[White Night Talk] Why is “Fire Emblem Engage” full of cute two-dimensional characters?

A few years ago, there was such a strange stereotype popular on the domestic Internet for a short time: “You chattering little gay.”

This passage came from a discussion thread on 4chan, a large anonymous forum. At that time, someone posted a picture of a female character in “Fire Emblem IF” with too many “two-dimensional” elements, and asked sincerely: “She Why is a man in battle dressed like this?”

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Not long after, a certain irascible old man spit out a long reply and scolded him to the brim. He said that everyone understands the irrationality of this, but no one would be serious about such trivial details. This old man’s meticulous logic and incisive diction attracted countless onlookers to applaud and applaud. The sentence “chattering little gay” at the end is the finishing touch. credit.

国内的4chan笑话精选集译自主播 谜之声 Selected collection of 4chan jokes in China translated by Voice of Mystery

After so many years, the term “chattering little gay” can still appear in the complaints of netizens from time to time, and “Fire Emblem”, which was at the center of public opinion at the time, also released the latest series of “Fire Emblem” not long ago. Heraldry Engage”, and rushed all the way to the gear with the most two-dimensional flavor.

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There are various styles of “two-dimensional” painting, and it is not a derogatory term in principle. The character design of this work is Mika PikaZo. As an illustrator, she is good at highlighting the tension of paintings with gorgeous colors, making people immersed in the collision of colors at a glance. For a single illustration, it can give people a strong impact Feeling is a rare good painting.

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If you just look at the character setting picture of “Engage”, Mika’s performance is definitely not bad. Although the male and female protagonists wear hair that looks like Joycon, the artist managed to control the abrupt strangeness as much as possible, and the human design focused on highlighting the coolness of the two, weakening the weird two-dimensional style to a certain extent, and barely able to control it. Disastrous red and blue color scheme.

奇妙的红蓝发色其实是剧情需要,这锅真不该画师背 The wonderful red and blue hair color is actually required by the plot, this pot should really be blamed on the artist

But what Mika is good at doesn’t apply to tens of hours of feature-length games. Although the strong color impact can leave a good eye at first glance, it will also produce an unprecedented sense of fatigue and dazzling after repeated viewing. The stacking of elements on a single character is not a disadvantage. The problem is that there are about 30 combatable characters in “Engage”. Each character wears gorgeous costumes and shows off eye-catching colors on the stage, which will inevitably give people a “garish” feeling.

When it comes to the real screen of the game, players can better understand what is called the grievances and hatred between human design and modeling. The modeling idea of ​​”Engage” tends to be cute, and the protagonist has gained a little bit of useless baby fat after being cute, with silly big eyes and hair color that is not very pleasing to look at, and from time to time in the plot The close-up of the stunned face, although her lines and dubbing are quite serious, there is still a consensus among the player group that the heroine = Hanhan, which is far from her heroic image in the character design.

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From the bright and exaggerated character design to the deliberately cute modeling, the overall tone of “Engage” is already obvious. The age of the mascot Miss Anna in this work has also been lowered to 11 years old, which is a side confirmation of the big change in the style of this work.

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Friends who know the development history of “Fire Emblem” probably know that “Fire Emblem Awakening” is the rebirth of the series, and it is an important contributor to the series’ sales from 100,000 to 1 million. It was also from “Awakening” that the painting style of the entire series began to abandon the traditional hardcore style and attract new players with art that is more in line with the taste of the public. The previous work “Fenghua Xueyue” invited Otome game painters, which made the popularity of the Fire Emblem series reach unprecedented heights; while “Engage” went a step further and continued to move towards the direction of youth and fashion, but this step was a bit too big. The two-dimensional concentration of the lethal dose and the poor modeling look and feel problem have made the old players all the way indignant, because the “Fire Emblem” in everyone’s mind should not be so “unscrupulous”.

火纹过去淡雅精致的二次元画风 The elegant and delicate two-dimensional painting style of Huowen in the past

The changes in the details of “Engage” are very “two-dimensional”. Players who have played this game can probably feel it. Ten consecutive draws for rings, continued battle tickets… These mechanisms are widely used in two-dimensional mobile games. They appeared together in this stand-alone orthodox Fire Emblem game. Of course, this may also be to let the series players adapt to this kind of gameplay as soon as possible, so as to attract traffic for their own mobile games.

In the final analysis, the two-dimensional painting style is just a matter of personal preference. The style change of “Engage” is more like a general trend, but under the background of the script’s narrative, these colorful costumes are more eye-catching. The frequency of high-level performances in “Engage” is not high. Of course, there are considerations for cost control, but the perception presented to players can only be said to be open to question. The story of this work is an unremarkable story of the prince’s revenge, which retains the tradition of Japanese-style two-dimensional embarrassment. Players who are used to this set of “Darkness” may find it nothing unusual, but it lacks the support of high-scale performances and routines. Whether the embarrassing and sensational script brought by the novel is moving or confusing, I am afraid that most players are more inclined to the latter.

But in the final analysis, the chess part of the war chess game is the highlight of the player experience. Although “Engage” lacks a bit of heat in terms of character creation and main storyline, the key Gameplay part has changed from the low difficulty of the previous “Fenghua Xueyue”, bringing strategy and playability to the majority of war chess fans. Like myself, I completed the ending of 50 Hours of Crazy Liver during the Spring Festival, and I still have more to say in the days after customs clearance. Although I have regrets, the unexpectedly fun game experience made me accept such a high concentration of two-dimensional concentration.

I don’t know if the current debate surrounding “Engage” falls into the category of “babbling little gays”. Unlike the “Awakening” period, today’s war chess games no longer need self-salvation. In recent years, the number of works has rebounded significantly, and even the ancient masterpiece “Royal Knights 2” has ushered in a remake. If you can slow down a bit, use some rumors to test the waters first, and open up a two-dimensional war chess track exclusive to Fire Emblem, maybe the reputation of “Engage” will become better.

我觉得每个人都有被人觉得是小基佬的高光时刻。——CaesarZX I think everyone has their moments when they’re considered gay. ——Caesar ZX

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