Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity | Review Thread
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Surprised it's reviewing so well because it's a musou game. Usually these reviews are always if you like this genre you will love it 7. Can't wait to play the full game.
Posted it earlier but top musou game on switch is dynasty warriors 8 extreme legends at 83, and HWDE at 78 then OPPW3 at 73. So yeah it's doing great and second highest rated on switch
Dynasty Warriors 8 would almost certainly be rated lower if it was more widely reviewed as well to be fair
this game seems like a really missed opportunity. sad.
And it sucks because it's the last Switch game I was looking forward to playing this year.
Nintendo's output in 2020 is very poor.
That Kotaku review...
... you drew the direct comparison between the two modes but have an issue with it in AoC? lol
I suppose I can understand it being frustrating that these sort of challenges went from an optional side mode to integrated with the main story, but with them acting as the gate to new characters / items / weapons, I welcome it. HW felt way too uneven and front loaded going from Story -> Adventure mode.
Yay! This was my main worry, that this game would be over much sooner than the original. This is the kind of game I want to return to for months / years to come.
... you drew the direct comparison between the two modes but have an issue with it in AoC? lol
I suppose I can understand it being frustrating that these sort of challenges went from an optional side mode to integrated with the main story, but with them acting as the gate to new characters / items / weapons, I welcome it. HW felt way too uneven and front loaded going from Story -> Adventure mode.
Yay! This was my main worry, that this game would be over much sooner than the original. This is the kind of game I want to return to for months / years to come.
I love musou and played the demo until I maxed the characters (20 cap in demo) and improved the weapons a bunch. I'm sure I'll love this game. I get why people have concerns over the story, but I really just wanted more musou and to spend more time with the original champions.
So wait, Adventure Mode is gone, but has been replaced with something kind of similar within the main campaign itself?
That's....actually really great. Technical issues aside, this seems like a very solid package.
That's....actually really great. Technical issues aside, this seems like a very solid package.
They weren't going to do a trilogy where the prequel has drastically different gameplay.
Yup organically incorporated the side modes into the main menu and keeping them gradual along with story progress(and the tough ones post story) sounds like a major improvement. You could drown in those adventure maps getting loss
Why not, this is what they were marketing it to be tho.
Yea the fact this game is their big title for the holidays i kinda hoped it would be more than what it is. It looks fun, but like it could have been so much more. Feels like the Zelda team was less involved than i thought.
All i'm gonna say is that Age of Calamity doesn't lead to Botw's story.
I am liking these reviews! Hyped!
There's only one spoiler I'm interested in knowing going off of the demo that pertains to the ending and I'll ask it here if anyones able to answer
There's only one spoiler I'm interested in knowing going off of the demo that pertains to the ending and I'll ask it here if anyones able to answer
Do the Champions still die at the end? All that timey whimey with the baby guardian seems very noncannon
GameXplain led me astray! They seemed so certain this wasn't messing with canon. Still curious enough to play it, especially since I really enjoyed the demo a lot. But ultimately, a bit bummed this doesn't have an actual bearing on the main series.
Or the game is a sure 90 but got low scores for being a musou game and bad framerates.
Metro GameCentral (6/10):
"The best Dynasty Warriors style game ever made, which means it's slightly north of mediocre, with simplistic combat, weak storytelling, and a whole lot of repetition."
If it was called Byrule Barriors: Bage Bof Balamity it would've gotten a 50
Frustrated that Aonuma would outright say that this tells THE story about what happened during the calamity. Clearly it ginned up plenty of interest from non warriors game fans, but if it truly isn't that then wtf?
is this just a case where most reviewers aren't elbow deep in botw Lore/theory-crafting and less in tune with Fujibayashi's grand plans? Are they missing anything in there where this game is alerting us the existence of certain pivotal characters who simply remained behind a curtain and laid low in actual canon but don't in AoC?
is this just a case where most reviewers aren't elbow deep in botw Lore/theory-crafting and less in tune with Fujibayashi's grand plans? Are they missing anything in there where this game is alerting us the existence of certain pivotal characters who simply remained behind a curtain and laid low in actual canon but don't in AoC?
I've been watching footage of the first five chapters, and the way Zelda meets the Champions is COMPLETELY different than how it happened in The Champions' Ballad. This game's plot definitely retcons parts of BotW's memories. Not sure how reviewers missed this.
I mean, the demo is part of the marketing for the game and it revealed the twist well before the game's release. Had this game had a longer period of time between release and announcement I'd be more inclined to agree.
I pretty much add like 5 points to musou metacritic scores because let's be honest, the genre doesn't get the respect that it should. Not saying these games are the pinnacle of game design but many of them are great ass games and this is looking to be another great ass musou. Can't wait!
Yeah, shit like this is embarrassing
- Metro GameCentral (score:60)
It's the second best rated Musou on the switch and beat the first HW(and the other game had a fraction of the votes) so yeah it is great
I know people like to joke about this, but if a regular Dynasty Warriors game came out in this state it absolutely would have scored lower than 79.
With a huge roster of characters with unique, expansive and varied movesets? With performance issues on a few certain stages only? I agree that the performance issues should knock the score down a bit and that a 9 seems high, but I think the game deserves to be in the 80-90 range.
To be fair, any game from a beloved franchise would score lower if it wasn't part of said beloved franchise.
But the license is part of the game's quality. If It enhances the experience, than that should be reflected in the scores
I'm surprised we haven't heard about a season pass yet. I wonder if that'll get announced tomorrow.
Man games not even out and to be honest, I'm excited with the prospect of a season pass already. Loved the first Hyrule Warriors DLC.
Pretty bad performance, for starters. Repetitive combat and locations, according to a non-trivial amount of the posted reviews. Does not sound like something I would personally give an 8.
Ugh I need to play this now. If I start the demo, the data will transfer over to my physical copy, right?