One of the standout features of the Xbox is its powerful hardware. With each new generation, Microsoft has consistently pushed the boundaries of performance, delivering enhanced graphics, faster load times, and smoother gameplay. This allows players to enjoy visually stunning games with immersive worlds and realistic details. The Xbox ecosystem offers a vast library of games, including both exclusive titles and popular multi-platform releases. From action-packed shooters to immersive RPGs and family-friendly adventures, there’s a game for every taste and age group. The Xbox Game Pass subscription service provides access to a wide variety of games, making it a great option for gamers looking to explore a diverse range of titles. The Xbox Live network is another major ... MoreOne of the standout features of the Xbox is its powerful hardware. With each new generation, Microsoft has consistently pushed the boundaries of performance, delivering enhanced graphics, faster load times, and smoother gameplay. This allows players to enjoy visually stunning games with immersive worlds and realistic details. The Xbox ecosystem offers a vast library of games, including both exclusive titles and popular multi-platform releases. From action-packed shooters to immersive RPGs and family-friendly adventures, there’s a game for every taste and age group. The Xbox Game Pass subscription service provides access to a wide variety of games, making it a great option for gamers looking to explore a diverse range of titles. The Xbox Live network is another major highlight. It enables players to connect with friends and compete against others online. The online multiplayer experience on Xbox is generally smooth and reliable, offering robust matchmaking and communication features. In addition to gaming, the Xbox also functions as a media center, allowing users to stream movies, TV shows, and music from popular services. It can be seamlessly integrated with other Microsoft devices and services, such as Windows PCs and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, providing a unified gaming and entertainment experience. One aspect to consider is the cost. Xbox consoles and games tend to be priced on the higher end of the gaming spectrum, and online multiplayer requires a subscription to Xbox Live Gold. However, the value proposition is often justified by the quality of the hardware, the extensive game library, and the overall experience the Xbox provides. In summary, the Xbox is a powerful gaming console with a vast library of games, impressive hardware capabilities, and a robust online network. It offers an immersive gaming experience, multiplayer functionality, and integration with other Microsoft services. If you’re a gaming enthusiast looking for a high-quality gaming console, the Xbox is definitely worth considering.

10/10 gameplay, 4/10 story, 2/10 artstyle

This game is fun. The bonus material with this edition is very high quality and looks great. The actual gameplay is some of the best in the series, with little innovation but near-perfect honing of previous mechanics such as the emblem rings replacing the pair-up mechanic from Awakening and Fates, and the break system supplementing the weapon triangle. The story though, is so bland and predictable that it seems that it was written for children. Another negative is the artstyle. It is some Genshin Impact weeaboo degenerate stuff. A positive stylistic decision are the buttery smooth beautiful combat animations. Overall, worth spending the $110 USD

Fun game

I picked up the Divine Edition on release day kind of by happenstance. I happened to be in the store for something and thought to ask about it, and they didn't have the regular edition in stock. Still, the Divine Edition is pretty nice. I like the art book, and the poster's cool. The character cards are pretty pointless to me, mostly because they just slapped on the original art from the characters' original games, and most of those designs are veeeeery dated. If they'd been brand-new, exclusive art pieces in a modern style, it would be a whole different discussion. As it is, those cards really feel like a lazy afterthought.As far as the game itself, it's fun. I've played over 200 hours now (across two saves--one as male Alear and one as female, though there are ... MoreI picked up the Divine Edition on release day kind of by happenstance. I happened to be in the store for something and thought to ask about it, and they didn't have the regular edition in stock. Still, the Divine Edition is pretty nice. I like the art book, and the poster's cool. The character cards are pretty pointless to me, mostly because they just slapped on the original art from the characters' original games, and most of those designs are veeeeery dated. If they'd been brand-new, exclusive art pieces in a modern style, it would be a whole different discussion. As it is, those cards really feel like a lazy afterthought.As far as the game itself, it's fun. I've played over 200 hours now (across two saves--one as male Alear and one as female, though there are no differences other than aesthetically). There's no new game plus, which really limits replayability, sadly. My first time through, I spent around 150 hours, taking my time, grinding a lot more than I needed to, and really enjoying the story (that's without getting most of the support convos). The second time through, I hurried more and took about 60 hours to get within a couple chapters of the end before deciding to quit. The story didn't really hold up super great to a second watch, especially the DLC xenologue. I really enjoyed the xenologue the first time, but the second time through, I found that I had more questions than answers.The support convos get kind of annoying to watch when you see them constantly reusing the same weird gestures for all the characters. There are "female" gestures and "male" gestures. Things like age and personality are not taken into account. And the gestures mostly aren't anything people actually do in real life; they look like "Japanese idol on stage" gestures. Which end up looking super weird when coming from, say, a hardened warrior old enough to have white hair. The voice acting is pretty great for the most part, but the 3D animation scenes are pretty bad. I think it would have worked better if they'd left them as 2D sprites like in Awakening/Fates.Also, the hair physics are terrible. I made my female Alear a berserker just so she could put it up in a ponytail. I have other criticisms about the character/design stuff, but I'll leave it there.Overall, it's like people say. The story and characters aren't as strong as other FE games. The gameplay mechanics are pretty cool, though. The whole emblem mechanic leads to a lot of fun combinations, and I love that you can reclass anyone into almost any class (after a little preparation). I was also really impressed with the diversity of the maps. It seemed like every new one had some new thing to figure out how to deal with.So, yeah, I'd agree with the general consensus I've seen, how this is a strong game in terms of the actual gameplay but weaker than other recent FE games in terms of story/characters. It actually didn't feel much like a real FE game to me but more like a spin-off, since I focus on the story part of FE more than the gameplay.Oh, I do love that the dancer is male in this one. Finally. (Poor Inigo got shafted.) Though he's still got a lot more clothes on than most female dancers in the series. Baby steps, I guess.

Great Game with great graphics!

I have beaten the game and I know the entire story. The game's trailers may give the impression that the story is of a similar quality to Fire Emblem: Fates (a previous game criticized for it's story). I felt this way as well before I actually played the game, but I now know that this is incorrect. The early game presents the player with information about the world and the quest they are on. On my first playthrough this seemed quite generic. However, I started a second playthrough and I now know that 50% of the dialogue in the opening 4 chapters is very skillful setup of fairly intense payoffs that occur much later in the story.

Great Game, BAD BB SERVICE

I don't normally like giving bad reviews for items based on the condition I received it. It doesn't say anything about the quality of the product itself, which is the point if reviews.This is more about lodging a complaint against Best Buy.I picked up my game this morning. As my fellow FE fans know, this item is INCREDIBLY rare. I was gonna leave it unopened and displayed as a collector's item.Only to my dismay, not only was the box already opened, but it was opened ON BOTH SIDES. That tells me that this wasn't some accident. Someone working for Best Buy was probably trying to poach something, maybe?Either way, that instantly makes this thing worth a little bit less.On top of that, when I talked to the online help, they said I could go in and swap it for ... MoreI don't normally like giving bad reviews for items based on the condition I received it. It doesn't say anything about the quality of the product itself, which is the point if reviews.This is more about lodging a complaint against Best Buy.I picked up my game this morning. As my fellow FE fans know, this item is INCREDIBLY rare. I was gonna leave it unopened and displayed as a collector's item.Only to my dismay, not only was the box already opened, but it was opened ON BOTH SIDES. That tells me that this wasn't some accident. Someone working for Best Buy was probably trying to poach something, maybe?Either way, that instantly makes this thing worth a little bit less.On top of that, when I talked to the online help, they said I could go in and swap it for another copy. When I double-checked to be sure, cus I knew this thing was sold out everywhere, they ASSURED me that the same copy would be exchanged.I'm extremely disappointed in this. It may not seem like a big deal to some people, and that's fine, but it's a big deal to me, and it affects how often I might be doing business with Best Buy in the future.BB, hit me up.

Great Game, poor BestBuy execution

This was a special order and a gift to my son for his birthday. The package was opened, the seals were torn off and everything inside was not in original location/ packaging.Obviously some kid/kids in the back room just could not contain themselves. They just had to open up the game to “check it out .” I approached the manager on duty, who said let me get you a new one. I sad sure go ahead and see if there is another one in the state. Of course out of stock.My son was very understanding and made sure that everything in this special order was actually in the box.I just wonder with all of the rewards changes, why buy things from BestBuy. They have taken all of the incentives away. It’s now purely a lowest price or it’s an emergency and I have to buy it at BB. ... MoreThis was a special order and a gift to my son for his birthday. The package was opened, the seals were torn off and everything inside was not in original location/ packaging.Obviously some kid/kids in the back room just could not contain themselves. They just had to open up the game to “check it out .” I approached the manager on duty, who said let me get you a new one. I sad sure go ahead and see if there is another one in the state. Of course out of stock.My son was very understanding and made sure that everything in this special order was actually in the box.I just wonder with all of the rewards changes, why buy things from BestBuy. They have taken all of the incentives away. It’s now purely a lowest price or it’s an emergency and I have to buy it at BB. Those are rare circumstances and so are my future purchases at BB. Sad really.Oh, my son was very happy with the game play. So 5 stars on the game, BestBuy execution, 0

Great gameplay, disappointment elsewhere

Fire Emblem Engage represents some of the best and worst of the franchise in a single package. The tactics gameplay is top-notch with new and interesting mechanics, and the soundtrack is generally a joy to listen to even if it can't quite match some of Fire Emblem's more recent OSTs. The voice acting is better than I expected for the most part. My main complaint is that the story is not much more than the bare minimum, the characters are one-dimensional, and the English localization of the support conversations between characters is an absolute travesty.If you are a fan of the Fire Emblem's gameplay, it really doesn't get much better than this. If you are a fan of the relationship building aspect introduced in Awakening, it really doesn't get much worse than this ... MoreFire Emblem Engage represents some of the best and worst of the franchise in a single package. The tactics gameplay is top-notch with new and interesting mechanics, and the soundtrack is generally a joy to listen to even if it can't quite match some of Fire Emblem's more recent OSTs. The voice acting is better than I expected for the most part. My main complaint is that the story is not much more than the bare minimum, the characters are one-dimensional, and the English localization of the support conversations between characters is an absolute travesty.If you are a fan of the Fire Emblem's gameplay, it really doesn't get much better than this. If you are a fan of the relationship building aspect introduced in Awakening, it really doesn't get much worse than this - and I can forgive it for not placing a focus on this social aspect, but when what is there is so weak and the localization is as awful as it is, it really is inexcusable. The game would have been better if they had forgone adding this aspect at all.My strongest advice would be to play the maps as straight as you can, like the GBA Fire Emblem games were so good at structuring. You'll get a really good 50 hours out of Engage that way. Roll your eyes at the story, and don't even attempt to watch the support conversations play out. You'll have a blast.Dive any deeper and you'll see the cracks start to form.

Great price point for what you get!

Came in a box (Thank you Best buy) and was well-protected. For the extra $40 you get a lot of value for your money. Art book has nice glossy pages and is almost 200 pages. Comes with a Steelbook and original case. The game itself is good. I prefer it to Three Houses but not everyone will feel the same. The world map gives me Awakening vibes. I put it on hard/casual and it was vey tough the first few battles but the difficulty balance has been good, although still a little easy because of casual, which i prefer.

It's exactly what it says it is

Shipping was very quick, and the box came in one piece, though all the like packaged air was popped and not full of any air when it arrived. Saw some other reviews say the seal was cut and honestly I don't remember if mine was too. The contents were all fine though so I don't care. I really like the ginormous poster and the artbook that comes with this edition, though I sadly have nothing to hang up the poster with at this moment (I am NOT ruining it with basic tape...).As for the actual game, it is what it is. I liked it, personally. Anyways, I'm satisfied with this purchase.

Return to Form for FE

While I loved 3 Houses, I feel like Engage is a return to a more traditional FE game that focuses more on the strategy gameplay. Or more specifically the weapon triangle is back and it feels so good! The character designs are also top notch with them being designed by Mika Pikazo (please check out their portfolio!). Another nice part of this game is the impressive performance. Yes, being on switch sets the performance bar kinda low, but all things considered I think it's great.I think this is a great entry into the FE series and has a good amount of QoL features to make it accessible to newcomers to the series!