DW6 Review
If you played one Dynasty Warrior you essentially played them all. The story follows that of the Three Kingdoms era where feudal lords all try to vie control of the land.
Essentially what I was looking for was DW5 with better graphics and I got that. Everything in DW6 looks beautiful from the rivers you have to swim through, to the fort and castle sieges you need to take from enemies. All the characters got total makeovers from their last gen looks. With the exception of a 5 or 7 who didn't make it, most of the cast do return in this sequel.
Gameplay wise I was disappointed. DW 6 is the ultimate 'One Button Mash' game. Utilizing the Renbu gage you get to string combos together in an infinite number of hits. While on paper this sounds interesting, it totally deters from the more manual 2 button combo system that previous DW had.
All in all you only need to keep pressing the same button to see different movesets. They do give you a Power slash button, but its a bit hard to chain that with your regular Weak slash button. If your a button masher, rejoice! The rest of us who were expecting more control, its a let down.
Another disappointment is lack of 4th weapons. I love trying to get each characters 4th weapons. I feel that when ur done levelling them up there should be one more final challenge and acquiring weapons is it. Besides lack of weapons there is also lack items, but compared to weapons.... that is a moot point.
Last point of interest I want to talk about are the skill trees. This here is a GIANT step forward in the DW evolution ladder. Your general gets XP, he gets Skill points and they unlock new abilities. I wish they impleneted this sooner.
Overall I have real mixed reviews of DW 6. I love that a new DW made it to next gen, but at the same time I am real sad that they took out a lot of options that made DW quite a hit. Its more of the same, and less of it too...
P.S. On the topic of Next-Gen would it KILL Koei to INCLUDE original Japanese dialogue. Blu-Ray should be able to store more information.. yet we still get horrible voice actors.