LogFAQs > #925840570

I'm nearing the end of Black Eagles and while I've enjoyed it, there are some bones I've got to pick with it.

There is a glaring lack of polish with Edelgard's route. Scenes that got animated cutscenes in other routes are reduced to CG stills. There's a truly egregious scene where Arundel pops up then "Oh BTW this city we just captured just got blown the smithereens." Like, huh?

The writing to even get to Edelgard's route is extremely suspect. Let's be real here - there's really no rational reason to side with her at the moment you are given the option to, since she just attacked you and your class. And now I'm supposed to believe it makes sense to protect her? Maybe only if because the other option being kill is too extreme, but damn is that a stretch.

It's a damn shame getting there is clunky, because polish issues aside, the Edelgard route itself is pretty good. It's what Fates Conquest should've been from a story perspective. Pity it really seems like it was a late addition.

And from all respects the Church route is a strictly worse Golden Deer route, so why even bother?
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