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Warriors Orochi

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8.6 User Score:

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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: March 25, 2008

Summary

Without warning, the venomous 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 in a scheme to test his might against the heroes of these ages. In Warriors Orochi the characters from both the Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors franchises must team-up to wage war against this new, yet powerful force. The game boasts an amazing roster of 79 playable characters, while four action-packed "crossover" storylines feature amazing team-ups and some long-awaited confrontations between characters from both series. Warriors Orochi for PSP boasts the massive seamless battlefields of the console versions, while previous games in the series for handheld platforms had combat taking place on battlefields divided into smaller "cells". The handheld release includes all 79 playable characters, and features 2-player co-op play via wireless (ad-hoc). [Koei]

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What The Critics Said

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GameSpy

Orochi's one of the most polished of the recent Warriors games.

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Destructoid

As a port of the full game, however, it is a triumph, packing a ridiculously huge amount of content into a humble UMD.

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GameZone

Repetitive gameplay aside, the game’s few flaws don’t take away from the action or cool options. This is strictly for the fans.

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Pocket Gamer UK

No-frills action makes Warriors Orochi a decent portable experience, especially with co-op multiplayer and the promise of hours and hours of enjoyable - if similar - gameplay.

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Worth Playing

The developers have gotten this design down, but a complete lack of innovation and some poorly implemented features cripples Warriors Orochi.

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Cheat Code Central

This is a simple hack-and-slash game. By its very nature it's repetitive. By hinting at more depth with weapon upgrades, 79 playable and combinable characters with upgradable attributes, and a two-player mode, I think it's the developer's responsibility to fully realize these features and implement them in the gameplay. Otherwise don't tease us.

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IGN

All the typical problems of repetition, poor story, below average graphics and awful voice acting return once again, but the renowned Warriors button-mashing seems more fitted to quick, portable gaming sessions.

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Official Playstation 2 Magazine UK

Hopelessly repetitive and only offers the same amount of cheap thrills as every other Dynasty Warriors type game. [July 2008, p.90]

1UP

If you've loved the Warriors games in the past, then I wholeheartedly recommend Warriors Orochi. It has all the hack-n-slash action that fans of the series want, with the add convenience of portability.

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Playstation: The Official Magazine (US)

Just a solid port of an unremarkable brawler. [June 2008, p.75]

GameShark

Warriors Orochi isn’t a bad game since it is another angle on the same Koei-based hack-and-slash games they have been working on for over a decade now. There are also some new things brought to the table, but the gameplay experience is becoming tiring.

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PTGamers

First and foremost, Warriors Orochi PSP is a game aimed at fans, and only then for a few other players.

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GameSpot

Three Kingdoms China meets Sengoku Japan in this fan-service-powered snooze fest.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this game is 8.6 (out of 10) based on 5 User Votes

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

[Anonymous] gave it a10:
This is, in my opinion, the best Warriors game out there. It keeps the same characters and stages as the past games, but with this Orochi fellow it changes everything you know about those stages. I enjoyed a Hu Lao Gate level that I actually haven't played in 3 other games. If nothing else, give it a rent, but I really love this game. The port to the PSP is truly outstanding, as the only things lost are most of the voice and the in-game cutscenes. In both cases, this might be a good thing, as both suck in the PS2 version.

Ack gave it a7:
7 for non fans and 8 for people who like this sort of game. My only complaint besides the obvious items mentioned by the "professional" reviewers is that it seems that the characters die a little too easily when starting out. But the weapon fusion is pretty cool. And there are a lot more enemies to whack.

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