Hyrule Warriors Review

Hyrule Warriors Review!

Well I was the first person at my local GameStop to get my copy and even saw the pretty walkthrough (which I strongly recommend if you've never played Dynasty Warriors) Now I haven't beat it yet (about 5 scenarios from doing so) because I didn't notice I was playing it for 8hr straight and I almost murdered my Wii U in gamer rage xP

Overall rating (so far) 7.5/10

Really good! But I do have some complaints.

Pros:

1. Very unique!!! The characters, graphics, stages, attacks, music, all of it!! It's great!!

2. The fighting style is fun~ It can be annoying when my combos won't work, but it's still fun :3

3. I don't know why, but I like how they kept the Japanese voice acting in fights. You'll here Lana say "sore (take this)" or Zelda go "hai (yes)" in a cutscene. I don't know, I just find it entertaining

4. Graphics are gorgeous~

5. A ton of content. Currently I'm just running through story mode, but there's a lot of scenarios in adventure, certain things (heart containers, weapons, spider, etc.) you can get in certain ways on a level in story mode, and DLC. Soooooo muuuuuuch

6. The character personalities are easy to work with. Zelda is very nice and friendly (not as stuffy as some installments), Impa is supportive yet judgmental of Link, Ruto is actually rather nice, and Link was even given a character flaw for a certain level!

7. Again because I love it so much, uniqueneeeess!!!

Cons:

1. You see, I've never played Dynasty Warriors so I don't know their mechanics. The game gave me no tutorials on what keeps are, how to prioritize objectives, etc. It took a lot of figuring out on my part to get it. I finally learned that it's a matter of protecting your keep and following missions.

2.  I really freaked out when I heard a narrator. I'm sorry I'm just so used to quiet Zelda games xD A silly thing I know. Her voice is kinda weird and slow though

3. I'd actually have liked voice acting in this. It's hard to read objectives and conversations while fighting

4. If you lose, it takes forever for you to find out. My character will just suddenly stop doing things, but the notifications are lagging behind telling me of accomplishments I did a while ago THEN tells me my keep was taken. And I can't skip it either :/

5. I don't find out my objective until after the characters are talking. This wastes time and is hard to follow them while fighting as said earlier.

6. This is my biggest issue. Freaking AI teammates. I've never liked them. I stopped on the boss fight with Cia because my teammates kept fleeing or losing their keep. I was a few hits away from killing her too!!! This happens a lot. It's really weird and annoying

7.  Some stereotypical elements. Like *insert character name that I won't spoil* is being controlled by someone else and that's why they do bad stuff, the overused villain lines (like "fine I'll do it myself!" Or "well whatever" or "I don't need to hear a speech from a goody goody") but those aren't points off. Sometimes it's unavoidable to use those things, but I just couldn't help but notice it.

So far I'm liking it a little annoyances (Like how Cia attacks me with a whip like we're in a BDSM session...) but I'll live :3 How are you liking your copy??