Thanks to the success of the hugely popular Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Nintendo followed up with an Omega Force special by means of Koei Tecmo and its incredibly moreish Musou series. Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes is the result, and has you yet again picking one of the three houses of Garreg Mach to follow as you take on huge battlefields filled with more enemies than any previous Fire Emblem could dream of.

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But exactly how long does it take to complete the game, and can you be satisfied seeing the credits roll just the once? Here's how meaty the game actually is.

How Long Does It Take To Finish Fire Emblem: Three Hopes?

In Fire Emblem: Three Hopes, you play as Shez, a person who ends up making a difficult choice - whether to side up with Dimitri, Edelgard, or Claude, three important students of Fodlan's Garreg Mach Monastery - a school that trains up the rulers of tomorrow.

What this means is that there are functionally three different routes in this game, all with different narratives and quests, different characters to recruit, and different endings to experience. Shame on you for expecting a Golden Route.

According to HowLongToBeat, finishing off one of these routes is likely to take around 43 hours on average, though this number will vary quite a bit depending on your experience with Musou games (such as Dynasty Warriors or Hyrule Warriors) and how much attention you pay to NPCs and cutscenes.

Exhausting the dialogue of random characters during downtime will increase your playtime significantly, as will taking the time to build relationships and bonds between your warriors.

How Long Does It Take To Finish Every Route Of Fire Emblem: Three Hopes?

Of course, a game with three separate routes is begging to be played three times - but how does that work? Well, in Three Hopes, completing a route will give you some bonuses during your subsequent playthroughs, such as items and secret characters to recruit. This, along with your experience with the game and its mechanics, will likely shorten how long it takes to complete the other routes.

According to HowLongToBeat, a completionist playthrough of the game, encompassing all three routes, will take around 120 hours on average, but again, your mileage may vary!

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