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Warriors Orochi

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Game Info

Publisher: Koei

Developer: Omega Force

Genre(s): Action, Beat-'Em-Up

Players: 2

ESRB Rating: T (Teen)

Release Date: September 18, 2007

Summary

Without warning, the Serpent King Orochi descended from the heavens. Using his unworldly powers to shatter time and space, Orochi kidnapped the strongest, wisest and most courageous warriors from Ancient China and Feudal Japan to test his might against the heroes of these ages. Most of the great armies of these two periods would succumb to the might of Orochi. Yet powerful warriors remain and are ready to continue the fight. Now, the greatest showdown in history is about to take place. [Koei]

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What The Critics Said

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PSM Magazine

With over 70 playable characters, you're sure to be going for a while. [Nov 2007, p.89]

GameTrailers

Warriors Orochi combines the characters and features of two successful franchises into one game, but the convoluted crossover storyline, unimpressive production values, and lack of major innovation aren’t likely to have new players ready to enlist.

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Official Playstation 2 Magazine UK

Still the same old, unsubtle scything we expect from a Warriors game, but given extra substance by some neat strategic twists. [Sept 2007, p.98]

IGN

The impressive roster and tremendous leveling opportunities may still delight hardcore level-grinding enthusiasts (anyone?), but the overall experience is hurt by the problems we mentioned before, since the repetitive nature of the title isn't broken up or regulated in any way (with mini-games and the like).

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Games Radar (in-house)

It's the same solid game you've been playing since "Dynasty Warriors 2" came out back in 2000.

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Games Master UK

Like the previous games? Get this. [Nov 2007, p.84]

Game Informer

Oh, how many restless nights have I spent yearning for a Koei game that would combine the worst parts of "Dynasty Warriors" with those of "Samurai Warriors"! [Oct 2007, p.113]

PSX Extreme

Warriors Orochi is another fanservice game, plain and simple, and really doesn't appeal to gamers who don't appreciate the "been there, done that" rehash. Because really, despite a few small upgrades, that's all this is.

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Thunderbolt

If you’ve not been convinced by Koei’s previous games then Warriors Orochi is unlikely to persuade you otherwise.

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GameSpot

Koei's apologists will find Warriors Orochi to be an affable bit of fan service, but everyone else should just stay far away.

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GamePro

More a mediocre tribute to past games than a fresh experience. Unimpressive graphics, a mundane fighting system, and a slate of characters borrowed from other titles leaves Warriors Orochi a stale appetizer left on the plate as you wait for the "Dynasty Warriors 6" main course.

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PSM3 Magazine UK

Hugely samey and mostly joyless. [Nov 2007, p.84]

G4 TV

Warriors Orochi is really only for the hardcore fans of the Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors franchises. We freely admit that we’re not one of those. You either like it or you don’t. You either care about the story or you don’t. Put Average Joe Gamer and this reviewer down in the “don’t” column.

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Gamestyle

As expected Warriors Orochi can only be an attractive proposition to dedicated fans of either series or even then only the most loyal of elite.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this game is 7.7 (out of 10) based on 8 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Tyler D. gave it a4:
I am a HUGE Dynasty Warriors fan and have been since DW2. I never did get into Samurai Warriors, but that could be due to trying to start with the Empires games, which aren't my style (cumbersome interface, false sense of strategy). All that being said, I find Warriors Orochi to be nearly unplayable. I've never had an issue with the difficulty of these games before, but even with more-than-reasonable leveling you are overpowered rather than superpowered. The appeal of these games has always been one character who can (beyond reason) plow through hundreds of opposing warriors. In Orochi, you are battered by minions and rendered immobile by officers constantly. It leaves you with a feeling of helplessness and frustration - it took me five tries to beat even the second (one star difficulty) battle. Besides the combat, I find the menu system to be completely unintuitive. Some nice options from the previous games are incorporated, such as leveling weapons, but for the most part having to organize/combine weapons or officers appears to be pointless and time-consuming.

Remos C. gave it a9:
If your a fan like i am, u will love this one also!!

Wedge A. gave it a9:
Ignore the critics, this game is the only DW/SW game you need until DW 6. The combo variety has really been upped hugely with the R1 special attack variants, musou combos, character switching, weapon customization... all on top of the smoothest and fastest paced combat in the series.

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