Fire Emblem: Three Houses

The main hero or heroine of the game (at the beginning of the game we choose the gender of our character) is a mercenary who is hired as a teacher in Garreg Mach. On the spot, we have to choose a student house of which we will become tutors. The House of the Black Eagles gathers students from the Empire, the Blue Lions are citizens of the Faerghus Kingdom, and under the banner of the Golden Deer the novice officers of Leicester study. We get to know our charges better during the adventure, we help solve their private problems, at the same time we train them and carry out combat missions assigned to us.

Game mechanics

When it comes to game mechanics, Fire Emblem: Three Houses is a classical strategy and tactical RPG with a turn-based combat system. The title uses and develops solutions that we could find in previous Fire Emblem games. Gameplay is divided into several segments. In the first one we explore the academy and talk to its students and teachers. In the second one, we decide about the course of training for particular heroes from the chosen student house. In the last one we fight turn-based battles. They are not only simple training maneuvers, but also dangerous encounters, where the stakes are sometimes the lives of our charges.

Battles take place on three-dimensional boards divided by a grid of fields, on which the units we control and enemies move in turns. In combat, characters use swords, spears, axes, bows, fists and various types of spells. Additionally, heroes can ride horses and flying monsters. We decide about equipment and abilities during training sessions, using gained combat experience points.

Technical aspects

Fire Emblem: Three Houses has been developed using a new 3D graphics engine and, for the first time in the history of the series, supports high-resolution visuals. Most dialogues have been fully dubbed, and animated cutscenes accompany the story.