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Hyrule Warriors (Zelda Musou) (Zelda Dynasty Warriors) announced
- Thread starter Oni Link 666
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This is awesome.
Storywise its always the same shit, but the mechanics/gameplay of pokemon keeps always changing, the metagame is huge.
Going by the graphics, the bad animation in some Link moves and the soundtrack, I think yes
Fire Emblem :'(
Why not varied gameplay and a bunch of characters?
Keeping an eye on this...
citroen-e402
Member
Never heard of Dynasty Warriors, but I like what I've seen from the teaser. Some thoughts
This probably means we're getting Zelda U in 2015. I'm assuming that work on the game has picked up since Zelda 3DS has been released, and it wouldn't make sense to release two Zelda games at the same time.
I wonder if this game will be canon? Are Dynasty Warrior games story heavy? I can see this game covering giant war battles, filling in holes in the timeline. Although this might pose a problem with certain characters being available.
The game is clearly combat heavy, which the Zelda series have not been since probably the first 3 games. Less puzzles and more action I say.
Not worried about the graphics, I'm sure they will be worked on. I'm excited for this new take on Zelda.
This probably means we're getting Zelda U in 2015. I'm assuming that work on the game has picked up since Zelda 3DS has been released, and it wouldn't make sense to release two Zelda games at the same time.
I wonder if this game will be canon? Are Dynasty Warrior games story heavy? I can see this game covering giant war battles, filling in holes in the timeline. Although this might pose a problem with certain characters being available.
The game is clearly combat heavy, which the Zelda series have not been since probably the first 3 games. Less puzzles and more action I say.
Not worried about the graphics, I'm sure they will be worked on. I'm excited for this new take on Zelda.
Omega Force didn't make Shin Hokuto Musou/Fist Of The North Star: Ken's Rage 2, and it shows. Was pretty disappointed with it compared to the first. Can't remember if they worked on the first One Piece game or not.
Maybe Shin Gundam Musou will be better- it comes out Thursday. Will be the first Gundam Musou I've played since the original.
This isn't really true at all.
Depending on when DWZ ships we could see Zelda U the same year. Just as we saw WWHD and ALBW this year.
That said, I don't think Zelda U will happen until 15, but this plays very little into that.
I won't know. I refuse to give them money for how much they shitting all over every single AU in order to give SEED and Destiny a full Story Mode.
Shit like X, AGE, Turn A is one thing. However Wing, 00, and G should easily have the same amount of content as SEED. Wing and OO even more so given the content and characters are pretty much already there from GM3.
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
I think it looks like it could be a lot of fun. I'm interested to see what some Nintendo quality control can do for Koei. Think of it as an experiment.
To be fair, I personally think the musou game that are legit good/great games by any standard are the Sengoku Basara games by Capcom. But the better Koei games are pretty good games for what they set out to accomplish.
I'm not even a huge fan of the genre, but I get the impression the main reason westerners shit on musou is it isn't their repetitive, homely-looking, feel-good violence mashing of choice like Call of Duty. If they were first person and you were mowing down 500 guys at once with a chain gun, but the visuals and depth were otherwise the same, a ton of people would be all over that shit and calling it awesome.
To be fair, I personally think the musou game that are legit good/great games by any standard are the Sengoku Basara games by Capcom. But the better Koei games are pretty good games for what they set out to accomplish.
I'm not even a huge fan of the genre, but I get the impression the main reason westerners shit on musou is it isn't their repetitive, homely-looking, feel-good violence mashing of choice like Call of Duty. If they were first person and you were mowing down 500 guys at once with a chain gun, but the visuals and depth were otherwise the same, a ton of people would be all over that shit and calling it awesome.
Look up any video on youtube on Dynasty Warriors. They're all essentially the same.
You realize FFXIII is widely hated here? (Though I agree it isn't a bad game)
There are tons of people that are highly skeptical of Square-Enix now after FFXIII and it's sequels. You'd have to be out of touch to not see that.
yeah the Samurai and Dynasty titles has some pretty good lore/story in it for historical fiction titles. I think Zelda Musou could be good as a canonical title but people would be pissed OFF
notice how I said, excluding XIII.
If Lu Bu doesn't show up the game should be considered a failure.
Orniletter
Banned
Calling a Spin-off game in the hands of a capable developer (for the genre), with Nintendo´s strict overseers on board, that we almost know nothing about "Rape of the Zelda-franchise" is just dumb Internet hyperbole.
Present! "really" is not the word for me, I just think it's possible.
We have that Aonuma's quote about a 3 years dev cycle for the main entries (I have to find it and bookmark it one day), so SS was 2011... The dev cycle for ALBW was broken in two parts (see the Iwata asks) and TWWHD was only made because it was possible under a year without the whole staff. Also served as tech tests. And Miyamoto told there was a chance to be shown at E3 last year but decided otherwise (maybe it's PR talk BS).
So, some clues it makes me think it's possible. I will not bet a single on it, though, because Nintendo really have hard times with HD and software planning.
The DW series is good. The gameplay has changed quite a bit since the PS2 era. I bought DW: Gundam 2 on a whimafter not playing since the PS2 era and was surprised by how much better the combat was and all the little nods to the franchise it had in.
The Pirate Warriors game also manage to get the feel of the characters in the One Piece franchise better than almost every other game based on that property.
These Musou spin-offs aren't quick cash grabs. The mainline series and Warriors Orochi have apparently improved even more.
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
I think people should be more worried about the possibility that Link might have to say more stuff besides "Hyah!" and "Ahhhhh!"
There is a TON of voice-acting in the Dynasty Warrior entries. Link staying a mute throughout is going to feel extremely weird.
Hell, now that I think about it, voice-acting is a very new and strange thing to the Zelda franchise. I wonder how Koei/Nintendo is going to work it out.
Doubtful. Lu Bu always shows up early on in the DW games.
There is a TON of voice-acting in the Dynasty Warrior entries. Link staying a mute throughout is going to feel extremely weird.
Hell, now that I think about it, voice-acting is a very new and strange thing to the Zelda franchise. I wonder how Koei/Nintendo is going to work it out.
Doubtful. Lu Bu always shows up early on in the DW games.
CoffeeJanitor
Member
Well that's something.
darkhunger
Member
Why? Its Zelda. Stories were virtually non-existent until the more recent games. Even then they usually aren't the focus.
And canon-wise we have games like Four Swords which is a multiplayer addon to a handheld port made by Capcom, and people don't complain about that.
This game would be automatically amazing if Lu Bu is the secret boss in this game
Chill Penguin
Member
Let's be honest, it's Eidos/SE Europe that keeps Square Enix afloat these days. Square's own japanese studios (ie the real square enix we've always known) have been a massive disappointment this gen.
This is what has me excited the most. If this does get VA'd we could finally see a voice acted Zelda, and I will finally get into the franchise again.
Complete bullshit.
Square's Japan studio has produced several highly received games both critically and sales wise.
The only thing that has happened was a they had Rebuild XIV and recycle XIII to have some sort of console presence.
I laughed.
Sheik confirmed for Zelda Musou
Forget that, what worries me is that no one did anything (not even Link) while King Dodongo was there just standing mouth wide open.
I am pretty sure Link's story mode (if there are multiple characters) will have him mute, with some side character making the plot exposition.
Although you make a good point, this could be the first time Zelda characters have actual voiced lines, given the series.
I meant more in terms of challenge. I don''t know if this will follow the same patterns as the other musou games.
it's sad that people hold SE Japan on such a pedigree higher than it's much more capable Europe division and literally refuses to associate the two with each other.
still, other than the FFXIII titles, i'm gonna disagree with sE Japan being a 'disappointment' last gen. I mean, consider this; we did get XIV and a lot of stellar handheld titles.
it's extremely likely that the footage was on an easier difficulty to display the scale of the game. that's what Tecmo does with all of it's musou promo titles.
also it's early footage
It was probably being played on novice or easy, like any other official Musou gameplay (or PV) video from Koei. Why do they do this? I honestly have no idea.
Well non-officers rarely attack in Dynasty/Samurai warriors games anyway, unless you are playing on the hardest difficulty.
You had one one job Ninty, one job! -
Ah well, I love Zelda, and love Samurai Warriors. If you can play as someone other than Link, I'll pick it up. It'd be cool if it followed an original story with original characters.
Plot twist: SMTxFE is actually a musou game
True, unless you are up against DW3 bow or crossbow archers lol.
I laughed.
I actually went to check if this was real. hahaha
Choppasmith
Member
Yeah Aomura said a while back they were thinking of adding voice acting. What better way to test the waters than a spin-off?
Anyway count me in the "Never played DW, looking forward to giving this a try" camp. I just hope we can see other playable characters.
Bacon_Boss
Member
Skyward Sword Artstyle? Check
Multiple Swords/Shields and (probably) other visual upgrades? Check
Magic? SICK!
A scarf? A FUCKING SCARF!
Link should never be without a scarf or cloak again. Ever.
Multiple Swords/Shields and (probably) other visual upgrades? Check
Magic? SICK!
A scarf? A FUCKING SCARF!
Link should never be without a scarf or cloak again. Ever.
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
Well not just that, but during the battles themselves. There's almost always somebody talking whether it's "Dammit! Somebody capture that base!" or "Another enemy officer crumbles!" and so on and so on. Defeating 1,000 enemies and not hearing Link yell out "I am a true warrior of the Hyrule Kingdom!" is going to sting a bit.
If Koei threw in characters from other Zelda games the possibility of fan-service conversations would be mind-blowing.
to attract female consumers
what's the deal with your avatar?
You can't really say this is the SS Artstyle. The heavy use of Cell Shading has been drastically reduced. It's most definitely the SS design, but the style on link is much closer to that of TP then SS.