Might do a video on a different game since I’m starting to get burnt out from 3H and playing other stuff. Cindered Shadows will still be made whenever I cross that bridge.
I'm gonna make the case for SS over VW: A) SS is the first route the devs made. They've said this in interviews. Thus, VW is actually the copy cat, which you can tell from reused cut scenes. B) those reused cut scenes fit better on SS (like Edelgard death scene where she calls you her teacher). C) Black Eagles have a much better part 1 white clouds than the Golden Deer. Why? Because of Edelgard and Hubert. You learn so much in part 1 alone. Even if you lose them as playable characters, you have so many hints about the war, their motivation, and the plot. Golden Deer part 1 gives you almost nothing. It has no foreshadowing. It has a pathetic Flame Emperor reveal, too. D) having Edelgard and Hubert in part 1 is better than having Claude in part 1. Thus, losing them for part 2 hits harder. Nothing on VW is emotional at all tbh. It's by far the least impactful route and the most light hearted route. It doesn't fit the mood or tone for a war game at all. E) SS is not a church route. It's about Byleth more than Rhea. It should have been about Rhea, tho. That would have made it better. F) Nemesis comes out of nowhere in VW. But he's Rhea arch enemy. He would have been a better final boss for SS instead. G) The Black Eagles have slightly different dialogue and support conversations in SS vs CF. These different characteristics of the students gives them more oomph than the Golden Deer. H) SS gives you WAY MORE about the other house leaders. Edelgard barely matters in VW and Dimitri dies off screen. In SS, you have Edelgard for all of part 1, and you get a unique scene with "ghost" Dimitri, too. Ironically, Claude is least important on SS but who cares as he's least important to the Fodlan war anyway. Edelgard and Dimitri and Rhea all matter more to Fodlan than Claude did. I) Losing Gronder field makes sense in SS cuz you are a neutral army now. You aren't allied with the empire. Gronder is between the empire, alliance, and kingdom. Thus, it makes sense to exclude this map from SS. This map should have been in CF tho.
@@l.n.3372 the story is SS is fine It does fit the battle against the empire much better and I’ve said GD should’ve been more about almyra and claude instead of being a copy. Ghost Dimitri is whatever. The routes that have the most involvement with the agarthans barely talk about them and ironically you learn about them more in GD. BE part 1 is good but I always skip the GD part 1 cutscenes. This video is also why I’m not making a GD video as I’d be repeating myself. The gameplay of SS is boring personally there’s no lord or Barely any correlation with the BE class and the church members. I call this the church route for no particular reason. I should’ve rephrased that it’s my least favorite and not that it’s outright bad. However the route isn’t entirely bad since decisions don’t matter in this game so SS has no control over that and all. The gameplay is not it in this route. The final map narratively doesn’t make as much sense as GDs final map. Gameplay wise I don’t like SS but it’s not a bad route, just one I wouldn’t replay often.
I'll admit that Silver Snow could have been much better. But in the end... I still have a soft spot for it. Azure Moon is still the best route, though. Anyway, have a good day.
Funny story, on my first GD playthrough (on hard) Lorenz was a beast of a mixed tank lol He really let me down on my Maddening playthrough, but then Ignatz stepped up by being insanely strength blessed so it all balances out
@@jfp4life it was sad to let ignatz die but I had no option if I wanted to cheese ch13 but Lorenz is whatever. Ignatz has great potential late game but it’s hard to use him mid game since he does no damage until level 20 as sniper or assassin
@@Kris-ds6wj personally I don’t like it the maps are the same as GD and I played this right after gd maddening so this felt more like a chore to complete the route but the final map is fun in all fairness
@@abeefypig GD is just silver snow but worse. GD was based on Silver snow except the plot makes less sense. The entire rivalry with Edelgard is nonsensical and your relationship with the church and overall themes of the game are also weaker. Also golden deer has the worse final map. Narratively, thematically and gameplaywise Silver Snow is just the better route. You may be biased because you just recently played Golden Deer.
@@Kris-ds6wj absolutely GDs story is bad. But I prefer it for its gameplay for SS. Claude is quite good, the GD vast is good, grinder field exists and that map is great, and personally GDs final map is my favorite even if it makes no sense narratively. But if you think silver snow is better, then that’s all you. I just don’t like it and this is all subjective
Might do a video on a different game since I’m starting to get burnt out from 3H and playing other stuff. Cindered Shadows will still be made whenever I cross that bridge.
I'm gonna make the case for SS over VW:
A) SS is the first route the devs made. They've said this in interviews. Thus, VW is actually the copy cat, which you can tell from reused cut scenes.
B) those reused cut scenes fit better on SS (like Edelgard death scene where she calls you her teacher).
C) Black Eagles have a much better part 1 white clouds than the Golden Deer. Why? Because of Edelgard and Hubert. You learn so much in part 1 alone. Even if you lose them as playable characters, you have so many hints about the war, their motivation, and the plot. Golden Deer part 1 gives you almost nothing. It has no foreshadowing. It has a pathetic Flame Emperor reveal, too.
D) having Edelgard and Hubert in part 1 is better than having Claude in part 1. Thus, losing them for part 2 hits harder. Nothing on VW is emotional at all tbh. It's by far the least impactful route and the most light hearted route. It doesn't fit the mood or tone for a war game at all.
E) SS is not a church route. It's about Byleth more than Rhea. It should have been about Rhea, tho. That would have made it better.
F) Nemesis comes out of nowhere in VW. But he's Rhea arch enemy. He would have been a better final boss for SS instead.
G) The Black Eagles have slightly different dialogue and support conversations in SS vs CF. These different characteristics of the students gives them more oomph than the Golden Deer.
H) SS gives you WAY MORE about the other house leaders. Edelgard barely matters in VW and Dimitri dies off screen. In SS, you have Edelgard for all of part 1, and you get a unique scene with "ghost" Dimitri, too. Ironically, Claude is least important on SS but who cares as he's least important to the Fodlan war anyway. Edelgard and Dimitri and Rhea all matter more to Fodlan than Claude did.
I) Losing Gronder field makes sense in SS cuz you are a neutral army now. You aren't allied with the empire. Gronder is between the empire, alliance, and kingdom. Thus, it makes sense to exclude this map from SS. This map should have been in CF tho.
@@l.n.3372 the story is SS is fine It does fit the battle against the empire much better and I’ve said GD should’ve been more about almyra and claude instead of being a copy.
Ghost Dimitri is whatever. The routes that have the most involvement with the agarthans barely talk about them and ironically you learn about them more in GD. BE part 1 is good but I always skip the GD part 1 cutscenes.
This video is also why I’m not making a GD video as I’d be repeating myself. The gameplay of SS is boring personally there’s no lord or Barely any correlation with the BE class and the church members. I call this the church route for no particular reason.
I should’ve rephrased that it’s my least favorite and not that it’s outright bad. However the route isn’t entirely bad since decisions don’t matter in this game so SS has no control over that and all.
The gameplay is not it in this route. The final map narratively doesn’t make as much sense as GDs final map. Gameplay wise I don’t like SS but it’s not a bad route, just one I wouldn’t replay often.
I’m glad we can all agree that AM is the best route…right?
@@Felidisasta I’m suffering on that route in maddening. But yes it is the best route
Rhae and Edelgard path are the 2 i hate the most so yeah, no thx.
I'll admit that Silver Snow could have been much better. But in the end... I still have a soft spot for it.
Azure Moon is still the best route, though.
Anyway, have a good day.
Funny story, on my first GD playthrough (on hard) Lorenz was a beast of a mixed tank lol
He really let me down on my Maddening playthrough, but then Ignatz stepped up by being insanely strength blessed so it all balances out
@@jfp4life it was sad to let ignatz die but I had no option if I wanted to cheese ch13 but Lorenz is whatever. Ignatz has great potential late game but it’s hard to use him mid game since he does no damage until level 20 as sniper or assassin
Silver snow is the best route. You're wrong (Also it's not really a church route as much as it is a Byleth route)
@@Kris-ds6wj personally I don’t like it the maps are the same as GD and I played this right after gd maddening so this felt more like a chore to complete the route but the final map is fun in all fairness
@@abeefypig GD is just silver snow but worse. GD was based on Silver snow except the plot makes less sense. The entire rivalry with Edelgard is nonsensical and your relationship with the church and overall themes of the game are also weaker. Also golden deer has the worse final map. Narratively, thematically and gameplaywise Silver Snow is just the better route. You may be biased because you just recently played Golden Deer.
@@Kris-ds6wj absolutely GDs story is bad. But I prefer it for its gameplay for SS. Claude is quite good, the GD vast is good, grinder field exists and that map is great, and personally GDs final map is my favorite even if it makes no sense narratively. But if you think silver snow is better, then that’s all you. I just don’t like it and this is all subjective