Technically I have "beaten" this game despite not even spending 5 hours in it, thanks to its multiple endings.
I...I feel super mixed about this game. I love the musou game formula, and love the way this game is laid out into a large map with missions and varying paths. However, despite the gameplay being passable, and even mighty fun at some times, everything else falls apart pretty quickly.
First, you have to be some insane Koei and Warriors fan to even play this, because if not, you are going to be so confused like I was. It's some convoluted ass stuff and I literally didn't understand almost any of the crossovers besides Ryu (Ninja Gaiden) and William (Nioh). That's it. Good luck if you can pick out where any of these others came from, and instead of playing them, I played as some huge anthropomorphic cat, not dissimilar to Chopper from One Piece (One Piece Warriors games are way better.)
Anyways, getting to why as I had to play as the weird cat, well, that's the "true ending" path. So you're forced into playing as this weird cat for at least a while if you're going to try and get the true ending and not finish within 3 hours getting some bad end or uneventful ending. Along with being forced into that, you're expected to somehow pick out a perfect path of 20 missions in a row that give you the "true ending" of the game. Most guides on the internet haven't been translated correctly, so good luck ending up like me and finishing the game within 3 hours despite believing I was on the "right path."
Overall, wtf is this game, lol. It's nothing terrible or unplayable, maybe Warriors diehards will get something out of it, but I'm in no rush to get back to this game with the terrible design choices.
I...I feel super mixed about this game. I love the musou game formula, and love the way this game is laid out into a large map with missions and varying paths. However, despite the gameplay being passable, and even mighty fun at some times, everything else falls apart pretty quickly.
First, you have to be some insane Koei and Warriors fan to even play this, because if not, you are going to be so confused like I was. It's some convoluted ass stuff and I literally didn't understand almost any of the crossovers besides Ryu (Ninja Gaiden) and William (Nioh). That's it. Good luck if you can pick out where any of these others came from, and instead of playing them, I played as some huge anthropomorphic cat, not dissimilar to Chopper from One Piece (One Piece Warriors games are way better.)
Anyways, getting to why as I had to play as the weird cat, well, that's the "true ending" path. So you're forced into playing as this weird cat for at least a while if you're going to try and get the true ending and not finish within 3 hours getting some bad end or uneventful ending. Along with being forced into that, you're expected to somehow pick out a perfect path of 20 missions in a row that give you the "true ending" of the game. Most guides on the internet haven't been translated correctly, so good luck ending up like me and finishing the game within 3 hours despite believing I was on the "right path."
Overall, wtf is this game, lol. It's nothing terrible or unplayable, maybe Warriors diehards will get something out of it, but I'm in no rush to get back to this game with the terrible design choices.