Devil Kings is in the same vein as the Dynasty Warriors series. Whereas in Dynasty Warriors, however, Koei focuses on ancient Chinese history, Devil Kings focuses more on feudal Japan, but with a fictional setting with the ability to use modern day weapons such as chain guns and shotguns as well as fighting legendary and fictional characters from the past. The story takes place as the Devil King, a king possessed by the soul of the Devil, has unleashed an unholy army on the world to bend it to his will as the player must stop him along with many of his minions including his wife Lady Butterfly, his general the Red Minotaur, as well as loyal assassins Scorpio and Venus. The gameplay is more arcade hack-and-slash style, with the ability of using magic spells to wipe out entire waves of enemies and as mentioned before, the ability to use modern day weapons along with historical weapons such as spears, swords among others. There are six playable characters to use as well, each with their own story told in CG and anime cutscenes as well as two modes of play, Conquest (the main story of the game) and Free Mode (where players can play in any unlocked stage they have completed).
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Sengoku Basara 3 was the first Musou game I played back on the Wii, and for a long time it remained as the only game in the genre I ever touched when I felt a craving for it.
Now, these games aren't very complex. I may not have played many of them, but my brother was super into Musou and from what I remember when I watched him play, they all boil down to cutting down shit for 10 hours until you get bored. But hey, sometimes that's just what you need, and considering how things have been rough irl for some time, I figured it was time to play some Basara again. Only this time, I plan on expanding my horizons by checking out earlier/later games in the series, as well as other games in the genre.
Simple and addicting combat, a varied selection of characters and skills as well as a surprisingly fun soundtrack made for a pretty good time, not to mention some pretty entertaining cutscenes and Norio Wakamoto as Nobunaga. Honestly, a very solid first entry.
B) dramatically different
And, hm, no? Besides the mysteriously missing character, if you can ignore the weird changes this is a flat upgrade. The anemic combo system is still a problem, but here there's a bit more depth by virtue of giving us an extra button to play with that has a fun debuff effect and lets more enemy interactions be relevant to play. Weird that they added so much homophobia, and the only Japanese character left is insanely racist, weird!!