the official dynasty warriors 7 thread of shut the fuck up

[Van Cruncheon]

goty this week



new post three kingdoms story

new characters

more mash

less sass

fuck off haters, musou all up in your mom's fat cunt

[Van Cruncheon]

let's play predict the metacritic average! GO GO 58

[Van Cruncheon]

cool story, bro

shut the fuck up

[Trent Dole]

58 sounds about right. 'argh you just press the attack button over and over again there's no strategy durrr ' Buying this as soon as my 360 comes back from repair

[Third]

Never played a Dynasty Warrior game. Are they any good if I liked Drakengard?

[demi]

[Bebpo]

Do they do dual-audio on the US releases of these games?

If so, might pick it up.  Gundam Musou 3 was great.

[Trent Dole]

Somebody on SA close to Koei who lated deleted all their posts claimed they were gonna offer the Japanese voices as a free download on the 360 and that they'd be on disc for the PS3 version.

[bork]

I'm pretty hyped for this.  DW7 is supposed to be the first one since DW3 that really improved on things.  The action is supposed to be more fluid and cinematic, too.

Looking forward to seeing if any of this is true, or if it's more musou-hype-bullshit.

[Himu]

where are reviews

i will get this

[bork]

LOL, reviews mean nothing for Musou games.

I have it pre-ordered from Amazon.  Held off on importing since I'm getting it for $40 from them.

[Himu]

but what's different

[Mr. Gundam]

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KUSOGE!!!

 

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

fap fap fap

cool story, bro

Fuck off, faggot

[Bebpo]

Well better than looking like a PS2 game

...oh wait

[Joe Molotov]

but what's different

There's a higher number at the end.

[bork]

Mine will be here tomorrow!     Amazon

Looks like a Wii game too.

[Van Cruncheon]

RED X

[MoxManiac]

Played a bit last night. Went through a few Wei story stagez. You guys should have got this at best buy, they had it ready to buy monday morning!

Frame rate is really spastic.     It jumps from 30 to 60 back and forth and it's really annoying. DW6 looked like crap but at least it had that consistent musou 60fps. This is PS3 version btw.

Combat feels a lot more like DW5 then 6. It's not just the return to old style charge attacks. Hitting guys and shit, it just overall feels more like the PS2 titles.

Dub is pretty bad. It's not recent musou dubbing bad (which I love, I love the corny overacting and voice stereotypes) more like flat DW3 dub bad.

Cutscenes look great! The more cinematic feel of story mode is neat, but I think they streamlined too much. You don't get the pre-battle map screen anymore, and there's no map during the pause menu. Also, characters feel even more clone-y then DW6 since it's weapons that determine the moveset (aside from musou attacks and character-unique EX attacks) even though there is supposedly 36 or so weapon movesets.

Going to play more tonight, that's just from a couple hours play.

[Himu]

So would this be a good buy for someone who's never played a DW aside Gundam (), Fist of the North Star () and I think 4 (which I thought was awful, 4 vanilla for xbox btw)?

[bork]

Played a bit last night. Went through a few Wei story stagez. You guys should have got this at best buy, they had it ready to buy monday morning!

I would if a) I wasn't getting for $40 from Amazon and b) the Best Buy near me didn't suck shit and actually got new games in/games on time.  That store is awful.  They NEVER have anything, even if their site says it's in stock.

Frame rate is really spastic.     It jumps from 30 to 60 back and forth and it's really annoying. DW6 looked like crap but at least it had that consistent musou 60fps. This is PS3 version btw.

   I wonder if the 360 version is any better.  Did you install it?

Combat feels a lot more like DW5 then 6. It's not just the return to old style charge attacks. Hitting guys and shit, it just overall feels more like the PS2 titles.

What about the new/added features like weapon switching?

Dub is pretty bad. It's not recent musou dubbing bad (which I love, I love the corny overacting and voice stereotypes) more like flat DW3 dub bad.

I hope the rumor about Japanese DLC voices is true...

Cutscenes look great! The more cinematic feel of story mode is neat, but I think they streamlined too much. You don't get the pre-battle map screen anymore, and there's no map during the pause menu. Also, characters feel even more clone-y then DW6 since it's weapons that determine the moveset (aside from musou attacks and character-unique EX attacks) even though there is supposedly 36 or so weapon movesets.

I don't mind this, since it just means I can pick the characters I like and give them the movesets I want. 

Going to play more tonight, that's just from a couple hours play.

We should play some co-op!

So would this be a good buy for someone who's never played a DW aside Gundam (), Fist of the North Star () and I think 4 (which I thought was awful, 4 vanilla for xbox btw)?

You've played those other games, so you should have a pretty good idea of what to expect!   

[MoxManiac]

There's no install feature that I could find. From what I understand the game installs as you play, which is kinda weird. So maybe it will get better?

You can weapon switch mid-string which is nice. I'm not sure what else difference it makes other than having 2 movesets as I didn't experiment much.

Most of that is just 2 hour impressions; i've barely played the game. I'm not really as negative towards it as I sound, those were just the things that jumped out to me.

I still have you on psn right lyte?

[bork]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure you do.

I only got this game on PS3 because of how Hokuto Musou turned out...wonder if it's gonna be the opposite this time. 

[Trent Dole]

http://www.destructoid.com/review-dynasty-warriors-7-197399.phtml

You all know the story by now. A new Dynasty Warriors game is released, it sells gangbusters in Japan, but gets trashed by Western reviewers who question why these games still get made, and who on Earth would play them.

Except on Destructoid, of course, where we actually review the games.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

http://www.destructoid.com/review-dynasty-warriors-7-197399.phtml

You all know the story by now. A new Dynasty Warriors game is released, it sells gangbusters in Japan, but gets trashed by Western reviewers who question why these games still get made, and who on Earth would play them.

Except on Destructoid, of course, where we actually review the games.

  Wow, someone actually bothered to play a DW game before reviewing it! 

[MoxManiac]

Wow what the fuck. I'm trying to play conquest mode and i've had to redo this map like 4 times because the enemy keeps doing musou attacks that drains all my health.  :'(

[bork]

Got mine, will jump on after dinner.

http://www.destructoid.com/review-dynasty-warriors-7-197399.phtml

You all know the story by now. A new Dynasty Warriors game is released, it sells gangbusters in Japan, but gets trashed by Western reviewers who question why these games still get made, and who on Earth would play them.

Except on Destructoid, of course, where we actually review the games.

  AWESOME.

[Himu]

game owns

[MoxManiac]

Played a conquest stage with a random person. Seemed to work okay. He was teleporting all over the map though, either my connection was super laggy or the netcode sucks.

[Smooth Groove]

ching chong ling long ting tong

[Himu]

mox: how's the lag in our game? sorry i'm slow. this is my first real DW! I'm learning!

this is fun as fuck. haven't played a good co-op game in a while.

[Van Cruncheon]

man, frame rate also bobbles between 30 and 60 in the trey-nasty version. graphics and models are dramatically improved, though!

[jiji]

  can't wait to get my copy

[bork]

Initial impressions:

+ Looks great.  Character models are better than any other DW game.
- Fading in enemies are STILL there.
+ Framerate is 60fps
- Except that it drops a LOT.
+ The action feels smoother and faster.
+ Switching weapons works great and allows for longer combos
+ Story presentation is better than before.
+ Prefight town/fort area is available to buy stuff/talk to NPCs
- Story mode now makes you use specific characters on stages.  (You can use anyone in Conquest Mode)
+ Conquest Mode stages seem to have randomly-generated, or at least multiple events/generals when you replay them.  I played the same stage and had different events and different enemy generals each time.

I don't think this is the "HOLY SHIT REVOLUTIONARY!!!!!!!!!!!!" musou some hyped it up to be, but DW7 is still a really, really fun game.   Just please get the Japanese voices up as DLC.  PLEASE.

[MoxManiac]

mox: how's the lag in our game? sorry i'm slow. this is my first real DW! I'm learning!

this is fun as fuck. haven't played a good co-op game in a while.

The lag seemed okay. I think the game's netcode is really bad though. If you ever see your co-op partner slashing a lot at empty air, it's lag, heh.

Don't forget to upgrade your character and weapons! That stuff is tucked away in the pause menu, I'm so used to it being an after-battle affair. Also, always focus on enemy generals (red dots) more than anything and pick up the loot they drop. If you juggle a dead general a lot after killing them they drop better stuff.

[Van Cruncheon]

frame rate isn't 60 fps. well, it is if there's like 1-2 enemies on screen and yer close to a wall. otherwise, it is 30 most of the time. :-(

[Van Cruncheon]

xiahou dun

xiahou yuan

[MoxManiac]

Sima Yi's musou cutscene animation

[Himu]

This morning:

*boots up dw7*

"time to kill some chinese people "

*does wei story mission*

game: "I AM LU BU"

"haha i've heard of you. time to kick yer ASS."

"fuck"

"shit"

"LEAVE ME ALONE"

"AUGH DIE YOU SHIT DICK!"

game: "I am Lu Bu!"

"FUCK YOU!"

roommate: SHUT THE FUCK UP ALREADY

[jiji]

DO NOT ENGAGE LU BU

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[Sho Nuff]

Lu Bu will fuck you in the shit

Lu Bu

[jiji]

Oh shit, Koei confirmed DLC JP voices on the official site: http://www.tecmokoeiamerica.com/dw7/

[Third]

Almost 21GB for those graphics?

Fuck this shit. Skip.

[Bebpo]

Oh shit, Koei confirmed DLC JP voices on the official site: http://www.tecmokoeiamerica.com/dw7/

How much they charge for this will determine at what price I pick up the main game.  Charging for voice tracks is suuuuuuuuper shady.  Imagine if every criterion dvd made you pay an extra $5 DLC for the original language track.

[jiji]

At this point, I'm just glad to get it. If paying extra for JP voice means developers will budget for the two hours of programmer time needed to add it, I'm game.

[Trent Dole]

They say it's gonna be free DLC, who knows if they'll stick to that.

[bork]

They say it's gonna be free DLC, who knows if they'll stick to that.

I'm sure they will.  Koei has offered up plenty of free DLC in the past.  DW6 Empires had a bunch of free CAW outfits, and Strike Force got a bunch of free mission packs.

I think the Japanese DW7 already has free weapon packs up, too.

[Himu]

jp psn has costumes for free for characters. can you dl them from jp psn and apply them to NA version?

[bork]

Nope!

[Himu]

How do I make sure Cao Cao doesn't fucking die in this one Wei story mission? Because Christ. He keeps getting hit by fire and the generals I'm fighting and I'm losing because of this ai. Is there any way to heal you partners in battle?

[Van Cruncheon]

that mission is a terribitch. i eventually got through it entirely on luck. sw3 let you use items to heal adjacent generals; it'd be nice if this game let you do the same

[bork]

that mission is a terribitch. i eventually got through it entirely on luck. sw3 let you use items to heal adjacent generals; it'd be nice if this game let you do the same

Yes, I definitely miss that feature in this game.

[Himu]

cannot believe there are three goty contenders in two months in a row for me: tactics ogre, mvc3 and now dynasty warriors 7. This game is really that good. Gets my full endorsement. 

[MCD]

Need an Empire version.

[Trent Dole]

Need an Empire version.

Give it a few months.

[Bebpo]

I've played like 5 or 6 DW games, but never an empires game.  What's the difference?  Is it like RSTK3 strategy game + musou action?

[MCD]

It's basically a "menu" for managing your troops and expanding your territory by invading others plus musou action.

And there is no story mode like the regular DW game.

[bork]

And really, Empires should just be an extra mode in the regular games.  But Koei likes that money.

[MoxManiac]

First predictable bad DW7 review i've seen so far: http://ps3.ign.com/articles/115/1158577c.html

[bork]

First predictable bad DW7 review i've seen so far: http://ps3.ign.com/articles/115/1158577c.html

March 30, 2011 - How many times can you possibly hit the square button in a single game? Dynasty Warriors 7 dares you to find out.

   You can do that with anything.

March 31, 2012 - How many times can you possibly click the mouse button in a single game?  Diablo III dares you to find out.

I mean really...shouldn't these reviewers be trashing Madden and CoD and the like for being the "same thing year after year" too?