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http://www.gamecity.ne.jp/smusou4/
http://www.itmedia.co.jp/games/gsnews/0412/14/news01.html

 

[dark10x]

Good lord, another one?

 

[signet]

Hope EA makes this one.

 

[Mrbob]

2/25/05 release right on time!

Any pics or info?!

Hope EA makes this one.

Koei bought the exclusive rights to The Three Kingdoms history for the next five years, sorry!

 

[acklame]

....
this is...dynasty warriors 5?

koei is so dependent on this franchise that when it fell, it's gonna be all over for them...

 

[cvxfreak]

Another million seller to add to the Japanese PS2 catalog.

 

[Miburou]

Now they only need a sequel or two for Samurai Warriors, and the milking will be complete.

 

[Die Squirrel Die]

And some people actually thought they'd wait for the PS3. I laughed at them then and I laugh at the now, hahahahahahahahaha.

Hopefully it's not the catastrophic descration of travesty that Samurai Warriors was. I'd even take something on par with DW4.

 

[ManaByte]

God damnit, where is Samurai Warriors 2?

 

[Die Squirrel Die]

God damnit, where is Samurai Warriors 2?

Burning in hell, hopefully, along with all those responsible for it.

 

[Mrbob]

Why do you hate Samurai Warriors with such a passion? I liked SW, but the level 20 cap limit was a bitch. I want to max out my character stats!

BTW this game better be online co-op multiplayer!

 

[Die Squirrel Die]

Why do you hate Samurai Warriors with such a passion?

BTW this game better be online co-op multiplayer!

'Cause it was a steaming pile of plop compared to DW4, which in turn was a bit of a step down from DW3, though not catastrophically so.

I don't think I can even explain, or at least there's nothing in my explanations that quite covers just how it managed to be so broken.

 

[ManaByte]

Why do you hate Samurai Warriors with such a passion? I liked SW, but the level 20 cap limit was a bitch. I want to max out my character stats!

BTW this game better be online co-op multiplayer!

I actually like SW more than the DW series as the DW setting has started to get stale. I just picked up SW and SWXL at Fry's.

 

[Mrbob]

Well, co-op was better in DW4. Not as much pop up. The pop up in SW in co-op reminded me of DW3. Although I am interested to hear why you think DW4 is worse than DW3.

 

[belgurdo]

I actually like SW more than the DW series as the DW setting has started to get stale.

Me too, although I like it more for Okuni than any strategy elements

 

[Die Squirrel Die]

Well, co-op was better in DW4. Not as much pop up. The pop up in SW in co-op reminded me of DW3. Although I am interested to hear why you think DW4 is worse than DW3.

'Cause in DW3 they had a great balance in the battles between events to give the battles a sense of shape and direction, but not so much that it messed up the sense of freedom and the idea that you could approach the battles differently each time. With DW4 they threw the balance too far in favour of the events, whereas SW went so far in that direction that they shouldn't have even bothered with battlefields and made each level mostly linear corridors like the castle stages.

DW4 also had the duels which were complete shit, but obligatory, unless you wanted a morale hit on your entire team. And speaking of morale it's when they started dicking about with morale system, dropping your sides morale or inflating the oppositions at random when they felt like it, making it more a hindrance than a way to gauge your status in battle and something you could manipulate to help your outcome.

 

[Defensor]

God damnit, where is Samurai Warriors 2?

Sh!t man, where the hell is Winback 2?!

 

[cvxfreak]

Well, we can expect:

Shin Sangoku Musou 4
Shin Sangoku Musou 4 Mushouden
Shin Sangoku Musou 4 Empires
Sengoku Musou Empires
Sengoku Musou 2
Sengoku Musou 2 Mushouden
Sengoku Musou 2 Empires

...yeeesh.

 

[Jonnyram]

Man they didn't even take the time to change the logo colour or anything. Lazy asses.

 

[Baron Aloha]

DW2
DW3
DW3XL
DW4
DW4XL
DW4E
DW5
SW
SWXL

And people complain about Capcom? :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol

 

[Troidal]

Koei is changing their company name to Dynasty Warriors, Inc.

 

[Sho Nuff]

Boy I sure hope they don't change anything for this one!

 

[Bizarro Sun Yat-sen]

This kind of 'milking' is hardly new for Koei, is it? Aren't they up to Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI already?

 

[jarrod]

Well, we can expect:

Shin Sangoku Musou 4
Shin Sangoku Musou 4 Mushouden
Shin Sangoku Musou 4 Empires
Sengoku Musou Empires
Sengoku Musou 2
Sengoku Musou 2 Mushouden
Sengoku Musou 2 Empires

...yeeesh.

You forgot the Xbox & PSP ports.