I’ve probably played two dozen “Warriors” games in my lifetime, hacking down an uncountable number of enemy grunts in hundreds of battles — so I thought I mostly knew what I was getting into with Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment. And while this pseudo-sequel does pack in plenty of action-packed battles, I genuinely did not expect that this would be the closest thing we’ve gotten to a new Star Fox game where you can fly and shoot in nearly a decade. That’s right, there’s basically a mini Star Fox game in your Warriors game.
Age of Imprisonment essentially does the exact same thing as the previous game, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, in that it’s an action-focused experience that tells the prequel story to The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. But it’s also a sort of sequel to Age of Calamity — directly building on the systems and mechanics of that game, while integrating the unique elements of Tears of the Kingdom. What results is one of the strongest Warriors games we’ve seen in years, and a story that genuinely enhances Tears of the Kingdom.
