Musou in New Kicks: DW Origins vs. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity

To see where Origins really shines, you have to stack it next to Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity. Both play the same basic Musou drum (lots of enemies, flashy combos), but they dance in totally different worlds. Origins does its thing in fresh, lore-packed territory, while Age of Calamity is all Zelda vibes, big drip. Both rock, but Origins shifts the play feel and the pacing, and that’s where it gets spicy. Age of Calamity smartly fits the Musou beat-them-up style into the Legend of Zelda universe. Using the characters and places we already know and love gives us something fresh inside a familiar shell. Still, because the story sets up the timeline for Breath of the Wild, it has to stick to certain events, which hold back some of the surprises. Ever since I popped my first token into an old arcade cabinet, the Warriors series has been my comfort food for the brain. I don’t mean “healthy food”; I mean that glorious, salty, zero-regrets snack that l...