The Samurai Warriors franchise has always played second fiddle to sister series Dynasty Warriors, especially over here in the West. Where the latter is now up to its eighth main instalment, without counting any spin-offs, Samurai Warriors has only just reached its fourth incarnation. To the inexperienced, there isn't much to separate the two sets of games, and to an extent, there's an element of truth to this. They both largely follow the same structure of hacking and slashing your way through expansive historical battlefields, but proceedings have always felt a little more refined on the Japanese side of things. Whether this is because there's more development time between titles is up for debate, but there's no doubt that, more often than not, Samurai Warriors tends to be the more polished of Koei's creations.
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This problem that was partially fixed when Koei released 4-II, but what about the original? Having already played Dynasty Warriors and Orochi Warriors 3, Bit Cultures was excited to get into the Samurai Warriors series for the first time and see the characters that had already been introduced to in their stories.
Amazon has discounted Dynasty Warriors 8 Empires (20% off to $39.99 on Xbox One), Samurai Warriors 4 Special Anime Pack (34% off to $49.36 on PS4) and Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate (40% off to $23.99 on PS4).
Really, really looking forward to this. Does the PS4 PSN update at the same time as for other platforms? 4pm EST-ish?
I think it varies where you live. It is generally around 3 to 4 PM here on the East Coast of USA. This game does look like it would be a lot of fun. I haven't played something like this in a while. Since the last Dynasty Warriors I played on the Xbox 360. I may give this a shot.
If other reviews are this good or similar then I'll consider getting it for Vita.