which is better

[Fire Warrior]

Dynasty Warriors 8 - Empires or Dynasty Warriors 7 Empires?

[Doomvora]

Matter of preference, 7 has things 8 doesnt have and vice versa.

[Fire Warrior]

Thanks for the info :D

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Well, it does, but I'd say 8 Empires. Reason being, 8 Empires has things that were included in a Japan-Only patch of 7 Empires (More colors, the ability to step down, Test Mode, etc). Also, of all the Empires, I'd say 8 Empires is more like 7 Empires than any Empires game is to any other Empires game- it feels like something of an improvement or a sequel, improving on past concepts and making an overall tighter experience.

[Doomvora]

Originally posted by machomuu:

Well, it does, but I'd say 8 Empires. Reason being, 8 Empires has things that were included in a Japan-Only patch of 7 Empires (More colors, the ability to step down, Test Mode, etc). Also, of all the Empires, I'd say 8 Empires is more like 7 Empires than any Empires game is to any other Empires game- it feels like something of an improvement or a sequel, improving on past concepts and making an overall tighter experience.

If you call removing severeal features improvements, then yes.

[PeaceOfMind]

i havnt played 7:E, could you tell me the differences?

[Doomvora]

http://koei.wikia.com/wiki/Dynasty_Warriors_7:_Empires
http://koei.wikia.com/wiki/Dynasty_Warriors_8:_Empires

my biggest gripe is that the "defect" option mid battle is no longer availiable. (in 7 an officer could convince you to switch sides)
There are other things if i am not mistaken that were taken out, the gameplay list by itself says alot. Im not saying DW8E is bad, i am more fond of it than 7E but it seems 8E has less content than 7E to me, albeit different content. (which is good imo)

[PeaceOfMind]

when they make 9, i hope they add and improve features and not replace them

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Originally posted by PHAT Commissar Snuggles:

Originally posted by machomuu:

Well, it does, but I'd say 8 Empires. Reason being, 8 Empires has things that were included in a Japan-Only patch of 7 Empires (More colors, the ability to step down, Test Mode, etc). Also, of all the Empires, I'd say 8 Empires is more like 7 Empires than any Empires game is to any other Empires game- it feels like something of an improvement or a sequel, improving on past concepts and making an overall tighter experience.

If you call removing severeal features improvements, then yes.

Well, that depends, which features are you referring to?

Because I've played a good amount of 7 and haven't really felt anything vital was lost.

[Sora]

Well my personal feeling is that DW7E beats 8 straight out because...
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For those that don't want to read a wall of text tl;dr: Arguebly more things had bigger consequence and felt more polished in DW7E then the things DW8E.
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Personally DW8E feels like a somewhat dumbed down DW7E.
Strategams are the only upgraded feature alongside marriage.

Everything else is just... really basic, most options as ruler have little to no impact to anything, other then virtue, which in itself does barely anything other then making a few things easier/harder in the alliance/request side and interactions.

While DW7E had more options that actually did things, like defect during battle to switch sides, more kinds of cutscenes, I personally find the strategams in DW7E better too but thats a personal thing, and I feel as if repairing and keeping lands happy in DW7E mattered more.

Being a officer in 7 also felt a bit more interesting then it is now, right now its just invade and thats it, don't bother suggesting things, you'll rarely succeed.. yeah enough rambling.

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Originally posted by Ｓｏｒａ:

Everything else is just... really basic, most options as ruler have little to no impact to anything, other then virtue, which in itself does barely anything other then making a few things easier/harder in the alliance/request side and interactions.

Though I'd say, in this regard, one would be better off playing DW5E. Though the combat's not as up-to-par as it is now and you couldn't be a vagrant, you had a lot more options in terms of what you were able to do as ruler. You could directly affect the well being your territories' inhabitants and interact with officers from other kingdoms more directly.

Ultimately, you had a lot more control over what you were able to do, especially given the (ironically random) card system that was something of a precursor to strategems, although they were used outside battle. And I think the reason this was is because, due to there not being vagrants or non-ruler players (save for during combat), the gameplay was more focused and less general. Once DW6E came out, which brought about a vast number of changes (how base capturing worked, the introduction of the vagrant system, a completely redone leveling and skill system, among other things), the scope for the game became broader and less focused (though not necessarily worse).