#my main gripe is one thats kinda more abt the setting overall. n that is the whole thing of like. making a metaphor for an oppressed group

[fair-lead]

ok i cant say dragon age 2 is good as in well thought out. but it is good as in i liked it

[cielospeaks]

summer review? summer review

Story- 7/10. not bad by any means. im not super fond of horror movies, and im disappointed that they couldve had fujinon do more but chose not to, and other small ish gripes, but overall it wasnt bad. my favorite parts were probably emiya getting self conscious abt being called old by ilya indirectly (honestly. their sibling ish dynamic was so good and i actually liked main story emiya in this without having to redeem his writing w my own headcanons) and the whole shining/psycho reference sequence (tells bad end was so sad tho ;n; ), the door scene and the yu chan shower scene esp. like i said im not interested at all in the horror elements but they did a lot better at it than they couldve. xu fu cute too, pls become playable eventually

Free servant- 11/10. 100 percent u are my top choice for summer servant! yu chan is... a fave, she was my ticket pick last year after failing to come home on emperors gacha ;n; tbh i was worried free servant would be someone i didnt care for (most popular limited 5 star picks- tho next yr id love if it was guifei lol) but the initial announcement/trailer i was yeeting that it was yu chan! i like her dynamic in the story, her abilities, ect. some ppl take really weird (and delusional) interpretations of her dialogue, but the actual yu chan herself is wonderful. beautiful. amazing.

Gacha servant- 8/10. if i was to roll itd be on gacha 1, but thats nice also bc all the characters id rather not roll are on 2 and the ones id be more down to roll are on 1. maybe next yr ill try for bryn or ilya. this yr i spent all my quartz (dont ask how much..... regret emoji) on sigurd, who didnt come home. lanling and emiya are maxed out, diar, tamacat, and tolfy are +1 np, and vlad zerker is here, but. sorry bryn. pien face

Event gameplay- 7/10. nothing really bad here, just average gameplay. if i was to complain itd be abt that space ishtar fight, which might keep my yu chan at np4 but theres always next yrs rerun so. the day/night cycle’s a bit confusing at first but not hard once you get used to it.

Other- 8/10. id say introducing a new npc is neat, the thing w xu fu masquerading as the non player guda is a neat way to implement the meta. i hope theyre summonable, give mashu a friend! and theyd be neat too, as a silver archer. i also somewhat appreciate the skip over lb1 reps, gives me hope for summer salieri next year lol. ordinarily wouldve been mad at no silver costume but i dont mind, would rather have funny and good emiya + ilya dialogue over generic uninspired cu and emiya interaction (and emiya just being overbearing + everyone wants him like in every other thing), and lanling was great for being in the event as a friend for yu.

Overall- 7/10.

summer events are kinda. not the best but not the worst, with a slight lead towards the positive for how generous they are. esp considering this year, getting 6 new servants (+ a npc who isnt an awful fanfiction) is quite nice. i dont know if id rate it higher than the others, but it def has elements that are better than the others. the story felt more engaging than the previous ones, though the setting/horror tropes.... id prefer the vegas setting over that. now, a camping murder mystery (like. an actual good murder mystery not the travesty that was last yrs mystery event) id be super hyped for, but theres no shortage if u look to conan. here’s hoping for playable xu fu (along w the tactician cutie w the glasses and bird from lb3... and everyone from gudaguda... and louis...and olga... and def not bad fanfiction and the npcs from lb5.2)