This is the first Samurai Warriors I play, after having played a lot of Zelda and Dragon Quest Musou. This was an absolutely perfect way to play through the history of Oda Nobunaga, with quite accurate history telling. I'd say about 70% of the story of the game is actually history.
The game features 15 weapons that are vastly different from one another, and discovering each of them has been a blast. The characters themselves often share the same weapon and are only differentiated by one or two signature moves in the combo list, but their design is so great that they don't lack personality. Music and voice acting was also splendid.
The graphics themselves are nothing special but it allows for a smooth 60 FPS on Xbox Series X. I don't think most of the maps are very similar, and it's hard to remember more than a handful even though there are quite a lot in this game. That's for me the main weakness of the game.
Another weakness is the tower defense mode that is far less interesting than the main story mode. It's a good way to have a quick session with some characters you don't often play with, but nothing major.
At the end of the day, it is a Musou game. It does not change the formula in any way and it's still a mix of X and Y combos with big finishers against thousands of enemies. If that's something you like, then you'll probably enjoy this game as much as I did.
The game features 15 weapons that are vastly different from one another, and discovering each of them has been a blast. The characters themselves often share the same weapon and are only differentiated by one or two signature moves in the combo list, but their design is so great that they don't lack personality. Music and voice acting was also splendid.
The graphics themselves are nothing special but it allows for a smooth 60 FPS on Xbox Series X. I don't think most of the maps are very similar, and it's hard to remember more than a handful even though there are quite a lot in this game. That's for me the main weakness of the game.
Another weakness is the tower defense mode that is far less interesting than the main story mode. It's a good way to have a quick session with some characters you don't often play with, but nothing major.
At the end of the day, it is a Musou game. It does not change the formula in any way and it's still a mix of X and Y combos with big finishers against thousands of enemies. If that's something you like, then you'll probably enjoy this game as much as I did.