Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity

Eurogamer

Martin Robinson

Recommended

Zelda gets the Dynasty Warriors treatment once more, folding in inspiration from Breath of the Wild for the best musou spin-off yet.

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IGN

Cam Shea

9 / 10.0

Age of Calamity boasts compelling combat, a stack of content and a clever remix of Breath of the Wild's Hyrule.

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Metro GameCentral

Unknown Author

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.

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GamesRadar+

Hirun Cryer

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity is an ace accomplice to Breath of the Wild, providing charming backstories to its colorful cast of characters while carrying forward the spirit of experimental gameplay with impressive results.

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Game Informer

Ben Reeves

7.5 / 10.0

The action is tedious, but cutting through swaths of Bokoblins and single-handedly clearing a battlefield is still rewarding

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GameSpot

Suriel Vazquez

6 / 10

Age of Calamity improves on the combat and structure of Hyrule Warriors, but saps much of the weight from Breath of the Wild's backstory as it fills in its gaps.

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USgamer

Nadia Oxford

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity isn't The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2, but it's a great musou game with a lot of content for starved fans of Breath of the Wild. Even if you're a Zelda fan who can take or leave musou games, Age of Calamity is worth taking. However, occasional slowdown and frame drops, especially in handheld mode on the Switch Lite, make it clear the Switch is aging quickly.

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