If 2012’s Fire Emblem: Awakening was the series showing off the potential for greatness that it was capable of, then Fire Emblem: Three Houses is that potential fully realised. A grand saga of love, loss and war, Fire Emblem: Three Houses is monumental in ambition and easily capable of allowing you to write an epic story with your own actions.
Feel like turning your armpits into a sweaty marsh of desperation and bad decisions? Then Fire Emblem: Three Houses and its post-launch difficulty update might be just what you need to lose sleep over.
You think you know pain? Buddy, you know nothing of grief and anguish until you’ve spent dozens of hours raising a soldier to be an ass-kicker supreme in any of the Fire Emblem games of recent memory, only to get cocky and make a mistake that permadeaths your favourite warrior straight out of digital existence. The key appeal to Fire …
With one of the best years in recent gaming memory over with, it’s time to look forward and towards a new horizon of upcoming releases. Whether it’s action, puzzles or straight-up brutality, 2019 has plenty of offer even the most jaded gamer on the planet. So with that in mind, here are our top ten picks for the games that …
Nintendo’s first reveal of a proper Fire Emblem looks bigger, bolder and grander than ever, with a pretty solid refresh of its visuals that gives the action larger armies for players to command in battle. It’ll be out in the US Spring, just in time for me to get my emotions ready when my favourite warrior falls in battle.
Step on up folks, grab a bingo card and sit down. We’re going to take a look at the games that are rumoured to be shown off this year at E3.
Years back, Nintendo managed to nail the perfect formula for strategy on the go with Advance Wars. The setup was simple, the combat was addictive and the franchise spawned several excellent sequels that built on the foundation of the original cinematic 2001 game for the Game Boy Advance. You can thank the recent Fire Emblem games for the lack of new Advance Wars however.
Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia isn’t just an old game with a new coat of paint that brings everything from cinematics through to voice acting into a more modern age of gaming. It’s also a prime example of how the fundamentals of a classic game can still resonate today with newer audiences. Good game design stands the test of time, something that Shadows of Valentia has plenty of.
Have you ever double-checked your doors at night because something just didn’t feel secure? …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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