sifian_ wrote...
A better reason to play... One could say that the three routes are: Saber, Rin, Sakura. A perhaps more accurate way to phrase that is: Heroes, Masters, Circumstances. In the HF route you get a ton more of the nit and grit of why everything is happening the way it is than any of the other routes.
Actually, it would be more like the three routes are Saber, ARCHER, and then Sakura. You could have erased the romance with Rin in UBW and the story wouldn't have changed much. In fact, Nasu even said this himself. However, UBW played more like a love triangle than anything else.
More like, Fate is the idealism of a child, UBW is realizing that you need to make sacrifices for your dream but still reaching for it, Heaven's Feel is having to choose between the ideal and the reality and growing up.
That said, UBW is still my favorite route followed by Heaven's Feel with Fate being my least favorite of the three. UBW is just, well, it's COOL. Everything is turned on it's head early on, allies become enemies and enemies become AWESOME allies. Plus, all the Big Damn Heroes moments in the route as well from both Archer and Lancer.