Fire Emblem Engage

Moderate overall intensity
Highest flag: Violence — realistic
FantasyRPGStrategy

What's in it

Violence realistic
Moderate

Turn-based battles with swords, axes, lances, bows, and magic against humanoid soldiers and undead enemies, shown with blood but no gore or dismemberment.

Dark themes mild
Low

A thousand-year-old dragon awakens to a world at war, with a fallen king and undead armies; a somber tone rather than explicit horror.

Who can reach your kid

What it is

Fire Emblem Engage is a turn-based tactical role-playing game set in the fantasy land of Elyos, where the player controls Alear, a dragon in human form, as they gather allies and fight the undead armies of the fallen king to retrieve twelve magical rings. Combat is grid-based and turn-based, featuring swords, axes, lances, bows, and magic with blood but no gore. The story touches on war, loss, and a thousand-year sleep but contains no sexual content, nudity, profanity, drugs, gambling, or online interaction.

How it's framed

The game frames its conflict as a heroic quest to save the world from a dark force, presenting warfare and sacrifice as the price of protecting innocents and restoring order, with a tone that is somber rather than exploitative.

Details

Developer
Intelligent Systems
Publisher
Nintendo
Released
Jan 20, 2023
Metacritic 79critic score (third-party) · out of 100

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