Dynasty Warriors 7

[Tobi]

Some new screens and new weapons revealed as well. I see Xing Cai using her Spear? and Shield in one screen, a large sword in another screen, and a smaller sword and shield in another screen. I think Xing Cai originally used Spear + Shield or Fork + Shield. It's hard to see what she's using in the first field screen of her.

Here's all the screens: http://www.famitsu.com/news/201011/05035427.html

[Tobi]

Official site is updated now, has new screens, more characters, and new weapons under action section.

http://www.gamecity.ne.jp/smusou6/

[Kiarax]

She used a fork/trident and shield originally. She's pretty clearly using a sword in the screenshot (and the icon is a sword+shield) though. God damn that shield she has is huge though! Fucking love the new character designs this time, all of the characters so far look pretty awesome. Although I'm not sure how I'd feel about using a (female) character called Wang. Wonder if they'll change her name over here, lol.

[Tobi]

I'm glad everyone seems to be making a return and getting their originally weapons back as well. Curious to see how big the roster will be, since they said this will have the most characters in it out of the others. They even added Cai Wenji(Think that's her name) in as well.

And yeah, that shield is pretty damn huge, lol. I also didn't notice weapon icons on the bottom left, thanks for pointing that out for me.

[izembo]

still holding out for online play before i buy another DW game

[Kiarax]

Strikeforce had online and honestly it made me not care too much about it anymore. To make it work well they had to cut the maps in to tiny areas as well as remove local multiplayer. It was fun online (despite the super saiyan bullshit) but I'll take local multiplayer over it any day of the week. I'm just glad they are bringing over the one good thing from Strikeforce, and that's multiple weapons equipped at once. Busting out crazy aerial combos with weapon switching mid-combo owned, hopefully we can at least get some awesome ground combos going in this one.

[Aeowin]

No Lu Bu ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff ffffffffffffffffffffffff

[Rescue]

Strikeforce had online and honestly it made me not care too much about it anymore. To make it work well they had to cut the maps in to tiny areas as well as remove local multiplayer. It was fun online (despite the super saiyan bullshit) but I'll take local multiplayer over it any day of the week. I'm just glad they are bringing over the one good thing from Strikeforce, and that's multiple weapons equipped at once. Busting out crazy aerial combos with weapon switching mid-combo owned, hopefully we can at least get some awesome ground combos going in this one.

I hope they bring the target lockon over from that. Boss fights were a lot better with that

[Kiarax]

Yeah, lock on was pretty damn handy too, but I don't see such a need for it in this since there's no aerial fighting. Would have been fucking impossible in Strikeforce without lock on.

[Cayena]

I tried out the open beta for Dynasty Warriors Online (couldn't find a thread for it and don't care enough to start one) and it's an interesting game. It's far more encompassing than what I'm looking for when playing Dynasty Warriors, but for some hardcore fans it might be an enjoyable new experience.

[Tobi]

11 Screenshots
http://www.andriasang.com/e/gallerie...ors_7_screens/

[Tobi]

Same info(somewhat), but its a bit more detailed, and it more or less confirms 4th weapons I'd say.

Text may come out a bit weird

In the spirit of Dynasty
Warriors: Strikeforce,
characters can equip two
weapons. Weapons can be
changed at any time (in and
out of battle) and each
comes with their own traits.
If the player switches
between the two weapons
quickly enough, they may
trigger a special attack
called "Variable Action". The
attacks depend on the
weapon combinations to
encourage the player to
freely experiment with
different weapons. Weapons
can be customized to the
player's preferences.
Additionally, each character
is affiliated with a
particular weapon type (so
far being hinted as weapons
from Dynasty Warriors 5).
When equipped with their
weapon of choice, they will
perform an extra attack
unique to them. Weapons so
far include:

Spear
Sword
Rapier
Long bow
Folding fan
Throwing daggers
Pike
Sword and shield
War fan
Axe
Konghou (箜篌), the east
Asian version of the
harp
Tongnu Cannon (連弩砲), a
large and destructive
firearm weapon
attached to a
character's arm (not
to be confused the
more compact
version from Yue
Ying's previous
weapon of choice).

Enemy soldiers can drop
weapons and can be used by
the player's character.

The Musou Gauge can be
built up to two stocks. Like
Samurai Warriors 3, the
additional musou guage can
be used to unlock a
stronger, unique musou
during an already executed
musou. Like Dynasty
Warriors: Gundam 2, aerial
musous are present.

The normal attack and
charge attack system
returns.

Horses can perform a
kicking attack.

A new mode called Chronicle
Mode is introduced. Within
this mode, players can earn
the ultimate weapons in the
game and unlock various
playable characters. Specific
stories and stages are set to
be made exclusive to this
mode.

Cutscenes and events no
longer take loading time,
and the transition strives to
be as close to real-time as
possible. It is possible to
keep playing during special
scenes that were previously
pre-rendered movies.
The game's visuals will be
rendered for a 3D viewing
experience, allowing players
to be furthered absorbed in
the Three Kingdoms setting.

[Tobi]

Some more new screens http://www.andriasang.com/e/gallerie...ors_7_screens/

[Tobi]

Wei's new theme? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsEJTEMqPJ8

[Tobi]

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Brief summary of the latest DW7 details:

* There will be more than 60 characters in total (That means
between 61-69).

* The Other force does not have a story mode, but players will be
able to use the Other characters in Chronicle Mode.

* Both consoles (PS3 & 360) will support the stereoscopic 3D.

* Weapons have been revealed for several characters. DaQiao's
weapon from Multi Raid 2 (Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce 2) will
not return.

* Each character will have 2 different kinds of Musou attacks. All
characters' first Musou attacks are normally executed on the
ground. For the secondary Musou attack, some characters will have
either an Alternate Ground Musou or Jump/Aerial Musou.

* For some important large battles, it will be split into two parts,
so you can have two character perspectives (ex: Shu's Chang Ban
stage, 1st Part: Zhao Yun, 2nd Part: Zhang Fei).

* Morale bar is gone, but the morale system itself still exists and
will be reflected from officer messages and such.

* DLC (Downloadable Content) is confirmed to be added.

* Some weapons will have aerial combo.

* There are no current plans for a PSP release.

The game will be released on March 25, 2011 for both PlayStation
3 and Xbox 360 in Europe. TECMO KOEI US has hinted about the
North American release date on their twitter account, that
everyone worldwide will be able to play the game in March 2011. Be
sure to check back here for more Dynasty Warriors 7 updates.

[Tobi]

Clockwise from top left, they are:
馬岱 Ma Dai, Ma Chao's cousin who slain Wei Yan when the latter rebelled. His main weapon is a magic brush
鄧艾 Deng Ai, Wei officer who captured Cheng Du in the final Wei-Shu conflict. His main weapon is a drill spear
鍾會 Zhong Hui, who tried to rebel with Jiang Wei against Sima Zhao after Shu has fallen. His main weapons are flying swords
郭淮 Guo Huai, Wei general who mainly fought against Shu during the Northern Campaign. His main weapon is the hand cannon

Note that except Ma Dai who is in Shu, all the other characters are categorized under the Jin faction. Sima Yi is now also in Jin.

http://i55.tinypic.com/2wnsope.jpg

[Tobi]

Zhu Rong definitely back, weapon she has equipped seem to be throwing knives



Some new info should be coming in next week, finally

[Tobi]

Ding Feng is new Wu general that was just announced in first scan today. Also, I'm loving Zhu Rong new look

[Tobi]

Just came up

Famitsu has first details on some of the multiplayer options Tecmo Koei is working on for Dynasty Warriors 7. The game's Chronicle Mode, where you follow a story that recreates various situations from Sangokushi, will have co-op play. This can be done both online and via offline split screen. It's unclear if the co-op mode will work with other areas of the game as well.

As detailed below, Famitsu also reveals this week Kingdom of Wu member Ding Feng as a playable character.

[Kiarax]

Dat Zhu Rong design, SOLD.