The fandom you're in looks really awesome, and the reason I followed you is it the cooler that comes with it, but I have no idea what it's about or what the actual game is? Is there a place I can go to kind of find out and maybe play myself? (You're so passionate about it that I'm starting to get really curious but google is my enemy)
Iām GUESSING you mean fate series cause thatās my number one thing I do not shut up about. itās uhh kind of a spiraling mess of a series but most installments are standalone enough for it to not be a complete hell to get into, but also Iām glad you asked because getting in without help is definitely hell
fate started with the visual novel fate/stay night, written by kinoko nasu and released in 2004. as such thatās the best starting point in my opinion, because it features all the detailed worldbuilding groundwork that later installments kind of gloss over so it can be hard to go back to if you already know all that from other installments.Ā the plot is thatĀ seven magi summon legendary heroes to fight for them in a ritual war, with the prize being the holy grail which can grant any wish. leading themes are what it means to be a hero and save someone, the way history repeats itself, and forming your own identity in the wake of trauma. it has three routes, the last of which especially has really heavy themes of physical emotional and sexual abuse so if you need detailed content warnings pm me and Iāll do my best
fsn has several releases, the original vn features infamously bad erotica but thereās a rerelease called fate/stay night [realta nua] which replaced those scenes with pg-15 content and also tightened the visuals up a bit. Iāve got downloads for both versions here. itās like 80 hours of vn so thatās quite the investment butĀ thereās also the anime fate/stay night [unlimited blade works] featuring the second route, and the third route is getting a series of movies the first of which is out too, called heavenās feel - presage flower. fate route (the first route) sort of got an anime in 2006 and unlimited blade works a movie in 2010 but those are really reallyĀ bad so look for the 2014 anime and 2017 movie. imo the ubw anime did a decent job and heavenās feel is doing pretty good too so far so theyāre good for seeing if you like what the series has to offer before you dive into a long ass vn.
the prequel to fate/stay night is fate/zero, a light novel series written by gen urobuchi in collaboration with nasu. as such itās notably darker than the rest of the series but by nature of being a prequel it makes for an equally decent starting point as stay night, since both will spoil things for the other. fate/zero has an anime too.Ā
imo stay night and zero are theĀ āstandardā fate installments, if someone says they like fate you can safely assume theyāve consumed at least one of those - is what I used to say but apparently itās been so long that even this isnāt a reasonable assumption anymore. oh how times have changed. anyway please do start with zero or stay night cause like I said those are earlier installments so theyāre at high risk of falling flat if you already know the deep lore from later stuff.
the biggest most booming fate installment is fate/grand order, a mobile game featuring characters from all other fates as well as a lot of newcomers. itās pretty newbie friendly in terms of lore I think but youāll get more out of it if you do know the background for all these characters since character development tends to carry over between installments. itās infamously story heavy for a mobile game, especially in the later chapters when nasu got the hang of writing for mobage. the tone is also notably different from fsn and fz in that itās moreā¦. grandiose and theatrical, and obviously it waifs everyone up a bit so they can get you to spend money. still good tho. still love it. itās got two anime specials, first order and moonlight lostroom, but first order makes no damn sense if you donāt know anything of stay night and lostroom takes place after the events of the first fgo arc. thereās anime projects of two of the chapters in progress too.
you thought that was all? youāre a fool this isnāt even half of it but Iāll briefly go over the rest under a cut cause those 3 are the big players.
