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Warriors Orochi (Sony PSP)

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]

Koei
Action, Beat-'Em-Up
Players: 2
T (Teen)
Developer: Omega Force
Released March 25, 2008

Overall Metascore

This is a weighted, normalized average of all individual scores given by critics, on a scale of 0 (worst) to 100 (best).

62 / 100

Critic Reviews

80	GameSpy Orochi's one of the most polished of the recent Warriors games.
80	Destructoid As a port of the full game, however, it is a triumph, packing a ridiculously huge amount of content into a humble UMD.
70	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.
70	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.
68	Worth Playing The developers have gotten this design down, but a complete lack of innovation and some poorly implemented features cripples Warriors Orochi.
66	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.
65	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.
60	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]
58	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.
50	Playstation: The Official Magazine (US) Just a solid port of an unremarkable brawler. [June 2008, p.75]
50	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.
50	PTGamers First and foremost, Warriors Orochi PSP is a game aimed at fans, and only then for a few other players.
40	GameSpot Three Kingdoms China meets Sengoku Japan in this fan-service-powered snooze fest.

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