FortNinety
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So, is this the best DW yet on the PS2?
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DW5s Story Mode is magnificent!
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MrAngryFace
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It ties with Dynasty Warriors 4 Empires as my favorite, easily.
MrAngryFace
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It all just comes together so nicely. I loved DW4 dont get me wrong, but for all its improvements, things like duels just pissed me off. As did weapon leveling over weapon finding.
This takes the best of 4, and the best of 3, and improved story telling, visuals, and scripting and makes them have a drunken orgy producing thousands of wonderful DW5 copies.
Man DW5 Empires will rock, and this will be the first DW game I buy XL for.
This takes the best of 4, and the best of 3, and improved story telling, visuals, and scripting and makes them have a drunken orgy producing thousands of wonderful DW5 copies.
Man DW5 Empires will rock, and this will be the first DW game I buy XL for.
FortNinety
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Cool, I'm sold.
Attack You
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This thread might be a little too biased, but... I'm trying to decide on trading God of War straight for DW5. I've already finished GoW on Hard and it rocked my world. What say you, GAF?
MrAngryFace
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its not really biased, some games are just good. DW5 is an awesomely addictive game of ass whoopin wholesale.
DW5 does epic YOU vs EVERYONE much better now that its just you and your bodyguard, and the on screen troop count is so obviously beefed up. Charging up the steps to the center of the castle with an army rushing you feels SO FUCKING BADASS!
DW5 does epic YOU vs EVERYONE much better now that its just you and your bodyguard, and the on screen troop count is so obviously beefed up. Charging up the steps to the center of the castle with an army rushing you feels SO FUCKING BADASS!
MrAngryFace
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Yeah why not have two awesome games!
Attack You
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Man... I want to keep 'em both. I'm pushing my pitiful budget trying to get from South Carolina to LA for E3. (thinking...)
Drinky Crow
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Yeah, if you've never played a DW title, you're in for a huge fuckin' treat with 5.
And if YOU have played a DW title, DW5 graphics, presentation, and polish will inevitably win you over. At first I felt a little jaded towards it, but now I'm madly addicted. It's just too damn good.
And if YOU have played a DW title, DW5 graphics, presentation, and polish will inevitably win you over. At first I felt a little jaded towards it, but now I'm madly addicted. It's just too damn good.
MrAngryFace
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Man I just got STOMPED. I was torn between killing Mr Justice and Mr Pirate. Both hit hard 
Attack You
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My history with DW is rocky. I bought DW3 for $20 after being impressed with playing DW4 at a friend's. Even though I only played Story(?) mode probably three or four times total, with some co-op, I liked it a lot. Later, I picked up 4E and traded away DW3. I really like the single-player that 4E has going, but was a tiny bit disappointed in lack of co-op Free/Story mode. For a month now, I've been considering picking up Samurai Warriors for $10 new from the store I work at, but severely disliked the way they did the musou gauge in co-op. SWXL fixes that, but I don't feel the need to own it when I already know someone that has it. It all comes down to whether or not DW5 can grab me by the nuts and never let go. (Well, at least until it's done with me and tosses me aside like a used rag.)
MrAngryFace
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Haha yeah seeing generals just get axed one by one. That WAS pretty awesome. Man I was done playing for the night but now youve got my fighting spirit up again!
Attack You
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They took out the post-battle report? Man... Those little shapes served up some awesome re-enactments. I already miss them.
Those little shapes served up some awesome re-enactments. I already miss them.Go Go Ackman!
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Mrbob said:
I never, ever, ever bothered to watch that shit, nor did I ever watch it in Ace Combat. I'm glad to see it gone.
MrAngryFace
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You want Empires.
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I bought Empires yesterday, and it's the first DW I've owned. It seems pretty difficult just yet, because I'm not quite used to all of the mechanics (which have more to them than I imagined), and because I need to get better at the whole supply-line-maintenance thing.
Zhang Jiao is going down!
Zhang Jiao is going down!
MrAngryFace
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Haha its freaking Lu Bu!
Jiji: basically you gotta focus on checkpoints if the map says you have to take the camp, if it says take the general you can sometimes just bum rush.
Your fellow generals and liutenants will only really go as far as your last checkpoint then defend a lot. If you bum rush the general you sometimes get overwhelmed pretty easy by things like the siege engines which make me cry.
Also think ahead before invading. I secured a key victory by supporting a 1 territory empire against a 7 territory empire despite being allied to both. I had to choose who. Every invasion and defense and alliance and proposal makes as big a difference as your actions on the battlefield do.
Your generals and yourself can get pretty beefed up tho.
DW5 added need versions of checkpoints with attack and defense bases which can greatly turn the tide of battle and provides fantastic new tension points on the field o battle. If you enjoy empires 4 id suggest picking up DW5 when its within an affordable range.
Jiji: basically you gotta focus on checkpoints if the map says you have to take the camp, if it says take the general you can sometimes just bum rush.
Your fellow generals and liutenants will only really go as far as your last checkpoint then defend a lot. If you bum rush the general you sometimes get overwhelmed pretty easy by things like the siege engines which make me cry.
Also think ahead before invading. I secured a key victory by supporting a 1 territory empire against a 7 territory empire despite being allied to both. I had to choose who. Every invasion and defense and alliance and proposal makes as big a difference as your actions on the battlefield do.
Your generals and yourself can get pretty beefed up tho.
DW5 added need versions of checkpoints with attack and defense bases which can greatly turn the tide of battle and provides fantastic new tension points on the field o battle. If you enjoy empires 4 id suggest picking up DW5 when its within an affordable range.
SiegfriedFM
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To be fair, they've released ROTTK games since forever and only one (or two?) in this generation, and DW1 was a fighting game released in 1997. But sure, they've released a lot of DW games and clones (SW) lately.
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OK, I'm doing better now. Last time I started as Gongsun Zan, and I was trying to invade Luo Yang right away while Zhang Jiao was there, so of course he was overpowered. This time I started as Ma Teng and took a neighboring Yellow Turban territory, then the game took me into that scripted Yellow Turbans meatgrinder battle. Now I'm working on kicking Dong Zhuo's ass.
I like the base-securing and the strategy involved in attacking...it reminds me a lot of RTK both on the map and during battles (like how you have to maintain supply lines and take enemy bases on the way to attacking cities in that). Of course it's way more simple, but still fun.
This is fun enough that I think I'll get DW5 later this year (gotta space things out - I want Kessen III, RTKX, and that Colosseum game Koei is publishing).
I like the base-securing and the strategy involved in attacking...it reminds me a lot of RTK both on the map and during battles (like how you have to maintain supply lines and take enemy bases on the way to attacking cities in that). Of course it's way more simple, but still fun.
This is fun enough that I think I'll get DW5 later this year (gotta space things out - I want Kessen III, RTKX, and that Colosseum game Koei is publishing).
No kidding. Don't forget Nobunaga's Ambition, which has been running as long as RTK in Japan, Kessen I-III, and Uncharted Waters I-IV+Gaiden+Online. Also, RTK is up to 10 now. The difference between Koei and Capcom is that Koei maintain a consistent level of quality throughout their milking.tenchir said:
MrAngryFace
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Yeah but it sucked in DW4, and was passable in DW4 Empires. They focused on the single established characters in 5 which was a smart move in my mind
MrAngryFace
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I think DW4 Empires is a great way to test if youll like the series or not, and its cheap these days
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MA CHAO ROCKS! He's a fucking beast! All of his spear moves are cool, and when he does the first 360 attack in his musou, then hits the ground and does ANOTHER 360...AAAAAAH
Go Go Ackman!
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tenchir said:
The improvements in the dynasty warriors series are solid and greatly improve each iteration, unlike street fighter or something.
MrAngryFace
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DW4 > DW3 cause of Yue Ying, DW5 > DW4. HA!
About the ONLY thing DW4 has over DW5 is the music. The Yellow turban chant is just classic. "EEeeiyeaaa....EEEeeeiyAAAAaaa" The tunes in DW5 are so completely forgettable.
The punctuated narrative driven campaigns in DW5/SWXL definately make for a more digestible gaming block than the gimongous 'kingdom wide' ordeal DW4 threw your way. You can plow through a characters story in about 2 hours of overall play, good enough to keep the momentum going and certainly garners more interest in replayability among the 45+ other heroes.
The punctuated narrative driven campaigns in DW5/SWXL definately make for a more digestible gaming block than the gimongous 'kingdom wide' ordeal DW4 threw your way. You can plow through a characters story in about 2 hours of overall play, good enough to keep the momentum going and certainly garners more interest in replayability among the 45+ other heroes.