And here we go again: Nintendo is once again trusting Omega Force for a “command” game, which will expand the universe of the very good Fire Emblem Three Houses released 2 years ago. Zelda Breath of the Wild was entitled to the same treatment with Age of Calamity and this was also the case on Wii U for both licenses, with the first Hyrule Warriors and Fire Emblem Warriors. With 3 Hopes, OF does not seem to shake up its methods by transposing all the ingredients of the basic license to convert it into a mass beat them up full of little things. And for the specific case that interests us today, this is excellent news. Let’s find out why together in this quick first look at Fire Emblem Warriors: 3 Hopes.
- Genre: Beat them up mass
- Release date: 06/24/2022
- Platform: Nintendo Switch
- Developer: Omega Force
- Publisher: Nintendo
- Price: €59.99
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For this new epic with a somewhat hazy temporal context, you will play as Shez, a young mercenary mired in the leases of the Monastery of Garrech Mach because of a dark history of Ashen Demon. We’re not going to dwell too much on the story in this preview, but it looks like the writers are using the same processes as for the last Hyrule Warriors, for those who played it, having fun with the events of the first scenario . In any case, the main thing is assured with this “true false sequel”, since it will give you the opportunity to talk again and to establish links with all the characters of the 3 houses of the Monastery.
Exactly as in 3 Houses, you will be able to choose your class and therefore your branching of the scenario and more generally, all the light mechanics of lifesim of the strategy game are back here. Between battles, you can take care of chores or meals in good company, strengthening your bonds in battle. You see the genre, we are not going to redo the whole film for you, but concretely it is possible to booster old-fashioned links with different students. The game is aimed primarily at those who loved FE3H, if so, you should feel right at home in 3 Hopes.
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On the battlefield, we take up the framework of Fire Emblem Warriors, which was already a fusion of musou gameplay with that of Fire Emblem. A mix that flows from source since contrary to popular belief, Omega Force games do not simply offer players to distribute wads by the thousands, at the base of the bases there is also a whole strategic aspect which requires dispatching the units with a bit of common sense on complex maps with numerous strongholds. There by pressing +, you find yourself on a plan of the map similar to what you could have on the bottom screen on the Fire Emblem 3DS. From this “active pause”, you can perform all sorts of commands to optimize your path to victory, or react effectively to one of the many random events that may appear during battle.
It’ll give you plenty of time to go puppet by the hundred, at the controls of your favorite fighter class. We’ll save some for our final verdict, but if you like musou and Fire Emblem, we already have very good reasons to think that Fire Emblem Warriors: 3 Hopes will hit its mark. Even the technical difficulty and its feverish framerate (as usual) become secondary in the face of such a generous title. Now we will have to test it over the length and see if the cards manage to offer well-paced assaults.
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