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1.6 PLAYBUTTON "The Legend of Zelda Field Music Collection". Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity is out now £49.99. Scything through thousands of identical baddies might not be the most sophisticated power fantasy, but the compelling rhythm of intense battles and constantly achievable microgoals ensures it’s certainly a fun one – to the point where only thumb pain was preventing me from playing even more. More annoying is the camera’s tendency to get jammed up against walls and other objects in smaller environments, which can be disastrous when fighting huge enemies, and the snooze-inducing load times.īut Age of Calamity is a bizarre, enjoyable beast that pays homage to an incredible game, while merrily doing its own thing. Performance-wise, it’s admirable considering the sheer quantity of stuff on screen, but can get distractingly sluggish when it starts throwing visual special effects into the mix, especially in the functional but creaky two-player mode. Photograph: NintendoĪge of Calamity falters a little graphically: scenery pops suddenly into view and there are noticeably low-quality textures everywhere, though this is mitigated by the impressionistic art style. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity Nintendo Switch screenshot. Although good for a bit of variety, they’re relatively simplistic and also don’t look especially good: it’s occasionally difficult to see what you’re shooting at. Less entertaining are turret-shooter segments where you control the colossal (and sluggish) Divine Beasts. It’s a simple but effective loop that kept me playing long after the credits rolled, or at least until my thumb began aching from button-mashing.Įqually enjoyable is the game’s Avengers-style ensemble story, a standalone tale that expands on character moments merely hinted at in Breath of the Wild – Reddit scholars will have a field day analysing every subtle dimension of the game’s cutscenes and arguing over how canonical everything is. From Breath of the Wild’s familiar world map, you deploy into either one of the full-on battles that build the story, or into a smaller mission that will earn you the loot you need to boost characters’ arsenals and abilities. 
While minor tactical concerns do arise in battle – you can order ally characters to various points in the battlefield, taking control of them as needed – strategy takes a back seat.
A surprisingly large roster of playable characters is waiting to be unlocked, each of them boasting enough combat variety and visual flair to reduce repetition among the endless hordes.
It sounds (and is) simplistic, but it’s incredibly fun to charge into full-scale battles with you and your allies wreaking havoc, enemies flying through the air as you plough through the game’s lengthy brawls. Higher-tier foes present more of a challenge as you chip away at their health bars, aiming to either break their defences in vulnerable moments or counter attacks with magical flourishes. You’ll bash up hundreds of hapless minions as you race across the map trying to take down jacked-up enemies or capture outposts. This game is about the war that led to Hyrule’s fall 100 years before the start of Breath of the Wild, and Dynasty Warriors’ hack-and-slash gameplay is a perfect fit.
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