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FE3H Crimson Flower beated.

Chapter 18 Mission: Fun map. Again, the pinnacle of hype for me was Chapter 12, which genuinely may be my favorite FE chapter of all the games I've played. This was probably #2 in 3H though. Map Theme (Apex of the World) was great too. The map got pretty intense around the midpoint when the reinforcements came in. I basically had the group split up three-ways. Byleth/Edelgard/Lysithea/Petra took the center, Shamir/Felix/Hubert/Marianne had the right, and Ingrid and Caspar waged the most amazing guerilla warfare on the left third. Seriously, they are the lowkey MVPs for taking that whole third by themselves. Healing Focus is such a busted Combat Art. 50% heal for no cost or use limit. And Gradivus is just a busted weapon, puts Ingrid's relic to shame. But yeah, had to pulse out of some trouble a few times, mostly for that team on the right, particularly when the 3 Falcon Knights spawned on top of them just as I was engaging the golem there. After like 3-4 reversions I finally found a way to survive it through strategic use of Banshee's movement cripple. I liked the Shamir/Catherine convo a lot. Surprised Cyril didn't have any conversation with Shamir, he was supposedly her self-appointed apprentice! Guess it shows how far gone he was. I treated the Immaculate One with way more apprehension than it deserved. Knocked all it shields out except for one damaged one on Turn 1 of my assault, then broke it to begin Turn 2 to take full advantage of the stun. Won it on that turn, finishing in style with a Sublime Heaven Crit. Edelgard's Relic Personal Art is so busted. It's like Galeforce EX+ lmao.

oh hey our first cutscene since sothis fused with byleth back in chapter 10. from that cutscene i'm guessing that the implication (maybe you get confirmation on another route) that what Rhea did to Byleth when he was born was implant him with the Crest Stone that was normally on the Sword of the Creator which like... hijacked his heart, messed with his emotions, linked him to Sothis, and let him wield the Sword of the Creator despite it seeming like it had no Crest Stone... Byleth had it all along!

whoa wait i thought this war was progressing fast but did we just off-screen team thales? I feel like you could be forgiven for thinking the narrator was setting up an Act 3 where "the public war has been won but the secret one begins..." and your S-rank goes into effect and you get a few more maps but nope we just off-screened those dudes. Speaking of, I cut it because I was hitting the character limit in the last post, but I selected Edelgard when Byleth was thinking about S-Ranks. wtf happened to edelgard in that picture.

Uh yeah, so game beated.

Some more general thoughts... Good game, probably my favorite FE game even with just the one route so far, though FE9/FE10 could give it a run. The more freeform class system (level doesn't reset on class change, no set class lines, freely change between them, all weapons can be used) is excellent and I hope that stays. Weapon system was great too even if the repair mechanic isn't totally new, definitely prefer it over weapons breaking. Skill system is pretty good too, though I think it could be tweaked, especially for Byleth/MC - yeah you have Faculty Training/Advanced Drills but even that is woefully insufficient compared to Instruct so you lag way behind everyone else. Monastery stuff is pretty good but could definitely be improved upon in future entries. ...Most negatives I have are that the pace goes into hyperdrive in Act 2 and like... I wish it slowed down and was longer, and/or add an Act 3. Might have been a sacrifice made for having different routes but it's still the biggest sticking point with me in the aftermath I think. Otherwise I really enjoyed it!
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