Fire Emblem: Three Houses

Play it on: Switch
Buy it from: Amazon | Best Buy | Humble Bundle
Current goal: Enjoy one of the best Switch games to date (and have tea with Edelgard)

Did you know that today (July 26) is the five year anniversary of Fire Emblem: Three Houses releasing for Nintendo Switch? That’s as good as a reason as any to go play one of the best tactical RPGs ever made. If you’ve played it before or if you’ve never touched a Fire Emblem game in your life, you should still probably play some of Three Houses this weekend in celebration.

Three Houses puts you in the shoes of a professor at the Garreg Mach Monastery officer’s school, and gives you the choice of which of the titular three houses to control. Each house has a charismatic leader and a loveable cast of students. Over the course of the game, through both tactical combat and laid-back tea breaks at the school, you get to build bonds with the game’s wonderfully written characters. The tactical combat also delivers. It’s pretty standard tactical fare but it’s executed well—it’s never overtly punishing or too easy. As we near the end of the Switch’s lifespan, Three Houses remains one of the best games the console has given us. — Willa Rowe