Good idea.....bad follow through.
As you probably aready picked up i am not to fond of the game. Now i dont play a game for 5 mins and decide on the spot that it is too hard or too boring at that exact moment, no, i think that "it'll probably save the fun parts for later" or "meh, this tough i better practice" but i have finally came across a game from koei that makes me so bored i switch the console off and hide in a corner with a dark cloud above my head and swear till my neck turns purple! ......but enough of my peronel feelings, onto the REVIEW.
Gameplay: 2/10
The most important aspect of a video game. Master the gameplay and you can stop people focusing on the dodgy graphics and think "this is fun!" Why.....oh.......WHY didn't anyone tell KOEI?!?!?!? The gameplay in this game is Bland , Boring and all the other descriminating words that begins with B! The gameplay is very similar to the Kessen series which is good! (< only time good shall be mentioned in this review) but in Kessen the men moved much faster than 0.00000978mph! the men are so damn slow you spend half the gameplay time looking at the grass under your characters feet which is more interesting than the fights. Now in battle where the game shows its "potential" your character does very little fighting, some good old button mashing or inivitive combos would've been nice but oh no, we have to push the stick in an enemys direction to hit them! the bonus moves such as the arrow attack from archers are actually effective and sometimes exciting to use (well it has a 2/10 for a reason)
Graphics: 4/10
The opening cutscene is done well but that is THE highlight of the graphics. The character models arent very impressive, KOEI could do much better. The special attacks have pretty little light shows similar to dynasty warriors musou attacks and can cause some carnage which is welcome. The scenery is one of the worst issues of the game because it is so similar at every spot, now i know that game developer cant spend all their time on scenery but at least add a bush or two in a random place.
Sound: 5/10
I give this a 5 because the sound can be belivable at points such as the sword fighting, the steel clanging against each other makes the fighting bearable for the first few seconds. The voice acting isnt very good, i know KOEI hasnt had a shining record of good voice acting in games but come on! some of the dialog is so damn cheesy!
Overall: 4.5/10
If you must get this game, rent it first or buy it when its cheaper. It is a game for those people out their that like to spend 20 mins running across a field with a batallion of static men whilst listening to a countinuous piece of music over and over (yeah they exist!) This is a poor effort from KOEI but don't give up on them, from what i've seen from Dynasty Warriors 6 KOEI could be learning from their mistakes....