Why is the Fate route so boring? Are UBW and HF really worth reading through this infodump-riddled drag?
>>161413380
>Why is the Fate route so boring?
Because it's literally the worst route.
>>161413380
fsn is shit as a whole
>>161413380
>Why is the Fate route so boring?
It's basically an info dump, which is why it's been largely ignored in the years to come
>Are UBW and HF really worth reading through this infodump-riddled drag?
You should probably just watch UBW, and then either read/play HF. HF is the actual route where Nasu really starts to shine as a writer (with regards to the Fate series in general).
>>161413671
Will I be fine without knowing what happens in the Fate route?
>>161413775
Dont listen to him. Just read the fucking VN.
>>161413775
It's a general introduction to the Nasuverse and F/SN's setting, but people have gotten away with just watching either Zero or ufotable's UBW and I don't blame them. That, and the VN has a pretty bad translation, so I think you'll be fine.
>Fate route remake happens
>it hasbondage Sakura
>>161413775
>Will I be fine skipping a third of the novel?
Sure.
Should I read the VN or watch the anime?
>>161415628
Read the fucking VN
>>161415759
okay
>>161413549
kill yourself you fucking tree
>>161413775
Unless you have the newer versions where each route was released separately you pretty much have to do the Fate/UBW/HF order in the original VN. Flags are cleared at the end of each route that leads to the ability to make the different decisions necessary to go into the other routes on the following playthroughs.
Is fate actually any good?
>>161413380
Because the Shonen in it is too strong. I don't usually really have a problem with that, but much of it feels like an unused naruto arc. It feels out of place for the most part when put beside UBW and HF. And, like others have said, it's basically one long infodump.
>>161416806
Not really, it's too fucking long.
You could cut like 90% from it without reducing quality.
>>161416971
UBW is even more shounen than Fate, though. Shirou vs Archer is pretty much the exact same "muh resolve" bullshit that you'd see in Bleach or at the end of Naruto's Pain arc.
>I am literally you from the future. I know from first-hand experience that following your ideal is objectively a mistake, as well as subjectively from your very own perspective eventually. Abandon it while you still can.
>... IT'S NOT A MISTAKE!
>Wow, you've sure enlightened me. Now excuse me, I'm off to get skewered by countless swords through all my vitals, only to survive and project several NPs without even having a master!