How hype are you for DYNASTY WARRIORS 9 /v/?

I fucking love that a lot of the designs are going back more to what 4 and 5 were like.

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>open world

M a C h a o b o y z w w @

>>384681472

BRING BACK THE CHIN STRAP

Also, I miss story mode with the edit officer :<

>>384681076
Huh. He looks rather sinister. Think they may go a more historical route with him ?

when will we see the only character that actually matters Zhang He

>>384682016
You forgot Zhang Liao

>>384681810
>>384681232
Yeah it seems like most designs will got for a more traditional approach.

Wonder how many bishiboys are going to get bearded.

these games are a guilty pleasure. not exactly great, but really fun.

>>384681046
I thought monster hunter was bad, but this series takes the cake

why do you buy their shit? It's the same shit!

>>384682178

What >>384682132 said.

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>>384681810

He should be sinister. He led thousands of people to their looming deaths over his land stealing traitorous dreams of restoring the Han in his own image.

>>384682089
>Wonder how many bishiboys are going to get bearded.
You are taking this wrongly, in Liu Bei's case fans in japan and china were vocal about wanting his facial hair back, to the point the director mentioned in a famitsu interview a few weeks ago. If it was more of movement to distribute facial hair to more characters Sun Quan would get his back right away, the pretty boys shown so far still are clean shaven.

>>384681349
Reminder that Cao Cao is a villain and a traitor to the Han

>>384682547
Go back to bed, Xuande

>>384681046
>benevolence in the tweet
do they know

>>384681046
>>384681076
With the western side of KT updating stuff about DW9 shortly after japan I hope DW9 has a very short gap between the japanese and western release, maybe even dream of a simultaneous release.

>>384682547
T. Liu Bei

>Hype

Its the same game I've played 15 times already. how can I possibly be hype?

>>384682646
They are the ones who pushed this word to ridiculous levels, the tweet might not even be memeing.

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>>384682698
>>384682595
Wrong!

>>384681342
I'm not worried. Toukiden 2 was the tech demo for DW9 open world and it worked pretty well

>>384681046
No one but its small dedicated fanbase is hyped in the west; I predict it will sell 150k copies in Europe and American combined.

>>384683103
Good thing sales don't dictate how much fun I have with a game

>>384683062
>and it worked pretty well
What? Toukiden 2 open world was completely unnecessary, the addition felt like a waste; DW9 better not be basing itself on that mold.

>>384683183
Exactly and that's good for you, but still the hype will never go beyond its fanbase.

>>384681046
Rehash

>>384681887
>more clothes
Why

>>384682426
I know RoTK romanticises Shu, but in Dynasty Warriors and Liu Bei comes off as just as much as a cunt as Cao Cao. Really Shu in general come off as a bunch of hypocrites with personality cults that defend their stupid/selfish actions.

Wu are good boys who dindu nothin.

>>384683593
Saving for DLC jewishness of course, DW8 was originally released on a time KT wasn't that greedy and the game still had quite a lot of DLC clothes, now we are in the post DOA5 days, DW9 is very likely to filled with cosmetic DLC.

The open world meme needs to stop

>>384683884
Open World as a design choice isn't the problem, it's shitty lazy devs. Those same shitty devs were working on linear game just as shitty a few years ago.

Also DW is the one series that really needs something new. A boring, empty open world is no worse than the boring empty maps the series has had since 3.

>>384681046
BENEVOLENCE

And I dunno. The open world thing still worries me. But after thinking about it. Maybe we can have honest to god actual battles arcade that look like being in a war.

>>384684292
>arcade
*again

>>384684338
I think the best case scenario for DW9 is something akin to anime mount and blade.

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>>384683593
Diao Chan is one of the worst girls anyway.
SSX is best girl but only when she is in tiger blood mode with her real family and not being Liu Beis precious delicate waifu.
Shu ruined everything they touched.

Have they provided any details on how the open world thing works? I just can't imagine how they could make a musou game open world, honestly, unless there's a clear divide between the battles and the open world.

I'm pretty stoked for it. Have always enjoyed the games and no reason to think I won't enjoy this one. I'm interested in the open world idea and how they'll incorporate story missions. I would also like them to bring back the "what if" arcs they did a few games back.

pls have none of that forced hero swapping, jesus christ

i hope that's just a samurai thing

RotK 14 fucking when?

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>>384681887
>Cleavage
>Legs
>HEELS

As a Chink, this kinda offends me

Good they made him look bearable again.
MUH BENEVOLENCE

>>384681046
Pretty hype buddy

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>>384684557
Well, best girl so far.
I hope the brown goddess Zhurong is in DW9.

>>384685095

mein neger

Where is He who shall not be pursued?

>>384685484
Busy not listening to Chen Gong.

>>384685484
Soon. I hope

>>384681349
Nobunaga looks pretty good

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>>384685484
I prefer his 8 design. If you're going to keep him red/black/gold, at least give him interesting armor designs. This is just bland.

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>>384681046
So, is there any new features this time?

>>384685984
Open World.

>>384685953
I'll give you, that is pretty bland.

I do feel like 9 is scaling the designs back to be much less anime and outlandish, which is good to see.

>>384686175
KOEI has realised they are not Basara ?

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>>384686175
Yes, but Lu Bu was a garish mother fucker in TK canon, and has always been a touch more anime than the rest. There are definitely ways to keep him grounded in reality, while also being a big mother fucker trying to look like a God King riding to war.

>>384686304
Good God I hope so. Compared to 8? 9 feels like a massive scaling back. Liu Bei's redesign alone is a bit indicative of this and gives a more DW5 vibe.

>>384686452
Agreed. I was just referring to everyone in general. That said, Lu Bu had good design in 5, but I honestly think he looked great in Online.

At least 9 isn't 6.

>>384686304
For shame really, going full basara would made new DW stand out somewhat. I just really want a new basara.

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>>384685953
>>384686175
Shit taste. Lu Bu was always about big armor, big halberd and big antennae. There are plenty of other characters who could do with more nuanced colour schemes portraying edginess, class or design.

>>384686602
mai waifu c:

>>384686452
The one thing I'll grant you is that I rather liked the purple. Other than that there's really no difference.

The designs look good but I really don't see how this series will benefit from open world. Feels like it's just following a fad and it'll fall flat on its face like most of the others. I'm anticipating that it'll be little more than a glorified menu/lobby where you run between missions instead of selecting them, and that the missions themselves will also suffer for the sake of making them "open".

>>384686557
They tried that with 6.
The gameplay was shit, and so was the aesthetic.

>>384686895
Yeah, but Lu Bu fought an army of ghosts, that was kind of cool.

>>384687191
Lu Bu's story in 6 was the only good thing about it.

Just fucking fighting everyone in your path.

>>384687191
>>384687264
No and no

>>384687401
Don't tell me you liked the shitty Ranbu system anon. That was awful

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>>384687264
>He just rides into the middle of the Battle of Guan Du and kills everyone, completely fucking up history

>>384685095
>Blonde
>Brown skin
>This is a ancient Chinese woman
I mean don't get me wrong she's second best girl in my book Right below Zhang He but come on now.

>>384687578
No, I'm saying there was nothing good about 6.

>>384687647
She's not a chink though. She's from one of the outer tribes on the border at the time. Probably a Mongol or Kryzgryz.

>>384687647
>brown skin
Literally lives in the sun-baked south west of china

>blonde
It's white, and she's the descendant of a mythical fire goddess

>>384685095
>best waifu and romance in every Empires that has her

Speaking of any word on an Empires spin? Was left very disappointed by their last one, for every step forward they took three back

>>384685095
Everyone is back, KT has stressed this since they very begining, everyine from DW8 and its expansions are back plus the new characters to be introduced in DW9.

>>384688031
>for every step forward they took three back

Are you me anon? Explain why you felt that way? For me, it's always the little things. Cutscenes are too short and too few. Marriage dialogue in 8 was gone completely in battle. Having your wife stand beside your throne if you were the ruler like in 7 was gone as well.

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>>384681349
MENGDE
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>>384681046
Wanna get into my first DW. I like the historical stuff, but what is the difference between this and Basara?

>>384687647
>Chink looking people
>In DW
Only about half the cast look asian, more and more ambiguously european characters have been introduced as the series progressed, when Jin became a thing since DW7 it pretty much introduced the "Aryan Camp" to the series.

>>384688384
Basara is Japanese, DW is Chinese.
More importantly, Basara takes way too many liberties while DW keeps things grounded in reality to an extent.

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>>384686602
>Goes on and on every mission about her vengeance
>When you get the mission where he can actually be killed she isn't a playable choice

>>384681046
Pretty hyped. I liked DQH2 so I think the open world could work alright.

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>>384688854
Wang Yi wasn't made with competence in mind. She's literally a low-key yandere made for the intent to have doujins with her and Ma Chao fucking. This isn't headcanon, it's how KT is portraying her.

>>384688195
Exactly. Confessions scene was the worst
>cherry blossoms every where
>some random path in the middle of no where
>lazy animation

All the cut scenes sucked and felt way to tedious to get them all. I missed the different types (like orderly, brave, evil) specific animations and the way they effected your abilities. Also there were less and none for spouse/sworn brother dying, no 'its lu bu/guan yu etc' scenes. Hell even just being able to run around in town to talk to fellow officers and buy from the shops is something I missed.

I had 20 CAWs in 7 and beat the game with all of them in every scenario

I beat 8 like three times and each one was a slog through

>>384686557
Soon anon, you know they're going to milk the fujos for their basara money.

>>384689406
I feel like SW4 Empires, which is actually one of the best, suffers a bit in that department as well. While the cutscenes are more varied, I wish there was more of them and they often feel like they end abruptly. Such as an argument between two characters. It doesn't come to a resolution, it just says that they argued well into the night.

Marriage specific dialogue is back, but it's character specific. Since I always marry No, I never got the full context of her statement until I once played Nobunaga.

I get Empires doesn't get a huge budget and how many variables there'd have to be in a cut scene, but I'd really like for them to go all out for once. It's the little things that make Empires work.

To me, the endings of Empires are the worst and I feel like 6 got some of the best Empires gameplay, even if the cutscenes were just you standing around for the most part. I enjoyed the fancy titles, the formal promotions it came with. It also has one of the best endings because of how many people congratulate you on becoming the ruler and how you can even become Emperor.

>>384681076
im liking those earlobes

>>384690948
Yeah SW4 Empires was a game I played after DWE 8 and was refreshing to play a decent game. Kind hope they take cues from that like having an open cut castle/estate that enlarges as you play, officers befriending each other as you go, rival systems etc.

I think the biggest let down was Empires 7 allowed me to have a character with their own personalities and traits. 8 just kinda had me playing a blank slate with no personality as interactions were minimal.

In one playthrough of 7 I was a low ranking officer in one empire and there was a female officer (think it was Xing Cai) who constantly said I should switch sides whenever we fought. In the end I wiped out her Empire, recruited her and romanced her. Stuff like that is what makes the Empires games for me, the weird what if interactions and variables that can come into play.

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>>384685953

I fucking love it. It's hella better than that boring as fuck dirty black bland amor with no distinguishing features from the last game.

This one has frills again, a popped collar, there's gold ornaments on the headress, theres just giant gold gaudy armor all over it in general covering the thing. He doesn't have some dingy black cloth hanging out the back either. Also he's got the cool chinese demon's on his shoulders again seen here. It looks like his DW3/4 armor with gold chest piece and no red and blue lining.

Also you guys know this game isn't going to be realistic at all right just cause of some older designs coming back right? We've already seen some tiny gameplay and it's not at all in the realm of realism.

>>384691579
I agree. It's nice to be able to become as feared as Lu Bu. One thing I liked about 7 was having the girl come up to you before battle and tell you to watch out. My only problem with SW4E was being forced to play a clan/ruler.

Speaking of, I do wish that DWE didn't have to end with you serving under a guy or being ruler. Why can't I just be a vagabond mercenary who carved his name through history as a feared soldier?

>You are living in marital bliss

Pretty fucking hyped my dude

not at all.
I'll wait for empires as always

>musoushit
Nope.

>>384688435
>Aryan Camp
I sincerely hope we don't get more blondes/white hair. Yuanji and Lingqi are bad enough.

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>>384685095
>Best girl

You're damn skippy.

>>384688854
>play her on free mode were he can be killed
>she has a special dialogs for him.

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Atleast they put some work into the graphics and geography and shit.

It looks like a high end PS3 game now!

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>>384681046
>somehow they managed to get away with making the exact same game 9 times
how

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>>384694408
I can't even see the difference between PS3 and PS4 graphics. We've reached that plateau.

EMPIRES
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>>384681046
If eating the pulled pork I have at home after work is a 5/10, then my excitement for DW9 is probably somewhere in the ballpark of a 1.5/10

>>384694550
8 times. The first time was a fighting game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-p0keIVNNHA

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>>384681076
holy shit, he has a mustache again?

>>384684557
did her chest get bigger

Shu has BENEVOLENCE
Wei has AMBITION

Wu just has a shitty seal
Wucucks on Suicide Watch

>>384694408
It's also open world so graphical fidelity might be more in depth of vision, enemies on screen, etc than straight up graphical improvement. Last graphical jump for the series was DW6. Hell, even games released for current gen has just been prettied up ports of last gen baseline.

If this open world shit works out for dynasty warriors I hope the samurai warriors games are getting the same treatment actually

>>384694694
16 if you count XL and E

Musou sucks.

Except when Nintendo publishes it, then it's great.

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>>384694550
That's not the case. Someone looking into the series from the outside wouldn't get it, though. Even with that in min DW9 looks to be a MAJOR structural departure from the norm.

>>384681046
No PC = no buy.

Also fuck that benevolence shitter.

>>384695236
Neat. They're making actual, real gameplay this time. I'll keep my eye on it.

>>384695350
>actual, real gameplay
As opposed to fake gameplay?

>>384681046
Lu Bu a best

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>>384694605

>>384681232
Liu Bei's DW9 design is literally his DW5 design with minor changes
>>384694712

>>384695416
Instead of the illusion of gameplay, yes.

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>>384683884

>Not liking open worlds

Why do so many of you kids only like 'level to level' games or fps corridor games to the point where you shit on everything else.

If they made 9 with the level-to-level set up that the other 8 games had then you would be like: 'OH GREAT ANOTHER REHASHED GAME, CAN'T THEY DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT LIKE OPEN WORLD OR SOMETHING EVEN THOUGH I WONT EVEN BUY THE GAME?'

Make up your fucking minds

>>384695526
>Musou games don't have gameplay
Come again sir

>>384695236
That basically just sounds like an expansion on DW4's story structure which was the best in the series, so I'm all for it. If this game combines the best of the old and the new it'll easy be the best game.

>>384684262

>> >>384684262

So making an 'open world' is lazier than making the 9th game in a series the exact same as the other 8 games instead of something different, right, ok kid.

>>384681472
Why does he look like Lu Bu

>>384681046
>player runs forward
>30 enemies fade into existence right before your eyes
>player stops
>30 enemies all slowly walking towards player
>player does nothing
>one of them makes a half-assed attempt at tapping the player with his weapon
>the rest all shuffle around waiting for the player to do something
>player sneezes
>all 30 enemies are sent flying
>10 of which are killed instantly
>the rest die from the player wiping his nose

>>384696081
If you're on like normal or easy. Higher difficulties can easily have them swarm you and mass attack if you arent on the move.

>>384695565
I'm fine with open worlds, if the devs put in the effort to make it worthwhile. But open world is now a "trend" thanks to shit like Skyrim and Fallout and so devs just add it to any series to try and drum up hype and then it turns out the open world is just an empty lobby where you spend ages running between points of interest. Even games like BotW which were conceived as open world from the start, have issues with content variety where you just end up doing the same shit and fighting the same enemies in the same ways over and over because they made an open world but not enough shit to fill it.

Dynasty Warriors is a series that did not need to be open world. It is a game about quasi-historical battles with huge armies with a mission-based structure. What the fuck does an open world add to that? I don't care to spend hours riding across china to get to Hu Lao gate or some shit. I don't care about hunting animals or crafting in a game about killing thousands of people in giant battles.

WE WUZ ANCIENT CHINESE WARRIORS?

I'm hyped as fuck desu

>>384696215
>Dynasty Warriors is a series that did not need to be open world. It is a game about quasi-historical battles with huge armies with a mission-based structure. What the fuck does an open world add to that? I don't care to spend hours riding across china to get to Hu Lao gate or some shit. I don't care about hunting animals or crafting in a game about killing thousands of people in giant battles.

Have you played Dragon Quest Heroes 2 or Toukiden 2? I imagine that's how open world is going to work out in DW9.

>>384695829

He has ever since 7. It's uncanny.

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>>384696348

Famitsu: Until now you would choose a playable character and then fight in stages like Yellow Turban Rebellion and Battle of Hulao Gate. But by going Open World, how will the game flow be like?

Suzuki: For the major flow, it will be based on the Three Kingdoms history just like before. However, the battles are not split by stages. Various battles taking place at the [same] era will be always occurring at every places, and you can participate in them.

Miyauchi: For example if it’s at the Yellow Turban Rebellion era, a battle against the Yellow Turbans will occur at the place the guru Zhang Jiao resides in. Of course you can also go to Nanman & other places, and you can hear [the people there] gossiping about Zhang Jiao and his group. And once you beat Zhang Jiao, the era will move on to the Anti-Dong Zhuo Coalition era, and the happenings on the map will completely change to correspond with the new era.

Famitsu: So that means, there’s a battle that becomes the key, and by clearing that you can make the history progress.

Suzuki: Exactly. Playing while thinking how to make the history progress is the epitome here.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/11128314

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>>384696173

To be fair by the time you've reached the higher difficulties you're so decked out in high level gear, that everything that poster said still applies.

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>>384681046
I like the empires better. More content as a whole, plus its fun to marry your waifu and take over your way.

Frankly they need to revamp the Musou Engine. DW 7: empires was the last one to really have a lot of good features. They have been recycling the same engine since DW 8 for a long fucking time and using it for everything from hyrule warriors to Berserk.

>>384697250
What a big boss ripoff design

>>384694712
Dynasty Warriors 6 was a mistake

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>>384698567
I do as well, but Empires is really its own thing that just uses assets from the main series. It's also a great gateway into RotTK proper. Real interesting ramifications of DW9 changes could be seen in the next Empires game, though.

>>384681046
>>384681076
Optimized for baby football

>>384699064
Is ROTK13 with PUK cracked yet?

Can't wait to see Lu Bu's DW9 design

>being hyped despite the gorillion licensed spinoffs being made at the moment
Not hyped at all desu.
They should stick to licensed spinoffs and release DW9 in a few more years.

>>384695494
>Someone was so mad they had to make this picture

>>384699358
Chinese version apparently is, but English one uses Denuvo. I don't think anyone bothered.

>>384699475
Read the thread.

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Where's my boy? The DW4/5 vibes from these designs make me excited for him.

>>384681046
I wish hack and slash/beat'em ups were more popular. I love this genre so much. I hate that shooters are so damn popular they are even the dominate genre on consoles. You can't even aim properly on a gamepad.

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W H E R E

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Where are my fellow Shu brethren at and who do you like most? For me it's either Guan Yu or Ma Chao.

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>/myguy/ finally has his stylish hat back

day 1 buy

>>384700116
pang tong 4 life

>>384699975
will they get rid of his pirate hat

>>384700223
I really like all the new designs so far. Yeah, women are still fap bait, but that's what they're for in the first place.

>>384682547
This.

Cao Cao is only a hero to neckbeards

>>384700223
He looks better with it.

>>384700726
i'd they the two women so far have much better designs then previously.

shang xiang in 6 and diao chan's stripper outfit were their worst designs by far.

>>384681472
He looks manly now. I wonder if he'll still act like a little bitch.

>>384681046
>>384681076
I've always likes this older design better than the DW8 design. It just suits him more.

>>384681739
That baby wasn't worth Zhao Yun nigga.

>>384682178
>why do you buy their shit? It's the same shit!

Because for once they are changing the formula a bit. Not sure how making it open world will do but I'l interested in checking it out.

>>384681978
DADDY YES

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how many lazors will Kongming have this game????

Ayo where that sun ce at

>>384691926
>>384685953
>Pursue me so I can laugh at you

I usually just play DW with friend for fun and not doing the story mode. Now I am wondering did they villainize Cao Cao and shill Liu Bei on DW too?

>>384702381
they always shilled liu bei

>>384702381
Because Cao Cao is a cock smoker and a failure.

>>384702381
Of course.

I only like the Empires series.

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>>384702520
>saved the Han from collapsing
>dealt with the economical, political and military concerns over the Central Plains
>laid the groundwork for the Wei/Jin Dynasty
>8 wives and 25 sons and several daughters
>cocksmoker and failure

I really really wished they kept up with the style of upgrade 2 had to 3. I played 4 and the battles became extremely small scale and lost all sense of significance.

DW3 will always be the best one despite its many flaws.

>>384703167
And yet he never got close to accomplishing his dreams. Sounds like a failure to me.

Can someone remind me because I can't remember playing DW7 but why was the story (apparently) SO much better than every other DW?
What made D7 so good /v/?

Do these games still have a 30 min timer?

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>Open world
I've got a bad feeling, but I'll still try it.

>>384703517
You are just feeling nostalgia because you can't remember the story, so you thought it was good when it was not.

>>384703167
>laid the groundwork for the Wei/Jin Dynasty
Wasn't Jin Dynasty literally cancer that left Northern part of China in the hands of barbarians?

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Man, Liu Bei looks different.

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>>384703405

>t. anon who will never get gf

how ironic

>>384699975
Am I pleb if Zhang Liao is my favorite?

>>384681046

The modding will be the shit on PC.

>>384681046

WHENS EMPIRES??

>An Empires version of this open world would basically be Kessen 4

My body is ready

>>384696173
>Higher difficulties can easily have them swarm you and mass attack if you arent on the move
Higher difficulties mostly just ups enemy health and damage output (+fewer healing item spawns), it doesn't dramatically change their AI. The scariest thing about these games on Chaos was getting hit by a random arrow or something, not getting overpowered by mobs.

>>384684557
I liked Diao Chan's story in DW6. She basically was what Koei pretends Liu Bei is in that one.

>>384698567
Too bad Koei doesn't lump Empires content in with the default game instead of jewing people.

>>384681978
I dunno whether I like his 8 look or this more but they're both fantastic

>>384681076
Finally, proper benevolence Liu Bei

>>384706120
Anyone who wants competent grunt AI in Musou games hasn't played them to any length. That's not the point of the game and getting stunlocked by cannon fodder would be far more annoying.

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>>384681757
This is really the return of the old designs

>>384681076
Nice, he looks like Liu Bei again. He's still a shit though.

>>384706446
Shame his personality is still in the ruined state.

>>384706541
Nah, the new personality is better.

I liked old Yuan Shao design but he was boring

>>384706387
I don't disagree with that at all. I'm just saying that what that anon was saying about mobs is incorrect.

>>384681757
Ugh, I wish he reverted too. This makes me think they're going to keep his shitty, prissy personality from DW7 and on.

>Siding with any of the kingdoms
They're all huge dicks, it's literally evil versus evil.

>>384703558
please respond

>>384699975
his 7 outfit was better desu

>>384704873
No, you just like when people WITNESS MY MIGHT

>>384681046
I'm not. Dynasty Warriors 9 Empires might be fun though. Might.

I'm more excited for DW9E and FEW than DW9. I guess I just don't get the appeal of the main series games.

>>384684557
>SSX
>best girl
Sorry but that is objectively Xingcai. I want her to get more armored and look more knightly.

>>384687776
>Mongol or Kyrgyz
Nigger what? Nanman lived in SW China and were likely related to the modern Miao/Hmong. Zhu Rong should probably look like a SEA Monkey.

>>384706657
Not a matter of evil at all (aside from maybe Dong Zhuo), the country was weak and needed to be led into the future by someone strong you dumb contrarian.

Who are the mightiest 5 warriors?
My votes
>Lu Bu
>Zhang Liao
>Dian Wei
>Zhang He
>Zhou Tai

>>384706835
>I guess I just don't get the appeal of the main series games.
They're the best ones. The spin-off musous are shallow as hell even by musou standards once the novelty of whatever gimmick it has going on wears off, typically the only people who disagree are the ones who are fans of the spin-off IP but are unfamiliar with musou games in general. The empire games are terrible musou games and terrible strategy games ontop of the character creation being extremely simplistic. The mainline games are where the devs try the hardest and it's obvious.

>>384706657
Pretty sure Wu was all about MUH LAND not really evil.

>>384707638
>The mainline games are where the devs try the hardest and it's obvious.
That's definitely true, at least. Maybe I'll give DW8 a shot soon.

>>384707265
Xingcai is Shu, she is automatically several tiers lower.
Now in Empire she would be great.

>>384695236
Either this is going to be very good or we're getting a DW6 situation where it falls on its face and we're back to normal with DW10. Especially with changing the movesets.

>>384707743
Look you know in any show the villain group has the one likable character. That is Xingcai.

I'm honestly kind of annoyed because the inclusion of Cheng Pu and going to open world likely means late era Wu gets fucked over again. No Sun Luban or Sun Luyu, no Lu Kang, no Zhuge Ke (probably no Zhuge Jin either even though he's earlier), etc.

>>384689084

>not acknowledging the absolute supremacy of Ma Chao

Have literally hundreds of hours on Dynasty Warriors 4 for PS2 with Ma Chao and Pang Tong

>>384699820

DW4 fucking masterrace

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>>384707638
Licensed spin-offs are clearly where Omega is testing new ideas to implement in the core series, though. Samurai and Dynasty are both comparatively conservative and take a long time to change course.

>>384700116
>>384700360

I really hope Pang Tong is better in 9, i really dislike the way he plays in 8.

>>384691951
Anon do you know that you can start as a free officer and choose to slowly get free officer bros to start a new kindgom with few people and become ruler?

>>384709476
I guess that anon didn't have ambitions

>>384681046
>hey, we have dozens of games with shitty primitive gameplay. shouldn't we fix it already?
>nah, just make it open world!
Musoushit never changes.

>>384694408
>they put some work into the graphics
We can expect silky smooth 25fps now, just like in Bladestorm.

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Best girl soon.

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>>384711572
That isn't Zhurong or Yueying in sexy boots

>>384704345
jin had a descent run until zhao put his retarded (he was an actual retard) son on the throne.

than to add insult to injury, Jia Chong daughter came in and made it even worse.

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>>384712091
I can't wait to see the Nanmans because I'm mostly wondering if they giving Meng his gloves back or they're going with his retarded pillar thing from DW6.