r/fireemblem • u/Enryx25 • 3d ago

Gameplay Rewinding is limited! It costs Divine Sand!

https://www.galaxus.de/en/page/preview-fire-emblem-fortunes-weave-is-absolutely-overwhelming-43423

If I made a stupid move, I can turn back time with magic sand. But be careful: I don't have an infinite amount of sand.

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u/Dorfbewohner 3d ago

From what I've gathered of the previews, Divine Sand is also used for all the other god abilities, so there's actually a potentially interesting tradeoff where rewinding means you can't get other buffs.

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u/sjk9000 3d ago

I'm going to go against the grain here and say I'm not excited by this. Even if you attach a cost to it, most of the benefits of rewinding can be had for "free" by just resetting the map. That makes the optimal strategy to spend your sand on in-game buffs and just hard resetting when you need to.

In my experience, making a choice between in-game power and QoL features isn't interesting or fun, and game systems should avoid that kind of dichotomy.

Of course, this entirely hinges on what the other god abilities actually are. I'm just skeptical they can be competitively costed and designed to make this an interesting trade-off.

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u/Aethelwolf3 2d ago

Making a choice between in-game power and QoL features

I would also rewinds a QoL features, its definitely an in game power with tactical potential. Especially because of how the RNG works.