DYNASTY WARRIORS 7 Review

**KENT HAMMER** Mon Apr 25, 2011 9:34 pm

DYNASTY WARRIORS 7
a KOEI game, Reviewed by Kent Hammer

In the words of the peerless Lu Bu- "I respect your courage for coming this far alone! However, you are still going to die!"

For those of you not aware who Lu Bu is, you should be ashamed of yourselves you pitiful worms!

But on a positive note you are very lucky humans as you get to play through an entire decade long back catalogue of the greatest gaming series ever produced on a console.

Dynasty Warriors 7 is the latest release in the series and is easily the best so far. Its far more polished and well designed than before. In fact its much easier for people new to the series to get into the swing of things, with a well designed and balanced training mode to hack and slash things off with and gain your first 10G on your epic journey to 1000G *-)

Fans of the series will also be pleased to hear that our masters at KOEI have seen finally fit to include an auto-save system in this version! So gone are those constant manual save sessions after every mission. Also the general speed of all loading screens has been vastly improved and even the manual in mission saves you might do yourselves are uber fast and don't slow up the action in anyway.

You can complete the whole game on the beginner difficulty setting if you so wish, but is much more fun to play on at least normal and enjoy the challenge. You even have the option of split screen co-op or online co-op in the epic conquest mode.
Playing online with a friend is a right laugh and can often become a race to claim the scalps of the most prestigious generals before your buddy does.

You even get to employ tigers and elephants to help you in your tasks and the inclusion of siege weapons really adds to the fun!
Its a very powerful feeling when you are raining down your large fiery balls on the battlefield.

Dynasty Warriors is KOEI's take on the Battle for the three kingdoms, which takes place around 184AD and is a much written about period in China's history. It is a time when heroes were made and legends were written into the history books.

The Three kingdoms are Wei, Wu and Shu, but in DW7 were are spoilt as they have included Jin too for the first time as a playable faction. I truly enjoyed conquering all comers with my Wang Yuanji and you will too!

Story mode has been greatly improved with epic cut-scenes and a greater storyline than ever before. In fact this time you don't just pick a warrior and battle through the storyline with him, no this time you play as a different warrior or general in each section of the story as its now much more historically correct and much more fun playing as warriors you would never normally pick yourself. So plenty to keep you busy playing as each of the 4 factions before you are done with story mode.

Conquest mode is much more open and free, where you pick who you want to play as. This only changes when play each characters legendary battles where of course you use the general in question each time across 3 battles that set in stone his or her place in the history books.

This time around you can switch between any two weapons you like from your ever growing weapons haul. This is an awesomemungous addition and it never gets old as you also have the option of range weapons such as bows, crossbows and arm cannons plus you can dual wield if you like too! Basically an endless amount of combo's to satisfy even the most demanding of beheading specialists amongst you.

There is a basic RPG element included in that you are constantly upgrading and unlocking better weapons, armour and health. Plus each officer now has his own “EX” move that once learned will unleash a whole new level of hell on the enemy.

Button combos are used to create multiple different types of killing animations on the unsuspecting minions your battling against. Then finally there is your ultimate musou mode which you unlock by filling your kill meter and then unleash by simply hitting B, this is an unstoppable force and should be used wisely to kill the more hardy generals you face on the battlefield.

Basically Dynasty Warriors 7 is my game of the year so far, they have improved upon all that came before in every way. This is the game that will convince naysayers of the true addictive power of the warriors series. Join me on the battlefield and help me take down that bastard Lu Bu one last time.

This game is awarded an unparalleled 9 out 10 and puts the E into EPIC.

wewon5times Mon Apr 25, 2011 9:58 pm

Think this could be my next game purchase kent.
Nice review bud.

Leigh36295 Mon Apr 25, 2011 10:50 pm

Good review. I admit this looks pretty good. Will probably rent it after the comp this week Smile

Colne Crusader Mon Apr 25, 2011 11:29 pm

Excellent review Kent.
You've certainly sold it to me. I'm very intrigued to sample the series now!!

**KENT HAMMER** Tue Apr 26, 2011 2:12 am

Thanks for the support guys.

I included a video with Japanese voice overs as this is an available option as FREE DLC!!!

It really adds something playing the game in japanese, almost makes it more aggressive Twisted Evil

stubbymite Tue Apr 26, 2011 6:23 am

Nice review mate I really like the look of this will be getting this to add to my collection of the other dynasty games what a series

Rep for your review sir

Guest Tue Apr 26, 2011 10:47 am

Always play it in Japanese if i can, like Kent said it sounds more aggressive, plus it's the natural vioceovers. It sounds so much better to hear your guy or girl to scream something and think"Yeah, what he/she said!! Come Get Some!! Rawwwwwwww!!!" lol

Brilliant review mate, i would have done one myself if i was any good at forming a coherent sentance half the time and don't wander off in my imagination lol
"Playing online with a friend is a right laugh and can often become a race to claim the scalps of the most prestigious generals before your buddy does."

I win again!! lol Razz

Reppage

**KENT HAMMER** Tue Apr 26, 2011 1:16 pm

I don't play online with scabbyanymore......................

he is a kill stealer and always make me play as one of the girls with a little bow or a fan as a weapon while he picks Xu with massives swinging balls!!! Mad

Guest Wed Apr 27, 2011 9:56 am

I beg your pardon, i belive i was a woman anyway as they are faster moving round the battlefield.. nothing at all to do with Armour that covers the main and most vunerable parts of anatomy and swordplay.. nips and faf else lol
And i belive i was Zu Rong... the Amazonian Warrior.... omnomnom bouncy and lethal as hell

Guest Thu Apr 28, 2011 5:16 pm

Soon chaps you can dress up in school outfits Rolling Eyes

Usually, the idea of costumes as paid downloadable content inspires me to promptly hit the "ignore" button in my brain, but this is just too ridiculous to resist. Tecmo Koei is planning to release a set of school uniforms for Dynasty Warriors 7. This is awesome.

The uniforms have been designed for the Wei kingdom and will come packaged as School of Phoenix. Unlike other planned costume DLC, this will be paid, presumably because these clothes are all-original as opposed to the other garments from past games.

Also confirmed are three new weapon types -- the Scythe, the Axe and the Big Metal Hitting Stick Thing, and a bunch of background music from past games.

The first major DLC update is planned for the very end of this month/beginning of this month in North America and Europe.

**KENT HAMMER** Thu Apr 28, 2011 7:20 pm

Awesome, there is a lack of DLC for DW games compared to other series.

They don't have any Avatar stuff either
Sad

wewon5times Thu Apr 28, 2011 7:26 pm

I want this game even more now.

**KENT HAMMER** Thu May 05, 2011 12:48 pm

The following DLC is now available-

Costume Pack 0 (costumes from the first game) - 80 MS Points/$1.00
Costume Pack 1 (costumes from DW6) - 80 MS Points/$1.00
Japanese Voice Option - Free
New Stage & BGM Pack 1 (Sanjiang Castle map, plus eight music tracks from DW5/DW6) - 240 MS Points/$3.00
Weapon Pack 1 (Dagger-Axe and Bomb) - $2.00

**KENT HAMMER** Wed May 25, 2011 2:31 pm

Information about the 2nd DLC (downloadable content) batch for Dynasty Warriors 7 has been revealed. The 2nd batch of DLC will be available for purchase on May 24th in North America and May 25th in Europe.

Original Costume Pack 1 – Use original costumes for 13 Wei officers including uniforms, suits, high school club outfits, etc. [$4.99, £3.99 (PSN) / 400 MSP (XBL)]

Stage Pack 1 – Includes Yellow Turban and Hulao Gate stages with a total of 6 scenarios remastered from DW2. Yellow Turban Rebellion, Fall of the Han, Test of Faith, Battle of Hulao Gate, Allied Invasion Resistance, and Sishui Gate Defensive Battle. [$3.99, £3.19 (PSN) / 320 MSP (XBL)]

New Weapon Pack 2 – Short Pike and Mace. [$1.99, £1.59 (PSN) / 160 MSP (XBL)]

Costume Pack 2 – Use costumes from Dynasty Warriors 5 for all 46 characters who appeared in the game. [$0.99, £0.79 (PSN) / 80 MSP (XBL)]

Guest Wed May 25, 2011 5:10 pm

Hu Lao Gate... i member it well... back in the day when this were nowt but a bunch o pixles...
cheers for the heads up.. shame the Marketplace is having a few problems at present, will have to get the maps as and when i can

**KENT HAMMER** Thu Aug 11, 2011 1:19 pm

COSTUME PACK 3
Release Date: August 16 (US), August 17 (EU)
Price: $0.99 / €0.99 / £0.79 / 80 MSP
- Use costumes from DYNASTY WARRIORS 4 for all 42 characters who appeared in the game. Furthermore, Cao Pi, Ling Tong, Guan Ping, and Xing Cai are included, too.

STAGE PACK 2
Release Date: August 16 (US), August 17 (EU)
Price: $1.99 / €1.99 / £1.59 / 160 MSP
- Play the ‘Changban’ and ‘Guandu’ stages in CONQUEST MODE, with 3 scenarios remastered from DYNASTY WARRIORS 2 for each stage. The ‘Changban’ stage includes the ‘Battle of Changban’, ‘Destruction of Changban’ and ‘Escape from Changban’ scenarios. The ‘Guandu’ stage includes the 「Battle of Guandu」,「Capture of Guandu」and 「Invasion of Guandu」scenarios.

WEAPON RANK PACK 1
Release Date: August 16 (US), August 17 (EU)
Price: $3.99 / €3.99 / £3.19 / 320 MSP
- Complete new scenarios in Conquest Mode to acquire new versions of 35 different weapons from the game, and 5 downloadable weapons for players who have downloaded those weapons.

NEW STAGE AND BGM PACK 2
Release Date: August 16 (US), August 17 (EU)
Price: $2.99 / €2.99 / £2.39 / 240 MSP
- This pack features a brand new stage for Conquest Mode: Ji Castle! Three distinct scenarios are available to be played out on this stage, the home of the King of Nanzhong, Meng Huo. Additionally, 8 BGM music are included, featuring tracks from DYNASTY WARRIORS 4 and DYNASTY WARRIORS 5.

Ba5sett Mon Jun 18, 2012 9:09 am

Just seen this at zavvi for £14.95 really tempted to get it!

**KENT HAMMER** Mon Jun 18, 2012 10:18 am

That's a great price for my fave 1000 on the 360! Very Happy

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