Should I get Orochi Warriors 4 or Dynasty Warrior 8?

[Celestial Lexi]

Any major differences besides story?
do you know any good videos to watch?

also I'm buying for the switch because i travel a lot

[DeathWantsMore]

Warriors Orochi is more like a fantasy game while DW8 is canon for the trademark series and probably best DW game out there to this date, so I'd go with that. And it has great replayability, I've 266 hours clocked in, so it should probably be a good travel companion.

[C4RNIVOR3]

Depends on the content you want. Do you want a more historical-based experience? If so, then pick up DW8. Do you want a more nonsensical game that takes those same characters but places them in a situation where gods and demons pit them against one another? Then grab Warriors Orochi. The Orochi series has always been a spin-off crossover for Dynasty Warriors+Samurai Warriors.

I would say both games have a decent chunk of replayability, depending on what you want out of it and how much you care about absorbing the roles of the characters within the worlds as opposed to simply playing to get the next achievement and moving on. WO4 doesn't really have too much extra stuff outside of the story like WO3 Ultimate did with Gauntlet mode and such though, so you might lean towards DW8. But if you want a taste of the DW and SW experience in one package, that's what Orochi is for.

[Maelle]

in my opinion go with dw8, its almost a no brainer in my opinion, the amount of content in dw8 is insane, basically in warriors orochi 4 your getting 70 stages throughout story mode, thats it. theres no additional modes to be played(unless you purchase the 30$ season pass which is awful for 10 stages and challenge mode) i have 66 hours on dw8 and i still havent finished all of the stories for everyone.

[Celestial Lexi]

I just tried warrior orochi 4 and i didnt like it so much. theres only story mode and free mode and theres no camp like in WO3 and theres no other bonus modes or things like gauntlet. it really does feel like it smissing a lot...

[Celestial Lexi]

im really sad about this because i really like warrior orochi series

[Celestial Lexi]

i dont know if i should just stick with it sigh

[C4RNIVOR3]

There might still be an "ultimate" version coming a couple years down the line, but I think a lot of people forget that WO4 is a more story-focused game than the previous titles in the series, and fleshes out the Olympian and Asgardian gods more than some the mystics or demons have really gotten previously. They definitely skimped on some features to focus on the story and make the new characters more impactful. Again, I did mention WO4 doesn't really have much in the way of extra features like the previous game did, and in fairness Gauntlet mode wasn't even in vanilla WO3, either. Picking between DW8 and WO4 is literally 'do you want more gameplay or do you want more characters'

If you're under the two hours, you can still refund WO4. I personally enjoyed it because I really came to like the new gods (but it's also a bit bittersweet because the mystics are continually left in the dust on everything, even down to their outdated movesets lmao), buuut if you're into the series more for gameplay opposed to the enjoyment of seeing characters interact across time and space, then refund and wait for DW8 to go on sale. Why Koei didn't discount any of their DW games for the biggest Steam sale of the year is baffling.