Also returning from the Hyrule games are the two additional bars monitoring your current hero’s Awakening or Warrior gauges. It’s at this point that you can pause the action and direct the hero you just stopped controlling forwards as they will blindly head towards the main objective otherwise. This can be slightly resolved by bringing in another player to play the missions in 2-player split screen there’s a dip in the amount of enemies on screen at any one time, but the game runs smoothly and is greatly enjoyable with others.įor anyone familiar with the gameplay of traditional “Musou” games, or the popular Hyrule Warriors crossover, will know how this is played for the most part continually hammer the standard and strong attack buttons until you win. The ability to switch between warriors at will aids here as the warriors, when controlled by the in-game AI, are not quite as savvy as the player and tend to rush in with no thought of weakness and with little inclination to heal themselves. This is where another distinctly Fire Emblem trait seeps in, with the ability to strategically direct the warriors you are not currently controlling to take on particular objectives such as opening routes, taking over keeps, or protecting the other NPCs on the field. This means that if the player is trying to engage enemies that have the advantage, they will definitely feel this fact and obviously vice versa.Īs the majority of the main campaign’s content revolves around defeating bosses or acquiring keeps through dispatching the captain of them, there is a real need to pay attention to this triangle aspect of the gameplay, even in the other warriors on the field. This is a core mechanic in Fire Emblem and states that swords beat axes, that beat lances, which beat swords.
As there are multiple different warriors to use with different weapons, this is where Fire Emblem Warriors’ main defining mechanic comes in the Weapon Triangle. In any given battle, there are multiple heroes in play at once and these can be switched between by pressing up or down on the D-Pad. Taking control of a single warrior at once, the player fights through waves of enemies using a mixture or normal and strong attacks, which can be strung together in a slowly unlocked list of different combinations. The gameplay is, as opposed to the slightly messy story, remarkably solid and focused. Overall, the story is undeniably twee with it’s “power of friendship” themes, but the endearing and well-rounded nature of (most of) the characters does shine through. In an attempt to mark the key plot points from Awakening and Fates, the story can feel a little disjointed and doesn’t make sense at some points, including a few erroneous moments involving battles taking place where they really hadn’t needed to. This is where the story becomes a little messy, as the various plot threads of the different Fire Emblem games are brought together into a single story. To achieve this, they have to find and gain the help of various heroes from other worlds and complete the powerful Shield of Flames. The main portion of the story of Fire Emblem Warriors follows Rowan and Lianna, the Prince and Princess of Aytolis, and their quest to save their kingdom and the world from dark and demonic invaders. So, now that I have had a substantial amount of time with it, how is the game? The more information that came out about Fire Emblem Warriors, the better it looked, and the hype levels were very high.
When Nintendo announced yet another Warriors crossover, but this time with Fire Emblem, a franchise that I personally prefer over the Zelda franchise. I was a huge fan of Hyrule Warriors the unusual match-up of the Warriors formula with the Zelda aesthetic and characters worked tremendously well, especially in terms of the sheer amount of content the game provided and how the Zelda mechanics altered the tried and tested Warriors franchise in interesting ways. This review was originally posted on Nintendo Scene on 18th October 2017.
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