Interview: Defending Dynasty Warriors

Next Generation writes:

"Dynasty Warriors has never enjoyed the status in the west that it has in Japan, where it was once the highest-selling series in gaming, with each iteration being rapturously received. We spoke to the producer of Dynasty Warriors 6, Ken Matsumoto, about working on a franchise that pleases its fans, but is routinely dismissed by western critics."

[Rikitatsu]

and I don't CARE about what those FPS geeks say to Downplay this Franchise!!

[YoMeViet]

right on bro i'm getting mine on the 20th

[feejo]

Dynasty Warriors has never enjoyed the status in the west that it has in Japan,

What is Dynasty Warriors by the way, never eard of it here that why.

[Boink]

because it's a freaking button masher that is more repetative than being a greeter at walmart.

I don't know why japan loves this game, it blows...

[Marceles]

"Are there specific criticisms that annoy you?

Sometimes I feel annoyed. Comparing us to Halo, which I’ve seen on one occasion, is stupid – they’re just different. Games are often criticized on what they’re not rather than what they are. People got annoyed with Wii Sports because it didn’t have league tables, or allow you to have a three-wood in golf, or something, and it’s a brilliant game that’s simply not interested in offering those things."

Lol i like that 3-wood comment...some people just get too deep in the specs of a game instead of liking or not liking the game because of the gameplay. Thats been how its been ever since the beginning of this gen. If you're saying "I hate this game because it doesn't have a 3-wood", you're missing the point or you love totally realistic simulators. I hate simulator gamers...I enjoy realism but some of them get so deep into it, "I shot him in the bicep of his arm! why is he still shooting at me?" Come on dude...it's a video game thats why.

/end rant

[kevanio09]

...play a game like this that you can just relax and enjoy, why i enjoy wii sports

[v1c1ous]

i love DW games. but even i will admit its the same thing almost every game.

while it's not as big in west as it is in japan, it still does have a large following and sells enough that we get all the sequels+updates.

Koei does rehash, but not to the extent of Madden. at least you can tell the diff b/w dw3/4/5/6.

the problem with the west reviewers is that while japan loves repetition and the old, not so much in the west.

and it makes western reviewers mad when 4 months later after DW:X is released, we get DW: X extra legends, and then 4 months after DW: X XL heroes!

[SaiyanFury]

Dynasty Warriors doesn't appeal to everyone in the west for several reasons. One of the larger reasons is the popularity of shooting games over here. I, personally, greatly prefer the DW series to any shooting game. I'm tired of the torrential flood of shooting games coming out like every other week. Just me of course, my opinion doesn't reflect everyone.

[lil bush]

ive got to have my DW, cause its just fun imo, and offers plenty of hours that max over hundreds of hours, so to me its definaltly worth the purchase to me,also the combat looks really improved from the vids ive seen

[timmyp53]

Ken brings up some good points about reviewers.

[Enigma_2099]

With the saturation of FPS over here, youd think they'd feel the same way about those... but nooooooo....

[JeepGamer]

DW6 was enough to push no small number of consoles out the door when it came out in Japan. I've always enjoyed the series and I never quite understood why it wasn't more popular in America. Year after year I've watched critics proclaim "more of the same" in each Dynasty Warriors title but for some reason sports games are immune to this treatment.

[cmrbe]

But i love DW as its a purely fun button masher.