Available now, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity takes players 100 years into the past to experience the events that led to the state of things in the now-classic The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. So then, is this a stop-gap before we get the full-blown sequel? Can it live up to its setting?

Well, we sent Alex 'pikamus' Andreadis on the case.

For those of you counting it's been about three-and-a-half years since Breath of the Wild released, easily one of the greatest The Legend of Zelda games of all time. Which is a longer way of saying, one of the greatest games of all time - period. We know there’s a Part II in the works at Ninty HQ, but we’re a bit skimp on the ol’ details there.

Based on its title, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity sounds more like a follow-up to the Dynasty Warriors meets Zelda jam that was Hyrule Warriors than anything to do with BOTW. If you move your poster-gazing eyes down from the title a tad, or simply watch any of the trailers released so far, then you’d know Age of Calamity is set in the same Zeldo-verse as BOTW, with a prequel storyline tied to that all-timer.

So then, is Age of Calamity game enough to fill the Gerudo Valley-sized gap in our collective souls? Can it quench the unquenchable heart that lies still, awaiting the return of Link in Breath of the Wild 2? Yes. Yes it can.

Our Full Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity Review