Hyrule Warriors

 Wii U
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8.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 732 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 575 out of 732
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  3. Negative: 48 out of 732
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  1. shimby
    Jun 6, 2015
    2
    Honestly the absolute worst Zelda game ever. I was expecting something bad and that's what i got. It is so boring and nothing like any Zelda game should be. If you don't care about story at all and just want to button mash then this is a game for you. But otherwise this game takes no skill at all.
  2. windwaker
    Sep 26, 2014
    3
    Huge disappointment as a longtime Zelda fan.

    I really don't know why they thought this would be a good idea really, the game is very boring and repetitive. The same monsters come at you over and over to no end, and the game is incredibly easy, like even a toddler can own at this game. It makes no sense to me why they had to make a Zelda game that's pretty much just Dynasty Warriors    Huge disappointment as a longtime Zelda fan.

    I really don't know why they thought this would be a good idea really, the game is very boring and repetitive.
    The same monsters come at you over and over to no end, and the game is incredibly easy, like even a toddler can own at this game.
    It makes no sense to me why they had to make a Zelda game that's pretty much just Dynasty Warriors with Zelda characters, it's stupid, and unoriginal. There's no way this game is either a 0 and no way it's a 10, but it's definitely a very below mediocre game, which is sad as they could have done a lot more with this game, but it's just a boring repetitive rinse and repeat Dynasty Warrior game with Zelda skins.
    What a shame. :    … Expand
  3. ignore78
    Jan 27, 2015
    4
    Hyrule warriors, a fighting game that combines the zelda universe with the warriors games.You might think thats a great thing. Here is a list of things that made the game suck big time for me.

    1. The graphics looks really low res, not clear at all. i do not care about nice textures, that do not bother me. its the clearness of the screen that feel so dull and boring. 2. FRAME RATE!    Hyrule warriors, a fighting game that combines the zelda universe with the warriors games.You might think thats a great thing. Here is a list of things that made the game suck big time for me.

    1. The graphics looks really low res, not clear at all. i do not care about nice textures, that do not bother me. its the clearness of the screen that feel so dull and boring.

    2. FRAME RATE! it feels like my old computer that tries to run a new game. chop, chop, chop.
    when your used to play the new games like samurai warriors 4, this feels like ****

    3, Enemy pop! i had enough with that enemy pop front of me, when you think you´ve destroyed all enemies, NO 10 more poping front the screen, and you kill them , then 10 more arrives.

    4. Money, if you play 2 payers, i dont want to share money with anyone!

    the game has a great story and a ton of weapons. they should have waited to make this on the next nintendo console that hopfully will be as good as PS4    … Expand
  4. theBuster
    Feb 2, 2015
    2
    Honestly, I have no idea how Nintendo wasn't put on a trial for killing Zelda yet. This game is an utter disaster. It drags Zelda as away from fun as possible. Hyrule Warriors puts you into a set of missions that lock you in a box, because, in contradiction to almost every other Zelda game, you don't get an open world to explore and have a good time in, oh no. Instead, you get a command ofHonestly, I have no idea how Nintendo wasn't put on a trial for killing Zelda yet. This game is an utter disaster. It drags Zelda as away from fun as possible. Hyrule Warriors puts you into a set of missions that lock you in a box, because, in contradiction to almost every other Zelda game, you don't get an open world to explore and have a good time in, oh no. Instead, you get a command of doing a very specific task in a very tiny world, and you have no choice but to obey. There are no dungeons to explore and no puzzles to solve, diminishing the gameplay only to mindless and monotonous beating monsters up. Yes, this new combat system is good and the , but this is the only reward for making the game stupid. In my opinion, it's not worth it, especially that there are also obnoxious sound effects, and the long opening chest time with these annoying patronising fairies are back.

    In conclusion, unlike the good Zelda games, like the original Zelda, A Link to The Past or A Link Between Worlds, Hyrule Warriors requires from its players no intelligence, hardly any skill (yeah, just keep tapping buttons to perform combos) and doesn't teach them anything.    … Expand
  5. thejeffness69
    Oct 27, 2014
    2
    I was expecting this game to be "meh". The last time I played a Dynasty Warriors game was when the Dynasty Warriors 2 hit the ps2. Dynasty Warriors 2 was pretty repetitive, but I was blown away back then by how many units you could fight simultaneously in a video game.....Plus you could fight on elephants which was crazy! It was a technical marvel in this aspect and was the main thingI was expecting this game to be "meh". The last time I played a Dynasty Warriors game was when the Dynasty Warriors 2 hit the ps2. Dynasty Warriors 2 was pretty repetitive, but I was blown away back then by how many units you could fight simultaneously in a video game.....Plus you could fight on elephants which was crazy! It was a technical marvel in this aspect and was the main thing that main the game interesting. I was like 15 back then and probably only enjoyed the game when I was drunk or high. I remember enjoying it for a few hours primarily just for the mass genocide you could inflict.

    Fast forward more than a decade later and Hyrule Warriors comes out....wow...NOTHING HAS CHANGE. It is the same damn game as the Dynasty Warrior games that came out almost 15 years ago! Same amount of enemies on screen....which was impressive back then but not impressive now. The enemies just stand still waiting for you to hit them...they dont even attack you. There is pop-in of enemies....there is no variety. There is no challenge at all, you just press the same button over and over again. The levels are bland open fields. I could go on and on about how much this game sucks, but I would be here all day. Overall this is essentially just a 15 year old game with a Zelda Modification. I havn't played the other 20 dynasty warriors games since the first ps2 one....but if they are all like this then they all SUCK! I dont even think they have created a new graphics engine. Same graphics, same gameplay, same everything as the Dynasty Warriors games that came out over 15 years ago.

    And anyone who says "Its a good game considering its a "warriors" game". Dynasty Warriors isnt a genre.....its a series of crappy games. The first Dynasty games that came out were decent, but that was over a decade ago.....and it appears that every "Dynasty" game since Dynasty Warriors 2 is just the same game with new skins and textures. Every Dynasty Warriors game that comes out every year gets progresively worse, because it ages and it becomes more and more apparent that it is just a rehash and modification of the original Dynasty Warriors 2. Nintendo should be ashamed for allowing this to occur....Dynasty Warriors games are a scourge that should be eliminated from the current video game landscape. Requires no thought and no skill to play...and it probably required no thought and no skill to create as well.    … Expand
  6. velvetmeds
    Oct 24, 2014
    0
    Samurai Warriors 4 is better. That's all you need to know. This one is a step back compared to other Warriors games, is slower paced and despite having lots of colors it actually looks really washed out and, as such, ugly to look at.
  7. PissedOffWookie
    Jul 5, 2016
    3
    I've bought both versions of this game and play on the N3DS, bought all of the DLC. I really wanted to like this, spent a lot of time wanting to. Well first off let me say the N3DS version is a decent port just don't expect to turn on the stereoscopic 3D unless you want to trade in half your frames for it. Anyway Hyrule Warriors as a whole suffers from having simplistic combat, not a tonI've bought both versions of this game and play on the N3DS, bought all of the DLC. I really wanted to like this, spent a lot of time wanting to. Well first off let me say the N3DS version is a decent port just don't expect to turn on the stereoscopic 3D unless you want to trade in half your frames for it. Anyway Hyrule Warriors as a whole suffers from having simplistic combat, not a ton of combos in this game. Now this may seem fine at first but this is kind of a problem because *you do literally nothing else but fight*. You just perform the same few combos over and over untill your eyes bleed. After about 5 minutes with one character you'll have seen everything there is to see. And the game doesn't even try anymore once you're done with Legend Mode (the main story mode) and continue to Adventure Mode. Because at this point you will no longer even see *ANY* new maps or enemies or bosses, ever. It only recycles the same things over and over, with every adventure map that comes out. Somehow these adventure maps get quite a lot of praise It seems. I really couldn't tell you why. If they were free it would've been okay but it seems they're part of the paid DLC and it's really not something worth extra money. It just seems like a way to extort nostalgic Zelda fans.… Expand
  8. CyberRobotnix
    Jan 24, 2018
    4
    I honestly found Hyrule Warrior to be an excellent idea, but like EXTREMELY BADLY EXECUTED.

    First of all, the animations are not top notch, (It's not that big of a deal, but it's still something). Secondly, the unique interesting part of the game is the story, there's no post story and the "challenges" missions mode that you can find on the title screen are SOOOOOOO repetitive and    I honestly found Hyrule Warrior to be an excellent idea, but like EXTREMELY BADLY EXECUTED.

    First of all, the animations are not top notch, (It's not that big of a deal, but it's still something).
    Secondly, the unique interesting part of the game is the story, there's no post story and the "challenges" missions mode that you can find on the title screen are SOOOOOOO repetitive and annoying that you just don't want to play them.
    Thirdly, the game is empty of content. Literally 1/5 of the content is locked behind DLC.
    Fourthly, the amount of antagonists and bosses is, well, pitiful. There are also like 5 legions: Hylians, Monsters, Undeads and two other legions that I can't even remember. The legions are also REALLY unbalanced, to get items to upgrade your characters you need to beat and collect certain items from specific legions, notably the worst must be the Hylian legions being 80% of the game allied with you and 5% of the game against you forcing ou to replay VERY SPECIFIC levels.
    Fifth, no custom matches, no multiplayer, nothing. It's really pure Dynasty Warrior without anything special to it.
    Lastly, the story is good at first, but more you play the game, more nonsensical it becomes.

    The unique up of this game is the gameplay, the game works as intended and the game can be fun as long as you play the story without having completed it. The music is excellent too.    … Expand
  9. MannWithNoEyes
    Oct 8, 2017
    4
    Hyrule Warriors is one of the strangest Zelda spin-offs ever, and has very little right existing. Essentially it amounts to Dynasty Warriors with a Zelda skin, which is an interesting idea, but it doesn't fixe any of the problems with the very samey Dynasty Warriors combat. Despite many characters having different combos and special skills, there is no reason to learn them or ever useHyrule Warriors is one of the strangest Zelda spin-offs ever, and has very little right existing. Essentially it amounts to Dynasty Warriors with a Zelda skin, which is an interesting idea, but it doesn't fixe any of the problems with the very samey Dynasty Warriors combat. Despite many characters having different combos and special skills, there is no reason to learn them or ever use anything besides the standard attack. A few bosses and situations with tense time limits will force the player to get experimental with the combat, which in my opinion is where the extent of the combat shines through, and proves itself to be actually quite fleshed out, but due to the relatively easy nature of the game on the two easier difficulties, there is no reason to ever attempt to exploit the combat to your advantage. Even on the two harder difficulties, the AI is extremely lazy, and will barely force the player to use many of the systems involved in the combat, and as a result the game felt very surface-level to me. There is something to be said, however, for the ridiculous fun of slicing through hordes of enemies one after another. The characters never seem to take anything too seriously, which I like because it adds an element of cheesiness that this game uses to its advantage extremely well, through the monotone narration that I thought was hilarious, to the amazing rock remixes of classic Zelda songs. That's not to mention the amount of fan service there is. From references to key characters, to the menu icons, there's a lot of little details for Zelda fans to notice. Watching the Deku Tree crush a horde of Bokoblins to death is hilarious and something that no Zelda fan should go without. Yet in doing this, the game isolates non-Zelda fans. People who don't know much about the Zelda franchise or chronology won't nearly like this game as much as Zelda fans, and my problem with this game is that it relies too heavily on the 'Zelda' in its name for enjoyment. For fans of the series, this game could be a hilarious combination of everything they love with some simple, satisfying combat to back it up, but for people who don't care about the franchise, then this game is dumb fun for a few hours before they put it down and never pick it up again, so Hyrule Warriors is going to get a 4 out of 10.… Expand

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#21 Best Wii U Game of 2014
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#5 Most Discussed Wii U Game of 2014
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#6 Most Shared Wii U Game of 2014

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Generally favorable reviews - based on 81 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 52 out of 81
  2. Mixed: 27 out of 81
  3. Negative: 2 out of 81
  1. Hyper Magazine
    Feb 9, 2015
    80
    So THIS is why these games are so popular. [Issue#257, p.58]
  2. Gameplanet
    Nov 12, 2014
    75
    It looks like Zelda and plays like Dynasty Warriors. Yep, it does pretty much what it says on the tin.
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  3. Digitally Downloaded
    Oct 29, 2014
    100
    With a rocking soundtrack, loads of content, plenty of fan service and some clever gelling of two disparate video game universes, Hyrule Warriors is easily my favourite game of 2014 so far.
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