I Also Like Alear, and Everyone

Summary

With the release of Fire Emblem Engage just one month away, the author of this piece, a self-proclaimed fan, has written a preface titled "I Also Like Alear, and Everyone" as a precursor to a comprehensive recommendation article about the game and the series. In this preface, they share some personal ground rules and reflections. While claiming to have played many entries in the series, they openly acknowledge that a number of them were not fully completed, and they even admit that one game in the franchise remains completely unplayed; they pledge to clearly mark these gaps in the upcoming article. Their most striking piece of advice is a cautionary one: if you plan to catch up on the Fire Emblem series, you should limit yourself to at most two games per year—one in the first half of the year and another in the second half, or vice versa. The reason, they argue, is that the series' gameplay mechanics are highly similar, and marathon playing can quickly lead to fatigue and even nausea. They set their personal limit at two and a half games per year, which they round down to two. The author also preemptively apologizes for the subjective, one-sided, and self-absorbed opinions that will inevitably appear in the full article, jokingly suggesting that readers who disagree can take it up with them via direct messages. This preface may not contain hard gameplay details, but it…