Dynasty Warriors 5

[Meng De]

At first the length shocked me, but I think it is actually a very good idea. It's nice to know that not every officer will end up at Wu Zhang Plains! It keeps the story mode fresh, and avoids over familiarity with certain levels (I still shudder when I think of DW3's Chi Bi - All those archers!) The best "What if" that Koei did was in Dynasty Tactics 1, Guo Jia taking both Wu and Shu down at Chi Bi was fantastic - I's a shame they didn' bring him across to DW4. A few What if's still exist though, (Check out Lu Bu's ending)

As for badass enemies - have you met Zuo Ci yet? You run in to him with on Cao Cao's musou mode at Wu Zhang. His Musou is devastating, and his life bar is huge too!

[Tobal]

im still playing the heck out of this game

Is it me or does Wu seem to have the best Officers in Moves and Style, Gan Ning is an unstoppable Musou killing machine, firing up his musou and watching him charge through the enemy is a complete joy, not to mention Sun Ce, Ling Tong, Lu Meng, Lu Xun, Zhou and Taishi Ci, only Shu seems seems to put up at fight at all ,Wei just sucks ass!

[Meng De]

Bah, I disagree!

Cao Cao's new non-linear attacking patterns, Zhen Ji's musou, add Cao Pi, Xiahou Dun, Zhang He, Sima Yi and Dian Wei and there is no doubt who has the best force. I agree that Wu are second best, but they haven't got enough to take top place for me. Shu on the other hand are boring. Glad the you are still enjoying the game, it's got a lot to give.

BTW - What's your favourite stage so far?

[Tobal]

lets see...

Wu Zhang Plains - mainly because it is the biggest battle and lasts for ages, i liked being onthe defense in that one, trying to hold attacks left/middle/right of field and then constant back and forth tacics of Simi Yi And Zhuge Liang

and..

Bai Di Castle - defense or attack there so,so many options,, hoping that your fellow officers hold out while you deal with the current problems.

there the only 2 that come to mind, previous efforts like Yellow Turben, He Fei Castle(i miss the archer hell zone) and Southern invasion played better in DW3.

[winkerwatson]

do you reckon it would be worth upgrading to this from 4?

i'm only a recent convert to the franchise but i really like the idea of having short storylines for each character and what not

[eastyy]

I like dynasty warriors.But i feel there just milking it for all there worth.I am still waiting for a more in depth combat system (which devil kings has though not by much) and for more strategy.

[Tobal]

Unfortunately I never played DW4, I went from DW3/DW4:empires to DW5. The new story mode is fantastic and follows the history well, mainly where officers died or had there last battle with some artistic license for officers that died in certain battles or over time if you play as them (like LuBu, Guan Yu, Cao Cao), every fighter gets there own personal story to follow with plenty of in game cut scenes, and most of the famous officers get there own battles no one else uses.

I only problem with it was I wish they had mixed in more of Empires strategy so taking over a base would give it instead of just destroying an enemies base, and direct where I wanted my officers to go.