw their "Fodlan GoOd Engage BaD" nonsense around.