Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity Demo Impressions

Yesterday, Nintendo released a demo of Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity! And I quickly downloaded it and played it. Here are my impressions of the demo.

A demo for Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity came out yesterday!

I have to admit: I was super hyped for this demo. I’ve been looking forward to playing this game…
And the demo didn’t let me down!

I also want to admit I wasn’t the biggest fan of the first Hyrule Warriors game. I thought it was okay.

The second game, however, is just amazing so far.

First lets talk about the game’s graphics.

I started off by playing the game in portable mode and that was a mistake. Now the game doesn’t look terrible in portable mode, but it does look a little fuzzy. Of course, I went back later and played in portable again and it didn’t look as bad as I thought it did the first time.

Even so, play this demo and the game on your TV. Age of Calamity looks so amazing on a television set. Wow. Dare I say it, this game’s graphics might be better than Breath of the Wild. The bar is being set very high for the second Breath of the Wild.

Though, a game can be pretty and not have a good story or good gameplay. So how is the story?
So far: the story is just fantastic. I love the cutscenes and the voice acting. Oh and knowing what I know about what happens, there is a sense of dread too. It just really works for this game.

As for the gameplay, I was totally floored. Yes it has the attack a lot of enemies thing like the first game but the addition of Breath of the Wild characters, weapons, and abilities makes it a lot more fun in my opinion. I also loved defeating a Guardian in one stage!

I did have trouble beating one timed mission but I think if I go back and redo a mission or two and power up, I might be able to beat it. Hey, there has to be some challenge! I’m glad that I got to beat most of the demo though and I love that my save will carry over to the full game.

Oh and I have to mention the awesome world map! The map looks like the one from Breath of the Wild and its cool how you navigate it and can unlock new areas to either fight in or shops to buy stuff at or get powered up a bit more. I especially like the shop where you can fuse weapons and create even more powerful ones. So very cool.

Overall, I had a lot of fun with this demo. I will play it more for sure. Is the full game out yet?!

The Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity demo is just amazing. I loved it. I can’t wait to play even more of this game!

What did you think of the Age of Calamity demo?