Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
They did change a bit when Basara first made its debut. I don't remember the old Warriors were over-the-top as some of the current ones until Basara competed with them in the spot of Musou genre. Then again, I always feel like Basara didn't get the budget it deserved, since the games too often looks like it was on a tight budget even with its popularity. Probably because there are many fans of the series don't bother playing the games, though.
I think its more due to Capcom not really giving a shit these days more and not giving anything much of a budget outside of Monster Hunter. Though Basara still did get a lot more games for a new IP than other titles though. Even the legendary hilariously bad / broken Basara fighting game by Arc System Works. Though most of the fans of Basara these days seem to be Female and you can tell that was the audience they were targeting in the last Basara title they released.