Freezasaurus
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I've been enjoying 8 a lot more than I thought I would. A lot of gameplay elements received a much-needed overhaul.
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Dynasty Warriors 8 + XL (PS3) / CE (PSV/PS4) |OT| Don't Pursue Lu Bu (In Next Gen)
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I've been enjoying 8 a lot more than I thought I would. A lot of gameplay elements received a much-needed overhaul.
dakkumauji
Member
This is listed in the amazing (well for this day and age) manual, but here's the links for the survey that Koei put up for DW8. Fill it out!
NA's survey
EU's survey
NA's survey
EU's survey
NoirVisage
Banned
Xu Shu 2nd Musou can be cast while its still going..that'sm..OP as @#$..LOVE IT!! So worth the wait, getting the hang of him, hope they have a red colored gooded outfit, his garb reminds me of a Cleric.
rocketskates
Member
i was running around the map, just looking around, a little lost, when one of my guys said he was withdrawing. thats not permanent is it? i dont wanna lose him!
NoirVisage
Banned
I don't think so, my numbers never gone down, and my officers drop like flies in duels, and the same ones seem to excell at sucking..your username: Deftones reference?
dakkumauji
Member
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
Just did the alternate path in the Wei storyline.
I didn't think it could get any better until I heard
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Incredible.
I didn't think it could get any better until I heard
DW3's credits theme
Incredible.
Is that trophy any different from Good Listener in DW7? For that, I just had to talk to every NPC before every story mode level. If this is different, I'm not sure what counts as a "voice line" for the playable characters. Every single piece of voice-acted dialogue in the game?
e: I'm stupid and it has to be different because the NPCs aren't even voiced in DW8. It definitely feels cheaper than DW7
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
Is that trophy any different from Good Listener in DW7? For that, I just had to talk to every NPC before every story mode level. If this is different, I'm not sure what counts as a "voice line" for the playable characters. Every single piece of voice-acted dialogue in the game?
e: I'm stupid and it has to be different because the NPCs aren't even voiced in DW8. It definitely feels cheaper than DW7
I don't know if I'd say that it feels "cheaper" than DW7. Maybe the localization, but not the game itself. And from what I've heard, the initial plan for DW8 was for it to have Japanese voices only, but then along the way something or other happened and they ended up dubbing it anyway. Or something.
The lack of a narrator and NPC voices doesn't really bug me all that much, personally. I read faster than people talk, so I usually end up skipping most of the voiced dialogue anyway. What bugs me a bit is that you can't quickly skip through the pre-battle narration (the stuff that would usually be narrated). I understand WHY you can't, since that stuff was narrated in the Japanese release, but still. Like I said, I read really really fast, so having to sit through all that text without being able to skip through it after I've read it is a bit annoying.
Yeah, I was referring to the localization specifically. I guess the games don't sell as well as they used to and Koei can't help cutting non-essential things like some of the VA, but it's just something that I can't help but notice and, thus, can't help but miss a little. I'd like to hope that straits aren't so dire for them that they almost went digital with a flagship title due to VA costs.
SCEA really need to get their head out of their ass with that policy; might actually be a good thread idea to ask if there's any chance of this changing with PS4.
Now me, I miss the narrator terribly. It's not like I haven't heard the RotTK story a dozen times already, but it was tradition for me to chill out and bask in the gravitas of Michael McConnohie's commanding voice between battles. The pre/post-battle narration just feels........empty to me now. There should definitely be an option to skip for those who don't care, but for whatever reason, it's been my habit never even to try to skip the narration.
Ah yes, the 2 movies about Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang starring Zhao Yun since he still gets the best action scenes lol.
Fatalmephisto
Member
Those stars, help you get stages unlocked for each storyline to play through the "What If" Stages.
it seems they free on PSN anyway already raided them just need figure out where buy game from now my town has hardly any shops sell games. Amazon being £34 is tempting doubt it be much cheaper but got a HMV voucher recently that might mean a trip to find a store
The only stores that even stock it here are grainger and maybe play-time.
Not sure whether to get this. Never played a dynasty warriors game before.
I liked:
- Gundam Warriors 3
- Sengoku Basara 3
- Ken's rage (FOTN musou) (except for the long fights/matches)...
1. How long are the matches? ~5-10 min Gundam warriors style or ~30 min Hokuto Musou?
2. How complex are the levels?
3. How much backtracking is required (for example due to the game spawning enemy groups behind your lines)
4. How much do you have to babysit your army?
Thanks.
I liked:
- Gundam Warriors 3
- Sengoku Basara 3
- Ken's rage (FOTN musou) (except for the long fights/matches)...
1. How long are the matches? ~5-10 min Gundam warriors style or ~30 min Hokuto Musou?
2. How complex are the levels?
3. How much backtracking is required (for example due to the game spawning enemy groups behind your lines)
4. How much do you have to babysit your army?
Thanks.
Terra_Ex
Member
Only played up till Hefei in Wei's storyline so far but just wanted to say this is the most fun I've had in a DW game since DW4, gameplay feels really tight (the rock paper scissors approach to weapons is a great addition, loving the musou variations) and we're no longer locked down to the single character Koei chose for a particular stage. Overall quite impressed so far, though I do miss the familiar narrator voice from previous games. Also somewhat disappointed that the duels from DW7 (I think it was that one) seem to be gone - where the peon guards would form a circle around you and the other general(s), I liked that feature. Will definitely be checking out all the possible story branches later, I especially loved those in SW1 so if they're anything like that I'll be most happy.
dakkumauji
Member
I think it involves unlocking all the voice lines in Gallery mode.
For the battle voices, that all gets unlocked when you level a character to level 30 or higher.
Not so sure about Ambition mode though.
razgriz417
Member
Giantbomb did a DW8 QL of the 360 version, god damn that slowdown is horrendous. I got slowdown when there were a ton of fire effects on the ps3 version but not like that
Ah, okay. Still sounds relatively straightforward, then.
Yeah, it's bad. When Dong Zhuo sets fire to Luoyang in the Hulao Gate stage, everything slows to a crawl for me. Don't remember it being quite as noticeable at Chibi for whatever reason, though.
So I've played all the new characters and I have to say
Fun
Wen Yan
Lu Su
Jia Chong
Zhang Chunhua
So-So
Guan Yinping
Yue Jin
Li Dian
Too 'stylish' making it impossible to be useful
Guan Xing
Boring
Zhang Bao
Han Dang
Jin really won out though a lot of the new movesets, like Cao Pi's and Xiahou Yuan's, are some of the best in the series.
Fun
Wen Yan
Lu Su
Jia Chong
Zhang Chunhua
So-So
Guan Yinping
Yue Jin
Li Dian
Too 'stylish' making it impossible to be useful
Guan Xing
Boring
Zhang Bao
Han Dang
Jin really won out though a lot of the new movesets, like Cao Pi's and Xiahou Yuan's, are some of the best in the series.
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
I looooooooooooove Guan Yinping. Awesome design and really great moveset.
Guan Xing is pretty much useless though, yeah.
Guan Xing is pretty much useless though, yeah.
santeesioux
Member
Someone should have told them to get the Ps3 version, the 360 version looks horrible with that slowdown.
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
Luoyang does have some very noticeable slowdown on the PS3 version, but noooooooooothing like the 360 version. Damn.
dakkumauji
Member
1500 KOs and plus seems to be the magic number I needed to start learning the skill.
SlasherJPC
Banned
I just shot the PR guy a email asking if there is a patch in the pipeline for the 360 version. I'll report back with my findings.
I'm so happy that the Shu storyline ends at Wuzhang in this, because everything after that is so depressing for Shu bias guys like me. DW7 made me fucking hate Liu Shan and Jiang Wei's guts. I guess that's what the Jin story mode will be for :lol
welp, looks like I have a lot of Yellow Turbans to slaughter.
welp, looks like I have a lot of Yellow Turbans to slaughter.
NoirVisage
Banned
Dynasty Warriors 7 is actually on Steam, but only released in China or some weird shit.
dakkumauji
Member
smh, early Shu sucks. Give me more Mid to Late Shu anyday.
Liu Shan has a face designed to be punched. By the end of Jin's story I was wanting Jia to kill everyone in that fucking group. Especially Jiang's new voice actor. Ma Dai looks like such a piece of shit too.
Xingcai can join the glorious Jin revolution... Except Sima Zhao looks like a piece of shit too. But Zhong Hui, Deng Ai, Jia Chong, and Yuanji are pretty cool.
Real talk though. Next campaign added needs to be the Yellow Turbans for the will of the heavens.
Xingcai can join the glorious Jin revolution... Except Sima Zhao looks like a piece of shit too. But Zhong Hui, Deng Ai, Jia Chong, and Yuanji are pretty cool.
Real talk though. Next campaign added needs to be the Yellow Turbans for the will of the heavens.
By new voice actor, do you mean the one he had in 7 that sounds vaguely like an English person recovering from a sore throat, or does he have an entirely new one again?
Oh and that sounds real good. Just reminded me of how much I enjoyed Zhang Jiao's Musou mode in Dynasty Warriors 5.
Community Forum
Member
This game is awesome. I don't know what I'm doing though.
You wanna fight!
So, I'm slightly confused about leveling. I went to check out Free Mode and noticed that Story Mode characters that I'd never touched were all leveled in relatively the same range as the characters that I had used. Is exp shared between all of the characters that the game gives you the option to use in a particular Story Mode level?
Late Shu is the worst period for any of the factions in the game, man. The Northern Campaign is interminable and boring and it hurts to see Liu Bei's dream shat upon by his own braindead, obsessively belligerent son
Late Shu is the worst period for any of the factions in the game, man. The Northern Campaign is interminable and boring and it hurts to see Liu Bei's dream shat upon by his own braindead, obsessively belligerent son
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
Late Shu is the worst period for any of the factions in the game, man. The Northern Campaign is interminable and boring and it hurts to see Liu Bei's dream shat upon by his own braindead, obsessively belligerent son
Maybe Liu Shan wouldn't have been braindead if he wasn't dropped on his head by his benevolent father.
Agreed.
dakkumauji
Member
I think Jiang Wei always had that faux British accent going on for him since DW5. They probably are just taking it to much higher levels now.
So, I'm slightly confused about leveling. I went to check out Free Mode and noticed that Story Mode characters that I'd never touched were all leveled in relatively the same range as the characters that I had used. Is exp shared between all of the characters that the game gives you the option to use in a particular Story Mode level?
Late Shu is the worst period for any of the factions in the game, man. The Northern Campaign is interminable and boring and it hurts to see Liu Bei's dream shat upon by his own braindead, obsessively belligerent son
I believe that exp is shared but it only gets applied once you get the chance to use them again in the story mode. So right now in the Wei story, my Yu Jin is higher level than Li Dian cause I was able to use him on Wei-4 or something while Li Dian, I haven't had a chance to since Wei-2 or whatever.
Nope, doesn't look like it. Ultimate isn't even carrying over the DW7E weapon changes either. :/
bestwu
AzureSkies
Member
Getting a copy of this game soon, what difficulty would be recommended for a veteran to the series?
I don't want to play on the highest difficulty level and find out that it's impossible with level 1 characters.
I don't want to play on the highest difficulty level and find out that it's impossible with level 1 characters.
FrontalMonk
Banned
I'm curious to know what the max level is of these skills...I've only played for about half of Shu's musou mode but how high do these skills go? 20? 50? 100?
dakkumauji
Member
Normal or Hard. So far I found normal to be doable with fresh characters and still have a bit of a challenge when facing officers. Hard is probably ok too but you might end up taking too much damage and not dishing out enough since everyone guards against everything in this game.
I believe 20 is the max.