decent game... a few bugs
posted by drjohn (KENT, OH) Mar 30, 2009
Member since Jan 2009
For the sake of completeness, I wanted to give this game a 7, maybe 7.5 but than I encountered a few devastating bugs and then I wanted to give it a 3. On a few stages (in this case 4) the background music would cut out and the triggered events would not occur; meaning the stage could not be completed. I discovered that an interim save followed by a restart would buy me extra time to complete the stage. This issue was annoying enough to warrant some score deduction.
Bugs aside, if you have played the previous dynasty/samurai warrior games, then you know what this game is all about. If you hated the previous games...you won't like this one either.
There are improvements from the last version I played (5? or empires?). You have a 3 person team and the campaigns mix characters from the traditional kingdoms. There are lots of characters (~80) and abilities to unlock. Most characters have new attacks.
Sadly, some of the problems persist. Game environments are pretty empty. Many characters are not fun to use. Although most characters are easy to unlock (just successfully complete whatever plan is happening on the stage) some of the unlockables are pretty hard to get, as there are no hints. This applies mainly to the personal items. After finishing the entire game (all campaigns, 1000 gamer points) I only accidentally unlocked 2 items, and only obtained 1.
In summary, If you like this type of game, you will probably enjoy this one as well.
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