Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce (Playstation 3)

It is another installment for you Dynasty Warrior fans. I bought this for my son who has loved these games since they first started. He had a good time with it and it gave him many hours of enjoyment.

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Recieved the game (PS3) on the 22nd, and have been playing it off & on for some hours now. It's pretty good if you like fighting games w/leveling perks or are just a fan of the Dynasty Warriors series.

I myself have only DW6, DW:Empires and now this one on console. I've played some of the older games on my PC, so I am a little bit used to the series, albiet not an expert. So far this is pretty fun, not overly complicated but also not too simple. The audio is well done and the graphics are nice although alot of the enemy troops look like clones, this does work well enough for this game as it can get pretty hectic and fast & furious with alot going on at once, it hasn't hiccuped or slowed down at all-plays smoothly. The jumping and fighting in the air is pretty cool, especially since I am using an archer as my primary weapon is a bow. Can pull off some cool double jumps and start firing away in flight, and since I'm basically starting out, I have been fighting mostly ground troops. Jump up on a few ledges and leap off from there spraying arrows into the crowd below, this is works well when they start climbing up the ledges/areas after you. The controls are easy enough, well placed and very responsive (just a tap on a button and it responds instantly). I havn't tried online yet as I am just starting out and checking out of what little I can see of the map so far & getting a feel of the game. The towns offer storage, blacksmith, shrines, guards, merchants,quest boards and more. I think I counted 8+ or so NPCs I could interact with at the beginning town of the clan I chose. The map can be zoomed in and out, you can change secondary weapons with a button press. So far a good hack n' slash fighting game that expands more as you move up in experience, to distribute skills as you see fit for your chosen character. There are 3 clans, each with 10 I think different characters to choose from that are all completely different from each other, although some seem like hybrids of the primary "class" types. DW:Strikeforce allows you the option of installing it to your hdd. The animations are good, the graphics look nice especially the special effects. This was a topic that I had planned to write up a proper review after I play this some more and experiment, but alas there is no review yet. I think it's safe to say people that like KOEI games will enjoy this very much. To me this one is better than DW:6 and DW:6 Empires. There seems to be more options available and more flexability in Strikeforce. On the PSN store there are addons, if I remember correctly. I will edit this mini review as I play it more, so far the missions are fetching, assassinations and diversions that I have seen with some mean arse bosses, again I'm still new to Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce and never played on the PSP, but looking at it's reviews (around 80%+) and much better graphics, the full console version is much more in depth and of course much better looking. I enjoyed Dynasty Warriors 6 over Empires, and this one seems more like DW:6 in gameplay, but just better all around. Much more slick in every way. If you like the series, this game won't let you down. I almost want to say it's DW:6+, but it is much more that that with the much wanted/requested online co-op/multiplayer options. Ok back to my mission of explorational slaughterfest.

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Game shipped fast, came in perfect condition.

It is a weird game at first but it is nice to see Koie try something different and it is a fun game.

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