I do have to say playing through the historical path of Lü Bu's story mode is rather disheartening and awkward, especially near the end. Lü Bu actually has his own, full length story mode! That is, unless you choose to cheat history and potentially destroy China, of course. Fear not fellow Lü Bu fans, as Lü Bu is indeed the protagonist here in his dominant story mode, and it follows him all the way soundly, grunt to grunt, until his untimely end. I mean, this is Lü Bu we're talking about after all-the only character in Dynasty Warriors to have a diminutive chance in winning a video game character popularity poll. I'm sure many fans were storming KOEI TECMO's headquarters in hopes that their favorite character finally gets sufficient share time and love in one of the games. Wei, Shu, Wu and Jin on the other hand receives short, segmented stories that are usually one to two stages long, encompassing various playable characters. Lü Bu's story mode follows the vein of the original four kingdom story modes, featuring full length historical and hypothetical paths. STORY MODE has been expanded upon from the original, including a brand new story of the Lü Kingdom (Lü Bu's forces) and supplementary hypothetical scenarios for Wei, Shu, Wu and Jin. It's also no surprise that KOEI TECMO went again with their safe, perpetual formula to include more story mode content, a challenge mode and a few features to ambition and free mode. With that boring guff out of the way, let's get into the good stuff then!Ĭustomary to any Xtreme Legends, new game modes and features to existing ones are obligatory.
If I were to go all out to please even the newbies, this review wouldn't be called xtremely long version, it would be called xtremely unreadable version due to its length. Like my Musou Orochi 2 Ultimate review, since I'm essentially reviewing an expansion pack, I will have the predetermined mind set that you have already played or at least know details about the original game, plus Dynasty Warriors in general. Please remember my fellow readers-this is a review for Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends and its new contents and gameplay differences alone, not factoring in the original. Therefore, if you have arrived expecting more of the same, then there's not a whole lick that's going to disappoint. The Xtreme Legends series have always been considered the true expansions to the original games, whereas the Empires series are deemed more as spin-offs. English names of certain things may be different in the English release.ĭynasty Warriors marks its 8th iteration almost one year ago and certainly, it's no astonishment that this upcoming year marks another Xtreme Legends expansion for the game. Note: This review is based upon the Japanese version of the game (Shin Sangoku Musou 7: Moushouden) and uses translated names.
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