Fire Emblem: Three Houses - Give Me Orders Daddy

I've sort got that itch, might just because I've been playing Echoes or the new shiny thing has been promoted to me with adds etc or the time has passed I want to go back now.

Just the money spending on this I could get TMS which is a "new" game.

Bits of the story expansion seem intriguing like more interaction between the three main lords, and the new characters look cool, but overall it doesn't seem like something I'm interested in. Have heard the story and new maps are nothing special. Relieved I don't have to get any of the DLC I guess.

If what's next for Fire Emblem is a remake of FE4 then I'm really looking forward to that. If it's handled with the same care as the FE Gaiden remake then it'll be incredible. Been playing through the SNES original recently and man it's really something special. Not without its flaws and I'll be interested in how certain dated aspects are modernised, but I think Divine Pulse/Mila's Turnwheel will be a particularly good fit for the game.

I think I ended up buying the season pass...

Is the DLC a standalone thing or is it something you play in amongst a normal playthrough? I've got a half finished Black Eagles/Church run to finish, but I could work in the DLC with a Golden Deer run I've still to do.

From what I've seen from reviews it's a bit of both, I think you'll end up doing the church route.

Do you mean you're locked into the church route doing the DLC or that I'll do the church route in my Black Eagles run? Because if you mean the latter, I've got save files at the start of the split point in the Black Eagles route.

The DLC, why I brought about reviews as from those it seems you get a 8hr story post time jump then time jump and as you've not sided with a house it sides you with the church.

Ahhh, I see! I guess I'm better off scrapping my Church run then if that's the case and playing it through the DLC instead.

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So, as part of my impromptu playthrough of nearly every Fire Emblem game I own, I've dived back into the world of Three Houses to polish off the routes I've not played before. The DLC is a standalone thing and surprised me with how tough it was. I picked Hard/Classic like always, but it felt closer to a Lunatic mode in difficulty. Part of that is probably that it throws you in with a group of units who are already high levelled, so you've not been able to build them up and make them into powerhouses like you usually do in the game.

Still, I had a good time with the DLC - the story was what it was, but the maps were really fun to play. Difficult, but not to the point of frustration like on higher difficulties in Fates.

Did anyone else play the DLC in the end?

Does the DLC side you with the church? I would still like to play the DLC but have to rebuy the game etc

Wonder when Nintendo will start doing Players Choice range.

Probably never the way Switch games sell, shame they can't at least let you play the DLC seperate from the game if it's standalone.