The new DW. Is it worth it?

[►THATJOHNGUYDUH◄]

Just sat down and watched the cinematic/ game trailer and the showcase video and I was liking what I saw. HOWEVER. Given Koei-Techmo/ Wu-Force's past DW titles I'm really not sure how I feel about it.

Based off of the two videos:
- The protagonist is okay?
I'd like it if they were customizable but more importantly I would much rather play as the actual established characters for certain battles like in previous titles. One of the features I liked with Empires was the customizable character option, but even then it was missing any substance to really use it. So with this I hope they give players more power over personalization and who we can play as.

- Gameplay looks good from my "window shopping"
Haven't played the demo but my hope is that they aren't puffing it up or simply reused DW9 with a new coat of paint. The feature of the PC only being able to use 9 weapon styles is concerning, especially given the magnitude of the roster. My expectation is that more weapon styles will be released but I really hope it will be from patches not DLC content. But I have a feeling it will be the latter. Saw some people were upset with the U.I. and keybinds, if they are smart they added U.I. and keybind options that can be switched around or changed liberally.

- Appearance wise it looks good
Though again I worry they are only focusing on small portions for the trailer to make it look good. Knowing Koei I wouldn't put it past them to do this. It all looked crisp and polished but I'm not holding my breath.

- Story wise it's the same thing
It's literally just like the Madden, Fifa, or 2K games when it comes to content. It's the same story just with new parts to it. My hope is that it's been refined, trimmed, and fleshed out at the parts it needs to be. And with this protagonist we have, I hope this doesn't become some "chosen one" or whatever type deal.

- Eng voices was sort of a good sign
After the VA strike awhile back we lost a lot of the VA's I liked. Hopefully some or most are back or at least they found better ones than from DW9. This isn't so much a big deal, but it's nice to know that dub will be an option. Hopefully it's not a horrible dub.

- Micro transactions/ DLC
I'm certain that at some point they will drop DLC like a fat kid tripping and dropping his oreos. It will most likely be just outfits, music for levels, extra levels, animals/ horses, and weapon packs. Most of it will pretty much be garbage, probably playing the nostalgia card with older titles outfits, music, or levels. But most likely being goofy or out of place stuff like schoolgirl uniforms for female characters or whatever.

I really enjoyed these games. DW7 was my favorite of all, Warriors Orochi 3 was great as well. I really hope they get their act together with this one because if this one flops I'm just done with it lol.

Thoughts?

[ingosupercute]

Originally posted by ►THATJOHNGUYDUH◄:

Thoughts?

My thoughts are I simply can't imagine getting a lot of value out of a musou game that only offers one character and nine weapon options. Whatever would I do after my 20-30 hours of story are over? To me the main appeal of this type of games has always been having countless characters to try out and an absurd amount of unlocks to farm.

Origins only looks good and apparently plays nice (I did not try it out myself, but people seem to like it) but there is nothing behind that. Just a typical modern gaming era problem.

[MystiKitten]

Yeah, it’s totally worth it. The gameplay’s way better, and it’s all about quality over quantity.

[⭕TheSodaman]

Originally posted by ingosupercute:

Originally posted by ►THATJOHNGUYDUH◄:

Thoughts?

My thoughts are I simply can't imagine getting a lot of value out of a musou game that only offers one character and nine weapon options. Whatever would I do after my 20-30 hours of story are over? To me the main appeal of this type of games has always been having countless characters to try out and an absurd amount of unlocks to farm.

Origins only looks good and apparently plays nice (I did not try it out myself, but people seem to like it) but there is nothing behind that. Just a typical modern gaming era problem.

It depends on the kind of player you are.

I'm more of a gameplay driven player than story, completion, trophy, competitive, co-op, exploring, creative, benchmark, atmosphere, etc.

For completion purposes, the demo is less than 20 minutes long.

Gameplay wise? I've reached 40+ hours out of the demo with the one mission, the four weapons, and three companions without any tweaks to the storyline, leveling, gearing, or other out-of-battle things going - with just the one playable character. There's a lot for me to experiment with and you expand my options in more scenarios? I'll get my money's worth, whether full price, sale, especially so with the way of Gan Ning.

I have my gripes about the game: camera, some of the controls I want to configure are locked down, lack of co-op, loss of a decades-long roster in a DW game, rasterized font, etc. And even with that, found myself jumping back in the way I did for Dynasty Warriors 2, 3, and 4.

Just as with any game, it's not for everyone.

[klaud]

Originally posted by ingosupercute:

Originally posted by ►THATJOHNGUYDUH◄:

Thoughts?

My thoughts are I simply can't imagine getting a lot of value out of a musou game that only offers one character and nine weapon options. Whatever would I do after my 20-30 hours of story are over? To me the main appeal of this type of games has always been having countless characters to try out and an absurd amount of unlocks to farm.

Origins only looks good and apparently plays nice (I did not try it out myself, but people seem to like it) but there is nothing behind that. Just a typical modern gaming era problem.

Totally agree with this, the main appeal of of DW game is trying out every characters and finishing every characters campaign/story mode and the only reason DW9 is bad not because of the open world thing but because each campaign last forever so its impossible to finish it with every characters.

Also this game its like disc 1 of RoTK hence the name "origin", you pay full price for just like half or 1/3 of the normal DW story.

[Doug Dimmadong]

Well they're pricing it at £65. So no.

[StackzGaming]

...well, as someone who was a diehard back when they had English voices and cared about the product...

The one thing I COULDN'T stand, was having to play terrible characters in order to unlock the ones I wanted.

That said...I believe it was 5 that first revealed how unreasonably hilarious Huang Gai was to use, especially when doing his Musou moves on the females on the field. Which has now been a memeable thing all the way through 9.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTLAvIbB4R0


And apparently he's back for Origins, although his moveset is less devastating.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FYwNuk4ymk



The point is: this feels more focused. Which is a good thing. Not having favorite characters...eh, there's 8 for that.