@PlywoodStick Wait till you see them dancing and singing in mid battle as an attack...
I've watched the Treehouse showing us this game and there are two things which I don't like.
First one is the theme they chose being so focused on pop stars and idols. I am an Asian who consumes Japanese entertainment including anime and Japanese music so I can understand how the theme chosen fits the modern Japan setting. But the way they've emphasized the pop star theme gives me a very strong vibe of something along the lines of groups like AKB48 which is targeted at Japanese otakus (And no, just liking to watch anime does not make you an otaku). Furthermore, the dancing and singing in mid battle as I've mentioned before just really isn't something I like from a RPG.
The second one is the fact they keep saying how certain elements from the game are drawn from FE. From what I've seen, to say that it draws inspiration from FE just doesn't feel like it's completely true. The battle mechanics (including the weapon triangle) are generic and what you would expect from a modern JRPG. What's left which even remotely shows how it's related to FE are the characters. For me personally, if you can change the names and faces of the FE characters and the game and story still works, then it's not really much relevance to FE.
I still think that a battle system similar to The Last Remnant while including different mechanics from both series which this is inspired from would be more relevant (Although even then I would still dislike the theme).
What little interest I had for this game after seeing the trailers, decreased slowly as I watched the Treehouse gameplay and explanations. It ultimately died when the characters started singing and dancing in battle. The combat is just what you would expect from a normal JRPG, the combo system and enemy weaknesses aren't anything new or special. With that, there's really only the theme, story and setting that's left to talk about. For me personally, I am fine with the setting being in a big city in modern Japan, but I do not like the theme and core concept being on singing,dancing, idols and pop stars. I won't comment on story as we really don't know what it's going to be like.
With regards to the use of the SMT and FE names, they've already changed and removed SMT and used something else so I won't comment on SMT features. However, the name FE is still in the title and I have to say that what little relevance it has to the FE franchise is negligible at best. The weapon triangle which is basically part of the weakness system is maybe the one thing that has any relevance to the FE series. You can easily change the name and face of the FE characters and call this game something else, that's how much relevance it has with FE.
I personally think a better combat system for this crossover would be something along the lines of what The Last Remnant had. Despite that game being rated overall average, I find that it's still more appealing than all of what was shown to us so far about this crossover.
And on a side note, so far this reminds of the anime Macross Frontier, and I hated that anime.
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Re: Fresh Details Emerge For Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem
@PlywoodStick Wait till you see them dancing and singing in mid battle as an attack...
I've watched the Treehouse showing us this game and there are two things which I don't like.
First one is the theme they chose being so focused on pop stars and idols. I am an Asian who consumes Japanese entertainment including anime and Japanese music so I can understand how the theme chosen fits the modern Japan setting. But the way they've emphasized the pop star theme gives me a very strong vibe of something along the lines of groups like AKB48 which is targeted at Japanese otakus (And no, just liking to watch anime does not make you an otaku). Furthermore, the dancing and singing in mid battle as I've mentioned before just really isn't something I like from a RPG.
The second one is the fact they keep saying how certain elements from the game are drawn from FE. From what I've seen, to say that it draws inspiration from FE just doesn't feel like it's completely true. The battle mechanics (including the weapon triangle) are generic and what you would expect from a modern JRPG. What's left which even remotely shows how it's related to FE are the characters. For me personally, if you can change the names and faces of the FE characters and the game and story still works, then it's not really much relevance to FE.
I still think that a battle system similar to The Last Remnant while including different mechanics from both series which this is inspired from would be more relevant (Although even then I would still dislike the theme).
Re: New Trailer Emerges for Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem
@thatguyEZ
It's now called Genei Ibun Roku X FE (or as some people call it GIRFE) which in English literally means "Revelation of the Illusion X FE".
If you want to see gameplay, then watch the shorter version from IGN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRSRmovouv4 (around 12 mins is where I lost all interest in this game)
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the longer (around 45 minutes) Treehouse video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRcGHIp8KvY
Re: New Trailer Emerges for Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem
What little interest I had for this game after seeing the trailers, decreased slowly as I watched the Treehouse gameplay and explanations. It ultimately died when the characters started singing and dancing in battle. The combat is just what you would expect from a normal JRPG, the combo system and enemy weaknesses aren't anything new or special. With that, there's really only the theme, story and setting that's left to talk about. For me personally, I am fine with the setting being in a big city in modern Japan, but I do not like the theme and core concept being on singing,dancing, idols and pop stars. I won't comment on story as we really don't know what it's going to be like.
With regards to the use of the SMT and FE names, they've already changed and removed SMT and used something else so I won't comment on SMT features. However, the name FE is still in the title and I have to say that what little relevance it has to the FE franchise is negligible at best. The weapon triangle which is basically part of the weakness system is maybe the one thing that has any relevance to the FE series. You can easily change the name and face of the FE characters and call this game something else, that's how much relevance it has with FE.
I personally think a better combat system for this crossover would be something along the lines of what The Last Remnant had. Despite that game being rated overall average, I find that it's still more appealing than all of what was shown to us so far about this crossover.
And on a side note, so far this reminds of the anime Macross Frontier, and I hated that anime.