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Berserk Musou (PS4/PC/Vita in the West) has first images shared by store flyer, info
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That's the PS2 game.
That's a major plot point for the series and quite possible one of the most important moments in the entire manga/anime. It has to be shown.
Vigilant Gambit
Member
Yo, so, I guess I'll be the voice of dissent here.
I liked Dynasty Warriors games, and the Warriors/Musou series in general. I only ever dabbled in them, but always had a good time. I got Hyrule Warriors, and it was fun, but I never really stuck with it.
I got caught up in the hype around the time Sengoku Basara 4 Sumeragi dropped on PS4, and pulled the trigger...
And I have to say, Sumeragi is to Lego Technics as Musou is to Duplo at this point, in my book. Like, you might have a special attack button that throws bombs or fires arrows or whatever. Beyond that, your combo options are mash X 14 times, or mash X and then mash Y at different times. The options feel limited, and there's only so much you can do in terms of having fun with it. It's mindless, for the most part, even with that whole dodge/exploit weakness mechanic Hyrule Warriors had.
In Sumeragi, and I don't exaggerate here, each character has gameplay depth approaching the level of a Devil May Cry 3 character. And there are 40 characters. With no clones. Some are fast, some are slow, one's basically a Zaku, another's basically Ryu...
Anyway, my point is, I really wish one of these companies would license their IP to Capcom's Basara team, so we could get a proper licensed beat em up (from someone other than Platinum).
I liked Dynasty Warriors games, and the Warriors/Musou series in general. I only ever dabbled in them, but always had a good time. I got Hyrule Warriors, and it was fun, but I never really stuck with it.
I got caught up in the hype around the time Sengoku Basara 4 Sumeragi dropped on PS4, and pulled the trigger...
And I have to say, Sumeragi is to Lego Technics as Musou is to Duplo at this point, in my book. Like, you might have a special attack button that throws bombs or fires arrows or whatever. Beyond that, your combo options are mash X 14 times, or mash X and then mash Y at different times. The options feel limited, and there's only so much you can do in terms of having fun with it. It's mindless, for the most part, even with that whole dodge/exploit weakness mechanic Hyrule Warriors had.
In Sumeragi, and I don't exaggerate here, each character has gameplay depth approaching the level of a Devil May Cry 3 character. And there are 40 characters. With no clones. Some are fast, some are slow, one's basically a Zaku, another's basically Ryu...
Anyway, my point is, I really wish one of these companies would license their IP to Capcom's Basara team, so we could get a proper licensed beat em up (from someone other than Platinum).
E_Darkness
Member
Griffith's movelist seems to have leaked:
Mash square to sacrifice your friends
I laughed, then cried.
Should I pull the trigger? I've never read manga/comics.
As someone who is having the last 2 volumes delivered this week, yeah your should pull the trigger. It is fantastic. Buckle up.
Brian_FETO
Banned
Brand Of Sacrifice temporary tattoo preorder bonus when
I remember a really good sandwich shop I used to go to that was near the foot of one my favorite mountains to hike that had a bunch of the same guys running and working there. I remember one of them took my order and turned around to start making my sandwich at the opposite counter and I noticed he had the brand of sacrifice on the back of his neck right where Guts did. Well one thing lead to another and my hiking trip was delayed for like an hour and a half while we nerded out about Berserk.
So, when it comes out on PC we replace all the BGM with Forces, right?
Get Vagabond instead. Unless you wanna be filled in on Berserk before you read the game. If you do, don't get discouraged by the art early on, Miura gets so much better, he probably has the 3rd best manga art after Inoue and Murata.
Should I pull the trigger? I've never read manga/comics.
Get Vagabond instead. Unless you wanna be filled in on Berserk before you read the game. If you do, don't get discouraged by the art early on, Miura gets so much better, he probably has the 3rd best manga art after Inoue and Murata.
MMaRsu
Banned
Musou game? Nahh fuck that
Why cant we get a good Nioh/Dark Souls style adventure game with amazing Berserk combat?
I know the dreamcast game was shit but it had the right idea.
Yeah I wanna hack and slash through a million enemy's without the fear of dying or have any challenge -_-
What a waste
Why cant we get a good Nioh/Dark Souls style adventure game with amazing Berserk combat?
I know the dreamcast game was shit but it had the right idea.
Yeah I wanna hack and slash through a million enemy's without the fear of dying or have any challenge -_-
What a waste
Damn you got me good...
I highlighted this with the swiftness and got hit by the savagery.
Brian_FETO
Banned
Ha! Dedication.
Musou game? Nahh fuck that
Why cant we get a good Nioh/Dark Souls style adventure game with amazing Berserk combat?
I know the dreamcast game was shit but it had the right idea.
Yeah I wanna hack and slash through a million enemy's without the fear of dying or have any challenge -_-
What a waste
Yeah, what a waste that they fit a manga about a man who 50% of the time is hacking through hordes of enemies with no fear of dying with a game genre about exactly that.
I'm looking forward to this but I agree it would be amazing if the Basara team was doing it, its a shame the games arent more well known because they do feel a step above in some ways.
Man, you shoulda read through the whole Golden Age arc, the movies are pretty meh.
You should really start from the beginning as you're missing out on a ton of character and world building. It sounds like you cut out one of the absolute best parts of the series and what is highly regarded as possible one of the best arcs in all of manga/anime. Go back and read it.
FlashbladeGAF
Member
Go back and read...
Game will possibly cut out some stuff do to pacing, content, etc...
Plus that art!
What are you doing?
Go back and read the volumes you skipped asap, no way in hell will and can the game (even the anime) cover and adapt this arc without missing stuff etc.
Admiral Woofington
Member
In case someone who hasn't read the manga is curious and misses the title, don't click this spoiler as it spoils a big event from the show/manga
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
What are you doing?
Go back and read the volumes you skipped asap, no way in hell will and can the game (even the anime) cover and adapt this arc without missing stuff etc.
Shit, even people who watched the TV series should go back and read the manga. Later on, there are huge chunks of the story that the anime skips (due to those things kinda being inconsequential given where the anime ends.)
Brian_FETO
Banned
Not to pile on with everyone else but:
I don't even really like the Golden Age arc compared to the rest that I've read (I like the demons/horror, not battlefield tactics and whatnot) but it's worth it in the long run. Shit gets real as it progresses and leads to some of the darker more powerful stuff afterwards that's been hinted at throughout the series
Example:
When I got to the true nature of it I was like "ohhh nooooooo" lol
I don't even really like the Golden Age arc compared to the rest that I've read (I like the demons/horror, not battlefield tactics and whatnot) but it's worth it in the long run. Shit gets real as it progresses and leads to some of the darker more powerful stuff afterwards that's been hinted at throughout the series
Example:
The baby.
Just to reinforce this for anyone who comes later and thinks that maybe the 6 people before me were wrong, reading from the start really adds a LOT to this, and nothing else gives you what the manga will.
The buildup to what the series becomes is huge, and something I'd never seen done so well in anything else. It really is a grand story and to see the whole scope you have to start from the beginning.
Its essential to most of the main characters and understanding the story.
Actually, I wouldn't call
Guts' one-man-stand against 100 soldiers
I'm sure I'll enjoy the game just like I enjoyed Hyrule Warriors and DQ Heroes, but I also agree with the sentiment that Berserk deserves much better than that.
E_Darkness
Member
I really hope the game focuses more on the boss battles than killing a load of enemies. I mean this is my ideal. As much as I love Musou, Berserk never really had that Musou feel. Though if we do not get a
I will be disappointed, but that is as much as I want in the terms of 'musou'.
I hope this is the Musou game where they crack boss battles.
Also if you want to get into Berserk, read it. The anime TV series and movies don't give you the full story which would be needed for later parts. Characters get missed out or not fleshed out enough, plus Mirua's art is gorgeous. Though I would recommend listening to the Berserk TV and film soundtracks as you read. Just make sure you've read the manga before you decide to get into this, you don't want the musou game to be your first experience.
Guts vs 100 men
I hope this is the Musou game where they crack boss battles.
Also if you want to get into Berserk, read it. The anime TV series and movies don't give you the full story which would be needed for later parts. Characters get missed out or not fleshed out enough, plus Mirua's art is gorgeous. Though I would recommend listening to the Berserk TV and film soundtracks as you read. Just make sure you've read the manga before you decide to get into this, you don't want the musou game to be your first experience.
Brian_FETO
Banned
The first couple of volumes were exactly what I wanted out of the series, so when it switched to origin/Golden Age I was like "man I don't really care about the backstory" but by the end of it I totally did haha
xDUMPWEEDx
Banned
I'm going to watch the 25 episode anime series before I jump into this musou. That should catch me up enough to understand what the heck is going on.
There is ALWAYS someone to derail any Musou thread by bringing up Basara. Gets really irritating given how different the experiences actually are(yet arguments pretty much boil down purely to which games have the most lavish combos).
But at least you were a bit more cordial about your preference, usually the Basara diehards just dump their angst in pointless drive-by postings.
TheSpoiler
Member
You ain't wrong. Sengoku Basara is leagues ahead of DW in terms of gameplay and unlocks. In fact, it's leagues ahead of many, many games, including beat'em up titles. I'd go as far as to say it's the best ever created. It's stupidly good.
But that being said, it's not like Omega Force is no slouch as of late. There's still crazy things you can do in today's musou games, and they've gotten significantly better over each iteration, but I feel like because they are more objectives-based, we see a style focused on crowd control, powerup hopping (in the cases of Gundam Reborn and DW)/traveling using moves (SW4), and slightly better crowd control. And while SB has amazing characters, I feel like some of them get outshined a bit too much like poor ol' Tenkai, so you end up seeing character flaws significantly sooner.
So it kinda depends on how they handle this game. SB is about pummeling dudes and doing minor things, while the Warriors games have set themselves in completion of missions and such, and no one style is better than the other, but one works better for another game.
That being said, screw all that I've written, and let the SB team up with the Musou boys. It'll never happen, but one can dream.
Without the Golden Age its just an angry one eyed dude killing random monsters with a huge sword who is super pissed at a birdman.
Brian_FETO
Banned
JadedWriter
Member
Go back and read the shit every proper Berserk fan should experience.
Vigilant Gambit
Member
I ended up selling Hyrule Warriors after I got Sumeragi.
Interesting. I'm probably biased towards the moment-to-moment gameplay and combat depth more than the overarching things being accomplished, mission-wise. I mean, the fact that I don't understand the language forces me to sort of try to figure out how to win, if it requires anything beyond "kill the guys represented by flashy icons on the map." Also, I'm a fighting game player, so I'm drawn to combat depth by default.
I don't think I've ever played a Samurai Warriors game. I'll have to check out the latest one soon.
Eh, I think at this point the Musou games have all the ability in the world to be as good as the Basara games, but hte Basara games go for smaller rosters with more move variety where as the Musou games go for bigger rosters with less move variety but sitll a lot.
Like I'd put WO3 on level with any Basara.
Should I pull the trigger? I've never read manga/comics.
Are those single volumes? Jeebus that's expensive. Don't you guys have Berserk Max volumes in the US? I got all 18 Berserk Max volumes (which are double volumes, so Vol 1-36 really) new for 160€. Shipping est. this thursday, really excited
Takeru
Member
Do you speak Japanese?
MMaRsu
Banned
Just I find the Musou games extremely boring.
And I like Berserk. Wish they just did something different.
MiguelItUp
Member
I know what you mean though I honestly feel like Musou titles were practically created for Berserk. This is the one time where I feel like it could potentially work better than any of the other ones (and believe me I hope it's amazing). I'm a large Fist of the Northstar fan too, and I enjoyed those two games, however I hope Berserk is even better.
ASilentProtagonist
Member
Loving SW4 at the moment. I just wish Sengoku Basara 4 would get localized. I'd get that in a heart beat especially after hearing all the praise for it.
Yeah, you're not wrong. But generally the smaller fights are nothing. If the game had a higher difficulty than other musou games it could reflect that a bit more though.
A few years ago I would have felt the same, but they've gotten a little bit more experimental with licenced musou games and I think it could work well for this series if they give it proper respect.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
Nirolak the anti ducktroll!
TheSpoiler
Member
To be fair, people worried about the mindlessness of musou games should up the difficulty. Generally, in most games, it forces you to use the entirety of the systems at play, such as leveling up weapons properly, knowing what comes out of what combo string, and using powerups. DW8 is a whole different game on Chaos than it is Normal, and SW4 at least forces you to spec your gems properly and manage your other character's placement better.
I think it's better than any DW game ever made.
WO3 was great, but it still felt dated because 8 wasn't out around that time (IIRC). I still don't think the two series are too dissimilar, but overall quality, musou games can reach the SB plateau in their own right. SW4 got very close, and OF just keeps leveling up.
It won't. The spinoff might, since it's fairly self contained, but even that is reaching. Go import it now.
I think it's better than any DW game ever made.
WO3 was great, but it still felt dated because 8 wasn't out around that time (IIRC). I still don't think the two series are too dissimilar, but overall quality, musou games can reach the SB plateau in their own right. SW4 got very close, and OF just keeps leveling up.
It won't. The spinoff might, since it's fairly self contained, but even that is reaching. Go import it now.
ASilentProtagonist
Member
PS3 version of SB4 fine? PS4 version sounds a lot better to me, but its pretty pricey.