The Fire Emblem: Three Houses Expansion Pass currently retails at practically 50% of the base game price, and considering the sheer amount of content in the core title, it has to brought into question how much Cindered Shadows segregates itself from the core experience.
Fire Emblem: Three Houses - Cindered Shadows2020
Fire Emblem: Three Houses - Cindered Shadows
2020 Nintendo EAD Tokyo Software Development Group No.176Good
Playtime
ShortTypically 8 hours
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Details
- Launch
- February 12, 2020
- Developer
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Overview
Cindered Shadows is a DLC sidestory in Fire Emblem: Three Houses where the focus is given to the Ashen Wolves Yuri, Constance, Balthus, and Hapi who resides in the Abyss, a whole town below Garreg Mach Monastery.
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Good- Metacritic75from 16 reviews
- OpenCritic78from 13 reviews
If you intend to try out all the new content then the asking price of AU$37.50 is worth it, but if you’re strictly only interested in the Cindered Shadows DLC then you may want to rethink the purchase.
How much you get out of Cindered Shadows will depend largely on what you enjoyed about Three Houses. If you want further exploration of Garreg Mach and Fodlan’s histories, a few new playable characters and classes, new facilities for your main save, and a concentrated dose of Fire Emblem; it does its part and then some. However if you were taken in...
This expansion pass offers new unlockables that can go a long way, but its side story connects in an odd way.
Fire Emblem Three Houses: Cindered Shadows DLC offers a condensed offering of what made the base game great, and is a must-own for fans of the series.