Koei is known for two things - repetitive, number crunching strategy games set in ancient China and repetitive, button mashing action games set in ancient China. I have always been a huge fan of the latter, a follower of the Dynasty Warriors series for many years. Perhaps follower is a little too light - more like a devout worshipper, ensnared by the endless, mindless hack n' slash madness, terrible voice acting and hair metal soundtrack. I naturally swallowed up the Japanese Samurai Warriors spin-off as well (even if the first one was crap), shamelessly buying the same damn games over and over. Sadly, it seems my enslavement to the almighty button basher is to continue unabated, as Koei has announced a western release date for its Dynasty/Samurai Warriors crossover, Orochi Warriors.
The Omega Force developed title will see characters from both the Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors universes thrust together through the nefarious work of a time meddling demon by the name of Orochi. As with all titles in this ridiculously overstuffed series, minimal changes will be made to the gameplay. Despite the gimmick of merging both titles together, Koei is sure to provide us with more of the same outside of new, minor updates such as the ability to create teams of three generals that you can switch between at will and a feature that allows one to 'fuse' weapons together to create new and powerful attacks.
But this is what long time fans of the series, myself included, happily expect from a Koei action game - that same old garbage. It's trash gaming, but we like it that way. Due for the PS2 and Xbox 360 on September 18, my only wish is that Koei and Omega Force stop making last-generation games and give me my outdated button mashing with shiny, new-gen graphics.
[Via Gamespot]
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7:32 PM on 06.20.2007
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A fusion of these two series, sadly, excites me. It'll be great to have them in one place. Ah, well... guess I get to buy more of the same! Cheers!
your forgeting the about the new "Gundam Musou" which has been renamed to "dynasty warrriors Musou"
http://koeiwarriors.simgames.net/home.php#
god this is evey worse then puting shin megmai tensei to eveything
anyway... I will rent it fisrt but.... My blockbuster got rid of eveything koei even the romance of the three kingdoms game.
your forgeting the about the new "Gundam Musou" which has been renamed to "dynasty warrriors Gundam "
yea it is
You mean PS3 and 360, right?
Yeah, a few friends of mine were really big into Dynasty Warriors way back when 3, 4, and 5 were on the PS2. I bought [i}Samurai Warriors [/i]and had lots of fun with it, too...so I may check this out.
Wario67: It was mostly the insane imbalance of the first that drove me nuts. When you levelled up, enemies would become INSANELY difficult. Plus it was possible to "screw over" your characters with the skill system and have to reset them. These issues were, however, fixed in Samurai Warriors 2, a game I find superior to the first one.
No I don't. Like Samurai Warriors 2 and DW5 Empires, it's due for release on the PS2 and the 360, not the PS3.
OK maybe a little dramatic - But as long as this has Kotarou from SW and Xiaou Dun from DW this game is going to rock. Just one Q:How are they crossing the two over? Isnt DW set in China and SW set in Japan?
Ah, well. At least I'll get my money's worth!
I, too, spend countless hours playing these KOEI hack-and-slash games with my wife. We are proud of our 200+ hours on Samurai Warriors 2. Hehehe... Bring it on, KOEI.
I have had that happan to me where I would have to restart but I still enjoy the game regardless. I guess I should pick up the 2 game or maybe empires.
i <3 DW lovefests
i <3 all of you
N3 is also classic.