I’ll give it that the main plot of the game has not been explained much at all the last two presentations it’s been in, but I’m still excited for Fire Emblem Three Houses. Call it generic or anime all you want, but I like the new art style and the gameplay, from my perspective runs pretty well. Sure the animated cutscenes appear to run like the ones in Echoes, but that’s more likely done as a style by the studio animating the cutscenes as they did with Echoes.
The battles look pretty interesting and I like the customization and training aspects for the students. The teacher/mentor aspect is also pretty interesting and I rarely see games have those types of story concepts.
I get if some are a bit turned off by some of these new features, but I think the game will still be great. I don’t really see how some of these features would be necessarily bad. Every other FE game have been well received by critics outside of maybe the Shadow Dragon remake. I think if they show more of the main story, it could bring in more interest beyond the fandom.