Addicted to fighting samurai-snakes

[jethrien]

Chuckro was playing his new Dynasty Warriors spin-off, Warriors Orochi, on Saturday. He noted that the game had a two-player mode, and asked me if I wanted to try.

And there went our weekend.

Holy mackeral, this is the most addicted to a game I've been since Katamari. All I really want to do is fight samurai and snake people. I closed by eyes last night to go to sleep, and I saw little Chinese and Japanese warriors running around a battlefield behind my lids. Also, the theme music? Most ridiculously catchy thing ever.

Damn you, Warriors Orochi!

Comments

[jethrien.livejournal.com]

Exactly. I have no interest in playing this game by myself, actually - I think this has both the satisfaction of mowing down peasants without needing much actual skill (good, 'cause I don't have any) and the fun of playing cooperatively with Chuckro.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

I think this has both the satisfaction of mowing down peasants without needing much actual skill (good, 'cause I don't have any)

Therein lying my attraction to the game. I like video games, but I'm pretty darn awful at them. I'm bad at button mashers, I'm bad at action games, and I downright suck at first-person shooters. The best I can do are the hack and slash, repetitive motion, one-button games. Which is why Dynasty Warriors is the Best. Series. Ever.

[jethrien.livejournal.com]

I have a tendency to accidentally Musou-attack my horse. Because apparently the jump and Musou buttons are just too similar. Really awkward when you were trying to ride your horse over to kill the stage boss, and now suddenly have an empty Musou meter and nothing to show for it.

Also, horse and I have an iffy relationship. I like being able to cover long distances and riding down peasants is fun. But I have an enormous amount of trouble getting on the damn horse in the first place, and when I try to ride into battle, I generally proceed to miss everyone until someone knocks me off my horse.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

The horse and I have a complicated relationship as well. So, in general, I favor generals who are either blindingly fast (Lu Xun is a favorite) or I customize those generals to increase their speed with items. I can't be arsed to haul that stupid horse around. They need a "whistle for horse" option so it comes to you, not the other way around.

The only time I got a horse and kept it for any length of time was in DW5 with Ma Chao. He has ungodly stats on his final weapon, and there is a saddle option that keeps you permanently seated on your horse no matter how badly someone smacks you around. (Or how many archers get you. ARCHERS!!! ::SHAKES FIST::) Otherwise, I tend to just steal horses and let mine go hang.

[chuckro.livejournal.com]

They need a "whistle for horse" option so it comes to you, not the other way around.

They added one. Press Select in Warriors Orochi.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

Ah, of course they would do that for the ONE Dynasty Warriors game I never play.

[jethrien.livejournal.com]

They need a "whistle for horse" option so it comes to you, not the other way around.

The Select button (at least in Warriors Orochi whistles for the horse. Basically, as long as the horse isn't already within sight from where you're standing, about a second a half later, it slides to a halt next to you. It's fabulous.