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(More customer reviews)_Okay.So I bought this game mainly on the basis of my friend's recommendation.I was extremely happy with it, and surprised by the sheer fun of this game.Kill hundreds of enemy soldiers using many many unique weapons and styles of combat, and conquor China.I won't go into every specific detail about gameplay, but I will say this was a very well made game.I'll break it down in an attempt to overview important buying info.
-Graphics: Good.Not great, but good.Game experiances phantom slowdowns every once in a while though.Not -often- but so far three times in the time I've played it.I've beaten the game once, and I'm halfway through it again.
-Music: To be honest I've never noticed the in-game music.Too busy slaughtering unworthy minions.I really like the menu backround music though.Catchy.
-Gameplay: It's been said in other reviews that you will encounter enemy officers so absurdly cheap that they will juggle you from full health to nothing without you ever hitting the ground.I bought this game assuming it was an exaggeration by frustrated gamers.LEARN FROM MY MISTAKE :(Okay, with that out of the way, comes the other incredibly annoying point in gameplay.Archers/sourcers.Ranged attacks that will range from knocking you back (stopping your momentum), to knocking you straight on your butt.Absurdly cheap and annoying and they appear in large groups.Good news is that they don't deal any appreciable amount of damage and can be disposed of quickly enough.Bad news is that they tend to appear alongside cheap officers.
__Okay, those points made, comes the good news.Officers are (keywords here) *not commonly* that cheap.The game makes it however so you have to be just as cheap in defeating them to stand any chance.But it's possible.Take note that charged attack combos are your friends.And for fair warning, I just went around, killed 820 minions in a battle (took 25 minutes), then got double-teamed by two such cheap officers.
___My last issue with gameplay is arrows.You get a bow and can use it at will.Aiming and firing is quite simple, and it does a decent amount of damage.The main use for it is hitting distant archers or dismounting people riding on war elephants.(you get to ride elephants and horses in this game, yes).What's my beef?You get a very limited number of arrows to begin with, and finding them in battle is rare.I don't see any point in making a rarely used weapon even more worthless.It'd be *balanced* if you had unlimited, since I can take out literally 40 enemies for the time it takes to kill one via bow and arrow.So they really limited something already limited.
-Controls: Almost everything you'd want or need.Except the gaurd button.You are given a button that gaurds you against pretty much all attacks from the front.One would assume this would mean from just the very front, but apparently not.Enemy officers can block attacks even from the sides.You however, can only block attacks from the few pixels in the center of the screen.In other words, does not work 99% of the time.This would be a most negligible point since I've only ever needed to block against officers.Namely, the cheap ones.However, they can block with almost invernerability, while you can't ever block their attacks.Makes those cheap guys even more frustrating.
__Last point on controls however, you do get a taunt!Very funny, especially when you kill two or three people by taunting.In this catagory I'll list that the camera is of course in third person, and it works well.Gaurd button also functions to reorient the camera behind you, which you will need to do from time to time.
-Replay: A game's true value will always boil down to it's replayvalue.I think the replay value is high.You can always start a new conquoring campaign.And campaigns will always be different every time.The other empires struggling for control will do different things each time, form different alliances, invade different areas and all that.Plus...the campaign mode comes with a "fictional" mode, where you start a campaign with RANDOMLY placed enemies.That just makes it all so much more interesting.
-Edit character mode: The product hilight makes much mention of the character edit mode.It's slightly overrated however.The game gives you access to MANY, MANY unique weapons, which is a big plus.And any custom character can use any weapon.But when it comes down to making your stats, you get only 7 different pre-made sets to work with.Something I found out is that character's run speed, not listed in the stat sets, is also effected by what you choose.Anyway, when it comes to your character's model, the options you get for dressing them up is vastly limited.Definitely better than nothing, don't get me wrong.But for a system that supposedly has been upgraded from a previous game, couldn't they give me more than 3 different heads for my chosen body type?
__In basic, it's nice, but don't expect as much as you'd get from the latest Wrestlemania game.
-Multiplayer: Weak at best.Don't get this game expecting it to be a fantastic multiplayer game.You get four different verses battles, none of which is particularly exiting.Co-op story mode would have been very easily programmed in, and this game would have been fantastic with it.Oh well.
-Other notes: This is definitely a slaher game, but it has its strategy elements to it.Pick who you bring into battle, what political moves you make, manage your gold.How you use your leadership may make your life incredibly difficult or easy, depending on what you do and what sort of luck you have that game.Remember things are different each time, so choose your decisions wisely.
_I gave this a fun rating of 5, because I think it is, but overall is 4 due to cheap officer fights.A little bit of cheapness here and there wouldn't be aggrevating, but spending 25 minutes decimating close to a kilo of troops to be gang-raped by two cheap officers?That's just not cool.As I said before, luckily it doesn't happen often, but if you play through the campaign mode it will happen to you, no doubt.
_I would rate this title a definite buy.How it stands against other Dynasty games I do not know, as this is my first.If that is the information you seek, I'd advise reading articles posted by others who have played them.Standing alone, this is a very fun game however.
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Dynasty Warriors 4: EmpiresProduct Description: Dynasty Warriors 4: Empires is the next phase in the amazing game saga. The warriors return with more epic battles and scenarios, devastating Musou attacks, and new modes of play. Dynasty Warriors 4: Empires will rewrite the rules of Tactical Action -- this time, the empire you build will be your own!New two-player Vs. Mode and Tactics systemThree new character models and voice sets, for creating a custom character that leads your army to victory
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