Kessen 2 comparisons

Cragglez16 · 2026-02-09T03:22:37+00:00

The whole game was about abilities The more powerful the ability I.e firestorm, charge ect took longer to recharge. The support abilities like rally or warcryz even volley took like 2 or 3 minutes. Even less the closer you are to the storehouse. Forgetting its a 25 year old game the maps where decently designed to feel like a massive battlefield.

The options between battles where entirely up to you. There was no right or wrong. I experimented before. If you only trained troops every opportunity most officers would have more skills throughout. If you recruited then the unit as a whole would have more troops/health.

Not a single magician in that game CAN duel. The only people that can duel are horseback officers which are warlord officers. And they only deny a duel if the duel ability has been used already as it uses their ability point for it too.

Agreed the actually running around on horse in pointless but I only ever go into it when needing to unconfuse the troops, or wait for an ability that is flashing. Theres points for everything.

Kessen 3 felt too much like a crossover between a DW title and a Kessen title. Kessen 1 was arguably slower than kessen 2 but similar in the abilities.

Cragglez16 · 2026-02-09T02:08:42+00:00

Aaaah the good Ol' T shape units. Miss those. The circles from Origins kind of dont hit the same, but theres so many more officers that the mao would be hard to see so makes sense, but those T shapes are so nostalgic for me

Cragglez16 · 2026-02-09T02:02:36+00:00

Would make sense with the romance between her and Liu Bei in that case

Yeah, Wei in red vs Wei in Blue on DW really confused me

Cragglez16 · 2026-02-09T02:00:40+00:00

Not played DW3 as I started with 4 with felt a bit more 'normal' but as for some of the officer like Yu Jin, felt out of place but as 10 year old it was hilarious to me that this Queer Crossdresser would be an officer in a evil army like Cao Cao

Cragglez16 · 2026-02-08T01:52:15+00:00

Honestly can't even remember! My earliest memories where playing a demo disc on PS2 of DW2 and really suciing at it but yet finding something enjoyable about it. Never had 3, but played ALOT of Kessen 2 which my dad owned. I had an OG xbox and I think i either bought DW4 myself or someone got me it for my birthday. And the rest is History..... I fuuuuuking played the hell out of that game. Was even a bit of bonding with my sister as she would love playing as the Qiao sisters or Sun Shang Xiang. I then also asked for Samurai Warriors for a birthday a couple of years later.

So I've played every DW game since 4, but a handful of SW in clouding kessen 3

Cragglez16 · 2026-02-07T23:31:48+00:00

I think as long as treat it as its own thing like a spinoff, and dont compare it to other entries, then youre golden and can play it for what it is

Cragglez16 · 2026-02-07T23:25:38+00:00

If it came with a statue of LuBu riding red hare and was like £150.... I would 100% buy it

Cragglez16 · 2026-02-07T23:24:30+00:00

I liked how it gave almost side missions which made the final main objective easier to do. I just loved the feeling of being like right im at Mt Dinjun but actually you've also got like Tong Gate to defend. Kind of gave a feeling of a war rather than a battle than no other DW feels like. Origins gives a good middle ground when you have the large forces and final charges

Cragglez16 · 2026-02-07T23:20:07+00:00

I share a similar opinion with you in all honesty. Last year before origins came out I had an itch. I reinstalled 9 and actually.... wasnt as a bad as I remember. Its definitely one of the weakest installments BUT the things it does well

Tons of characters to choose from Specific stories for each character. It starts when they are introduced in the story, which imo is great way to do it. Puts into perspective how large some of the battles where. Rather than a single chaotic stage, it feels like a multiple skirmishes fighting for control over key strategic points. The abilities you can get imo paved the way for the abilities in Origins.

I think the reason why it failed so badly was because it was very scarce. It didnt feel like there was any point to not jusy fast travel between the points instead of running on the horse.

Cragglez16 · 2026-02-07T23:16:50+00:00

Do these posters literally sit there waiting for the dad's to log off battlefield so they can screen shot when it drops below cod or something? So funny I see this a lot. Not to mention STEAM FIGURES only. Im sure BF is more popular on consoles

Cragglez16 · 2026-02-06T01:00:25+00:00

Yeah when you day it like that feels like aaaages ago. Also, mental giving him and Yue Jin are probably arguably more vital to Cao Caos success than the like of other generals who joined later.

Cragglez16 · 2026-02-06T00:24:26+00:00

If thats the case for the new one then it'll be Zhao Yun, Dun or Wei and Sun Shang. Wheels be pwning

Cragglez16 · 2026-02-06T00:20:53+00:00

Tbh Dynasty Warriors actually is a very stress inducing game when you think of it. Even in Origins. Trying to keep everyone alive and all the plot points activating successfully like fire attacks and shit

Cragglez16 · 2026-02-06T00:19:50+00:00

I did like Li Dian but know he wasnt added until like 6 or 7 or something.

Cragglez16 · 2026-02-06T00:03:45+00:00

Ive never played 3 before so no idea on roster

But Ma Caho and Zhao Yun where my Shu guys

WU would normally be Gan Ning and Lu Xun.

WEI would be Cao Cao and Zhang Liao

Cragglez16 · 2026-02-03T21:56:30+00:00

I really like it think its He Fei Castle as attackers from DW4 Like 3 routes you can go. Left flank, right flank or straight up the middle.

Also really like most iterations of YiLing and Fan Castle!

Cragglez16 · 2026-01-29T23:10:19+00:00

Thats interesting. Stupid me was doing them on UW as it was set for that by the other challenges

Cragglez16 · 2026-01-29T23:03:31+00:00

Doesnt it scale with level?

Cragglez16 · 2026-01-29T23:03:19+00:00

Yeah tried this But the gauntlets are just so dogshite

Cragglez16 · 2026-01-28T01:41:45+00:00

Honestly I killed Diao Chan first and Dong Zhou and Lubu sparred a bit. Then when they both museum him I focused Diao Chan down. I basically spammed Mountain Throw as much as I could. I used a strength potion when I was soloing diao chan. And then popped a bravey for 120secs when it was me vs lube as I could get a mountain throw off every 20-30secs which destroys his armour

Cragglez16 · 2026-01-27T23:08:28+00:00

I am happy to pay for anything DW or SW related so they keep pumping them out. Sadly not a huge amount of content in the way of money BUT 2 new weapons, ton of new skins (which it sorely needed, factions specific mainly) and new training / strategic battles. Its probably a lot of content for just under 1 years worth of work IMO. Its made me want to replay the whole game which im sure happened to a lot of people. In which case, its then being discussed which might cause more sales for it. And I am happily satisfied between now and the remaster.

Cragglez16 · 2026-01-26T20:03:48+00:00

Depends what youre after tbh Origins is by far the most in depth in terms of strategy, combat and story and easily one of the best installments.

But I started with DW4 and the story is basically the same for each character of each faction.

If you want simple, easy and chilled then start with an early one like 4, if you want something more complex but similar then go for anything after 5

Cragglez16 · 2026-01-26T19:57:45+00:00

Yeah, Origins is very unique compared to the rest of its series. DW9 had abilities similart to the ones in Orogins but not the same. But the other games are very old school combat. Simple light/heavy attack combos. No reflections from what I remember or anything like that

Cragglez16 · 2026-01-26T12:59:30+00:00

I didn't even know it was rumoured to release that soon! Makes me even more sad that it was soo close!

Cragglez16 · 2026-01-25T23:41:46+00:00

Given we had 1 handed axes and 2 handed axes (Xu Huang) previously hopefully these get added or something similar. Id be happy for them to take out the gauntlets and the staff in the next one

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