I own every Koei warriors game there is, except the Troy one. After 10 hours with DW7 I think this is my favorite. It looks graphically fantastic, seeing Xu Zhu's massive gut rendered with such detail is actually pretty haunting. The cutscenes are easily the best in the series. For the first time ever I feel DW has a solid story with narrative. I'm also impressed by how the cutscenes go into gameplay without loading or even fading in and out. Rendu is dead thank you Koei and thank you god. The gloves are my favorite new weapon in the game, they sorta remind me of godhand in their ridiculousness. So after like 30 koei warriors games I'm still happy to support Koei.

I own every Koei warriors game there is, except the Troy one. After 10 hours with DW7 I think this is my favorite. It looks graphically fantastic, seeing Xu Zhu's massive gut rendered with such detail is actually pretty haunting. The cutscenes are easily the best in the series. For the first time ever I feel DW has a solid story with narrative. I'm also impressed by how the cutscenes go into gameplay without loading or even fading in and out. Rendu is dead thank you Koei and thank you god. The gloves are my favorite new weapon in the game, they sorta remind me of godhand in their ridiculousness. So after like 30 koei warriors games I'm still happy to support Koei.

" Well I suppose no one careing is better than a bunch of people saying "Dynasty Warriors sucks wahhh" "

I love me some Dynasty Warriors but in a time of tightening budgets I can't justify buying another one. 
 
Glad to hear it's good though :D Maybe when it hits the bargain bin I'll check it out.

well thats encouraging to hear. i loved dynasty warriors beck in my ps2 days. cant really drop the 60 on this one, but i'll wait for when the price goes down

" Well I suppose no one careing is better than a bunch of people saying "Dynasty Warriors sucks wahhh" "

I think it's pretty impressive that you got three sentences in a row to have the length physical length.  
 
And yeah, it's cool that this game is good. I guess. 

I've heard a lot of good things about it so far. I like the series but haven't bought one since DW4, just rented them. But i think i might pick this one up.

I liked Dynasty Warriors, but after they started releasing one after the other with the same story, it just gets repetitive. Maybe I'll check this one out.

might give it a try  the last one i play was gundam and before that its was 5 i think. 

I'm just going to go out on a limb here and say that this is the best Dynasty Warriors since 3. 
 
I just finished the Shu campaign, and I nearly wept manly tears. : p

" @kingzetta said:

" Well I suppose no one careing is better than a bunch of people saying "Dynasty Warriors sucks wahhh" "

Don't worry, I think the staff had you covered on that front on the last Bombcast. "

Just to give everyone an idea of what to expect:
 

• The maligned renbu combat system from DW6 is out.
• All characters now wield two weapons.
• Stories are not character focused, but kingdom focused.  The character you play as is dependent on the stage, and character lifespans are appropriate (so no starting off at the Yellow Turban Rebellion and magically being around for every significant battle of the next eighty years).
• There is now a fourth kingdom, Jin (the kingdom that rose from the three kingdoms at the end of the era) with its own story and characters.
  

" @Hailinel said:

" @kingzetta said:

" Well I suppose no one careing is better than a bunch of people saying "Dynasty Warriors sucks wahhh" "

Don't worry, I think the staff had you covered on that front on the last Bombcast. "

Do you EVER have anything positive to say about people who criticize Japanese games? "

" @kingzetta said:

" Well I suppose no one careing is better than a bunch of people saying "Dynasty Warriors sucks wahhh" "

Don't worry, I think the staff had you covered on that front on the last Bombcast.  I need to pick DW7 up ASAP.  I've really liked what I've heard about that game, and given how they'd really been making changes to the formula in different formats with Troy and Samurai Warriors Chronicles, I'm more interested than ever. "

" @Hailinel said:

" @kingzetta said:

" Well I suppose no one careing is better than a bunch of people saying "Dynasty Warriors sucks wahhh" "

Don't worry, I think the staff had you covered on that front on the last Bombcast.  I need to pick DW7 up ASAP.  I've really liked what I've heard about that game, and given how they'd really been making changes to the formula in different formats with Troy and Samurai Warriors Chronicles, I'm more interested than ever. "

I actually just realized they got rid of the pre-battle map screen.  That helps the flow immensely.  "

" I'm just going to go out on a limb here and say that this is the best Dynasty Warriors since 3.   I just finished the Shu campaign, and I nearly wept manly tears. : p "

" Dynasty Warriors sucks wahhh "

Dynasty Warriors has always been a guilty pleasure for me.  I know its pretty repetitive, but seeing thousands of troops fall before my crazy powerful warlord is still fun. especially with a friend, working together to clear all of the encampments.

I love Dynasty Warriors. I'm not even gonna call it a guilty pleasure. I genuinely love that series, as crazy as it is. And DW7 is the best one. It is fantastic. I was worried about the Kingdom specific story, but god damn it is great. I've gone for 7 hours and I'm still on the first story and haven;t even touched Conquest mode. Game is fantastic.

" I liked Dynasty Warriors, but after they started releasing one after the other with the same story, it just gets repetitive. Maybe I'll check this one out. "

" @President_Barackbar said:

" @Hailinel said:

" @kingzetta said:

" Well I suppose no one careing is better than a bunch of people saying "Dynasty Warriors sucks wahhh" "

Don't worry, I think the staff had you covered on that front on the last Bombcast. "

Do you EVER have anything positive to say about people who criticize Japanese games? "

Did you listen to the Bombcast? "

" @President_Barackbar:  What does my comment regarding the staff's dismissive view of the game have to do with your taking umbrage with what I think about Japanese games in general? "

" @Hailinel said:

" @President_Barackbar:  What does my comment regarding the staff's dismissive view of the game have to do with your taking umbrage with what I think about Japanese games in general? "

I just felt that they had a pretty legitimate and fair reaction to a series that by and large has done little to improve over the years and noticed that your particular denouncement of what the staff did follows a larger pattern of you being heavily critical of anyone who finds fault with Japanese games. "

Cool, can't wait to get mine from Gamefly,.  Those types of games, for me at least, were mostly only worth a rental, not $50-$60.  But from what I've heard this one seems to have somewhat more substance as a sequel. 

Been a long time since I played a game like this. This one seems similar but better. What do you Dynasty Warriors fans think of this? 
  

" @Hailinel:  Fair enough, I just think that there's plenty of room to be skeptical about a series as repetitive as Dynasty Warriors. "

" Been a long time since I played a game like this. This one seems similar but better. What do you Dynasty Warriors fans think of this? 
  

"

I feel like the continuing success of this series is the result of some sort of glitch in the human mind. I don't mean to insult the people who enjoy the games, you have the right to like whatever you want for whatever reason, and I'm not going to make a quality judgment because I haven't played one in years. It just surprises me that these games still get made in the modern era.

I have to admit that the samurai warriors is a guilty pleasure of mine, but It is cool to see some positive talk about this game!

" Been a long time since I played a game like this. This one seems similar but better. What do you Dynasty Warriors fans think of this? 
  

"

" I'm just going to go out on a limb here and say that this is the best Dynasty Warriors since 3.   I just finished the Shu campaign, and I nearly wept manly tears. : p "

" @Ninja: Zhao Yun drop kicks a horse in the intro, so you know Koei is getting serious this time!  XD "

" @Ninja: Zhao Yun drop kicks a horse in the intro "

" drop kicks a horse"

How are the move sets? Do all/most of the characters feel different?

" How are the move sets? Do all/most of the characters feel different? "

 
Yeah, loving it so far.

I'm glad there's still love for this series.