Dynasty Warriors is Everything Gamers Want - Why is it a Punchline?

From GamesReviews:

"When you look at franchises that give their userbase exactly what they've asked for, you'll suddenly realize something. They've become industry jokes. From Call of Duty through to Dynasty Warriors, these series tend to be at least relatively successful worldwide, but mention it in polite company (or on gaming forums, anyway) that you enjoy that game and suddenly your taste in games is called into question.

"Where does this gap between popularity and general core acceptance come from? Why will someone say that a company should "give the fans what they want" and then insult a company that does just that in the next sentence?"

[Xof]

Civilization does the same thing.

It's all about complexity.

All fans want is more of the same. With simple games, more of the same results in a proliferation of simple games--which gets boring and silly very quickly. More complex games, like Civilization and Total War, can release the same amount of supersimilar iterations and it's easier to accept them because the base game is much more complexity. We are more impressed by complexity, more prone to ridicule simplicity.

[matgrowcott]

It depends what you judge as complexity. If you're after deep strategy, the games you mentioned are, as you say, more of the same, but rightfully so.

If you want a deep action game, you can't knock Dynasty Warriors on its highest difficult level, and you'll definitely be required to think. The consecutive battles in Ambition mode in DW8 will be a gateway to a far harder experience.

My point is that it's only as simple as how you play. Hell, Civilisation is simple if all you do is press the next button.

[Lord_Sloth]

I have always and will always love and support Dynasty Warriors. DW8 is the best game yet!

[Tdmd]

I'm thinking about getting DW8, I haven't touched those games since DW5, back on xbox1 days.

[matgrowcott]

DW8 is a great game, although DW7 is as good for many of the same reasons. If you're looking to get back into the series but don't want to risk the cost, check out 7.

[Tdmd]

Does 7 and 8 share the same engine?

[matgrowcott]

Yeah, 7 and 8 share the same engine. 8 is definitely polished though.

[Bhuahahaha]

same here thinking of picking it up again

[FightFans]

COD is fun for multiplayer online only for me, first 4 DW were fun till the series getting repetitive and tedious. So I say DW is trash.

[Angeljuice]

They are great fun. I buy one or two per console generation. I love Total War for its complexities, I love Dynasty Warriors because it's pure, undiluted, arcade fun with hundreds of enemies in need of a good slashing/stampede etc.

Its an old school arcade game at heart and rather than modernise it, they just add new enemies and more on screen at once, and believe me there's a place in the market for games like that. Don't change, just keep doing what you do best (with a few tweaks each time).