Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce

[Orion]

Ma Chao is better than Guan Yu. As is Dun.

However, you all suck for not talking about the game.

[Kaden]

Ma Chao didn't get the nickname "god of war."

There's not much to talk about, though. There's not a lot of info on the website. The whole "customization" thing sounds like it could be cool. Maybe that's how you get your warrior to look like they've gone SSJ.

[Mr. Zhu]

That's Cao Ren.

Who cares, they all are.

I still can't get over how sexy Wei Yan looks.

[Lucifer]

Guan Yu is worshipped as a god in China, even today.

You should all read the book.

Also they should've stopped making these games at DW3.

[Kaden]

Also they should've stopped making these games at DW3.

You are incorrect, sir.

[Vad]

Also they should've stopped making these games at DW3.

I agree to a point. Played 2 first. Got 3, story remained the same, except for the addition of the Nan Man campaign and other things. 4...again same thing, just improved on stuff already there and adding minor things. I stopped keeping track after 4.

All in all though. I severely enjoyed them.

[Jack]

I've never played a Dynasty Warriors ever. I've played Romance of The Three Kingdoms. They use similar people?

[Vad]

I've never played a Dynasty Warriors ever. I've played Romance of The Three Kingdoms. They use similar people?

Same story, same characters different era of gaming.

[Orion]

You should all read the book.

I would if I could find a copy of it. The story is half the reason why I love the games so much. But I'll be getting a credit card in a few days, so then online shopping will be opened to me.

[Kaden]

I agree to a point. Played 2 first. Got 3, story remained the same, except for the addition of the Nan Man campaign and other things. 4...again same thing, just improved on stuff already there and adding minor things.

Did... you expect anything to be different? There's not a whole lot to change. They have the stories and the characters and everything else laid.

I wouldn't really care if they stopped making the games (though I agree with Orion, the story is half the reason I keep playing the game) if there were something to fill the hole that would be left. But there's not. No one even comes close to the Dynasty Warriors level of slaughtering hundreds of helpless peons with every swing of your sword.

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I've never played a Dynasty Warriors ever. I've played Romance of The Three Kingdoms. They use similar people?

People and story are the same, but the gameplay could not be any more different.

[Mr. Zhu]

Guan Yu is worshipped as a god in China, even today.

You should all read the book.

Also they should've stopped making these games at DW3.

I've read both versions. The one where it is actually historical events was quite boring compared to the one that was based around the historical events but portrayed Liu Bei as the protagonist. The one where Liu Bei is a protagonist actually mytholizes ZhugeLiang more than it did Guan Yu. However, it is true that Guan Yu is worshipped as a god in Chinese culture. I should know -.-.

[Kaden]

Zhuge Liang should be worshiped. He's almost as badass as Guan Yu. Hell, even when he was dead people were still afriad of him.

[Mr. Zhu]

Zhuge Liang should be worshiped. He's almost as badass as Guan Yu. Hell, even when he was dead people were still afriad of him.

You think that because modern people are influenced by the second book which was NOT actually history. In real history, the actual book based on facts, The Three Kingdoms proved a lot of things in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms wrong, sorry to shatter this, but 70% of the Zhuge Liang you know is completely fictional.

[Kaden]

No, that's not why I think that.

It was a reference to the story about Sima Yi retreating from the battle of the Wu Zhang Plains after Zhuge Liang was already dead.

Dude, everything about those games is pretty much made up. Zhao Yun didn't fight off an army single-handedly, people couldn't conjure winds to move boats, and the leader of the Yellow Turbans wasn't able to breathe fire.

But, in case you missed it, that's what this thread is about. The games.

[Mr. Zhu]

No, that's not why I think that.

It was a reference to the story about Sima Yi retreating from the battle of the Wu Zhang Plains after Zhuge Liang was already dead.

Dude, everything about those games is pretty much made up. Zhao Yun didn't fight off an army single-handedly, people couldn't conjure winds to move boats, and the leader of the Yellow Turbans wasn't able to breathe fire.

But, in case you missed it, that's what this thread is about. The games.

I wasn't talking about the game though, someone mentioned the actual book so I started to share lol.

Interesting thing though, in Chang Ban Bridge, Zhang Fei killed 2 generals and injured 2 general, and by achieving that Zhang Fei actually did fight off an army single-handedly. Cao Cao saw Zhang Fei killed two of his loyal generals, and injured two others, and with Pang Tong in the back rustling the forest behind as if he had a large amount of back-up coming, Cao Cao retreated with a 100,000 men force. Pretty impressive.

The reason that Zhuge Liang 'conjured' the wind was not to move the boats, but to spread the fire tactic that they were planning. According to The Three Kingdoms he actually predicted that there was going to be wind that day, and he did the conjuring bs to fool Zhou Yu so they were intimidated to touch him after he summoned the wind, because Wu and Shu were very hostile even during the time they worked together.

Yeah, I don't know about the Zhang Jiao thing being able to breathe fire... Apparently he did know some sort of wizardry, but its not specifically documented in the book. The reason why the Yellow Turbans were such devout followers was because of Zhang Jiao's ability to perform magic and actually convinced his followers that he was sent by god himself. That's why the rebellion was so successful.

Anyways, enough history. Back to talking about the game.

I don't like how the game makes Zhao Yun seem like the main character when he is obviously not even close to being the most important asset in Shu.

[Kaden]

I knew about the wind thing. My point was that he didn't have magic powers, no matter what they say in the video games.

I don't like how the game makes Zhao Yun seem like the main character when he is obviously not even close to being the most important asset in Shu.

I think they were just trying to break away from the "big three" that had been so central in the previous games. Regardless, I agree. He's way more "main character" than he should be.

I like how they scaled back the ridiculousness of some of the weapons in the most recent DW game. It seems like everyone uses a spear/halberd of some type, but they use them in completely different ways.

I was actually a huge fan of Sima Yi's chain thingies. He could handle crowds like nobody's business.

[Mr. Zhu]

I don't like their alteration of Wei Yan's weapon. He used to be like this fast crazy speed-demon thing that was not afraid to roll around in dirt. But now he's like carrying a huge ass mace, quite a major adjustment if you ask me.

I think they should base more weapons that actually existed in history, like Guan Yu's big ass sword, and Zhang Fei's pointy snake spear, and Lu Bu's incredibly long ass halberd that would be killer to maneuver. They should input Liu Bei's dual swords that actually existed.

It's funny how they have like Nunchucks and fricken Samurai swords and what the hell is up with Huang Gai's bomb thing? Fricken firepowder was invented in like, the Yuan dynasty which is a couple thousands years after the Three Dynasties.

[Kaden]

I don't like their alteration of Wei Yan's weapon. He used to be like this fast crazy speed-demon thing that was not afraid to roll around in dirt. But now he's like carrying a huge ass mace, quite a major adjustment if you ask me.

Yeah, I think he pretty much blows. Which is lame, since he used to be about as badass as they come.

and what the hell is up with Huang Gai's bomb thing? Fricken firepowder was invented in like, the Yuan dynasty which is a couple thousands years after the Three Dynasties.

I dunno... I've heard of Zhuge Liang being credited with having invented landmines. Whether or not that's true is fairly irrelevant. The point is that I'm sure they had some way of making stuff blow up.

[Mr. Zhu]

According to, well more history. There were traces firecrackers and such seen in the Tang Dynasty, but that is still after the Three Kingdoms, and the first time where they were used in war as weapons was definitely in Yuan Dynasty

[Kaden]

Meh. Bombs are dumb anyway.

I say less bombs more magnificent beards.