Dynasty Warriors

 CA Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 is one of the most banal, tepid games I've ever come across. There's no other concrete description. It's not poorly conceived or implemented, nor is it too short or devoid of contemporary features. It's not particularly buggy ...

Koei's Dynasty Warriors series is one of the longest-running game franchises ever, and could even teach hardcore licence milkers such as Nintendo and Capcom a thing or two. This is surprising for a licence that has, despite several iterations and ...

A lot of people are down on Koei's Dynasty Warriors series for relying on particularly repetitive and non-evolving combat systems, and I find myself agreeing with that assessment. Certain games in the series haven't seen much change, especially for ...

by Ryan Clements May 5, 2009 - As the "Default Dynasty Warriors Reviewer" here at IGN, I've been spending time with a good number of KOEI's well-known button-mashers, including the recently released Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2. ... Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce Pocket Gamer

Following on from the original game, Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 adds more robots, more characters and generally more of everything. The combat is intense and the strategy elements require a little more brainpower. The story also tries to add greater ...

It's also quite easy to forget what every button does, making this the first ever Dynasty Warriors game where criticism can be had for complicated controls. Visually, the game maintains Koei's flare for character design, with the original Dynasty ...

Each Gundam also comes equipped with an SP attack, which is the equivalent of a Musou attack in the traditional Dynasty Warriors games. This technique slowly charges up as you defeat enemy Gundams and it's usually the most potent weapon in your entire ...

By () You can also launched a chained musou attack by pulling the trigger to switch characters after starting a musou attack with one officer. Blending character sets from both Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors, Warriors Orochi 2 boasts ...

By Johnus Maximus Review by Johnus Maximus Warriors Orochi 2 is the follow up to last years crossover between two of Koei’s best selling hack and slash franchises - Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors. Released in September 2008, it is also available ...

If you’ve ever played a Dynasty Warriors or Samurai Warriors title in the past, you’ll know exactly what to expect with Warriors Orochi 2. If you haven’t done so before, then be prepared for button-mashing with constant hack-n-slashing ...

By Alex Taldren I reviewed the PC version of Warriors Orochi, a hack-and-slash action game that combines the style and characters of Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors. Overall, here is what you need to know, there is some good, and a lot of bad. ...

PS3 Review: Dynasty Warriors 6 Blogcritics.org, OH - Mar 22, 2008 Veteran players can expect the familiar individual battle lock ups, involving even more button mashing, and stuns. Clipping remains a small issue at times, ...

By kaiserhawk The story mode for each character, or Musou mode as it is know ingame, has also been cut down. Instead of every character having one only 17 characters now have this, 5 Wu, 5 Wei, 5 Shu, and 2 other. Main Musou characters can be ...

By Nick Doerr That's sort of how the audience is segmented in the Koei universe -- you either enjoy their games or abhor them to the point where you won't even give them a chance (whether or not you ever did is your personal secret). Dynasty Warriors ...

By James(james@aeropause.com) If you've played Dynasty Warriors, you've played Dynasty Warriors: GUNDAM. If you've ever mashed the Square button with your eyes closed, then you've mastered all the skills necessary to beat DW:G in a single evening. Did I mention it's uninspired?

By Tim Y. Admittedly, we enjoyed this demo release for Dynasty Warriors: Gundam. For fans of either the Dynasty Warriors or Gundam franchises, the game will be easy to pick up. The relatively easy gameplay should leave plenty of fun available even for newcomers. The game's lovely graphics also go a l...

By Matt Paprocki While it’s hard to make out the differences between Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors on the surface, they are unique enough to deserve their own title. Samurai Warriors placed more of its story on the battlefield, requiring intense runs to critical points on the map to save the battl...

By Aaron Auzins Just as sports games get their annual updates, so do the titles in Koei's long running Dynasty Warriors series. After shifting the game's focus from China to Japan, the Samurai Warriors series was born and as we are set to enter spring, Koei has sprung Samurai Warriors 2 Empires onto the Pla...

By Matt Paprocki An attempt to spin-off the Dynasty Warriors series into a more family friendly nature (despite a harsh Teen rating), Mystic Heroes finds its niche without being particularly well executed. Koei lightens up the characters, ditches the real history based storyline, and puts a focus on ma...