Any vets have opinions of this vs 4-2, Sanada, or Orochi U4?

[Capron Denim]

I keep eyeing all these but can't find any consensus anywhere, and a lot of wishy washy statements.

Kind of concerned about not everyone having a unique weapon

[SSJ6Andrew]

Well just based on Content/Characters it has to be Warriors Orochi 4 Ultimate especially considering the steam prices for the games but if you haven't played Dynasty Warriors or Samurai Warriors then it isn't the place to start.

So if that's the case though it's the shortest game to 100% complete out the four in discussion it would be Spirit of Sanada due to the lack of vanilla 4 on steam that's the best game to get to know most of the story even though it mostly follows Masayuki and Yukimura Sanada

With that I figured id best mention Samurai Warriors 5 as you maybe thinking why I didn't recommend that though similar to Spirit of Sanada only mainly following 2 characters that being Nobunaga Oda and Mitsuhide Akechi the issue here is what it covers is a lot more limited as the feudal war of Japan covers more then there full lifespans so you'll only get to know a part of the story and a limited amount of characters

When it comes to Samurai Warriors 4-2 once again the story is limited due to the fact they decided to go with individual stories which a lot of people have been wanting again but the issue here they only did it for the new characters excluding Naotora Li so I can't recommend the game as your first even though it has the perk of being a bigger game overall when being compared to Samurai Warriors 5 and Spirit of Sanada

Though not mentioned if you wanna play Warriors Orochi 4 you're going to need to play a Dynasty Warriors game in this case either 7 or 8 can be recommended on steam, 7 being due to more sensible price but if you want the more complete and more updated game then of course then go for 8

So yeah maybe not the answer you was looking for as it means buying at least 3 games(Well 2 before touching Warriors Orochi) but this is what I recommend doing as which is the best game doesn't matter until you've experienced one game out of all 3 series.

[Capron Denim]

I'm vaguely familiar with Musou genre, but I've only played like.... DW2,3, 8, SW, and Sengoku Basara

[SSJ6Andrew]

Originally posted by Capron Denim:

I'm vaguely familiar with Musou genre, but I've only played like.... DW2,3, 8, SW, and Sengoku Basara

Ah right you’ve played DW8 so you’re alright there, Just to make sure do you mean you played the original Samurai Warriors(PS2/Xbox) and with Sengoku Basara did you mean Devil Kings or Samurai Heroes

[Capron Denim]

Original PS2 and the Wii title, so I think what's technically 3? I technically have the DS game which I think is Devil Kings but... it's not great.

[SSJ6Andrew]

Yeah you’re a title behind with Samurai Warriors so the best place is to start there and with steam your best bet is Spirit of Sanada due to the lack of Vanilla 4 and as I’ve just read 4-II is a PS3 port but PS4 character models and I expect if you’ve got a decent enough pc you don’t want to playing a game knowing it’s worse off then it’s console counterpart at least not as your first purchase at least as if you decide you like Spirit of Sanada enough for example and you want to play another game in the series you may choose to look past that.

But with that said if you do own a PS4 then your next choice wouldn’t be 4-II it would be Vanilla 4 but at that point you also have Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate as an option which is even better choice still but let’s continue with the idea you don’t own a PS4 for now as everything I know so far tells me you own one.

So with what you know and what I’ve mentioned Samurai Warriors 5 wouldn’t be your first choice based on the fact it has clones making characters losing there individuality in my opinion and when we compare it’s price/content it loses out there as well. One thing it does have going for is the more balanced gameplay with features like Hyper Attacks and Rage Mode being nerfed but that can’t help it stand by itself making a weak entry into the series unless you’re fan of Nobunaga and Mitsuhide and of course the games new art style which I liked but I know not everyone does.

So yeah as I mentioned Spirit is Sanada is your first choice as I can’t recommend jumping straight onto Warriors Orochi 4 Ultimate cause if otherwise that’s the one I would of recommend due to amount or characters and battles to go through even though it loses out in the story department with it be the weakest in its series in my opinion though I guess you could say that’s where having so many characters backfires at this point though you could argue that they could of balanced it out with factions like they did in the first 2 Warriors Orochi games but at this point we can only hope they do that for the 5th entry in the series.

So yeah I hope that helps hopefully with this and what everyone else will post on there thoughts you’ll be able to come up with choice on which game you feel is right for you to start with.

[Capron Denim]

Appreciate the write up

[SSJ6Andrew]

No problem one thing I should mention about Spirit of Sanada just in case it puts you off is a lot of battles are time sensitive so there are battles where you can’t take your time raking up kills unfortunately, The game is also RPG Heavy compared to other Samurai Warriors games as there times when you’ll be running around village/castle town talking to characters to advance the story or during this time you can upgrade weapons and characters and you can even got out and participate in small battles where you can collect materials which is needed to upgrade your weapons and unlock characters, also one last thing to mention about two thirds into the game it gets story heavy and you’ll be spending a lot of time advancing the story in the castle town so at that point there’s a lot of text and little action for a few hours but if you don’t think you’ll mind all that then you’ll be ok.