I’m currently blazing my way through my second Act One playthrough in Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave, this time on Dietrich’s route. It comes highly recommended by Polygon’s own Josh Broadwell, and for good reason. The core trio — Dietrich, Fabio, and Esmeralda — consistently have hilarious banter and they absolutely whip ass on the battlefield. In an especially amusing early sequence, the two men rescue Esmeralda from a group of village cultists who have her tied up as a human sacrifice to appease the sea beasts.
They are nasty, carnivorous seals with bulbous dangly noses, a far cry from the cuddly otters you see playing with beach balls and seashells. One of them even munches up Esmeralda’s dad, but she’s remarkably nonchalant about the whole thing. These things happen!
Elsewhere in the gaming world this week, Rockstar Games revealed a new box of Grand Theft Auto 6 collectibles that costs a whopping $400 and quite rudely does not include a copy of the game. That’s because 1) Rockstar isn’t releasing physical copies in the first place and 2) if people are willing to pay $400 for a pair of sunglasses, a ballcap, and some other low-value tat, I suppose you may as well let them.
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