I got through around 3 campaigns before learning that there are just better ways to play this exact same story. I feel like I'd be here for a while if I tried to do every character's story in this one and I wasn't really having fun with it so I guess I'll stop here. I don't think I was bothered by the gameplay itself, but I did notice how quickly the AI would just die. You can barely get to any of the objectives on even normal difficulty without your entire army falling apart. So far Samurai Warriors 2 has ironically felt much more balanced and I'm assuming the newer titles are as well. Was also surprised to see that an xtreme legends for this one did not even release in the west, which I imagine has something to do with it being a major step backwards.