Dynasty Warriors 7: My Benevolent Kingdom of Benevolence. BENEVOLENT!

[Psychotic]

I figure there's only like three people here who play it because on the whole, EoFF has bad taste in games, (if you are reading this thread, chances are you're an exception to this!) but what the smurf, I'll make a thread anyway 'cause it's cool.

I would firstly like to express utter SHOCK and DISGUST and HEARTBREAK!!! that the Nanman do not have their own campaign.

Alright, now that's out of the way, let's get down to brass tacks. Favourite campaign? Weapon set? Character? I just did my first campaign, which as per tradition was Shu (when I first got DW4 I knew nothing about anybody, and chose Guan Yu for his rockin' beard. I stand by that decision) and it was pretty good. I just love the BENEVOLENCE thing. I think it was just awkwardly translated by Koei and they just ran with it.

[escobert]

This game is one reason why I wish I owned a console

[Madame Adequate]

I really want this game When do I get money?

[Madonna]

I have not played Dynasty Warriors since the, what, third one? Few things beat being a monster of a hero who slays a thousand plus soldiers and single-handedly turns the tide of any battle in which one participates. DO NOT PURSUE LU BU, THEY SET FIRE TO THE SHIPS, ONE GUY IS COMING, et cetera and so forth.

Favorite character, hands down, is Gan Ning because anyone who adds bells to both handicap themselves and inspire extra terror is awesome. Plus, his cheap musou move where he runs through crowds is pretty nice; it is no end-all combo, but it helps you maneuver around.

I do not know what is up with weapons anymore; you can customize the extra buffs they get and they do all sorts of things now, right? Just give me an Elephant Harness so I can rampage through your troops, rape your gates, and murder your officers.

[Bunny]

Dynasty Warriors is the Madden of slash-and-hack games.

[Jiro]

I smurfing love Dynasty Warriors. I'll have to pick this one up and become the nightmare once more.

[Mo-Nercy]

Doesn't come out in Australia for a few more days, unfortunately. But I'm super excited to get my hands on it. The new characters all look great and though I didn't have anything against the battle system in 6, I think 7's return to basic controls of 2-5 is awesome.

I envisage myself using Zhou Yu a lot. He's always been my favourite character from the ROTK stories, but the a few of the Jin characters seem interesting like Deng Ai and Zhong Hui. I can pretty much say for sure though that I will not be a fan of Ma Dai. Seriously? A paintbrush?

[Psychotic]

Yeah I had a go with Zhou Yu earlier, he's not half bad. Although they've made him even more of a pretty boy for his character design.

Just give me an Elephant Harness so I can rampage through your troops, rape your gates, and murder your officers

Seriously!

edit: actually I want any sexual intercourse I have with a gate to be consentual.

edit 2: just got 9999 kills with Zhou Yu on Chi Bi. Christ, they won't stop coming.

[Hollycat]

If they stick with the 6 system, Im not buying, if they switch to the WO2 system and characters, all engines are go

[Jiro]

Warriors Orochi includes the Samurai Warriors characters. You're not going to see any of those show up in China

[Hollycat]

I know, but it had a better character leveling system and battle system

[Mo-Nercy]

Sun Wukong was an epic character. xD

HC, 6's experiment is out. Fighting will return to the "press Square x-amount of times before Triangle to make Triangle do something different" system.

I never really had much beef with 6 though. I liked the idea of getting rid of arrows and putting in a dodge roll. No one ever used their bow and arrow in DW2-5 other than for a laugh anyway (unless you had Ice Arrows equipped in 5 - freeze Lu Bu against a wall, Gan Ning musou him for a one-button kill). I liked the addition of a skill tree. I liked the one-on-one duels that popped up from time to time and how they seamlessly flowed into them from normal battle instead of 4's "teleport to a mini arena". Also - horsies! I liked the variety to the horses and how they could have different abilities and weren't just good if they were one colour and bad if they were another.

[Hollycat]

What I hated about 6 was the limited number of characters, the long leveling up time, and the indirect story mode. I want all the DW characters and a real story mode. I liked the horse thing. I also hope they have the meld weapons, that was cool. Oh, and bring back items

[Jiro]

I played 6 but I don't remember much about it except it was fun. If what Mo says is true, Dynasty Warriors will still be awesome but I might be a bit disappointed.

Still, who is gonna say no to BENEVOLENCE?

[Hollycat]

MOAR LU BU!