Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes

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Three Hopes has a lot going on, and it successfully walks a fine line between freshness for existing fans and approachability for new players.

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Three Hopes has a lot going on, and it successfully walks a fine line between freshness for existing fans and approachability for new players.

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7/10

Kyle Hilliard (GameSpot)

Three Hopes features the often repetitive combat style developer Omega Force is renowned for, but enough dedicated Fire Emblem mechanics exist to make it feel like something more than a simple spin-off.

June 21, 2022 |

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I’ll likely be playing Three Hopes for a long time to come – I’ve already begun my Black Eagles New Game+ run – and when I previously said this isn’t just Dynasty Warriors with a Fire Emblem skin, I meant it. Three Hopes is genuinely impressive. It walks a fine line between freshness for existing fans and approachability for new players, and personally it’s had me invested from the start. I’d love to see where Nintendo’s musou spinoff concept goes next.

June 21, 2022 |

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Henry Stockdale (Eurogamer)

8/10

Dominic Leighton (TheSixthAxis)

Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes is another enjoyable slice of Musou action, even if it does little to advance either franchise. Fans of Fire Emblem will adore chatting to the huge cast of returning characters as much as going into battle with them.

June 21, 2022 |

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Kyle Hilliard (GameSpot)

7/10 - (Read Review)

Henry Stockdale (Eurogamer)

Recommended - (Read Review)

Dominic Leighton (TheSixthAxis)

8/10 - (Read Review)

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Outlet	Author	Score	Date	Quote	Read
Cerealkillerz	Manuel Barthes	8.4 / 10	06-21-2022	If you talked about Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes as the new star in the hack and slay genre, you wouldn’t be that far off. The game depth that people have been waiting for a long time is possible this time through new strategic options. On top of that you get a great alternative story with known faces of the series. Gameplay-wise you lose a lot of that mentioned game depth because of the immense amount of missions and also through the lack of real graphical improvements over older games.	Read review
Checkpoint Gaming	Charlie Kelly	8.5 / 10	06-21-2022	Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes shines bright in the long lineage of games in the Musou formula. Miles better than its predecessor, this is one of the smoothest Warriors-style games yet. Barring a rare example, its mission and gameplay loop holds up. The narrative does the best it can in a genre not particularly known for stellar stories, but will still remain a little oddly paced from time to time. Provided is a joyous occasion to revisit some treasured familiar faces and engage in riotous combat and a smooth experience not too barred down by menus. If the series continues on this trajectory, it’s all smooth sailing ahead. For Fódlan!	Read review
Destructoid	Chris Carter	9 / 10	06-21-2022	A hallmark of excellence. There may be flaws, but they are negligible and won’t cause massive damage.	Read review
Digital Trends	Giovanni Colantonio	4 / 5 stars	06-21-2022	As long as you’re OK with the usual Musou repetition, Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes is a worthy follow-up to Three Houses.	Read review
Eurogamer	Henry Stockdale	Recommended	06-21-2022	I’ll likely be playing Three Hopes for a long time to come	Read review
Game Informer	Wesley LeBlanc	8 / 10	06-21-2022	Three Hopes runs a few chapters too long, and some late-game twists don’t carry the impact they should as a result, but my 36 hours were a great time. Three Hopes successfully and expertly integrates everything great about Three Houses into its musou format, both in narrative and in gameplay; it’s been one of my favorite Switch experiences in recent memory as a result. If you like Three Houses, you should play Three Hopes, and I’d recommend it to you even if you aren’t familiar with the musou genre. And if you haven’t played Three Houses, there’s a good chance that’ll be your next game after rolling credits on this one.	Read review
GameSpot	Kyle Hilliard	7 / 10	06-21-2022	Three Hopes features the often repetitive combat style developer Omega Force is renowned for, but enough dedicated Fire Emblem mechanics exist to make it feel like something more than a simple spin-off.	Read review
GamesRadar+	Hirun Cryer	3.5 / 5 stars	06-21-2022	Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes rides a great hybrid battle system while barely slowing down for its beloved characters	Read review
GameXplain	Jake Steinberg	Recommended	06-21-2022	Video Review	Read review
God is a Geek	Adam Cook	9 / 10	06-21-2022	Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes takes the game you loved, spins a new yarn, and throws hack and slash combat in for good measure to create a fun, accessible experience that’s incredible value for money.	Read review
Hobby Consolas	Álvaro Alonso	82 / 100	06-21-2022	‎If you like strategy and, in general, everything that the Fire Emblem saga is known for, with Three Hopes you will enjoy it. The action maintains the usual “machacabotonismo” of the musou (for better and for worse), but it is a much bigger and deeper game than it seems at first glance.‎	Read review
IGN	Alex Santa Maria	8 / 10	06-21-2022	Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes has a lot going on both in combat and camp, and the result is a game that sometimes feels overstuffed but never fails to satisfy.	Read review
IGN Italy	Biagio Etna	7.9 / 10	06-21-2022	Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes is a musou proudly holding on to the canonical series, which fails, however, to shine due to a backward technical compartment.	Read review
Metro GameCentral	GameCentral	5 / 10	06-21-2022	Fire Emblem should be the perfect partner for Dynasty Warriors style action, but this incompetently made crossover squanders its potential on trite fan service and hollow gameplay.	Read review
Nintendo Life	PJ O’Reilly	9 / 10	06-21-2022	Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes is a thoroughly entertaining mash-up of Musou mayhem, strategy and relationship-building aspects that should more than satisfy fans of both the franchises involved here. It improves upon its 2017 predecessor in several ways, most notably in providing a far more engaging story featuring a narrative that’s ripe for several replays. With impressively solid performance on Switch and an action-packed campaign that’ll see you blasting your way through tens of thousands of foes for a good 30 hours in a single playthrough, this is right up there with the very best Omega Force has served up thus far.	Read review
Polygon	Todd Harper	Not Recommended	06-21-2022	However, I cannot help but think back to that giddy anticipation as I drove home with my copy of Dynasty Warriors 3 back in 2001. Asking myself if Three Hopes inspires the same feelings in me, I’d have to say no. It truly is fine, and all the proper elements are in place, but in many ways it’s also very expected and not particularly innovative. It makes me wonder, not for the first time, how much longer “it’s fine” will be enough in the world of Musou titles.	Read review
Press Start	Harry Kalogirou	7 / 10	06-21-2022	Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes feels tailor made for the relatively small cross-section of people who are both hardcore fans of Musou and Fire Emblem. That isn’t to say you won’t enjoy this if you liked Three Houses, there’s a lot that Three Hopes has to offer on a first playthrough, just be ready for the repetition to set in if you want to see it all through to the end.	Read review
Screen Rant	Laura Gray	5 / 5 stars	06-21-2022	Overall, Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes is a stunning and immersive game, offering a satisfying combat system and delightful tactical strategy mechanics. The game is a great choice for those who enjoy real-time combat or past Fire Emblem titles, as well as fans of Fire Emblem: Three Houses. While it doesn’t utilize the classic, turn-based combat known of the series, Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes doesn’t need it to provide an action-packed and exciting gameplay experience.	Read review
Shacknews	TJ Denzer	8 / 10	06-21-2022	I really feel like anyone who has been through Three Houses would be doing themselves a disservice to skip Three Hopes. The story diverges enough to make each house a new adventure all its own and each of the paths has a vastly different array of battles to fight. Additionally, aspects of strategy, classes, skills, and camaraderie between characters have also made their way over and are implemented well here. I wish characters fought a bit more uniquely and that the game performed a bit better in docked mode, but outside of these complaints, Three Hopes feels like another solid example of what Omega Force can do when Nintendo entrusts its IP to the Musou dev.	Read review
SpazioGames	Gianluca Arena	8.1 / 10	06-21-2022	Omega Force is really upping the ante with their latest licensed musou: Fire Emblem Warriors Three Hopes is a very solid and enjoyable musou-rts-rpg hybrid, and we liked it more than we anticipated we could.	Read review
Stevivor	Matt Gosper	9 / 10	06-21-2022	Fire Emblem Warriors Three Hopes feels like a great return to spending time with a gang of characters who drew me in over dozens of hours, but with an all-new tale keeping me on my toes at the same time.	Read review
TheSixthAxis	Dominic Leighton	8 / 10	06-21-2022	Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes is another enjoyable slice of Musou action, even if it does little to advance either franchise. Fans of Fire Emblem will adore chatting to the huge cast of returning characters as much as going into battle with them.	Read review
Twinfinite	Zhiqing Wan	4 / 5 stars	06-21-2022	Ultimately, Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes basically turned me into the Death Knight, who yearned for nothing but cold, heartless bloodshed as I hacked my way through a bunch of levels, ignoring every side objective that came up. Three Hopes serves up a fun story that will definitely please a lot of Three Houses fans, and despite a few character missteps here and there, it’s well worth experiencing. Just be careful not to fall to the dark side.	Read review
Video Chums	A.J. Maciejewski	8 / 10	06-21-2022	Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes blends the classic Musou formula with the strategic aspect of its namesake impressively well. Throw in a story that’s more immersive than you’d expect and you’re left with one great Warriors spin-off.	Read review
Washington Post	Shannon Liao	Recommended	06-21-2022	For what the game is — a sequel to “Three Houses” with real-time Musou combat — it delivers what it promised. There’s a mystery to “Three Hopes” that can only be unraveled with dozens of hours of combat and cutscenes, and the game assumes substantial preexisting knowledge of “Three Houses.” Fans will enjoy reuniting with their favorite characters, but the derivative plot and built-in grind make it a tougher sell to anyone else.	Read review
WellPlayed	Kieron Verbrugge	8 / 10	06-21-2022	Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes succeeds admirably as both a spin-off stacked with fanservice that truly understands the source material and as a compelling take on the Warriors format. It’s not going to win over any detractors of musou-style gameplay and it starts to buckle under the weight of repetition by the end, but if you’re a fan of Three Houses and can handle that, you’re in for a treat.	Read review

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Step into the shoes of Shez as they join Edelgard, Dimitri, Claude, and other Fire Emblem™: Three Houses characters and fight for the future of Fódlan. Align with a leader to build and command an army in strategic 1-vs.-1,000-style battles. The house you choose will bring you through one of three compelling stories, each with a different outcome.

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