Fire Emblem Warriors Three Hopes Review (Nintendo Switch OLED)
For our Fire Emblem Warriors Three Hopes Review we attempt to uncover the fates of the three powers in a different story set in the universe of Fire Emblem: Three Houses. Command vast forces in real-time battles that blend the strategy of Fire Emblem with action-packed Warriors-style gameplay to unravel the diverging paths of Fódlan’s new future
Fire Emblem Warriors Three Hopes Review Pros:
- Beautiful graphics.
- 13.4GB download size.
- Action fighting gameplay.
- Japanese and English voice-over language.
- Can rebind controls and Invert axis and sensitivity sliders.
- 3 difficulties – Easy, normal, and hard.
- Two game modes – Casual (fallen units respawn) and Classic (permadeath to units).
- Two play styles – Slow and steady or quick and efficient. Affects what tutorial and story pop-ups you get, level-up screens, etc.
- 8 save slots.
- Beautifully animated cutscenes.
- Male or female avatars.
- Text conversations can be fast-forwarded, auto-advanced, and skipped. You can hide the Ui and/or show a full-text log.
- Excellent voice work.
- Multiple choice encounters.
- Auto saves regularly.
- Tutorial pop-ups as you play.
- The game plays like the Dynasty Warriors games.
- Full 3D camera control.
- Combo counter.
- You can lock onto elite/captain enemies.
- Build up special attacks.
- Clear easy read Ui.
- Loot and items will drop from enemies.
- The impressive amount of on-screen enemies.
- Bookmark saving is just a fancy way of saying quick save where it’s deleted upon loading.
- Strongholds are controlled by a team and killing the captain has you take control and get the healing buff.
- At any time bring up the moves list that shows a video demonstration.
- Stun gauge is on every elite enemy and depleting this from attacks allows you to then finish them.
- Class and affinities take effect and can make fights easier or harder.
- Instantly swap between characters in your group.
- Vulneraries are used to restore health.
- Minimap along with a big proper map.
- Assign team members to fights/objectives or use auto battle.
- Loot and items drop from enemies.
- The awakening gauge fills as you collect tonics and execute a critical rush and once full and activated, you become Invincible with stronger attacks and bonus combos.
- Earn EXP and increase your stats.
- MVP is the award given at the end of a battle and the MVP gets a bonus exp.
- Use combat arts and magic to earn exp and level them up. (basically special moves)
- Camp – in between battles you have a free roam camp to engage in conversations and answering encounters correctly will reward support points that increase your bond and make them better in battle.
- Pick your house from Leicester Alliance Golden Deer, Arestian Empire Black Eagles, and Holy Kingdom Of Faerghus Blue Lions.
- The House you pick dictates the olaystyle and the team you have available.
- Treasure chests can appear in a battle, find the key to open it, use a character to break it for fewer rewards and if the enemy gets to it then they can steal it all.
- Bonus optional side missions can be triggered.
- Monster fights are awesome, on a Monster Hunter scale, the monsters are huge and they have layers to them but they are satisfying.
- Combines fast paced action with a more tactical approach.
- Amiibo support.
- Saves from other Fire Emblem games will give you bonus rewards.
Fire Emblem Warriors Three Hopes Review Cons:
- Long initial load time.
- Plays like so many other games in the series.
- Slow starter with a lot of pop-ups and story drops.
- Combat is button mashy.
- The a slight slowdown in places.
- So much to take in and keep a track of.
- A lot of story cutscenes and interactions.
- If you give up on the story for whatever reason, you will still have a lot of skipping cutscenes to do.
- The camp staff is kinda plain and just a checklist.
- When interacting with people they don’t actually move towards you or anything.
- The game loop is very repetitive.
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Fire Emblem Warriors Three Hopes:
Developer: KOEI TECMO
Publisher: Nintendo
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