5/5 ★ – asoola's review of Fire Emblem: Three Houses.

In honor of Khalid “Claude” von Riegan birthday (Happy Birthday to the best character in the entire game! 💛) I decided to write a review for my favorite game ever and my first Nintendo Switch game. I finished this game years ago 2019 to be precise, and I loved it so much I was obsessed with the game I replayed it so many times and it was my first Fire Emblem game so I didn’t know what to expect but this game managed to make me fall in love with its characters, world, and lore. I’ll talk about the first route I did which is Verdant Wind (Golden Deer 🦌 house route) this may be an unpopular opinion and I may be biased since I love Khalid so much but this is my favorite route, I loved the students in this house all of them were very fun and the entire house is the only one that felt like found family all of them were true friends and cared for each other very much I love the Golden Deer students so much! Let’s talk about Claude or Khalid he’s my favorite house leader I love how passionate he is, how kind he is, how caring he is, and most importantly how smart and funny he is. He hides his trust issues and sadness with a laid back persona to let his enemy guard down he feels like he can’t trust anyone and to be honest while it makes me sad that he deals with severe trust issues I do love this detail about him! I personally love how he develops as the game progresses and becomes more trusting of his friends! His character means so much to me and his backstory is my favorite I just love him so much! His goals were very admirable and full of ambition and while he will do what he have to to achieve his goals he still would rather not involve innocent people in a war which is why I love him he’s obviously not a goody two shoes he think of schemes to reach what he wants, he’s definitely morally grey yet I personally feel like he’s the kindest house leader. I started loving him even more when his name was confirmed to be Khalid now it’s not 100% confirmed but I like to believe he’s Arab so 🫶🏽 anyways I actually really love how everything is resolved in this route and the final boss is my favorite they did a fantastic job on this route! Now onto the second route I did Azure Moon (Blue Lions 🦁 house route) okay the entire reason why I chose to play this route next was because Dimitri died in Golden Deer route and I loved him so I wanted to know more about him and my god this route did not disappoint! I love how the students in this house were written they’re written very well I loved all of them but Sylvain and Ashe were the highlight students from the house I adore these two very well written and complex characters! Okay now moving on to Dimitri an amazing, complex, and a traumatized character (which can be said about all of the house lords) his change in the time skip made me feel sad for him and when he came back to his senses I guess? that scene was so well done it made cry, that aside I actually really love his character he thinks of the people before himself and that’s why he’s a great king, he agrees that Fodlan should change yet he can’t help but think of the people’s faith and how it kept them going because they knew the goddess was there for them! I liked Edelgard battle here and how everything was resolved the ending made me cry to be honest very good and emotional ending! Now to the third route I played it’s technically two routes so I’ll talk about Crimson Flower then Sliver Snow! (Both are Black Eagles 🦅 house routes) Crimson Flower is easily my second favorite route I love how well written and complex Edelgard character is but before I get into her character let me talk about the house a little I really loved this house but I think it’s my least favorite but the characters are really good my favorite from the house is Petra! Now let’s talk about El ❤️ while some of the information she tells Byleth about the church is sometimes false I can’t help but love how determined she is, she knows what she is doing is not right yet in her mind that is the only way to change the world her determination is what made her amazing to me! I love her design and I love her as a character she’s so complex and morally grey and that’s what makes her amazing I don’t think I wanna defend her actions rather I loved understanding her character and why she did what she did through playing the route! I love the ending too it’s so good again my second favorite ending after Verdant Wind’s! Silver Snow I call this route Seteth route because I love his character so much learning more about the church and Byleth origins was the highlight of this route, before I talk about Seteth let me talk about Rhea one of my favorite characters ever in the game (after Claude) she’s such a well written character who’s traumatized while that doesn’t justify her character it made her more human she was desperate and through that desperation she made terrible choices and that’s exactly why I think her character is well written! Now onto Seteth character 10/10 character because I said so! No seriously he’s a good dad, amazing character, and very well written! While this route and Verdant Wind is very similar I still prefer Verdant Wind more but this route isn’t bad at all I loved the finale! In conclusion Fire Emblem: Three Houses is a fantastic game with amazing gameplay, it’s such a good game and it was an amazing experience I loved all of these characters and their stories and most importantly the world. (Soundtrack is 10/10)