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41. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (2020) - Switch

I played both HW games co-op with a friend, and both were fun experiences overall, but they're not amazing by any means. This one's probably a bit better than the original Hyrule Warriors overall? It diverges a little more from the basic Warriors formula I feel, particularly the cool map. The game basically uses the map from BotW, and puts quests on there rather than just picking from a list or something. It creates a more atmospheric experience that feels more immersive and heightens the connection to BotW. The game kind of frames it as you fighting to win every region back from the forces of Ganon (in that there are bonuses you get from clearing percentages of each area), which is neat. We generally did a good number of the side missions between each main chapter, but I think we ended up clearing a bit under 50% of the game's content, so you can probably tell that it's a huge game with a ridiculous number of quests. I thought most of the quests were generally fun, with solid objectives and not too focused on simply conquering outposts or whatever.

The combat's probably a bit better than the original HW too, but not too different. It's still pretty button mashy. The characters are mostly fun at least, other than the big ones, who aren't great. I feel like they hyped the story up for this one big time, and while it's definitely way better than HW's (the voice acting helps a lot), it's still not amazing. King of Hyrule is too much of a dick, and the villains aren't particularly interesting in general. Some character interactions are neat at least. Probably the best thing I can say about it is that we basically had fun the whole way through. There weren't any awesome parts as good as playing as Ganon and undoing all the heroes' progress in HW1, but there weren't any particular low points either. Easily the worst musou I played in 2021. :p

Next game hint: discovering the truth is certainly more fun than being deceived by it.