A solid game, some ups and downs, but all round goodness.

User Rating: 8.2 | Shin Sangoku Musou 4 Empires X360
By arronax2003 | Review Date:
Ahh dynasty warriors. this game has been going on longer than most geriatrics. well maybe not that long, but its still been awhile. Empires however shoots a bit of new life into the badic dynasty warriors by adding way more control over your units and territories. they took out the classic Musou mode (which i guess was already beat to death with the previous 4) and put in the "empire" mode. This is kinda cool i admit, but there are some times where i just want to press one button and jump into a fight, not organize my armies and buy items and hire people. changing the item scheme, so you can only use an item once before it disappears is kind of new to me, but it makes sense when you can make them in one turn.

Ah the AI. generally its pretty good, with the generals at least. But basic infantry tend to just sit around like they're waiting for noon tea. You can hack up their comrades and they'll stand there like they've got a stick up their..nether..regions. The voices are classic DW, a little fake (ala godzilla almost at times " look its Lubuzilla...") but its expected by now, after all, the characters are chinese.

All in all, its a mixed bag. Its still a heckuva lot of fun to hack guys up, but now it doesn't seem as rewarding to level your character up. How hard would it be to keep a classic musuo mode in there?. And one last thing, Koei, can you add more that 2-player support. maybe a system link? Oh yeah, the learning curve is a bit skewed because those dang instruction manuals never tell you everything. Blast you Koei, and those skimpy manuals!!

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