James Batchelor asks the publisher how the series has lasted so long.
Famed for its multi-million selling success in the East, Tecmo Koei’s Dynasty Warriors series celebrates its tenth anniversary this year.
But the hard work is not over yet. The publisher is still trying to grow the franchise’s UK audience and it believes helping gamers to better understand the series’ appeal is the solution.
During its Tokyo Game Show 2020 Presentation, Koei Tecmo revealed Shin Sangokumusou or Dynasty Warriors for mobile platforms.
From One Piece to Fire Emblem, Dynasty Warriors has gotten quite a few spin-offs the past few years. But what franchises do we think deserve the same treatment?
I've pined over the idea of a power rangers musou style game for years, and i want all the corny stuff that comes with it like the trampoline flips, over exaggerated writhing when hit, being able to see the wrinkles in the spandex, and having every boss fall slowly while you look away only to explode massively for like 5secs when it hits the ground
There was already a LOTR one called The Lord of the Rings: Conquest, and it was actually really fun. would love a remaster or sequel to it
There are few worse fates for a game franchise than neglect. Even a poor conclusion seems like a kinder prospect: you at least have that sense of closure. A neglected series never truly goes away, always trapped between the possibilities of continuation or cancellation. There are countless reasons for why it might happen – financial difficulties, publishing struggles and so on – but it's always difficult to see.
"Even a poor conclusion seems like a kinder prospect: you at least have that sense of closure."
I don't know if I agree with this sentence. It makes me think of the Zero Escape series (999 Nonary Games, Virtue's Last Reward, Zero Time Dilemma). The first two games are so great, and the last one is such a huge disappointment... As long as it wasn't made, we still had that expectation that it could be made some day, and it would be great. But now that they made it, and it's bad, we know there will never be a great final game that this series deserves.
