We are well-aware more changes have been awaited by players in recent years, with Dynasty Warriors 9 being one of the challenges we worked on in order to answer those wishes. Along the years we have performed some game design changes based on whether players at the time wanted more focus on strategy or on storytelling. The constant base of these games, satisfying and exhilarating action, has not changed.
With so many musou games across different series that Omega Force and Koei Tecmo have worked on, how has your approach to this genre of games evolved over the years? Only from then did we start developing the game. We have been observing the evolution of the PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and Steam in order to evaluate whether the environment they provide was ready and adequate to bring a new Orochi title that can be enjoyed by many players.
No, this title has not continually been under development since that time. Why has it taken so long for this fourth installment to be released? It has been many years since the release of Warriors Orochi 3 which was released back in 2011.
"We have been observing the evolution of the PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and Steam in order to evaluate whether the environment they provide was ready and adequate to bring a new Orochi title that can be enjoyed by many players." We changed the approach in order to focus more on exhilarating action itself, and on a gameflow that allows players to play without getting confused.Īs the story of the Orochi series is generally considered the most exciting among “Warriors series” games, we have been focusing on making it even better and more streamlined. Why have you decided to go a different route with this game? Key characters will also perform transformations called “deifications”, which will also be available to enemies that we hope players will have lots of fun fighting against.ĭynasty Warriors 9 brought us an open world setting. On top of that, the thoughts and personalities of characters from Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors will also clash with them and among each other. The story will also narrate how Perseus, who we recently announced, rebelled against Zeus’s actions leading him to be pursued by Athena for treason. Zeus, who initiated the events of this story, will face the player’s team in battle. Who are some of the major characters in the game and what will their role in the story be? This is further enhanced by his supervision of the new characters of this title, in addition to the storyline itself. More than a difference from what we have been creating until now per se, we think the story Mr. Has this contributed to a difference in how the story will play out when compared to past games in the series? Yoshitaka Murayami, the writer of Suikoden has been supervising the story for this game. In addition, each character will have “Unique Magic”. With 170 playable characters, can we expect these characters to be distinctive in significant ways?īasic actions will be different for all 170 characters. This title’s keywords being “Fantasy Orochi”, we have added tropes from Western mythology to the overall world of the game, its characters, weapons, and actions with the introduction of “Magic”, new types of moves.
In addition, each character will have “Unique Magic”."īeing the fourth entry in the series, what are some of the major changes we can expect to see? "Basic actions will be different for all 170 characters. To learn more about what changes are in store for players, Gamingbolt reached out to the developers with some questions and Masaki Furusawa provided the following answers. Warriors Orochi 4 is going to be the latest installment in the Warriors Orochi series which is a crossover series between Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors. While it looks like the core gameplay will remain mostly the same, the developers are also bringing some improvements with this sequel.