DYNASTY WARRIORS 8: Xtreme Legends Complete Edition

DYNASTY WARRIORS 8: Xtreme Legends Complete Edition

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Robodemon Oct 19, 2014 @ 7:10am
How does this stack up against Hyrule Warriors?
Like a lot of people, playing the exquisite Hyrule Warriors has got me wanting to check out some Legend of Zelda and Dynasty Warriors games. So let's hear some opinions, how does this one compare to that Wii U experience?
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There's only one Story (Legend Mode) in HW, while DW8 has multiple.

The missions in HW are in Story Map Mode and Challenge Mode, but in DW8, they're in Story and Free Modes.

The number of weapons you have isn't based on a certain type and instead on the total number of weapons you have.

The abilities are different and there is no ability tree in DW8.

Each character only has one sig weapon, but everyone can use any kind of weapon and you always have two with you in battle in DW8.

Way more characters and costumes in DW8.

Mounts in DW8.

Swimming DW8!

No yellow opponents/allies in Stages. They're all either red or blue in DW8.

You can combine weapons and abilities in Ambition Mode DW8, instead of Story Mode.
Robodemon Oct 19, 2014 @ 12:33pm 
I would hardly considering swimming a selling point, haha.
Lazy Lizardman Oct 19, 2014 @ 1:48pm 
Originally posted by Robodemon:
I would hardly considering swimming a selling point, haha.

Tell that to GTA games before San Andreas :3
Robodemon Oct 19, 2014 @ 2:14pm 
Well clearly we live in MODERN, MORE ADVANCED TIMES! Says the guy who still has an N64 :P
Lynx Oct 22, 2014 @ 3:00am 
Check out the Jesse Cox Hyrule Warriors videos. The guy is a MASSIVE fan of all of the Warriors games and he actually likes Hyrule Warriors better than Dynasty Warriors.
Lazy Lizardman Oct 22, 2014 @ 6:34am 
But yea sadly I don't have a Wii U but may if there's a good deal on Black Friday. Just Dynasty Warriors is TK's love child so you will see a lot more effort put into it, though not bad mouthing Hyrule since am sure it's great too but since never played it myself I can't say for sure which is better.

But DW8 still has alot going since already over 30 hours but only done 3 kingdoms (Shu, Wu, and Lu Bu) and just got the Emperor on Ambition but still got lots to do. And pretty much any WArriors game is a great hop-on, even though have seen in the newest one that stages are quicker then some past ones.
Lichenberg (Deaf) Oct 22, 2014 @ 8:06pm 
Originally posted by Fast Eddie:
Check out the Jesse Cox Hyrule Warriors videos. The guy is a MASSIVE fan of all of the Warriors games and he actually likes Hyrule Warriors better than Dynasty Warriors.

It is possible he like Hyrule Warriors due to the fact that it based on Legend of Zelda and it something new and refreshing to Warriors series. Playing Dynasty Warriors can be tiresome specially that it have the same story in every series (Expect DW1, that is just a fighting game)

Anyway back to the topic. This game is different than other Warriors Series. One thing that I don't like the game is that it hard to play as co op. There is some stages that is slowed to crawl like Liberation of the Triforce stage. Holy hell, that is really killing the WiiU processor. Bless the WiiU is trying to make it smooth by lowering the FPS but It is painful to slowly press the button for the combo in that stage. Another thing about this game is that I rarely focus spirit (Rage Mousu) because they don't gain through kills, only picking up the green jar. And I noticed the enemy is tad cheating in some part. Like Fi for example, she apparently spamming the focus spirit special attack. I am looking at my teammate and wondering how the heck she have infinite special attack with focus spirit and she not even in Focus spirit mode. And like C4 and C5, she magically got to that combo without doing the rest of the combo. I wonder KT overlooking this?

I like DW, they are more honest than HW
Robodemon Oct 22, 2014 @ 8:24pm 
Cheating computers? In a video game!?!?! That's something that's never happened before!

Kind of an odd thing to pick on when the concept is as ubiquitous to video games as screaming teenagers are to social networks.
Lichenberg (Deaf) Oct 22, 2014 @ 8:36pm 
Originally posted by Robodemon:
Cheating computers? In a video game!?!?! That's something that's never happened before!

Kind of an odd thing to pick on when the concept is as ubiquitous to video games as screaming teenagers are to social networks.

I do know that all computer does cheat in a certain way. Heck DW does too. Just what HW does is so obvious right in your face for some character in that way does every possible way to cheat like spamming final attack without going full combo. in DW so far what I experienced have so far done not that much. I can spot cheating and willing to let it go since it didn't do that often while HW does it so often and what the point to play the game while it like to rely on the cheating side on the hard difficulty. I can understand doing it during on easy mode but Hard and Hero, they just spam happily. It like KT is not putting enough effort into HW
Robodemon Oct 22, 2014 @ 8:51pm 
You'll have to chalk it up to a difference of perception, because I've noticed what you've said while playing, but it doesn't bother me at all. That's just how AIs are in so many games.
str00dle Oct 22, 2014 @ 11:16pm 
Originally posted by Fast Eddie:
Check out the Jesse Cox Hyrule Warriors videos. The guy is a MASSIVE fan of all of the Warriors games and he actually likes Hyrule Warriors better than Dynasty Warriors.
A bit misleading, as he doesn't know anything aside from the lore and changes from previous games. Him and Jim Sterling still suck at the games, as shown in Jim Sterling's livestream and Jesse's Hyrule video.
SLYPHNIER Oct 22, 2014 @ 11:31pm 
one things for sure
if you like Musou series genre (hack-slash massive mobs) then u will like any series koeitec make...
i believe most people like it anyway,as it so refreshing beating mass mobs

now if we speak about DW8 and hyrule...
people that playing hyrule warriors probably zelda-fans, which maybe not interested much in historical based romance of three kingdom... but i think thats not a problem

DynastyWarrios is koeitec parent series, i mean before there SengokuMusou, and others, koeitec make dynastywarriors first...while this not always good, but DW have more characters than any other musou series and koeitec putting more battle system while keeping it different from other series

the only people that might not interest in DW8, is that the people that playing Hyrule warriors for sake Zelda titles, and not really like the game either (hack-slash genre)
Lichenberg (Deaf) Oct 23, 2014 @ 9:55am 
Originally posted by SLYPHNIER:

the only people that might not interest in DW8, is that the people that playing Hyrule warriors for sake Zelda titles, and not really like the game either (hack-slash genre)

This is the reason why one of my friend whom a die hard Zelda fan brought this game because it have the theme of LoZ. He did told me that this game will keep him busy because I warn him that it is a really long game. Fast forward to now, he whining that the game taking too long to complete. I told him I played since DW6 and I am used to this longevity. He is not used to working so hard to get everything in the game.
I'd wait until more DLC is available and if they make XL/E.
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Date Posted: Oct 19, 2014 @ 7:10am
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