5. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity
It’s still hard to believe that Nintendo has already announced and released a prequel to one of the best video games of all time.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild changed the structure and familiarity that fans were used to and switched everything onto its head, opening up the world of Hyrule and making exploration the primary focus.
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity isn’t really something you can properly compare to Breath of the Wild, though, mostly due to it being a Musou game, which is a gameplay style that was popularized with games like Dynasty Warriors.
There are tons of playable characters and you pretty much button mash your way around a restricted map, defeating thousands of the same enemies over and over again until you clear the mission.
It’s mindless fun is what it is and if you’re someone who wants to just pummel your way through Hyrule with Zelda or one of the Champions, you can do that in this game.
The gameplay may not be what Zelda fans are used to, but the story here is pretty good, allowing fans to dive into the Champion’s background a bit more, and you also get to control the gigantic machines that are the Divine Beasts, which is kind of exciting.
