Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave Reviews
The story pairs beautifully with the gameplay, and its dynamic nature keeps players on their toes.
Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave is already one of the best games on the Nintendo Switch 2, and it will likely maintain the staying power that Three Houses did on the Switch 1 before it. It does need some touching up, and hopefully the incoming expansion updates will be well worth it. I like to think of Fortune’s Weave as four complete story-driven games tied to a much more gameplay-oriented third act that serves more as an extended catharsis than as a story. I acknowledge that drawing that big a divide between them is a big ask, but if that mindset works for you, you’ll probably come out thinking the game is a masterpiece. Even if you don’t, it will still probably be a ton of fun.
Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave gives you a different story and gameplay experience across each of its four routes. Between the varied battle map tricks and the fun of gathering and training unique teammates, you rarely get bored, even though the game is huge. Even after you beat it, the game is fun enough to make you want to play it again and try training your characters in new ways. However, compared to Parts 1 and 2, Part 3—where all the different journeys come together—has less exciting battles and leaves quite a few gaps in the overall story. It is a very strange game that somehow feels unfinished, even after you have spent so many hours enjoying it.
Review in Korean | Read full review
Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave provides an excellent pairing of combat strategy and management, with compelling stories spread across each of its four heroes that come together to form one phenomenal RPG.
A synergy of everything that has made the series great for generations, Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave hits the pinnacle of combat design, and is a sumptuous feast of a game.
Fortune's Weave takes the foundations of modern Fire Emblem, stretches them further than I could have ever expected, and somehow makes that enormous ambition feel justified.
The conceit of the Heroic Games also allows for elaborate arena set pieces
Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave will easily eat up all your time for months to come, and it's worthwhile to see these Heroic Games through to their conclusion.
Fortune’s Weave demands much — both in terms of time and of mental investment — but gives just as much in return.
Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave is a sprawling masterpiece of a strategy RPG, building upon the successes of past Fire Emblem games with new interconnected elements, expertly designed combat puzzles, and an emphasis on flexibility and choice.
Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave is gigantic. That vastness can occasionally act as a barrier between the player and the core tactics, but it is somehow able to support all that weight with memorable battles and a sharp gameplay loop. In the end, the only major problem is vacuous writing -- and lots of it.
Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave brings a new era to the classic strategy RPG series on Nintendo Switch 2.
On the whole, Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave is dense, deep, and really rather delightful. It can sometimes feel like a bit too much of a good thing, with the pacing slipping in the later chapters, thanks to an unnecessarily complicated protagonist hierarchy and some grindy map management, but the battles have never felt better, and there's no knocking the sheer amount to do.It takes a lot for a game to hold my attention for as long as Fortune's Weave, and with a bunch of content still waiting for me, I'll be happy to pour even more days into it.
Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave continues the franchise tradition of combining addictive strategy combat with an expansive, complex story in a huge fantasy kingdom.
A hallmark of excellence. There may be flaws, but they are negligible and won't cause massive damage. Once I finally got past the anime artstyle and daunting tactical gameplay, I was hooked. Fire Emblem's arduous onboarding for a newcomer is a minor roadblock in the way of an epic, sprawling, time-consuming adventure that's fun, challenging, and very enjoyable.
The best Fire Emblem game of the modern era and a staggering achievement in terms of the volume of content and the variety of gameplay – with even the plot taking some unexpected detours.
Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave shines in its combat possibilities, creating truly memorable moments. A slightly more restrained and differentiated approach to its four stories might have been the perfect finishing touch.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Intelligent Systems delivers supreme tactical combat in Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave with refined mechanics and a plethora of options to choose from, and a story that is uniquely structured in a way that encourages fans to overturn every stone. It’s sure to delight fans of Fire Emblem: Three Houses, but is also independent enough that newcomers shouldn’t feel lost. Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave is the dense, character-rich RPG that I’ve been waiting to play on my Switch 2.
Of course, there's no denying that its structure is, to say the least, unique. And there will probably be some people who find it difficult to grasp... But if you're a strategy enthusiast who enjoys meticulous management and min-maxing to build the best possible army, here's a tremendous SRPG and a bottomless pit of hours. Well, more than a pit... a cauldron.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
A multi-stranded strategy RPG masterclass, Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave is absolutely a part of the conversation for being the very best game in this venerable series.