Game Discussion of The Week: Dynasty Warriors series

I played Hyrule Warriors!

I talked a bit about it in the "what are you playing now" thread, and I stand by my opinion: it's a good, well realized game, while the concept itself is meant to be repetitive and to offer fun in quick bursts. It's the kind of game that's easy to learn and doesn't have much to master, so you just play it every now and then. I really liked my time with HW, but I don't see myself playing more games from the series - well, maybe if they use a franchise that I really like.

Anyway, I see it less as a series/franchise, and more as a general mold in which you fit a franchise to get a quick game based on it. And I mean it in a good way: it works.

By the way, I've heard the first Fist of the North Star game is among the best ones. Has anyone tried it?

Yep, I played Hyrule Warriors entirely on Hard and only died on the last few levels. Besides those, the game was a breeze. I got the impression that the entire franchise is like this - the enemies surround you but barely attack.

I have a lot of nostalgia for the DW series. I remember playing a demo of DW 3 on a demo compilation disc and immediately fell in love with it (which is funny because the demo was the Namnam stage with only 10 min limit and 3 characters: Zhao Yun, Huang Gai and Zhen Ji). Bought the game later and had a blast. I also own 5 (with both Empires and XL), 3 (with XL), 6, Warriors Orochi, Samurai Warriors I and II and DW Gundam I and II.

Usually I divide the main series into the old and the new with 5 being the last of the old ones. I have 6 (which I've 100%-ed), and have played 7 and 8 since my brother has them. Never did like the newer ones. For me they improved stuff until 5, then things got weird and uninterested (for me at least). The Spin-offs are fun, but never as good as the main series.

My favorite will always be 3, with 5 as a close second place. (And btw Cervantes try to play the old ones, especially DW 3, they are much harder than the newer ones.)

Warriors Orochi 3. Just a heads-up, that game hasn't got an English dub, just Japanese. It still has English subtitles though.

Exactly! You're getting zerged, but not really. It's mostly running around and defending your outposts because your wimpy soliders aren't capable of doing it themselves.

I might think about playing 3 again, I really recall liking it back in the day. Don't have a working PS2 right now though.