Samurai Warriors compared to Dynasty Warriors?

**cormark13** · 02-09-2009, 02:04 PM

For those familiar with both series, how do they compare?

I ask because I'm a big fan of Dynasty Warriors, but I went the way of the Wii rather than the PS3. Sadly, DW doesn't produce Wii games. But I saw that a Samurai Warriors game is coming out for Wii in 2009 (in Japan, not sure when for US). Just wanted to get a feel for whether it'll be any good based on the history of the two series. I've never played any of the Samurai spinoffs.

**Dudebro** · 02-09-2009, 10:58 PM

I'm interested too. It's made by Koei so it must be good right?
From the wikipedia page

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[edit] Reception
The PS2 release of Samurai Warriors sold a million copies within a month in Japan[4] and reached the Japanese platinum chart with a total of 1.06 million.[5] It was awarded an award of excellence in CESA's 2004 Game Awards[6] and received a 34 out of 40 rating from Famitsu.[7]

The game is met with mixed reviews from Western critics, most reviewers criticize the game's visual and technical similarities to the Dynasty Warriors series as the cause. What earned the most praise was the RPG element added into the game as it deviates from its spiritual predecessor by adding a higher replay value for gamers.[8] The Create a Character mode was received with mixed results. Phantom from Game Planet commented that it is, "well implemented", allowing players to accurately play a character made for them[9] while Alex Navarro from Gamespot regarded the option as "a nice touch" but "rather tiresome" in the end.[10] The innovations made were still met with criticism for the genre as a whole, Patrick Garratt from EuroGamer stating, "we’re seriously on the verge of being all warriored out."[11] Overall, it seen as an enjoyable and repetitive game with a flawed delivery.

So if this is true it's main fault was being too much like Dynasty Warriors(like thats a bad thing?). Also it goes on to mention RPG elements, that sounds awesome. The worst part of DynastyWarriors was how shallow the characters were.

Edit, where's V ideoY3K? He would know about this!
Damn I just checked his profile and he even has a quote in his sig from Samurai Warriors.