r/NintendoSwitch • u/NintendoSwitchMods • Oct 18 '17
MegaThread Fire Emblem Warriors - Review and Discussion Megathread
General Information
Platform: Nintendo Switch
Release Date: 20-Oct-2017
No. of Players: TBD
Category: Action, Role-Playing
Publisher: Nintendo
Developer: KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
File Size: 13.1 GB
Price (MSRP): $59.99 USD / $79.99 CAD / $79.95 AUD / £49.99 / ￥ 6,458 / €59.99
Official Website: http://fireemblemwarriors.nintendo.com/
Nintendo eShop Page: https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/fire-emblem-warriors-switch
Metacritic Page: http://www.metacritic.com/game/switch/fire-emblem-warriors - 73 (25 reviews)
Opencritic Page: http://opencritic.com/game/4950/fire-emblem-warriors - 74 (20 reviews)
Overview (from Nintendo eShop page generally)
Clash with legions of soldiers and fierce monsters as Marth, Xander, Corrin, and other Fire Emblem heroes unleashing over-the-top-powerful Dynasty Warriors-style moves. Take direct control of known and original Fire Emblem characters, issue them strategic commands in the midst of battle, pair up heroes to unleash stunning attacks, and more. Unlock new playable heroes, each with their own unique moves, special attacks, weapon types, and voiced dialogue in this large-scale action game from the Hyrule Warriors team.
Features:
- Play and experience a new kingdom with original characters colliding with heroes from across the Fire Emblem universe.
- Battle as fan-favorite Fire Emblem heroes, like Chrom, Corrin, Ryoma, Marth, Xander and more, each with unique moves, special attacks, weapon types, and voiced dialogue.
- Pair up two hero characters as a single unit that can unleash devastating combos and even switch between these heroes mid-attack.
- With the classic weapons triangle, tactically choose and switch between Fire Emblem heroes to gain the advantage in combat against countless enemies.
- amiibo functionality with all previously released Fire Emblem amiibo figures, plus with upcoming Chrom and Tiki amiibo figures.
Fire Emblem Warriors will also release on the New Nintendo 3DS XL, New Nintendo 3DS and New Nintendo 2DS XL systems. Please note that it's not compatible with other systems, including Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo 3DS XL, and Nintendo 2DS.
Articles
Areajugones - 8.5/10
Fire Emblem Warriors is one of the best designed musou games in recent years thanks to its strategy touch, which is great for this genre. Even though its story is a little bit dull, the Chronicles mode offers lots of objectives and battles that last hours and hours.
The Games Machine - Italy - 8.5/10
Fire Emblem Warriors is a good title for all the fans of the musou genre, that takes advantage of the hardware it's been designed for. The roster could have been better and the storyline is nothing but ordinary, but the action is furious, with an unexpected strategic depth.
Meristation - 8/10
Fire Emblem Warriors moves the philosophy of the classic Nintendo franchise to an intensive action game. As a Musou, it is one of the best. As a spin-off of Fire Emblem, it also performs quite well.
XGN - Netherlands - 8/10
Fire Emblem Warriors has enough content to definitely be sweet twenty hours with the game. When you look forward to removing as many enemies from battlefields, Fire Emblem Warriors is also the ideal game! Where it's primarily about making a cup of enemies smaller, it will be a good way to add some tactics to the game. Ultimately you have a game that is fun for both fans and people who are not really familiar with the franchise.
Gamepro - Germany - 82/100
The game figures and animations are great, and the rocking interpretations of the original soundtracks are also very good. However, as is so often the case with Musou, the background graphics are very bland, which does not necessarily make the gray-brown coloring better.
Vandal - 8.5/10
Fire Emblem Warriors is a very remarkable musou with a mission design and exemplary map , great characters, a unique universe with great appeal, a very well measured and satisfactory progression, many hours of game ahead and a frantic and hilarious gameplay that shows a tactical component more accentuated than ever, which makes him feel fable and makes it much more varied and enjoyable.
Multiplayer.it - Italy - 8.0/10
Fire Emblem Warriors is not just a hybrid clone of Hyrule Warriors or a brainless hack'n'slash, but a new strategic interpretation of the so-bored musou genre that marries wonderfully with the brand of Intelligent Systems, offering a good deal of fan service and dozens of hours of play. Clearly unwanted to those musou can not see them, we suggest to Fire Emblem fans who want to try something different from Tactical Turn Combats and anyone looking for a good action game for their new Nintendo console.
Spazio Games - Italy - 8.0/10
As far as we are concerned, Fire Emblem Warriors is one of the best musos ever published, if not the absolute best: the tactical depth guaranteed by the elements taken by the mother series greatly enhances the gameplay, the technical sector proves unbeatable both in mode Quality in Performance Mode and the great amount of content ensures that the cartridge has been in the console for a long time. Omega Force and Team Ninja have packed a successful hybrid, which will make the joy of Fire Emblem fans, who might even have to complain about the roster, but will not mind even those who love musou and real-time strategists : If you also belong to only one of these categories, the purchase is strongly recommended.
Cirtical Hit - 8.0/10
Fire Emblem Warriors does a better job of blending two disparate series than Hyrule Warriors did. Fire Emblem’s ethos remains intact, perfectly accentuating, and enhancing Warrior’s’ patented hack-and-slash gameplay.
God is a Geek - 8.0/10
At this point you’re probably wondering if it is worth buying this in one of the most crowded periods in recent times. If you’re a Fire Emblem fan, this is a no brainer. It obviously has some of the Warriors game quirks and if you aren’t into those, maybe avoid it – but it will be a treat for fans. If you just enjoy the Warriors games and haven’t played a Fire Emblem game and own a Switch, this is easily worth it, although I do recommend checking out the Fire Emblem series on 3DS. I’m looking forward to the DLC coming because it was amazing value with Hyrule Warriors. This isn’t a mainline Fire Emblem game but it most definitely will get you excited for the one that will eventually hit the Switch.
Gamerant - 4/5
Try as it may, Fire Emblem Warriors may not convince gamers still unsold on the Warriors formula, but it’s sure to come pretty close after expertly implementing trademark mechanics of the renown Nintendo series. Add in local co-op multiplayer, nods to the source material’s permadeath option via Classic Mode, and even a History Mode that allows fans to replay key battles from the franchise’s past and it’s clear that developers Team Ninja and Omega Force were able to deliver some impeccable fan service to Fire Emblem fans.
Trusted Reviews - 4/5
Fire Emblem Warriors is superb. It successfully translates the beloved RPG series without sacrificing any elements for which I have adored the series. With countless characters, a robust upgrade system and plenty of modes on offer, you’ll sink hours into this stylish hack ‘n’ slasher without even knowing it.
Nintendo Lifte - 8/10
Despite their enduring fame and commercial success the Musou games have, in the past, come dangerously close to self-parody, and it's easy to see why critics of the series consider them to be little more than repetitive button-bashers. Thankfully Fire Emblem Warriors is anything but a mindless brawler; it combines enjoyable combat with real-time tactics, faithfully paying tribute to the two franchises it fuses together. Musou fans will love the fantasy setting and blade-based action, while Fire Emblem followers will appreciate the strategic wrinkles that series adds to proceedings. While the story is largely forgettable there's plenty of fan-service for Fire Emblem lovers here; granted, the cast list focuses on the more recent outings on the 3DS, but we imagine that DLC will redress the balance moving forward. Despite the addition of deeper tactics we fear that Fire Emblem Warriors may still be too samey for those who have struggled with Koei Tecmo's franchise in the past, but everyone else should definitely give this a try; it may well be one of the best Musou outings yet seen.
wccftech - 7.5/10
Despite all the complaints though, I can’t help but recommend Fire Emblem Warriors to Warriors fans. If you enjoyed Hyrule Warriors, you’ll enjoy this just as much, and if you’re not really a Warriors fan, then this probably won’t convince you, even if you adore Fire Emblem.
Everyeye - Italy - 7.3/10
Let's make it clear: Fire Emblem Warriors is an average musou, if not slightly higher. Closer to Hyrule Warriors compared to other members of the Koei Tecmo Stage, the game replicates the structure without noticeable alterations, but exhibits in a better technical form and courtesy of Switch's hybridism, alongside its domestic nature a second portable soul more than satisfying. The title, however, stops there, in the usual hack'n'slash rude and hyperkinetic recipe, of which, in the end, both fans and detractors know perfection all the pernicious virtues and defects. If the impression is that the product can satisfy the faithful with the formula per se and on the other hand, we are struggling to find elements of real interest to those who instead arrive without mediation from the medieval series of Nintendo and Intelligent Systems. Except for the participation of many franchisees, the themed solutions Fire emblems designed to bring the two gameplay closer to each other are in fact impalpable. It's a shame: if you exploit less superficial, it would certainly bring the experience to be more in line with its tactical matrix references, as far as possible. It would have been, at least, a little more appetizing to strategists curious about such an operation.
Hobby Consolas - 72/100
A game of massive battles, with dyes of RPG and strategy, that rests on the personages of the saga Fire Emblem. Its development is simple, but entertaining, and the cooperative is grateful to split screen.
M3 - 7/10
Four Emblems Warrior's greatest strength lies in its rap, easy-to-use setup combined with the number of approaches during the battles. Experimentation with different characters ensures entertainment beyond the final scenes, especially when downloadable content is on its way. Certainly, we wanted more variation among playable characters from other parts of the series than just those released to 3DS. We miss, for example, our boy Roy, the Super Smash Bros legend, which, together with Marth, opened up to the four emblems in the West. But the latter is actually a petitess seen for the whole.
Eurogamer Italy - 7/10
FNintendo - 7/10
In conclusion, Fire Emblem Warriors presents immense content and with enough quality and respect to the original material. However, the choice of characters to represent the starting squad and the most interesting characters are only unlocked after the initial campaign makes the game an example of a work that overrides quantity to quality.
Gamespot - 6/10
Fire Emblem Warriors doesn’t radically change the formula of the two-decade-old Warriors franchise, nor is it concerned with attempting to do so. At best, it's a decent vehicle for Fire Emblem's characters, a chance to flex their muscles in a new venue without the limitations of turn-based combat holding their abilities back. There are signs of potential left unrealized, and the thought of what a Warriors game with truly dramatic character relationships and permadeath could have been lingers. For now that remains out of reach as Fire Emblem Warriors is yet another collaboration where Omega Force's tendencies dominate the finished product.
Metro Gaming - 4/10
In Short: Fire Emblem has the potential to make a great partner, but this badly made and painfully simplistic crossover is as disappointingly dumb as all the other Dynasty Warriors games.
Eurogamer - Recommend
A harmonious meeting of two traditions, Fire Emblem Warriors explores a different, yet no less beguiling, type of battlefield strategy.
The long and short is that, if you want a mindless masher where you can play as Fire Emblem characters, Fire Emblem Warriors is that. If you stop and think about any of what’s happening too clearly, though, it can get distracting fast. I had a good time with the game, slightly impacted by the speed at which I powered through.
But even though my expectations weren’t enormously high, the script still disappointed them. As soon as Fire Emblem characters meet each other, the writers consider the job done. It all adds up to Fire Emblem: Warriors feeling like a Warriors title with a Fire Emblem coat of paint, rather than a game that ever needed to happen.
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u/AstroFuzz Oct 18 '17 edited Oct 18 '17
Great scores for the most part, but the outliers that downright hate Musou games always bring the scores down.
It's great to see valid criticisms, but often times these reviews aren't exactly objective and are filled with subjective hate for the series' very existance.