when you want a little break from the fighting

[mikogalatea]

Just a minor thing about Three Hopes's expeditions that I wanted to quickly comment on...

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The little sprites of Shez and their date expedition partner riding on horseback together on the loading screen are so darn cute!

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Currently on Chapter 5 of Scarlet Blaze, after having just done the second short battle. I want to play this game as blind as I can, but a couple of mechanics have come up that are making me a little nervous about later chapters...

Comments

[sarajayechan]

I know, right?! :D I've done three of them, but sadly they don't have a full guide for the right answers so I was only able to have a perfect date with Edelgard. :(

The closeups are SO beautiful, though. The rendering and models in Three Houses were cool, too, but a bit janky at times. The rendering here feels a bit more like they'd improved on the process, the animation feels more fluid and the expedition closeups are softer and more shoujo-y.

[mikogalatea]

I'm sure the dataminers and so on are already on the case and we'll get a guide relatively soon. God knows I could do with one for expeditions, much as I did for teatime in Houses! That said, I do like how both choices and responses seem much more tailored to individual characters now.

The visuals are an improvement on Houses, I agree! Support conversations feel a lot more dynamic in their presentation, too; even just having properly rendered environments instead of awkwardly-stitched panoramic backgrounds makes a big difference.

[sarajayechan]

I hope so. Even if there's no romance/marriage in this game, I like the idea of bonding more with the characters. And yes, the more tailored choices make it more fun.

Three Houses looked nice, but you could tell it was their first time making a full game for the Switch with those graphics. And they also had a LOT of other things to focus on, like the story and everything.

[mikogalatea]

Quick update: a guide for expeditions now exists! It has unmarked character spoilers, though, so I won't be looking at it just yet.

[sarajayechan]

Oof, that's a tough choice. Got a link, just in case?

(I did manage to get a perfect one with Ashe by luck alone. Phew!)

[mikogalatea]

Here it is if you want it!

(Damn, you really are lucky -- either that or super perceptive about his character. I thought I'd done well just getting two out of three with Caspar and Linny! Meanwhile I completely mucked up with poor Petra... now that I think of it, one merciful thing about expeditions compared to teatime is that there's no time limit on making choices anymore, so at least you don't have to think on your toes like before.)

[sarajayechan]

Thanks!

Monica and Jeritza were difficult, and I used a guide for Edelgard. But Ashe's weren't up yet.

(YES, I love that. I remember fizzling out on teatime with Claude once because I took too long to choose a topic.)