That would be perfect.
It could even let them avoid "older" characters looking younger than others that should be younger than them. If they do that for most of them atleast (doubt they will as it will take too much work).
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Samurai Warriors 5 out July 27th (Switch/PS4/XBO/Steam), new trailer
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It could even let them avoid "older" characters looking younger than others that should be younger than them. If they do that for most of them atleast (doubt they will as it will take too much work).
I always thought that was awesome, as you are correct. It was historically accurate! Going to take a bit of getting used to the new young design, but I can't say I dislike it.
Yeah, I would love if it was like the Sanada game, but focused on Nobunaga.
What a great artstyle shift, simple but so effective. Definitely on my radar just because of that, tbh.
Since it's a numbered installment it probably won't be this, but I imagine they will put more effort into Nobunaga and Mitsuhide's specific campaigns to square things off.
Which is probably good, Mitsuhide in particular has been markedly sidelined post-SW2.
Yup.
Look at at clean ass design!! That man has style.
These are both good points, and honestly I feel like a chronicle of his life is the ONLY way we are going to see the majority of the cast because otherwise they can't show up, and I don't imagine Koei is going to invent 30+ new characters
The interesting thing about his SW5 design is that while he's YOUNGER, it really does just look like a clean-shaven Nobunaga if you pause the trailer on one of his close-ups. As soon as the facial hair pops up it'll be the face we know, I imagine.
Nioh 2 did the exact same thing last year, amusingly.
This has been in development for quite a while and I'd imagine in a non-Covid world would have been released by now.
The last spin-off, Spirits of Sanada, had two completely separate Yukimuras though, so there is still a chance the older Nobunaga will be there too.
I just wonder, assuming it doesn't progress through decades of time, what other characters will they be pulling to make playable? Have they EVER grabbed officers from around this time and made them playable?
I really hope we get to see him with some facial hair, lol, it is too iconic.
Ironically enough I am downloading Nioh 2 now.
OK, I will admit seeing this gives me hope lol. How was SoS? I never touched it.
https://www.siliconera.com/samurai-...ont-be-announced-until-later-in-2019-or-2020/
Yeah, and there were some rumors that they changed directions after DW9 reception.
I imagine we're going to see like a Nobunaga Arc and then a post-Nobunaga Arc. They definitely got enough mileage out of the Tokugawa/Toyotomi conflict in the previous two games so I imagine they won't EMPHASIZE that part of history as much.
That being said, there really aren't that many hugely prominent generals from that era outside of Nobunaga, Tokugawa, Hideyoshi (eventually), Mitsuhide and Imagawa. They usually like to pair Hanzo with Tokugawa in the Imagawa days but I don't think Hanzo WAS active at that time? (edit: checked, I'm wrong, he DID fight with Ieyasu against the Imagawa, lol)
They could promote Hidemitsu Akechi to playable, I guess? Make a bit of a joke about the fact we'll never get another Onimusha but here's Samanosuke anyway?
Hmm, only 5 or 6 then? Yeah they will either have to grab some lesser known peeps, be loose with history, or it actually will cover a variety of years. I could see the final Oda mission being the one where he dies.
Also yo I would love to see Samanosuke, big credit if they make him like his Onimusha character lmao.
It is pretty funny, Hidemitsu sorties in virtually EVERY stage where Mitsuhide is a commander but he's never been playable. He's like Cheng Pu used to be on the DW side.
It's a shame Cheng Pu is locked behind DW9, I've honestly wanted to see him playable for years. Nothing feels better than seeing an officer finally get upgraded to a playable character.
Yeah. Back in my teen years when I hung out on the Dynasty Warriors GameFAQs forums we were already yelling about Cheng Pu and that was 15 years ago.
God, that actually brings brings back memories. I was always hopping between SW, DW and WO boards myself. I loved reading and watching tier lists for those games, some of those characters were stupidly broken.
He did refer to himself as a Demon King (specifically 第六天魔王, Demon King of the Sixth Heaven) in a letter to Takeda Shingen, so take from that what you will.
Admittedly, that's more Capcom's bag, over in Sengoku Basara and Onimusha.
Koei has always loved making their version(s) a much more pragmatic, if not still skirting the line between all-knowing Jedi Master/sinister Sith Lord, depending on the game and series.
I mean I get that, but the game has so many of them so downgrading Nobunaga into yet another pretty boy is only making less variety and isn't as cool looking as his original design.
If the story features this younger, scrappier Nobunaga slowly turning into the demon king from the previous games, which then climaxes at Honno-ji, then I think that would be really good.
I have to wonder, between this and Neo TWEWY, why aren't dev's announcing PS5 versions? Yes it will work on the console but I thought companies would be aiming for the current gen?
I recognised it was a Musou immediately, it's the same art style as Fire Emblem Warriors, or very similar.
I recognised it was a Musou immediately, it's the same art style as Fire Emblem Warriors, or very similar.
My theory is that it is too much work for little gain. Sure, you get dual sense features but the game wouldn't look that much better if they did a straight port.
Unfortunately PS5 game sales are doing horribly in japan, PS4 still has its large base and the switch is the defacto market leader there, add the fact that the PS5 is BC and devs can just ignore it because the PS4 version would sale more and the guys commited to PS5 can still play it via BC
They are definitely an acquired taste. Mindless button mashing for hundreds of similar levels in a row just beating helpless soldiers thousands at a time. Fun unwinding and a guilty pleasure. Characters are sort of based in real historical figures but are anime samurais and half naked ladies.
It's why I loved Kessen 3. The story was different than the usual demon king stuff. Hopefully this game is following suit.
Official site's open, and has some nice art on the BG: https://www.koeitecmoamerica.com/sw5/
Nouhime/Kicho is using a bow, so I guess we gonna see more than a couple of weapon changes to go with these younger, reinvigorated versions of the chars.
Nouhime/Kicho is using a bow, so I guess we gonna see more than a couple of weapon changes to go with these younger, reinvigorated versions of the chars.
I'm really liking the artwork. I wish it translated just a bit better into 3D, but it looks cool. When Nobunaga does his special attack and it transitions into the artistic style, it looks really nice. I'm excited to see what it looks like for other characters.
I'm hoping for some new and interesting mechanics. Hyper Attacks were interesting, but it got kind of boring after a while. There's been a lot of creativity in the licensed Warriors games as of late, so hopefully that passion shows here too.
I'm hoping for some new and interesting mechanics. Hyper Attacks were interesting, but it got kind of boring after a while. There's been a lot of creativity in the licensed Warriors games as of late, so hopefully that passion shows here too.
Lol, they basically turned everyone into a bishounen.
I like the artstyle though, much more pleasing than their regular games.
I like the artstyle though, much more pleasing than their regular games.
Loved Spirit of Sanada last year so I'll definitely pick this up day one. Might even opt for PC if it's optimized well enough.
I mean, it'd be a tall order to redesign every SW character and give them all different movelists just for one game.
Which is a shame because I absolutely love SW4 and wanted more of that.
They might as well hire the Basara devs at this point if they want to move the series forward.
After Nioh 2 having young Nobunaga, and Chronicles 3 giving us an earlier battle than Okehezama with Nagorigawa, I was anticipating they'd have some more focus on Nobunaga's early stuff, wasn't expected a Spirit of Sanada type game though.
You can see Oda soldiers fighting against soldiers with the Saito banner. Nobunaga's father-in-law, Dosan Saito, has had a unique appearance since SW1, and I've been wondering if they'll ever add him. This should finally be the opportunity to do so. I imagine his son, Yoshitatsu, will get added too. There's a good story to be told with them.
There's another battle against soldiers with the Imagawa banner. And its daytime, so I doubt its Okehazama, what with it being a nighttime battle. I take it Nobunaga isn't going to be lord at the beginning, and we'll be seeing his father, and his fights against Yoshimoto Imagawa. Hope they take a cue from Nioh 2, and make Yoshimoto not a joke character. They were already doing a split personality/facade thing in SW4, so they could go further with that.
I imagine we'll be seeing younger Ieyasu, as a hostage and friend to Nobunaga. Hideyoshi should be around, I was wondering if he was the brown haired dude in the trailer. Could be Toshiie too. I have no idea who the red haired ninja girl is. It'd be a pretty drastic redesign for Nene, but maybe it is? I want to see Yasuke in this game.
If this game is really going to be serious about focusing only on Nobunaga and Mitsuhide, then it'd have to end at Honnoji/Yamazaki. Maybe they pull a trick and have Mitsuhide survive like the one historical rumor goes, so they can go further. They did that in Nioh actually.
I'm worried about the moveset revamps. I'm going to miss Nobunaga's lightsaber. And I can't say I'm happy about Noh getting a bow instead of the claws. And I wonder how many characters we end up losing with the narrowed focus.
You can see Oda soldiers fighting against soldiers with the Saito banner. Nobunaga's father-in-law, Dosan Saito, has had a unique appearance since SW1, and I've been wondering if they'll ever add him. This should finally be the opportunity to do so. I imagine his son, Yoshitatsu, will get added too. There's a good story to be told with them.
There's another battle against soldiers with the Imagawa banner. And its daytime, so I doubt its Okehazama, what with it being a nighttime battle. I take it Nobunaga isn't going to be lord at the beginning, and we'll be seeing his father, and his fights against Yoshimoto Imagawa. Hope they take a cue from Nioh 2, and make Yoshimoto not a joke character. They were already doing a split personality/facade thing in SW4, so they could go further with that.
I imagine we'll be seeing younger Ieyasu, as a hostage and friend to Nobunaga. Hideyoshi should be around, I was wondering if he was the brown haired dude in the trailer. Could be Toshiie too. I have no idea who the red haired ninja girl is. It'd be a pretty drastic redesign for Nene, but maybe it is? I want to see Yasuke in this game.
If this game is really going to be serious about focusing only on Nobunaga and Mitsuhide, then it'd have to end at Honnoji/Yamazaki. Maybe they pull a trick and have Mitsuhide survive like the one historical rumor goes, so they can go further. They did that in Nioh actually.
I'm worried about the moveset revamps. I'm going to miss Nobunaga's lightsaber. And I can't say I'm happy about Noh getting a bow instead of the claws. And I wonder how many characters we end up losing with the narrowed focus.
If they do a Spirit of Sanada approach we may still see the original design of Nobunaga as he ages.