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Topic: The Warriors titles by KOEI (Dynasty, Samurai, Orochi)
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I have been bouncing around between games, and also reading up on reviews on GameFAQs. It is stated that these games are all the same. However upon further inspection there are some huge differences between the games that differentiate them in ways that might make or break the experience depending on the player.
At the moment, I am feeling that Dynasty Warriors 4 Empires is one of the greatest games in the series. The voice acting is superb in this game, and really takes a dive in DW5. The solid voice acting in 4E makes you file like you have a game of high technical quality. Another thing I observed is in 4 Empires, when you take an enemy stronghold, you have to take out every last soldier. This is great! In later games they allow you to just take out the Base Captain and then all the other soldiers run away, which I do not like at all. 4 Empires also respawns enemy Generals again and again until you take them out in a duel. This is what made 4 Empires for me. You constantly were up against waves of enemy troops due to this mechanic. I hope this is retained in DW5E and SW2E? I have yet to confirm. I have been playing Samurai Warriors some again, and while I had played through numerious campaigns in it before, I saw the game differently this time around. The game tries to set itself apart from the DW franchise by constantly interrupting you with mission objectives. It is hard to focus on the combat because you keep having to flee from going on the offensive to just running around the map to prevent catastrophe. The worst is when the enemy General just up and leaves the map. "You better go take out these cannons... OH TO LATE!" *General Leaves* This is beyond frustrating and it makes you feel rushed. Also, the castle stages while repetative, are rather difficult depending on how you go into them. Some hate these stages, but the later castle stages can prove to be extremly hard due to the complete lack of health items, and if you have not upgraded your weapon with elements like Ice. I actually like the difficulty. So even though I keep dieing over and over again, the challenge has been rewarding here. I will say, I absolutly love the visual aesthetic of Samurai Warriors 1. It has a darker tone, and many of the maps are overcast and at night. Its a grittier game. From the media I have seen, Samurai Warriors 2 and beyond are not like this. So even though Samurai Warriors has some serious gameplay flaws, I give it but of a pass, due to a visual look that isn't seen in other warriors titles. |
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Early findings on DW5E:
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_________________ The most effective, in this war? The Bydo have it... and they control it. |
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