Warriors Orochi sells 1.5M, getting encore

By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpotPosted May 21, 2008 10:55 am PT

Koei's Samurai and Dynasty franchises will intermingle once again with Warriors Orochi 2 for Xbox 360, PS2.

When Dynasty Warriors debuted on the original PlayStation in 1997, it was a one-on-one weapons-based fighting game with characters pulled from Chinese history. For the PlayStation 2 sequel in 2000, Koei completely reinvented the franchise as a hack-and-slash action game that pitted one player against hundreds of enemies in every battle.

The series has been focused on quantity ever since, cranking out five straight sequels, multiple Xtreme Legends and Empires expansions, and spin-offs such as Dynasty Tactics and Samurai Warriors (which also had sequels, spin-offs, and expansions). In recent years, Koei has put out a pair of crossovers, the sci-fi Dynasty Warriors: Gundam, as well as Warriors Orochi, which paired the Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors in a fantasy setting against the Serpent King Orochi. Despite the abundance of offerings, the franchise apparently still performs at retail, given that Koei has announced that Warriors Orochi shipped 1.5 million copies worldwide across its various platforms.

It should come as little surprise then that Koei is wasting no time turning out a sequel. Today it announced Warriors Orochi 2 for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 2. Picking up in the wake of the Serpent King's defeat in the first game, Warriors Orochi 2 requires new heroes from ancient China and feudal Japan to band together and prevent the villain's resurrection.

In addition to the story mode, Warriors Orochi 2 will also have four competitive multiplayer modes, a Dream Mode with a second storyline to play through, and a roster of more than 90 characters from the Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors franchises. Developed by series studio Omega Force, Warriors Orochi 2 is set for a September release in North America.

61 Comments

  • Elementwewf

    Posted Oct 5, 2008 5:36 pm PT

    I can't believe people actually hate this game its one of the best.

  • BloodWerewolf

    Posted Aug 28, 2008 12:39 pm PT

    Renbu. Bring it back for all Warriors games.
    Other than that, I can't wait for this.

  • majidok

    Posted May 23, 2008 7:18 am PT

    So the makers of practically unfinishable games or what I call them "Mass-Games" are doing good . Well , nice , samurai warriors 1000 hours and counting zzzzz

  • UltimateLegend

    Posted May 22, 2008 5:19 pm PT

    I've seen Youtube videos of this game(the Japanese) one,and this game REALLY ROCKS!!! I can't wait for this game to come out in the US! The new characters have great movesets,and Shin Orochi owns.The story is MUCH BETTER,and it has cutscenes other than the same opening and no cutscenes afterwards until the ending which weren't that good.The cutcenes are cool and exciting.Check out Youtube as many people put them up.There are over 200 videos of battles.

  • V-Nine

    Posted May 22, 2008 3:08 pm PT

    ...it will be crazy if Orochi warriors gets and Empires and Extreme ledgends version.....

  • aots_twilight

    Posted May 22, 2008 11:36 am PT

    Glad I grew up on the Beat-em-up genre in the late 80's... And because of that I have a unique interest in this game...

    Out of curiosity... Would Koei again surprise us if they managed to pull off a Portable version in the future...? Or since the big popularity of Open world games... A large scale world for "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" would be interesting...

  • king-titan

    Posted May 22, 2008 11:32 am PT

    If u love dw...u surely will love it...

  • Neoyamaneko

    Posted May 22, 2008 1:32 am PT

    If they would just release one game and release DLC for new characters and scenarios, that would be more palateble than buying the same game every year.

  • Gifted_One

    Posted May 21, 2008 11:03 pm PT

    im not too sure what i think about this game.

  • Vash67

    Posted May 21, 2008 7:18 pm PT

    Honestly, I love the series, but I've only bought DW4. I can't understand why anyone is buying new versions of the Warriors series. They are exactly the same! It seems like a waste. Honestly, I'd be more inclined to buy new spinoffs even if they were complete bastardizations of the series. Like how Mario has sports games, party games, minigames....

  • jknight5422 posted May 21, 2008 7:12 pm PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    jknight5422

    Posted May 21, 2008 7:12 pm PT (hide)

    Let's run through that history one more time.

    1. First game on the PS1.
    2. Second game on the PS2.
    3. Third game on the PS2 AND...Xbox 360?!?

    LOL! It's really no surprise when you look back at the history and see what kind of people Sony are. I mean, they ripped off Nintendo to create the Playstation & wouldn't have dreamed of getting into the games business until after they stole their ideas to get it started.

  • Andreas-Sword

    Posted May 21, 2008 6:51 pm PT

    There are al lot of innovations at "Warriors Orochi 2" :

    Please read here:
    1- http://z13.invisionfree.com/koeiwarriors/index.php?showtopic=10458
    2- http://koeiwarriors.co.uk/moms-characters.php
    3- http://koeiwarriors.co.uk/
    4- http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/ps2/code/944760.html

  • advocacy

    Posted May 21, 2008 5:57 pm PT

    Dynasty Warriors for-evah!!!

  • bleigh316

    Posted May 21, 2008 5:27 pm PT

    1.5 mill shipped, not necessarily sold.

  • felshs

    Posted May 21, 2008 5:19 pm PT

    telling them to stop making DW , is like telling EA to stop making MADDEN. they are the same craps

  • ihsanqueen

    Posted May 21, 2008 5:17 pm PT

    Warriors Orochi is a garbage? Why there's so many people buy it? I can't understand.........

  • AgileNate

    Posted May 21, 2008 5:17 pm PT

    Sigh, I remember when these games were fun but after Dynasty Warriors 3 it was the same old thing with the smallest feature tacked on. You think they would add some new detail as well, the 360 version should look a lot better then a PS2 game.

  • tony2077ca

    Posted May 21, 2008 5:00 pm PT

    cool can't wait

  • Xxgood-timesXx

    Posted May 21, 2008 4:48 pm PT

    meh, i enjoyed playing dynasty warriors 3 one time, but damn does anyone else get tired of consistently pressing x, and capturing stronghold's that no way impact the outcome of the battle? 1.5 million sold? thats quite alot but warrior orochi is just another DW game slashed with a different title, these games suck, and i hope they reinvent something eventually instead of serving the same ol'crap everytime they release these types of game. if people were smart enough to not buy these types of games, maybe the creators would reinvent something more thrilling, which dident suck and would keep people's attention, instead of releasing the same old crap every 6-8 months, with terrible story modes and multiplayer.

  • echuu9393

    Posted May 21, 2008 4:46 pm PT

    I didn't like dw5, but dw5 empires turned me on to the saga and i got dw6 and warriors orochi. It would be cool if they had Orochi 2 empires with multiplayer conquest.

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