Dynasty Warriors 8

[Calliope]

We got this yesterday, although I felt bad when we opened the PS3 and the game in there was Dynasty Warriors 7 -_-;;.

Anyway, discuss. Is there any way to enable narration or view killing stats? I would rather ask you guys than ask google or jeeves.

We're not very far into the game, but I'm liking it so far, although there is little chance of me not liking it, to be honest. Thumbs up for the easier horse-riding and the gold pots. I want my second musou attack, though!

Sun Jian is likely to be a favourite this time around, and I'm not sure what I think of Xiahou Dun's new hair (this is important you guys). Huang Gai's surfboard thing is pretty ridiculous, but I'll go with it.

[Formalhaut]

This is STILL a series!? The last one I played was Dynasty Warriors 5. I'm impressed this is still a thing. From what I remember, I enjoyed it.

But how do they do new stuff for it? How do they still keep it enticing?

[Raistlin]

I think the last one I played was 3 or so, haha. It was a fun hack-and-slash game, but, like Formy, I don't know what they'd add to the sequels to make me want to keep buying them.

I google'd Huang Gai and by golly, he really does have a surfboard (really a canoe used as a wheel-less skateboard?).

Do they still tell you to avoid Lu Bu? That's really the only specific I remember from the DW series.

[Freya]

I don't care how many there are I will always play the dynasty warriors game. I just love the hack and slashness. Dynasty Warriors Gundam 3 is the best recent one.

[NeoCracker]

First one I ever bought for myself was 5, and I think there are a lot of things it did better then the last three.

I loved having the individual campaigns for each character, since it actually established them all that way. Since then they've kind of dropped that entirely, and you just control specific people throughout the play time, and that takes away from the experience for me.

[Jowy]

the best summer of my life was spend unlocking smurfing everything in DW4. Zhao Yun + Pang Tong with Red Hare and souped up cavalry men.

Is there online play? I will totally buy this tomorrow morning if so.

[NeoCracker]

There is!~ Getting it on PS3?

[Jowy]

yup. dabrowskitron on PSN.

[NeoCracker]

Mines jiggledaddy.

[Tigmafuzz]

I love all the Dynasty Warriors, Samurai Warriors, and Warriors Orochi series, even if some of them are a bit slow; in Warriors Orochi 2, there's a weapon trait called Almighty which basically doubles all of your weapon bonuses when your Musou gauge is full, and if you have 10 Speed bonus already, especially with a fast character, you have to mash the attack button nearly five times per second in order to keep the combo. If you use Sun Wukong with an Almighty 10 Speed weapon, you can breeze through practically any level on Hard mode within two or three minutes.

DW5: Empires and Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 3 are my favorites

I'm probably going to actually go out and buy this one for PS3 (SPOILER)instead of just downloading it and playing it on my hacked and JTAG'd 360

[NeoCracker]

For anyone who knows about many of the characters, this will be amusing.

The Conquest mode allows you to use generals of note, anyone playable really, to oversea different facilities. I currently have Sima Yi watching over the teahouse. XD

[Spuuky]

Do they still tell you to avoid Lu Bu? That's otterly the only specific I remember from the DW series.

They only tell you to avoid Lu Bu during the battle at Hu Lao Gate, which we have not played in this game because it truly has nothing to do with the faction we're currently playing.

Also, anyone who has played only DW2-5 is encouraged to play DW8, to see how significantly it has changed while retaining the same core gameplay.

[Formalhaut]

One thing I do remember from the DW series is the many ludicrous criteria to unlock rare accessories and 4th and 5th tier weapons. I pretty much had to use a guide to know the ins and outs of that!

Also: Hard mode. Dear god. I sucked playing Hard Mode. All the enemies block and even the grunt privates trim off a sizeable chunk of your health bar! Sheeesh. I could never play on Hard Mode.

[Vyk]

I quit after DW4. Tried 6. It was terrible. Then I got a girlfriend, who adored the series. And we've playd 7 Empires, and she too just acquired 8. And it looks extremely fun. They're both worth the purchase just for the nostalgia and mindless fun you get out of them. And depending on the mode, they can be a tad deeper than one might expect. And they're top-notch for couch-co-op fun times

[Calliope]

Lu Bu killed me today D:

As it turns out, you have to play through the campaign once before unlocking a series of objectives and extra stages, and completing those will unlock more characters and items, etc.