Fire Emblem Warriors

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7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 415 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 55 out of 415
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  1. Gr1145
    Oct 20, 2017
    3
    I love Fire Emblem and I greatly enjoy Musou titles, but rather than being the chocolate and peanut butter combination I always dreamed of, it ended up more like Toothpaste and Orange Juice.

    Fire Emblem Warriors is a sub-par game even by Musou standards brought further down by a one-note story and it's greatest sin, it's lackluster roster; holding beloved characters such as Ike, Roy,    I love Fire Emblem and I greatly enjoy Musou titles, but rather than being the chocolate and peanut butter combination I always dreamed of, it ended up more like Toothpaste and Orange Juice.

    Fire Emblem Warriors is a sub-par game even by Musou standards brought further down by a one-note story and it's greatest sin, it's lackluster roster; holding beloved characters such as Ike, Roy, and Hector hostage behind the possibility of a sequel and choosing to go for waifu bait instead, resulting in a slew of cloned characters and a harsh lack of good movesets.

    Truly a wonderful concept, brought down by incompetent direction    … Expand
  2. YaruSaru
    Dec 10, 2017
    4
    I thought this was a pretty weak game and here's why, I also used Hyrule Warriors as a comparison because that makes the most sense. Quick side note as well, if you love Fire Emblem or Warriors games, you'll still like this game and should probably pick it up despite all the flaws.

    1. The character roster is abysmal. Hyrule did better in making it a celebration of the series whereas FE    I thought this was a pretty weak game and here's why, I also used Hyrule Warriors as a comparison because that makes the most sense. Quick side note as well, if you love Fire Emblem or Warriors games, you'll still like this game and should probably pick it up despite all the flaws.

    1. The character roster is abysmal. Hyrule did better in making it a celebration of the series whereas FE left out literally the most popular FE characters like Ike and Roy (according to the most recent heroes popularity poll). They had a lot of excuses for this but none of them actually held water.

    2. The number of unique characters is actually not very high and that's masked by clone characters. After not counting clones we go from 23 to 15.

    3. The story is really bad. There's no sugar coating that. The original characters fall very flat and are very predictable, also the Shadow Dragon characters are a complete afterthought showing up with no introduction or reason for them being there. Lyn and Celica aren't even included in the story.

    4. The map design is really bland. Hyrule looked gorgeous and the maps had character, it made me feel like I was in Hyrule. FE had the potential for being in actual FE maps but instead we got "generic desert map" and "generic castle map" that really could've fit into any generic rpg.

    5. History mode was interesting but Hyrules 8 bit boards were more fleshed out. FE's history mode has really really poor rewards. You have to complete so many battles for what? A skin? That's pretty bad. Hyrule gave us new skins, weapons (that changed movesets), and permanent health upgrades.

    6. The support system is almost non-existent despite being a selling point of the game.

    The only thing this game has over other warriors games is the friendly AI because you can command your troops, which isn't small in a game like this. It's really nice to be able to do that and make sure your friendly officers don't die.

    I know it seems like I'm a Zelda fanboy but I've only ever played Links Awakening and Fire Emblem is my favorite franchise with Warriors being my second. Honestly I've enjoyed this game because it's a crossover of my two favorite games but realistically it's a 4/10 and I hope they do much better with the sequel.    … Expand
  3. CyberRobotnix
    Mar 5, 2018
    4
    I found this game to lack any substance or story, I also found it to be as disappointing as Hyrule warriors.

    Most of the main content is interesting, but when you beat the game, good luck to get any type of fun. The warriors in this game are chosen randomly, whilst the cast in hyrule warriors made sense, the cast in this game has Tharja and some other boring characters that you    I found this game to lack any substance or story, I also found it to be as disappointing as Hyrule warriors.

    Most of the main content is interesting, but when you beat the game, good luck to get any type of fun.

    The warriors in this game are chosen randomly, whilst the cast in hyrule warriors made sense, the cast in this game has Tharja and some other boring characters that you probably never asked to have.

    Basically, it's Hyrule Warriors, but with Fire Emblem characters, disgusting!    … Expand
  4. Legault35
    Oct 21, 2017
    2
    A disappointment.

    - Weak roster: big probelm for a fan service/ crossover game. FEW lacks representation of the majority of the Fire emblem serie; Jugdrall, Magvel, Tellius are completely absent. The representation of Elibe and Valentia is only one bonus character for each. Fan favorite like Ike or Hector are missing. And one of the three chosen games, Shadow Dragon is cleraly shafted.    A disappointment.

    - Weak roster: big probelm for a fan service/ crossover game. FEW lacks representation of the majority of the Fire emblem serie; Jugdrall, Magvel, Tellius are completely absent. The representation of Elibe and Valentia is only one bonus character for each. Fan favorite like Ike or Hector are missing. And one of the three chosen games, Shadow Dragon is cleraly shafted.
    Besides, it lacks diversity in term of weapons and class. No armored units (Hector?), no lance cav. (Camus?).
    Finally, a lot of the chosen characters share the same moveset. They are unnecessary clones.

    -Story: It is incredibly bad. Not just meh (as expected in a crossover/ fan service game) but really bad.
    The Original Characters are terrible. Especially the guy: Rowan. And they use swords!
    The characters from Fates are as dumb (Nohr) or bland (Hoshido) in FEW than in there original games. Those from Awakening and SD are ok but not great.
    The story itself is uninspired.
    The cringe is real (power of friendship and all...).

    -the gameplay is nice at first but become repetitive very quickly. The lack of diversity and the clone issue are huge here. There is some nice things: you can lead allies controledby the IA and switch between characters during a map. But the maps and objective become repetitivequickly too.

    -The voice acting. It is bad for the most part.

    -The graphism and 3D models are ok/good but not awesome. The music is nice.

    There are probably a lot of things to do to complete the game 100 % but i am already bored. And i checked the announced DLC, there are really bad and will certainly not save this game for me. Some of the DLC characters are in the game already as NPC and they come all from the already represented games! Are you kidding me!? I will resell it soon and I regret my preorder.

    Fire Emblem in a warrior settings was a very good concept. But it fails hard to fulfill the expectations. Mines at least.    … Expand
  5. Bonzikong
    Nov 18, 2017
    1
    Game took two of the worst fire emblems and completely ignored the middle part of the fanbase. Even the DLC characters are just adding more to the mountain of crap.

    do not buy
  6. boomboon
    Oct 21, 2017
    1
    Fire Emblem Warriors doesnt do much to improve on what other musou games have done, and in many cases, its worst. The character models are stiff and in some cases, like prince takumi, just outright ugly. when playing the game, the frame rate would worsen almost every 10 minutes, making this game about slaying thousands of warriors just outright annoying and tedious. I was about 90 minutesFire Emblem Warriors doesnt do much to improve on what other musou games have done, and in many cases, its worst. The character models are stiff and in some cases, like prince takumi, just outright ugly. when playing the game, the frame rate would worsen almost every 10 minutes, making this game about slaying thousands of warriors just outright annoying and tedious. I was about 90 minutes in when I realized just how boring this game was. all the objectives were the exact same and I pressed the exact same buttons over and over again. The game tries to implement fire emblem mechanics but fails utterly. there is no permadeath, your allies still get revived in classic mode, and the weapon triangle has little effect in the game. Honestly this game is an utter disappointment to both musou fans who have enjoyed hyrule warriors, and fire emblem fans who receive yet another poor spin-off… Expand
  7. Zsedc345
    Oct 22, 2017
    4
    Disappointing, Its just Disappointing.

    It trys too do too much and take from too many things and falls short. The characters feel the same, they dont feel all that satisfying to me. Alot of them play the same, I could understand this in a Dynasty warriors game that has like 80 Playable characters, But The game has only about 20. Its weird being that there are plenty of characters to    Disappointing, Its just Disappointing.

    It trys too do too much and take from too many things and falls short. The characters feel the same, they dont feel all that satisfying to me. Alot of them play the same, I could understand this in a Dynasty warriors game that has like 80 Playable characters, But The game has only about 20.

    Its weird being that there are plenty of characters to choose for the game that theres only about 20. I understood why they have charactes like Lucina and Corrin they are fan favorites but which a character pool this deep to only have a small amount is insulting.

    Musics good, Thats a plus. Gameplay is fun at first gets boring quickly once you start playing other charcters. It looks pretty good, Not amazing tho.

    I was really looking forward to a Warriors spin off that was good like Hyrule Warriors but set in a different game. It could have been great. Its just disappointing.    … Expand
  8. OriginalOne
    Oct 22, 2017
    0
    Disservice to the Fire Emblem franchise.

    For a game that has been highly sought by fans of the Fire Emblem series since the series conception, Fire Emblem Warriors completely drops the ball with terrible . There is an extreme lack of diversity, with . Similarly, the roster is riddled with an abundant amount of clones (Caeda, Hinoka and Cordelia have the exact same moveset). Some    Disservice to the Fire Emblem franchise.

    For a game that has been highly sought by fans of the Fire Emblem series since the series conception, Fire Emblem Warriors completely drops the ball with terrible .

    There is an extreme lack of diversity, with . Similarly, the roster is riddled with an abundant amount of clones (Caeda, Hinoka and Cordelia have the exact same moveset). Some characters like Celica are also reduced to clone-status despite having an extremely high amount of potential as a unit.

    The plot is weak, the graphics are mediocre to practically insulting (taking pictures of pebbles and using them as in-game textures) and the roster is abyssmal.    … Expand
  9. pixiejoe7
    Oct 20, 2017
    0
    As an actual Fire Emblem fan, the game is very bad. Besides the fact that it's missing many fan favorite characters, the models look ugly (Hyrule Warriors looks better despite being older and on a weaker system) and the gameplay is tedious and mediocre. All in all it's a poorly made cash grab and Koei Tecmo should be ashamed of themselves.
  10. Shadow117
    Oct 21, 2017
    2
    a mediocre game and little elaborate that does not offer a good reason to play it again unless you like to do the same over and over again, selection of characters very bad, null representation of the old series, main characters uninspired, bored and uncharismatic.

    most of the characters are clones, little variety of classes, was an original idea but poorly done, perhaps they learned    a mediocre game and little elaborate that does not offer a good reason to play it again unless you like to do the same over and over again, selection of characters very bad, null representation of the old series, main characters uninspired, bored and uncharismatic.

    most of the characters are clones, little variety of classes, was an original idea but poorly done, perhaps they learned nothing of the fiasco of Tokyo Mirage session #fe.    … Expand
  11. StrikerSiltanen
    Oct 20, 2017
    0
    If you were a fan of Hyrule Warriors and are hoping this game will be just as great, steer clear from it, because you will be sorely disappointed with what a lackluster game this is
  12. JasonMC
    Jun 24, 2018
    1
    Boring, button masher with endless grinding. I have never seen a single player game with such miserable grinding in my life. With so many amazing gaming experiences nowadays, why would you play this?
  13. Phuz
    Dec 28, 2020
    2
    I rated this 10/10 as a provisional score after a short play but I just can't stomach this game.

    Straight to the point. The voice acting is **** Not just a little bit **** but typical irritating little bastards that aren't capable of saying a sentence that doesn't boil my piss, and to top it off, there was no Japanese option. I think when this is £45 and Ys Origin (which is 10x better)    I rated this 10/10 as a provisional score after a short play but I just can't stomach this game.

    Straight to the point. The voice acting is **** Not just a little bit **** but typical irritating little bastards that aren't capable of saying a sentence that doesn't boil my piss, and to top it off, there was no Japanese option. I think when this is £45 and Ys Origin (which is 10x better) is £17 max, then there is no reason to buy this game at all.

    A very boring title which has a permanent spike in cringey dialogue. Just when you think it couldn't be any more annoying, it gets worse.

    FE 3 houses was a big change and it took some getting used to but in the end I loved it. FE Warrior's started well and then suddenly I saw what a huge failure it was. The US should be banned from any voice work. Over the top, cheesy, cringey, bull **** Yet another game I am embarrassed to play with anyone around, thanks to the United States of Homo ****e.

    An embarrassment of a title for both Mous and FE.    … Expand
  14. Cmpfcf
    Nov 25, 2020
    1
    Basically you just need to use a button, wow, that's a lot of fun this game
  15. DolphinReviews
    Jul 21, 2022
    2
    The art style is nice… I guess. It’s just a boring game. Nothing good. 60$ too, it’s a waste of time and money.
  16. xRed_Ray
    Jul 24, 2023
    0
    Nintendo needs to lock absolutely all of Team Ninja in a basement forever. This is an insult
  17. Dreamline77
    Jan 6, 2019
    1
    Well, that was disappointing. This was a Dynasty Warriors game, not a Fire Emblem game. I've never enjoyed DW. It was too over-the-top with no substance. I always preferred the strategy of FE. This game was just a run-around hack-and-slash with almost no real danger to the characters in the standard mode. Go to hard mode for any sort of challenge. The characters aren't really allowed toWell, that was disappointing. This was a Dynasty Warriors game, not a Fire Emblem game. I've never enjoyed DW. It was too over-the-top with no substance. I always preferred the strategy of FE. This game was just a run-around hack-and-slash with almost no real danger to the characters in the standard mode. Go to hard mode for any sort of challenge. The characters aren't really allowed to develop. The story is pitiful. And they want to CHARGE you for the DLC? No thanks. I'll go be disappointed elsewhere.… Expand
  18. GoldenJeans
    Aug 25, 2020
    2
    Right so I'll say this first in this review. I did enjoy this game a bit, and I had fun with it. HOWEVER, after playing Fate Extella The Umbral Star, this game went from a 5 or 6 to a 2. Why? because this game stole a ton of animations from that game, Lyn, Marth, the lords and a few other moves were all stolen from Nero's moveset. I'm not that far into extella but you could easily noticeRight so I'll say this first in this review. I did enjoy this game a bit, and I had fun with it. HOWEVER, after playing Fate Extella The Umbral Star, this game went from a 5 or 6 to a 2. Why? because this game stole a ton of animations from that game, Lyn, Marth, the lords and a few other moves were all stolen from Nero's moveset. I'm not that far into extella but you could easily notice the stolen animations from just playing that. Before someone says "oh it could just be a coincidence, I highly doubt it. Fate Extella Umbral Star was released on 10 November 2016, almost a year before this game. The gameplay is okay I guess, not as good as other series though.
    My rating: 2.1/10    … Expand
  19. Jofe
    May 15, 2022
    2
    The game crash all 30 minutes, it's awful. Lot of content, but less diversity in movesets than in Hyrule Warriors, even DLC characters are clones. It's a joke.
  20. SoldierOfShadow
    Sep 3, 2022
    2
    It+s not a 0 because the graphics are nice. However, gameplay and story are totally worthless.
  21. Plumbo2000
    Jan 29, 2023
    0
    Disappointing game that advertises itself as a crossover and celebration of the series but is actually neither, a completely hollow experience.
    Either make an actual crossover representing every game, or follow the Three Hopes route and made a dedicated alternate universe spin-off for one game.
    The path Warriors chooses is the most pathetic option, pretending to be a crossover but    Disappointing game that advertises itself as a crossover and celebration of the series but is actually neither, a completely hollow experience.
    Either make an actual crossover representing every game, or follow the Three Hopes route and made a dedicated alternate universe spin-off for one game.
    The path Warriors chooses is the most pathetic option, pretending to be a crossover but showing favouritism to what were the newest games at the time.    … Expand

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 72 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 48 out of 72
  2. Mixed: 22 out of 72
  3. Negative: 2 out of 72
  1. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Mar 2, 2018
    64
    Turning Fire Emblem series into a Warriors game should’ve been an ordinary task for Omega Force’s – after all, they’ve done it time and again with other franchises, and more often than not it ended up being a fun fan-servicey game. But Fire Emblem Warriors is nothing short of a fiasco. [Issue#226, p.61]
  2. CD-Action
    Jan 10, 2018
    75
    An attempt to blend Fire Emblem with Dynasty Warriors might seem an odd idea. Where’s the common ground between a tactical RPG and an over-the-top slasher, right? It actually worked out pretty well, as the game managed to retain Fire Emblem’s atmosphere. If you’re a fan of the series and not allergic to Dynasty Warriors’ formula, give it a try. [13/2017, p.36]
  3. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 2, 2018
    40
    The standard hack’n’slash will entertain, but you won´t find a deeper sense in it despite a few tactical elements. One level a day will delight you, try more and you get a stereotype. [Issue#280]
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