Release Date: November 6, 2025
The third installment of the musou-type slasher subseries, serving as spin-offs for The Legend of Zelda. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment is a prequel to Tears of the Kingdom, allowing us to learn Hyrule's distant past. We participate in dynamic battles with dozens of enemies.
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment is the third installment of the musou-type slasher sub-series. They are all spin-offs of the highly popular The Legend of Zelda series. The game, set before the events from The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, was developed by the Koei Tecmo-owned AAA Games Studio, in collaboration with Nintendo.
In Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment the action is viewed from a third-person perspective (TPP). The gameplay does not deviate too much from what the previous part of the series and other games of this type have accustomed us to. We mainly engage in dynamic battles with opponents, during which we face dozens of enemies at the same time. The locations we visit are also a home to powerful bosses that we have to face.
The game provides us with characters that vary in terms of fighting style, preferred weaponry, and combat skills. The characters from The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom appear in the game, led by Princess Zelda and King Rauru.
The graphics of Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment were created using cel-shading technique and maintained in the style known from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
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Maintained in a fantasy climate, the game series combines elements of adventure, RPGs, action and puzzle games. The brand was created by the Nintendo corporation and is counted among the most important products in the Japanese publisher's portfolio.
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment review: Musou mayhem meets Zelda magic
While it suffers from occasional repetition and blandness, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment stands as the best Hyrule Warriors entry to date—and one of the most enjoyable Zelda spinoffs we’ve gotten so far.
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From the creators of Dynasty Warriors comes another entry in the Hyrule Warriors series, following Zelda's journey through the past in Tears of the Kingdom.
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Game Ratings for Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment Video Game.
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment review: Musou mayhem meets Zelda magic
While it suffers from occasional repetition and blandness, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment stands as the best Hyrule Warriors entry to date—and one of the most enjoyable Zelda spinoffs we’ve gotten so far.
Game is Recomended by 79% of Critics. There are 103 Critic Reviews.
Wccftech: 8 / 10
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment does a lot to address the story and technical shortcomings that held back its predecessors while making some modest yet welcome tweaks to the series’ combat. Age of Imprisonment remains relatively shallow compared to core Zelda games, but that’s largely inherent to the Musou genre, and those happy to bliss out while bashing Bokoblins will find a well-told tale worth tussling with long term.
RPG Site: 9 / 10
Zelda's adventure in the ancient past of Hyrule sticks the landing to be the best Hyrule Warriors yet.
TheSixthAxis: 8 / 10 by Dominic Leighton
This is a playful and enjoyable piece of Legend of Zelda lore, and one that will be essential for fans of the series, but it doesn't break the same ground as Breath of the Wild, Tears of the Kingdom, or even Age of Calamity.
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