Game is literally unplayable because of Lu Bu bug?

[Pantothenate]

You know the one. Hulau Gate. Lu Bu shows up and, in the cutscene, the bald guy says "I'll hold them off!" and locks weapons with Lu Bu. You're supposed to run past him, ignore his girlfriend, and kill Dong Zhuo. Staying to fight him is supposed to be certain death. It's a staple of the Dynasty Warrior series.

Except...

The first time around I killed his girlfriend. And he remembers. Every single time after that, Lu Bu makes a beeline for me as soon as he spawns in, chasing me backwards as I run away, through my ENTIRE ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ARMY, while saying "I have no interest in fighting insects like you!", and then 3-shots me as soon as I slow down to take a corner. Game over. I go back, play through the entire ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ level again, and then he does the same thing. Spawns, runs at me, 3-shots me the second I try to juke him.

This is the second level in the game. I have 6 hours of play time on it so far, and 4-5 of those hours are re-playing that stupid bugged-out level, over and over and over again, spending the better part of an hour meticulously harvesting every general for items and xp, and then trying to beeline past the fat loser who is pissed at me because he had a dream that I smacked his waifu in another life and losing EVERYTHING because he landed a hit.

I love this type of game. I loved the old Dynasty Warriors game. I love how they seem to have seasoned the familiar gameplay and level system And I kinda want my money back because of the jank-ass AI in the second level.

Before I waste another 5 hours trying to figure out a work-around and rage-quitting Koei as a whole because this bugged-out mess wipes my xp and skill progress every time it kills me, leaving me literally nothing to show for it (seriously, they don't even save your pre-game blacksmith sales and purchases before you start)...

Anyone know how to reliably reset the buggy AI?

[RandomTurtle]

I don't know anything about that. However you can use him chasing you to your advantage. If you call your horse and run round in circles. Provided you've killed the foot troops before he spawned. All your allies will just run behind him beating him up. If he uses his Musou, ride away on the horse (but not in a straight line) and ride back.

[anonyyyyyyyyymous]

I have not encountered a 'Lu Bu locks onto the player' bug before. It might be related to the AI remembering things between runs of a stage like you suggest. It might be related to skipping the 'I'll hold him off.' cutscene. It might be related to running in front of your allies and Lu Bu not having anyone else to lock on to before the player.

Calling a horse and running away might be enough to get around Lu Bu. If you can get up to the catapult on the hill then you might be able to kill Lu Bu from a long distance with the catapult. If you can get 2 players going then you might be able to coordinate a player on a horse and a player manning the catapult, but getting 2 players going can be a challenge with Dynasty Warriors 8. You could try lowering the difficulty level until you get through Hu Lao Gate. You could play Ambition Mode until you've leveled up one of the characters you have to use in Story Mode for Hu Lao Gate to the point that you can beat Lu Bu.

The Story Mode Blacksmith is mostly bad when you start playing. It can be improved by leveling up the Blacksmith facility in Ambition Mode.

[start214]

i dont remember this precise level, but i remembered that stage when you killed lubu's girlfriend, he is chasing you;
but you dont have to fight him, to win that stage, if i am right.
you can check youtube also.

[Pantothenate]

Originally posted by randomturtle01:

I don't know anything about that. However you can use him chasing you to your advantage. If you call your horse and run round in circles. Provided you've killed the foot troops before he spawned. All your allies will just run behind him beating him up. If he uses his Musou, ride away on the horse (but not in a straight line) and ride back.

Weirdly, they don't pursue Lu Bu either. They just shuffle around awkwardly (doing like AI do) as he runs past them.

I suppose I could try playing a level in Ambition Mode--or maybe even just start another faction's campaign? (I was hoping to use a campaign to get the hang of it before committing to the open-world-y mode.) If it's an AI bug, then maybe loading up a different level will clear out whatever cobwebs are in his big dumb rectangular head.

I'll let you know how it goes!

[Pantothenate]

Well, I did a Sun and went back, and he still just charged straight at me. Luckily Randomturtle's advice about the horse was good--by mounting up (and almost dying while waiting for my dumb horse to catch up), I was able to outpace him... then, half-way out of the fort, he finally lost interest and started whumping Cao Cao, as nature intended.

Plus, since he chased me so far, I was able to give him a wide enough berth that I could kite around him and then run forward until he lost interest again.

Mission over, good riddance.

Thanks for the help, guys!

[Samuel]

you can cheese him by using the first ex attack on xiahou dun by stunlocking him over and over, because if you attack lu bu he will always block your attack before he attacks