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Dynasty Warriors 8 + XL (PS3) / CE (PSV/PS4) |OT| Don't Pursue Lu Bu (In Next Gen)
- Thread starter dakkumauji
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Haven't really played much of it in the last 2 weeks, but about 35 hours.
The Grim Heaper
Member
I'm up to 45 hours.
dakkumauji
Member
135ish hours.
That's after all the bond grinding.
Doing the 5th weapons is pretty fun. Expect when the slowdowns work against you. I guess I'll just cheese Dong Zhao's stage with a Cyclone Bow and Rod cause using his normal bombs just doesn't cut it especially with all that message lag.
That's after all the bond grinding.
Doing the 5th weapons is pretty fun. Expect when the slowdowns work against you. I guess I'll just cheese Dong Zhao's stage with a Cyclone Bow and Rod cause using his normal bombs just doesn't cut it especially with all that message lag.
dakkumauji
Member
God, Chibi is such a terrible map to play on.
And I am reliving arrow interrupting hell again on hard mode.
And I am reliving arrow interrupting hell again on hard mode.
TurboLibre
Member
Playing through the Wu campaign right now and it's hilarious. I've always known these guys couldn't keep a commander alive but they're really rubbing it in, in this version.
EYEL1NER
Member
Finally, in a couple days I will be playing this!
I get back to the 'states in 4 days and had decided at launch that I would just wait until I got there to buy the game and have all the time in the world to play it on vacation. Well Gamestop has a $15 off of $59.99 deal going on this week on their site and I decided to place an order, because $45 was a good price for a Musou title. Gonna have to return that though, because a guy on Amazon is selling new copies for $39.99 with free shipping at the moment.
I should be done with reading Three Kingdoms by the time I get home and can dig into this too. There was a period where I was burning through the books quickly at work but then I netted a cert and started having more work to do. Just finished reading about Kongming's taming of the people of Man/captures of Meng Huo; I will be moving onto the fourth book just in time for my flight. I'm surprised I didn't sit down and burn through all four books in two days or so like I normally do when I really enjoy something I am reading. Drawing this out over a month has been pretty pleasant. I'll probably re-read it all before year's end anyway, so I can race through it then.
The deaths of
though...so many feels.
I get back to the 'states in 4 days and had decided at launch that I would just wait until I got there to buy the game and have all the time in the world to play it on vacation. Well Gamestop has a $15 off of $59.99 deal going on this week on their site and I decided to place an order, because $45 was a good price for a Musou title. Gonna have to return that though, because a guy on Amazon is selling new copies for $39.99 with free shipping at the moment.
I should be done with reading Three Kingdoms by the time I get home and can dig into this too. There was a period where I was burning through the books quickly at work but then I netted a cert and started having more work to do. Just finished reading about Kongming's taming of the people of Man/captures of Meng Huo; I will be moving onto the fourth book just in time for my flight. I'm surprised I didn't sit down and burn through all four books in two days or so like I normally do when I really enjoy something I am reading. Drawing this out over a month has been pretty pleasant. I'll probably re-read it all before year's end anyway, so I can race through it then.
The deaths of
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei
dakkumauji
Member
So I guess Japanese voices DLC next week cause otherwise we run out of weeks in August.
Hopefully they'll release all the DLC before DW8XL comes out here. I want my new costumes and weapons.
Hopefully they'll release all the DLC before DW8XL comes out here. I want my new costumes and weapons.
So 150+ hours in, I'm finally done with everything except getting all the Weapons. The gallery says I have 81% of all the weapons, so I thought I was close to being done with DW8, but then once I made a google doc for easy access to what I was missing...
Deeper into the rabbit hole I go.
Deeper into the rabbit hole I go.
dakkumauji
Member
Amusing that they've used the same Platinum for 3 games now sans Empires.
Total time spent was 159:35. Now I can go play Trinity and NEXT without feeling like I'm splitting my time, since Tecmo doesn't want to give us new DLC.
Total time spent was 159:35. Now I can go play Trinity and NEXT without feeling like I'm splitting my time, since Tecmo doesn't want to give us new DLC.
dakkumauji
Member
This week we get...more avatars!
Oh and more wallpapers (2 dollars for a boat load of wallpapers) and another stage plus bgm pack for 3 dollars.
Oh and more wallpapers (2 dollars for a boat load of wallpapers) and another stage plus bgm pack for 3 dollars.
Aizo
Banned
dakkumauji
Member
I keep on searching XBL. Why don't they want me to play DW8?
Oh right, forgot that it should be coming out soon....
I guess there's gonna be a 6th week of August.
Finally got our Youtube channel going with some DW8 action with Zhao Yun! I was also lucky enough to win a copy from Game On / Examiner!
Aizo
Banned
Thanks for advertising.
Knowing Koei it'll have been a stealth release last week and everyone's going to find out about it tomorrow
TurboLibre
Member
The whole Star objective thing is terrible in this game. Not only do they not tell you what you need to do, but the requirements are often so vague it's annoying to actually accomplish them. For example, I'm at Fan Castle with Wu. The goal is to not let Lu Meng get wounded. I'm playing as Lu Meng, and every time I enter the camp my guy is automatically wounded. Even though the arbalests have stopped and I'm not getting hit at all. I can't go in at any other point because the gates are blocked off (for whatever reason), and I can't finish the battle without crossing that point.
So I'm stuck replaying a decently long battle (for the third time) because I'm just the wrong character. Despite doing everything in the battle perfectly.
That's just shoddy design. Even for this series.
So I'm stuck replaying a decently long battle (for the third time) because I'm just the wrong character. Despite doing everything in the battle perfectly.
That's just shoddy design. Even for this series.
dakkumauji
Member
You are suppose to get the two Shu officers that you come across after beating Guan Yinping to defect by beating them before they retreat. Then, they'll open the other gates which will allow you as Lu Meng to enter the camp without getting wounded.
If you enter the camp from the east, he'll get wounded regardless what.
dakkumauji
Member
Finally got the Weapon Collector's trophy.
And I just have one last trophy to get which is the Chaos one but I rather wait for the costumes first just so I can something to new to look at.
So I guess after 176 hours, I'll put this game on pause until more DLC is out.
Still had a complete blast with this and eagerly looking forward to XL now.
And I just have one last trophy to get which is the Chaos one but I rather wait for the costumes first just so I can something to new to look at.
So I guess after 176 hours, I'll put this game on pause until more DLC is out.
Still had a complete blast with this and eagerly looking forward to XL now.
Someone help me understand how to play DW correctly. Kind of interested in picking this up even though I didn't play DW7 or DW Next much. Only musou game I've actually finished and enjoyed was the most recent Gundam Musou. I usually lose interest after a few hours of the story, just running around and taking control of parts of the map and then pusing towards the final boss or whatever. Maybe I'm not getting super in depth into the combat system or something? I wouldn't mind trying again with 8 but I feel like it's something I'll never 'get" without external help.
VanillaCakeIsBurning
Member
For higher combo or to kill? Because stuff seems to die pretty quickly from what I remember.
VanillaCakeIsBurning
Member
The game tends to be more rewarding on higher difficulties where things can actually kill you.
I get bored very quickly on the easier settings just because I'm mowing things down effortlessly.
Juggling is good just because it prevents your opponent from attacking you. Also if your weapon has the skill that sets enemies on fire, an enemy that is on fire and in the air will have their health steadily drained. It's not as strong as it was in previous games but it's still useful for killing enemies faster on higher difficulties.
Try playing the game on a higher difficulty setting. You may be getting bored just because enemies are too easy to kill.
razgriz417
Member
Any news regarding japanese voices yet? haven't touched this in a month and have been waiting before I continue doing all the story modes
dakkumauji
Member
Haven't seen anything about it from their EU twitter besides it's stuck in limbo somewhere or something.
At least, we're gonna get some more DLC next week. Costumes and weapons!
dakkumauji
Member
Yesssssssssssss!
This week in DLC we got:
New Stage Pack with DW5 music and a new animal
New Weapons DLC: Flame Blade and Revolving Crossbow
Wei's Original Costumes
Wu's Original Costumes
There's also each kingdom's theme now being sold separately.
I guess I can plat this game at the end of the month when all the costumes come out. Which will probably still be before the Japanese voices come out.
This week in DLC we got:
New Stage Pack with DW5 music and a new animal
New Weapons DLC: Flame Blade and Revolving Crossbow
Wei's Original Costumes
Wu's Original Costumes
There's also each kingdom's theme now being sold separately.
I guess I can plat this game at the end of the month when all the costumes come out. Which will probably still be before the Japanese voices come out.
shaowebb
Member
Been playing this with my wife and I am LOVING all the new cast and weapons. My God Xu Shu the strategist is awesome. Sooooooo mobile. And if you give him Guan Xing's blades as a secondary you can use his ability to change weapons mid air to setup some insanely stylish stuff. Plus that arrow storm third musou that lets you roam around and fight as folks are pinned getting ballista-ed by God.
Sooooooo good.
Absolutely loving all the new stuff and additions to the combat. Especially the rage attacks and the storm attacks. Cannot praise this enough. Makes me excited for just what an eventual Orochi 4 might offer up.
Sooooooo good.
Absolutely loving all the new stuff and additions to the combat. Especially the rage attacks and the storm attacks. Cannot praise this enough. Makes me excited for just what an eventual Orochi 4 might offer up.
dragonflys545
Member
For real wth... I'm still waiting for this to enjoy the story mode.
Emperor Bohe
Member
I haven't touched this game for a while on 360, did they add any of the old DW costumes from past games yet?
dakkumauji
Member
Haha, wow. Took them long enough.
dakkumauji
Member
Assuming they are keeping their schedule of releasing DLC, they should be released in one pack along with the rest of the original DLC costumes next week.
Unless they decide to stretch out the DLC even longer which means I'll never plat this game. :[
Aizo
Banned
One of the main reasons I bought the game was because they said they'd have JP voices. This is making me not trust Koei.
Sakura
Member
"Presumably" eh... Not getting my hopes up.
dakkumauji
Member
Funny enough one of the speculations on why this is taking so long is because Koei ran into problems in the parts of the game where there are JP voices but no English dub for it (camp, ambition mode camp, narration).
They should have just dubbed everything!
Aizo
Banned
That's another reason I want the JP voices. The silent sections in which you just read seem very.... boring.