While it was not the bleak prequel I was hoping for, Age of Calamity may be one of the best musou games I've ever played. It's a major improvement over the original Hyrule Warriors in which progression for each character is based on specific events and areas of Hyrule you can fortify. It feels like this is the musou game that makes the player balance every character instead of sticking with your 2-3 favorites and coasting on them for the whole game. Definitely worth playing if you like musou titles, or even just want more Breath of the Wild. Because while not to its fullest degree, this is absolutely more Breath of the Wild.

But I really gotta emphasize that this is not a full prequel, but more an AU, thanks to time travel bullshittery. Part of me can't help but feel cheated that the game didn't end with nearly everyone dying and Link being put into a century long coma.