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KOEI TECMO took a shot at an open world DW game. While most of the open world is bare and barren the places where the battles take place are quite well done and every major battle has a unique area to explore. Honestly i give props to KOEI for trying something new, it is lackluster but still enjoyable.
The new voice actors well....... some do really well most others not so much i found myself putting on chinese dialogue and it made it more immersive. Every interaction is just them standing in one place and talking, no emotion no expressions.
Every character has a gimmic, some are old, some are unconfidant, some are over confidant, some a fast, some are stupid, benevolance this ambition that and it does get tiresome.
No character has a unique weapon as most weapon style are shared across at least 5 characters each, any character can equip any weapon, i ended up finding one i liked and just stuck with it.
Theres no real challenge to this game, soldiers are just mindless, offer no threat but it is enjoyable to watch your KO count skyrocket. Officers...... once you find out how to counter they are just a joke.
Most castles are copy pasted and with the grappling hook you can just blitz from objective to objective and have a stage done in less than 2 mins.
With all the flaws and barreness to the game, I still found it very enjoyable, having played through multiple officers, the collecting of resources to make yourself and absolute powerhouse, some cut scenes are quite well done. i went from place to place collecting ended up fighting bosses to summon, explored the Great Wall of China and thoroughly enjoyed myself.
I wouldnt recommend this game at full price even if youre an advid DW fan, grab it on special for sure though.
KOEI tried something new, it didnt work out, but hey give it a chance, you might find yourself sinking quite a few hours into it.