Much like its predecessor, Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes is a hack-and-slash action role-playing game with gameplay similar to the Dynasty Warriors series. Players will control characters from Fire Emblem: Three Houses including Edelgard, Dimitri, Claude, and a new character, Shez, who like most avatars in the Fire Emblem series, can be either male or female.[2]
Plot
The game takes place on the continent of Fódlan in an alternative timeline to that of Fire Emblem: Three Houses.[3] Similarly to Three Houses, the game has three unique storylines: Scarlet Blaze, Azure Gleam, and Golden Wildfire, each following one of the three house leaders. It diverges from the storyline of its predecessor game in that Byleth, the playable character of Fire Emblem: Three Houses, serves as an antagonist. Three Hopes introduces two new characters to fight alongside the cast of Three Houses: Shez, a mercenary Byleth previously encountered, and Arval, a mysterious white-robed being who opposes Sothis.