Since Dynasty Warriors 8 has been announced, I’ve played every Dynasty Warriors game except for the first one and I have noticed the series needs some improvements that Koei should pick up on. I’ve been playing Dynasty Warriors 7 since I purchased it earlier this year and there are a few things I like from the game.
- The addition of using more animals by your side like a wolf, panda or even a falcon was pretty cool.
- I like the graphics and some of the character’s outfit designs.
- The Musou mode takes a turn on the kingdom’s story based more than the characters so it gives players more of the storyline that went on in the Han Dynasty.
- I like that Conquest mode gives you something else to apart from focusing on the story.
- The addition of Jin is nice.
But that’s it! Dynasty Warriors 3 (and even 5) would satisfy me better. Now here’s my list of expectations:
Credit to Dynasty-Warriors.
- Go back to how the game was in Dynasty Warriors 4 with the levelling of weapons and in Dynasty Warriors 3 how you have to be a certain rank to ride horses: I feel that in Dynasty Warriors 4, it was a good way to make you train more to get your next weapon. With the ranking of riding horses, I believe it should only apply to rare horses and elephants like Red Hare or Hex Mark for example.
- BRING BACK BODYGUARDS!: Bodyguards were really helpful in Dynasty Warriors 2, 3 and 4 for when I needed to distract Lu Bu during Hu Lao Gate or any officer chasing me when I needed to get some life so if they were brought back in Dynasty Warriors 8, I’d be grateful!
- I WANT Openings back too!: The openings were what I loved to work towards in order to simply create something that I could do back in Dynasty Warriors 3 at the time. That was the only thing that could do before I got Dynasty Warriors 4 or Empires with character customisation or bodyguards. Which brings me to…
- Character customisation: It was nice in Dynasty Warriors 4 and I wish they were in some cutscenes if Koei included them (they don’t have to speak!).
- Dueling in battle: I strangely liked the duels they had in Dynasty Warriors 4 or the one in Dynasty Warriors 6 when they circled around you (except when you got knocked to the side, the little people on your enemies’ side would hit you and it would piss me off).
- Bring back Free Mode and Versus Mode!: Like how am I supposed to get to the new gameplay of each series without free mode? I was really lost in what I do in Dynasty Warriors 7 whether to go to Conquest Mode or Story Mode to practice. Versus Mode was really fun too when you played with someone else.
- Conquest Mode: It was okay but I don’t know. I felt like it was a downgraded version of Empires. I’m still playing it but I feel like there could be more to it like a story for you to feel more interested in the Mode. I don’t know how though however.
- Bigger importance to Other Kingdoms like in Dynasty Warriors 5 & 6: There wasn’t much importance to Other Kingdoms as in the last two game instalments but I feel like it should be focused on what they do too! I was intrigued with how they would improve their story in Musou Mode.
- Make levels with more attention to gameplay features e.g. climbing, swimming, siege weapons: There should be more areas that need to be reached only by using these features. The most you would use these features in is Huo Lao Gate and that’s it.
- Commanders need to be stronger: In every Dynasty Warriors game except for 6, all the other commanders seem to be stupid enough to run into battle carelessly or they simply have no clue how to fight. Please, just go back to Dynasty Warriors 6 where they were fighting better.
- GO BACK TO ORIGINAL COSTUMES AND WEAPONS: I preferred any costumers or weapons the characters had originally from Dynasty Warriors 2 – 5. And because it stuck with me, I was not happy to go into Dynasty Warriors 6 or 7 with whips, bows and strange swords that did not fit certain characters.
- Preferred Musou Mode to be a mix of character and kingdom based: I liked the way the direction Dynasty Warriors 7 went with Musou Mode but I still would like to choose which character to use in each battle and there should be more importance on at least every character despite their lack of story in the Han Dynasty. It’s annoying not playing half of my favourites because they weren’t so big in China so I have to play the leaders (which I dislike) instead.
Let’s hope Koei makes some improvements on Dynasty Warriors 8. Anyways, what improvements can you think of for the next Dynasty Warriors game? Also what is your favourite Koei game? I’m also wondering whether I should get Warriors Orochi 3.
bodyguards was a great feature that needs to be brought back. I hope this announcement of DW8 is not overshadowing the upcoming release of the best Dynasty warriors game ever, DW7 Empires
CAW is a great system. I do find that I love most of the games styles expect for the Kingdom mode in four and this story mode in seven. Was not a fan of the two weapon fighting system in seven. I do hope we do get the old weapon and no clone weapon move set.
I really hope the graphics get good improvement, especially the character models. Their hair in DW7 looked too much like rubber to me xD
And I also hope for better costumes for the characters but I assume there will be a good of better & worse like in every game for diffrent characters.
please bring the old musou hits when they used to be more like a combo not a single hit and you could control its duration by how long you’re holding the circle button
it was more beneficial especially against Lu bu when you have low health (red health)
because you get the fire element as a bonus in the musou hit when you;re health is low but now in DW7 the musou doesn’t do much damage to Lu bu like in the other DW games because it’s super short.
i hope they bring back the old musou hit system
“Commanders need to be stronger: In every Dynasty Warriors game except for 6, all the other commanders seem to be stupid enough to run into battle carelessly or they simply have no clue how to fight. Please, just go back to Dynasty Warriors 6 where they were fighting better.”
This pretty much nailed it. Make the commanders more intelligent and I will forgive every other misses, if there will be.
I agree that some of the older weapons made more sense, but almost all the outfits in DW7/8 are improvements simply because many characters are wearing ARMOR. They’re on the battlefield, fantasy or not, suspension of belief or not, if they want to live, they’ll need some armor… (not all characters require this, of course, but still…)
I haven’t played dynasty warriors since 6, am kinda surprised that theres actually so many features not brought back. Lack of bodyguards is certainly a disappoinment.
Regarding Musou Orochi 3, as long as you still aren’t bored of the basic mechanics of the game (which sounds like you aren’t), all the additional characters especially ones from other KoeiTecmo games added quite a nice touch and got me interested into the series again, especially after the changes they had in DW7 that turned me off.
i agree with alot of what you said. bodyguards…YES. i also love the way that you had to work for the good weapons and bodyguards, and how you had to be upper level to ride certain horses and elephants. I ESP. agree with being able to choose what character you wanted to use in the musou modes. Like it was said, you end up playing with characters that you dont even like all like that.
I think some or almost DW7 weapons are better than DW6, about Outfits… Dynasty Warrior is a about Chinesse, and i see many Outfits more like American. I hope in DW8 the outfits is Better ( for Female warrior should use more “Close(Tertutup)” Outfits) Why are people like make Sexy ( even Almost Naked ) Outfits for Female Character!
i play DW from when i was 11 and i still think its amazing i think she or he is really right i really agree.