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That said, Dynasty Warriors 9 illustrated that the franchise doesn’t work well within this structure, so it’s good to see that the developers stuck to what works best for the game, as opposed to simply making it more appealing for Western gamers. I typically love open-world games, and I rank some of them among my favorites of all time. This style works very well with WO 4, as it keeps the battles coming one right after another while giving you a few moments to breathe in between. In other words, you don’t have to travel across miles of an empty open world to head to your next mission instead, you select it from the menu, watch a quick visual novel-style cutscene, and head off into the fray. Although Dynasty Warriors 9 attempted to introduce the Warriors franchise to the wilds of an open-world format, Warriors Orochi 4 sticks to the old-school format of presenting players with self-contained sorties that have a clear beginning and end. And while there are intricacies to this plot that I’m leaving out for the sake of brevity, know that the story serves as nothing more than a framework for some wonderfully over-the-top battles.Īnd oh, what battles they are. In order to stop Zeus’ dastardly plot and put an end to his nefarious deeds, these heroes must join up, gather allies, and rally against the Olympian deities before it’s too late. The epic, over-the-top story tucked inside Warriors Orochi 4 defies my ability to adequately explain it in a way that makes total sense, so I’ll do my best to summarize: The powerful god Zeus and his children are up to no good, and by using bracelets fashioned from the serpentine locks found on Medusa’s head, they create a strange, magical, and hyperviolent world filled to overflowing with characters from the Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors franchises.

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It’s so addictive, in fact, that I honestly can’t stop thinking about it, even as bigger and more high-profile games slowly but surely begin to stake their claim on my free time.

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It’s a marked improvement over the truly mediocre Dynasty Warriors 9, and it gives musou fans the kind of next-level ferocity that made the series so popular (and fun) in the first place. That said, you’ll definitely want to come back for more, as WO4 features some absolutely fantastic gameplay that runs smoothly 95 percent of the time.

And trust me when I say there are tons of characters to choose from over the course of the story so many, in fact, that you won’t even scratch the proverbial surface your first time through the game. Even after you’ve trucked through the five chapters, roughly 70 different missions, and multiple side stories, you can swing back around and level up the characters you decided to skip during your first playthrough.

Koei Tecmo and Omega Force’s Warriors Orochi 4 feels like a game that will never, ever end, and I mean that in the best way possible.