The same old tried and true formula returns with just a little bit more to spice up the recipe for hack and slash fun!

User Rating: 7.8 | Shin Sangoku Musou 4 Empires X360
By kenerhai | Review Date:
For many years Koei has released Dynasty Warriors and its predecessors with little change to its hack and slash formula. This was a fun concept that puts your officer of choice against entire legions of armys and other officers from the opposing army. And with each release, nothing really changed, save for the edition of a tweak to graphics(even after 3 console generations, the graphics still feel very left behind), a new character or 10, and lately a little strategy. Critics of the series will tell you that even after countless reiterations, it's still the same game and yes, more or less it is still the same old game. But honestly that's not a bad thing, to an extent, as many still love it.
Graphically, this game never seemed to move on,especially on the 360. Considering this game is ps2 port, they never tried to make this game feel like it belongs on 360. Draw distances are better, more characters fill the screen without too much slowdown, although it does happen. Music, more of the same japanese elctro rock riffs, but having the 360 version lets you listen to your own music, so there ya go. Voice acting is absolutely horrid, but laughably so. Hearing your generals constantely yapping about bases gets old quick tho.
Now, the gameplay. Still more of the same hack and slash endless armies of enemies. But, personally. . .I love it!! After many plays through with the same characters through the same historical locations it still hasn't gotten old for me. I can do this till Dynasty Warriors Empires Extreme Legends 9! At least with empires, a new strategy element breaks up the levels as you try to recruit new officers, form alliances with bordering territories, level up you weapons, produce items, and build your own army up. But, the thing that constanly keeps me coming back and what games like N3 lacks, is the sheer amount of variety. Nearly 50 characters, on top of making your own, each with their own unique and wild weapons. This is what I can't get enough of and probably never will.
All in all, yes this is still the same old game, and probably always will be, but with this many unique characters and weapons,each with a different place in history I will continue to play this series and stand up for it. And for those that say that this is still the same game, so why get the next? Well, prior to the 360, I would have told you don't get the next, stay with what you got. But now acheivements begging me for the next. Just give the next one a couple of months to drop in price and trade in the old one. I traded in DW5 for xbox, got $10 bucks for it and got the new one used for $27, so only ended up paying 17 bucks!!!

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