do NOT buy this

[Tides]

bad port, no mouse support (on a PC game?)
port of the ps3 version, not the ps4. no online as well.
english voiceover sucks
tons of bugs

did i say its a bad port?

[DrDeezee]

Great to see you own it and everything so you know first hand. /s

Game is still a lot of fun if you can get it to work. MOST people seem to be able to get it to work by messing around with core affinities in task manager or setting to Win98 compatibility, though there are a few people who can't get the game to launch at all yet, which sucks. Hopefully people contact Koei and there's a patch.

[Bernardo]

There are not a ton of bugs - I have NONE
The port is pretty decent - Not good, not bad.
voiceovers - thats an opinion
Mouse support would be nice, but you should EXPECT to be forced to use a controller with this type of game.

[Espionage724]

Originally posted by Tides:

bad port, no mouse support (on a PC game?)
port of the ps3 version, not the ps4. no online as well.
english voiceover sucks
tons of bugs

did i say its a bad port?

- Define bad port. I've seen some terrible ports, and DW8 doesn't come close to those
- Who cares about it being a PS3 port, it works
- As mentioned, voiceover is opinion, and an (official) Japanese pack will likely come later
- Please list these "tons" of bugs you've experienced

[Doomvora]

OP is obvious troll, 2/10 would not troll again

[Paril]

"No mouse support" is the pretty obvious console troll notation. Do not bother replying.

[SaNdMaN]

You people are some of the most dense people I've ever met. What defines the quality of a port has nothing to do with personal experience or preference. A port's quality is determined by the tech of that port.

This port has a unusually high number of bugs ranging from being unable to save controller setting after closing the game to being unable to open the game at all.

The lack of mouse support on a platform designed for M&K is absurdly boneheaded. Even if a controller would be "better" expecting every PC gamer to own a controller is ridiculous. You don't tell console players to just buy a keyboard and mouse because it's the superior control device for FPS.

Lack of basic features available in other ports of the game(No cloud saves and no online multiplayer)

The graphics are extremely underwhelming given the range of PCs out there. This port actually has lower resolution textures than the previous incarnation DW7.

The game is locked at 1080p and 60fps. If only there were 1440p 120hz monitors out there.


These are the exact things that make for a bad port. Something simply working(which isn't even the case here for a large number of people) does not mean it's a "decent port". If a car can turn on but lacks basic modern features like power steering, can't maintain highway speeds, has poor gas mileage and breaks often you can't call that a "good car" because it works for you. Being a bad port doesn't mean that you can't enjoy the game(it's fantasticly fun on Ps3) but to say that this was in anyway an acceptable port is complete nonsense.

[Doomvora]

Originally posted by SaNdMaN:

You people are some of the most dense people I've ever met. What defines the quality of a port has nothing to do with personal experience or preference. A port's quality is determined by the tech of that port.

This port has a unusually high number of bugs ranging from being unable to save controller setting after closing the game to being unable to open the game at all.

The lack of mouse support on a platform designed for M&K is absurdly boneheaded. Even if a controller would be "better" expecting every PC gamer to own a controller is ridiculous. You don't tell console players to just buy a keyboard and mouse because it's the superior control device for FPS.

Lack of basic features available in other ports of the game(No cloud saves and no online multiplayer)

The graphics are extremely underwhelming given the range of PCs out there. This port actually has lower resolution textures than the previous incarnation DW7.

The game is locked at 1080p and 60fps. If only there were 1440p 120hz monitors out there.


These are the exact things that make for a bad port. Something simply working(which isn't even the case here for a large number of people) does not mean it's a "decent port". If a car can turn on but lacks basic modern features like power steering, can't maintain highway speeds, has poor gas mileage and breaks often you can't call that a "good car" because it works for you. Being a bad port doesn't mean that you can't enjoy the game(it's fantasticly fun on Ps3) but to say that this was in anyway an acceptable port is complete nonsense.

i see you do not own dark souls. if you think this port is "bad" you are obviously living under a rock, there are much worse out there and this game works perfectly well the way it is (save a few issues that seem to be with WINDOWS 8) but i mean honestly, who the ♥♥♥♥ uses windows 8 when it has so many issues with games (assuming you game alot). and oh muh god its locked at 1080p and 60fps. dark souls was locked at 30fps and it was still a good game, at least with this port keyboard is viable, just use the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ arrow keys to pan your camera, or idk, USE THE BLOCK BUTTON?

also ive said it before, but they were porting this to PC before DW8 went to PS4, so they used the PS3 build and bumped the graphics in certain areas rather than redoing the port with the ps4 version (which would mean we wouldnt even see this for another year), also this allows for a higher playerbase. not everyone owns a god tier pc, alot of people dont even own decent computers.

[BobaFett1138]

No. This IS a bad port. When a game forces you to Alt+Tab and close the game in order to restart it, due to the fact the game bugged out, it is a bad port. Case closed. I am upset because I love this series, but the amount of bugs this has, makes it almost unplayable.

[Badtime Munkey]

Lu, I own both Dark Souls and this game, and this game has given me expotentially more problems than Dark Souls. It actually is a pretty bad port, and this is coming from a diehard DW fan who started on DW2 and have read Romance of the Three Kingdoms. This game is straight up embarassing. It is worth noting that while I do have Windows 8.1, I've never encountered any problems with ANY of the games I've played until this one. I really hope they provide a fix for this because it is a good game, just not a good port.

[Doomvora]

Originally posted by Badtime Munkey:

Lu, I own both Dark Souls and this game, and this game has given me expotentially more problems than Dark Souls. It actually is a pretty bad port, and this is coming from a diehard DW fan who started on DW2 and have read Romance of the Three Kingdoms. This game is straight up embarassing. It is worth noting that while I do have Windows 8.1, I've never encountered any problems with ANY of the games I've played until this one. I really hope they provide a fix for this because it is a good game, just not a good port.

judging by all the issues people are having it seems to be mainly a problem with windows 8 in general, ive yet to see anyone complain about an issue with windows 7 and down. Its a good port, it just wasnt fully compatible with windows 8, which will probably be patched within the first week or two of it being out. when dark souls first came out that ♥♥♥♥ was absolutely god ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ awful, you couldnt ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ move without lagging to death with crashes galore.

[Espionage724]

Originally posted by Billy Boy:

No. This IS a bad port. When a game forces you to Alt+Tab and close the game in order to restart it, due to the fact the game bugged out, it is a bad port. Case closed. I am upset because I love this series, but the amount of bugs this has, makes it almost unplayable.

Meanwhile, I've never had to alt-tab out of the game, and have played at least two maps so far without any issue. Guess I must have a flawless system or something...

Not to mention, there is around a thousand other players in-game, and I can't imagine them all experiencing issues and still playing.

[grunt]

love the series but until they fix all the bugs dont buy this. I cant play this game when it keeps crashing and freezing on me. Sure we can screw around with our settings to TRY to get this game to work, but is that what we pay full price for?

[DG Dobrev]

This may be a bad port, but the game is still really good. I for one, dont own a PS, and I dont intend to, so this was my only way of enjoying it, and suffice it to say, I am happy. This game has tons of content for 50 USD/EUR and great replayability with story, various sandbox modes, character progression and great weapon customization.

In my opinion, you are easily looking at over 100 hours of gameplay if you want to play through the story modes for each empire and do some ambition/free play with a few characters. If you decide to make a weapon and level a specific character or two, that's already going on 150 hours. To me that is quite substantial in view of the modern hack and slash games - especially when some of them cost more than this one, have a 20-hour campaign and no replayability whatsoever.

I am willing to forgive a bunch of issues if the content is priceworthy and the replayability is good. This is by no means a 10/10 game in its current state, but a 7/10 in my opinion, and definitely a 9/10 if they launch a few patches to fix the various issues the players have.

[MegaPatron]

Congrats. you are like the millionth person(yes im exaggerating) to post a thread like this.

[CLG]

this is a bad port, I got refund since I couldn't even play it properly.