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Mar1217 on 16 November 2025
curl-6 said:

My copy arrived today, and I played through the first few levels.

It's very much more of the same in terms of the core gameplay, so if you enjoyed the prior two Hyrule Warriors games, you should have a good time with this too. There are refinements, but nothing that breaks the mould.

After the shaky 20-30fps of the previous games on Wii U and Switch 1 though, the smooth 60fps of Age of Imprisonment feels incredible and makes the action more satisfying than ever before. 

Graphically you can tell it started as a Switch 1 game; the assets are very much on par with a high end Switch 1 title, indeed many seem to have been lifted directly from Tears of the Kingdom, and there's no DLSS or indeed even anti-aliasing, but thanks to its art style it still manages to look attractive.

For those who are also playing, what do you think?

Yup, it's what I had in mind looking at the previews and some reviews in release.

Right now I'm dwelling on other games at the moment and I actually wanna finish AoC first, to brush off the musou rust I have haha.

It's prolly a game I'll play post holiday season since it's my middle priorities behind a few games coming soon.

I'm glad the game seems to be of quality ! 

Though I did hear about a graphical disparity between the cutscenes and actual gameplay which the former is laid in 30fps ? (Or so I heard)

What's your opinion on it ?



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curl-6 on 16 November 2025
Mar1217 said:
curl-6 said:

My copy arrived today, and I played through the first few levels.

It's very much more of the same in terms of the core gameplay, so if you enjoyed the prior two Hyrule Warriors games, you should have a good time with this too. There are refinements, but nothing that breaks the mould.

After the shaky 20-30fps of the previous games on Wii U and Switch 1 though, the smooth 60fps of Age of Imprisonment feels incredible and makes the action more satisfying than ever before. 

Graphically you can tell it started as a Switch 1 game; the assets are very much on par with a high end Switch 1 title, indeed many seem to have been lifted directly from Tears of the Kingdom, and there's no DLSS or indeed even anti-aliasing, but thanks to its art style it still manages to look attractive.

For those who are also playing, what do you think?

Yup, it's what I had in mind looking at the previews and some reviews in release.

Right now I'm dwelling on other games at the moment and I actually wanna finish AoC first, to brush off the musou rust I have haha.

It's prolly a game I'll play post holiday season since it's my middle priorities behind a few games coming soon.

I'm glad the game seems to be of quality ! 

Though I did hear about a graphical disparity between the cutscenes and actual gameplay which the former is laid in 30fps ? (Or so I heard)

What's your opinion on it ?

The cutscenes are pre-encoded videos at 30fps while gameplay is 60fps, yeah, and they are a bit soft, possibly due to the game's roots as a Switch 1 title, but not egregiously so.



Mar1217 on 17 November 2025
curl-6 said:
Mar1217 said:

Yup, it's what I had in mind looking at the previews and some reviews in release.

Right now I'm dwelling on other games at the moment and I actually wanna finish AoC first, to brush off the musou rust I have haha.

It's prolly a game I'll play post holiday season since it's my middle priorities behind a few games coming soon.

I'm glad the game seems to be of quality ! 

Though I did hear about a graphical disparity between the cutscenes and actual gameplay which the former is laid in 30fps ? (Or so I heard)

What's your opinion on it ?

The cutscenes are pre-encoded videos at 30fps while gameplay is 60fps, yeah, and they are a bit soft, possibly due to the game's roots as a Switch 1 title, but not egregiously so.

Yep it's what I heard too. Wonder if there's a way for them to patch these later to make them on par with gameplay footage.

Nonetheless, it's good to know this will be the only caviat here 👌 



Switch Friend Code : 3905-6122-2909 

curl-6 on 17 November 2025
Mar1217 said:
curl-6 said:

The cutscenes are pre-encoded videos at 30fps while gameplay is 60fps, yeah, and they are a bit soft, possibly due to the game's roots as a Switch 1 title, but not egregiously so.

Yep it's what I heard too. Wonder if there's a way for them to patch these later to make them on par with gameplay footage.

Nonetheless, it's good to know this will be the only caviat here 👌 

I think it's unlikely they'll go back and redo them, but honestly it's not a big deal, they're about on par with the cutscenes in BOTW, TOTK, and Age of Calamity and I never heard any complaints about those.

It's far from a dealbreaker as the game has a whole is well made and enjoyable.



The_Yoda on 18 November 2025

I snagged it at launch but am still in the tutorial. I probably won't really get into it until after Prime 4.



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FarleyMcFirefly on 18 November 2025

Rolled credits today. Very fun. Almost every character felt good to play as.
One thing I am disappointed in is, while the OST is not bad by any means, AoC's was so much more memorable. I was hoping to fall in love with the music like I did in the previous instalment.
I still think the best is HW:DE; would love a sequel to the original!



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curl-6 6 days ago

Finally rolled credits tonight, after taking a break midway through to play Kirby Air Riders.

Overall, I had fun with it. It's about as deep as a puddle, but as simple dumb spectacle it's very enjoyable, and it's easily the best of the Hyrule Warriors side series so far thanks to the move to 60fps.

It's also a nice send-off to this era of Zelda; I kinda hope they move onto something all new for the next mainline game, but that's likely many years away.



160rmf 5 days ago

I think it is the first time that i see this case of the gameplay looking better than the cutscenes



 

 

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BasilZero 5 days ago

Nice, I'll get it sometime in the future.