which one is the best?

[Chief Smackahoe]

Which dynasty warriors available on steam is the best?

[⭕TheSodaman]

Originally posted by Chief Smackahoe:

which one is the best?
Which dynasty warriors available on steam is the best?

It depends on who you ask and what their criteria (or your criteria for that matter) of what best is.

For me, Origins. At least until you expound.

[Drunio]

Origins by far. There are others that are good, but they are fairly old at this point.

[Eut]

Origins. And it's not even close even considering its shortcomings

[Chief Smackahoe]

even without the character customization? Is there at least some kind of weapon customization?

[⭕TheSodaman]

Originally posted by Chief Smackahoe:

even without the character customization? Is there at least some kind of weapon customization?

Character customization was not a decisive criteria for those of us saying Origins.

This is why I said it depends on who you ask. For players who had weighted criteria toward character creation, playable roster, charge attack system, breadth of weapons, breadth of timeline coverage, local co-op, online co-op, versus, lower effort-reward gameplay (less DW2-DW4, more DW7-9 style, even if they hate DW9), or nostalgia, then that player isn't going to say Origins.

As for weapon customization, there are weapon traits on the weapons. After clearing one story, you unlock the ability to customize the weapon traits and level up a weapon. However, if your journey ends after completing the story or the last achievement, there is little reason to take advantage of this system.

However, you cannot refashion / transmog / glamour / reskin your weapon if you preferred another appearance.

[Goon Jian, Jelqer of Jiangdong]

Anyone who says origins is a new phaag, and the only correct answers are Warriors Orochi 3 and OPPW 4 (One Piece Pirate Warriors 4), these are the by far the best musou experiences. Both have deep and/or incredibly unique casts, and have the perfected versions of traditional musou combat, better combat animations, and Warriors Orochi 3 also having the best soundtrack in the genre.

Origins is okay, does a decent job at adding more scale to the battles, but then adds lock-ons, dodge rolls, way too many cutscene attacks, and on top of that comboing and juggling huge mobs of enemies doesn't feel as good. Also, you play as a soft Korean twink for the entire game. Unfortunately normies love Origins, so most of the new entries we see in the musou genre are probably going to replicate Origins more than I would want them to.

[Eut]

Originally posted by Chief Smackahoe:

even without the character customization? Is there at least some kind of weapon customization?

Yes, even without it. It is a huge downside (like making an MC without customization is absolutely stupid). There is little weapon customization and you can only change its traits (limited pool as well). And despite all of it, it still is the best DW game hands down. The combat is just that good that it carries the game so hard. The story is decent as well (even with its garbage hypotheticals, and the guardians of BS shtick which should have been deleted from the game)

[Sigil]

origin. no contest there



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Originally posted by Goon Jian, Jelqer of Jiangdong:

Anyone who says origins is a new phaag, and the only correct answers are Warriors Orochi 3 and OPPW 4 (One Piece Pirate Warriors 4), these are the by far the best musou experiences. Both have deep and/or incredibly unique casts, and have the perfected versions of traditional musou combat, better combat animations, and Warriors Orochi 3 also having the best soundtrack in the genre.

Origins is okay, does a decent job at adding more scale to the battles, but then adds lock-ons, dodge rolls, way too many cutscene attacks, and on top of that comboing and juggling huge mobs of enemies doesn't feel as good. Also, you play as a soft Korean twink for the entire game. Unfortunately normies love Origins, so most of the new entries we see in the musou genre are probably going to replicate Origins more than I would want them to.

the TC asked "Which DYNASTY WARRIORS available on steam is the best?"
idk why you recommend other warriors game lol

people really love to derail conversation just to show off their knowledge

[ele]

This by far just because the others are so old you really feel like you're missing out on so much after playing Origins.

Originally posted by Goon Jian, Jelqer of Jiangdong:

Anyone who says origins is a new phaag, and the only correct answers are Warriors Orochi 3 and OPPW 4 (One Piece Pirate Warriors 4), these are the by far the best musou experiences. Both have deep and/or incredibly unique casts, and have the perfected versions of traditional musou combat, better combat animations, and Warriors Orochi 3 also having the best soundtrack in the genre.

Sadly after playing Origins it's almost impossible to play Orochi 3 given how dated it feels and OPPW4, as much as I love One Piece, has always bored me to death after a couple of maps and it's also not a Dynasty Warriors which is what was requested.

Obviously there are much better Musuo games around once you leave "Dynasty" behind.

[At@At]

Originally posted by Sigil:

origin. no contest there



edit :

Originally posted by Goon Jian, Jelqer of Jiangdong:

Anyone who says origins is a new phaag, and the only correct answers are Warriors Orochi 3 and OPPW 4 (One Piece Pirate Warriors 4), these are the by far the best musou experiences. Both have deep and/or incredibly unique casts, and have the perfected versions of traditional musou combat, better combat animations, and Warriors Orochi 3 also having the best soundtrack in the genre.

Origins is okay, does a decent job at adding more scale to the battles, but then adds lock-ons, dodge rolls, way too many cutscene attacks, and on top of that comboing and juggling huge mobs of enemies doesn't feel as good. Also, you play as a soft Korean twink for the entire game. Unfortunately normies love Origins, so most of the new entries we see in the musou genre are probably going to replicate Origins more than I would want them to.

the TC asked "Which DYNASTY WARRIORS available on steam is the best?"
idk why you recommend other warriors game lol

people really love to derail conversation just to show off their knowledge

It is fair game given every game listed, including this one is a spin-off of Dynasty Warriors.

If you want to play semantics. Dynasty Warriors: Origins isn't a Dynasty Warriors either. It's also a spin-off.

[8FPSSECRETFIGHT]

^ mad cuz bad

[Goon Jian, Jelqer of Jiangdong]

^ Reddit insult b/c opinion wasn't validated.

[Lestrad]

Dynasty Warriors Specifically? Maybe 8XL or 9. It really depends on what you're looking for. 8 if you want the traditional experience, 9 if you want more of an RP experience and aren't one to just rush the main objective. It's also one of the few on Steam with online co-op, so that's a huge plus. Origins just simply doesn't factor into the equation, as its clear they weren't putting fans first with some of their more mind boggling decisions.

Samurai Warriors? I'd say you can't go wrong with Samurai Warriors 5 or Spirit of Sanada for solid (though limited) storytelling. 4DX if you're more a fan of the other factions.

If you're talking Musou series as a whole? Orochi 3. Hands down the best roster. Even if Athena from 4 was OP as all getout.

[✨Nutkun7993✨]

You mean the mainline or spin-off?

Spin-off for gameplay Origins top all of them. Otherwise it's Orochi 3

If you look for character customization and freedom of progression then it's Empire. DW Empire 7 is the best of all, way more events than DW8 and much fairer combat system where it respect both allies and enemies equally in battle and a much deeper relationship system. Other empire is Samurai Warriors 4 Empire, same as DW7 but is's japan map. Unfortunately they're not on steam.

For mainline it's going to be DW8XL. Massive roster, big story telling and a lot of things to do to 100% but at this point compare the gameplay to origin, all mainline is severely outdated.

[Eut]

Mainline and spin-off, Origins tops them all in combat. If just mainline samurai and dynasty musou, origins is the best (with spirit of sanada in second).