Building up your party members’ stats and skill trees makes a noticeable difference in their battle performance, and also makes for some traditional RPG fun in between missions. While some of the party member AIs can be frustratingly mindless at times, the player does have the option to manually take control of any party members, which helps mitigate any rogue AIs. The tactical aspect of the game isn’t particularly innovative, but it does integrate well with the otherwise repetitive button-mashing combat. Players have the ability to issue orders to AI party members in the middle of combat, and even prepare for battle by deciding the starting place for each party member. … What’s a Fire Emblem title without some tactical fun? The game changes up the traditional hack ‘n’ slash combat by adding tactical RPG elements. Playing on Classic mode – which features a semi-perma-death mechanic – didn’t seem to offer any advantage over playing in Casual mode, which gave me the courage to be more experimental in my strategies. Players are offered a variety of options to customize their gameplay experience, such as choosing between Casual mode and Classic mode. In many ways, the gameplay of Fire Emblem Warriors is exactly what you’d expect: button-mashing mayhem with a tactical twist. Along the way, the twins befriend and enlist the help of various characters from other Fire Emblem games to aid their cause. Set in the kingdom of Aytolis, Fire Emblem Warriors follows the adventures of Lianna and Rowan, royal twins who embark on a quest to reclaim their fallen kingdom. So the chance to experience this button-mashing fun with the well-loved characters of Fire Emblem was definitely one I was excited to try. Now, I’m rather fond of Dynasty Warriors there’s something cathartic about singlehandedly bulldozing dozens of enemy soldiers with just a sword. Following the success of 2014’s Hyrule Warriors, Koei Tecmo divisions Omega Force and Ninja Team released Fire Emblem Warriors for the Nintendo Switch in 2017.