Koei has uncharacteristically revealed that, for once, there are NO planned sequels for one of its IPs. Talking to Eurogamer, the Dynasty Warriors publisher stated that no followup to Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War is in the works. Although a sequel may be possible at some point, right now it is not on the cards.
Bladestorm was a unique action/strategy game that saw you take charge of various units on a battlefield and control them as one, conquering bases and beating down enemy officers along the way. The interesting gameplay and untapped Hundred Years' War setting impressed quite a few review outlets, though not enough to save it from a mediocre Metacritic score. It got a respectable 7.5 in review from yours truly.
It's a shame that the game wasn't more appreciated. It did have a number of problems that a sequel could easily have fixed, and the premise was good enough to support titles ranging across a number of historical wars. Hopefully a sequel will arrive eventually -- after all, it's not like Koei to let an IP die.
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8:10 PM on 09.03.2008
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DW6 has always been a 7.5. The highest rating I've given any Koei game on Dtoid was Warriors Orochi for PSP which got an 8.0 I believe.
That reminds me, I need to purchase this game.