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[MarinaraSauce]

This was pretty much my reaction when I unlocked the 8-bit sword:

 

https://www.youtube....h?v=uneSOPqqAFw

[Haylee]

This is literally the best glitch

[Jared]

New costumes were revealed yesterday! A gothic dress for Agitha, a purple tunic for Link, a Lulu outfit for Ruto, and a Darmani outfit for Darunia!

[Haylee]

Lulu outfit for Ruto, and a Darmani outfit for Darunia!

Predicted as much, will probably use the Lulu outfit.

 

 

a purple tunic for Link

Yay, my favorite Link color.

[MoscowModder]

Where did you find this out? Are these part of paid DLC? Or an update?

[Jared]

 

It's part of the Master Quest DLC.

 

Edit- Even more! http://www.zeldainfo...mo#.VC2USahdXIU

Edited by Jared, 02 October 2014 - 01:07 PM.

[The Satellite]

I beat the Legend Mode, with quite a lot of Adventure Mode to go. Verdict so far? It's mindless, repetitive, but a good diversion. There's not as much level or mission variety as I would have liked, but at least each fighter has their own unique combos and abilities that makes it fun to explore and discover what they can do. The story was alright, there were parts I felt could've been done better but otherwise it was decent, nothing special. Zelda-like? Hard to say, but maybe the gameplay difference makes it feel different. The music is freakin' phenomenal though, holy shit. I don't think much of it would fit in an actual Zelda game without some tweaks, since it definitely fits the pumping action of the battleground, whereas Zelda games don't really get that action-oriented. Either way, it's a solid game, one I enjoyed.

[Haylee]

So I just got the game today. My thoughts on it so far? Definitely a good entry in a Warriors Franchise. There's a little less, than I was hoping for, but knowing Tecmo Koei, there will be a sequel.

 

Now then, my opinion on this compared to other Warriors games so far? Definitely a nice change of pace. In terms of speed, it's slower than say, Dynasty Warriors 8, but faster than Samurai Warriors 3, both really good entries in the franchise. Now then, do I think this is a rehash Warriors entry? I'm just going to have to go with a resounding "Fuck no." There's enough differences in the formula to warrant this game being a standalone title in the series, just like how Samurai Warriors 3 and Dynasty Warriors 8 were quite different from eachother.

Edited by Nexas, 09 October 2014 - 12:40 AM.

[Demonlink]

I also got the game today! Frickishly awesome so far I should say! Went all the way to Stage 4 in 3 hours. I love the music so far, I love the graphics and man, Adventure Mode is pretty awesome as well! 

 

(Too bad I had to play this with my Wiimote today, I had to charge my Gamepad today  )

[Haylee]

So I just completed Legend Mode, and am gonna go back to comparing this to Samurai Warriors 3 (SW3) and Dynasty Warriors 8 (DW8).

 

Difficulty: This game is definitely harder than DW8. For me, the difficulty scale, from easiest to hardest, seems to be DW8 --> HW --> SW3.

 

Story: In terms of story content, HW has the shortest story out of the 3. DW8 has the second longest story, meanwhile, SW3 has an individual 5 stage storyline for almost every character, giving it the longest story out of the 3 games. Although, I think HW has the best story, and DW8 has split paths becoming a thing.

 

Gameplay: This is a big one. You could very easily just say that the games play similarly, and call it a day, but I'm taking this one step further, and analyzing the main differences between the 3. I'm going to go ahead and put this in a tab, since this little list is pretty long:

Battle Preparations

DW8: There's actually not a preparations screen, believe it or not. Instead, you start at whatever base you start at in the battle, and have to talk to NPCs, or pause the game to prepare yourself. This means this is probably the most different out of the 3 preparations screens.

 

SW3: Honestly my favorite of the 3 screens. It gives you an outline about what you're going to do in the battle, and then you're able to select ALL of your character's equipment, from boots, to your mount, to your armor, gloves, and finally, your weapon. Also, you're able to zoom into the battle field before the battle starts.

 

HW: This one's sort of like a downgraded SW3 preparations screen. Not much here, other than, unlike the other games, you can change the music while you're not in free play.

 

SW3 wins this category.

Battles, Speed, and Enemies

Just about every game has the same controls, but have a variety of differences to make the game fresh.

 

DW8: Easily fastest game out of the 3. This game is all about cancelling your attacks for even more badass attacks, and if you know what you're doing, even the largest about battles ion the game can be beaten in about 5 minutes at the max. Unfortunately, the game lacks something pretty major, and that's enemy variety. A majority of the enemies are purely just soldiers and officers, with like, 4-6 missions with tigers thrown in there. If this game had the enemy variety of the other games, it'd be the best in terms of overall gameplay. This is the only entry that I consider to be truly repetitive.

 

SW3: Easily the slowest out of the 3...though, this isn't really a bad thing. It has so many other things going for it: a relatively large variety of enemies,  a good amount of controls, and it does so many things right in terms of gameplay. In terms of difficulty, it feels more like you're a kinda powerful warrior in an army of many, not some overpowered as all hell menace, which is quite the change in pace in a Warriors game. This isn't a bad thing, as it keeps things fresh and new. Overall, this is my favorite in terms of gameplay.

 

HW: This game is sort of a mix of speed and mechanics. It's in between both SW3 and DW8 in that department. However, there is something that stands out quite a bit in Hyrule Warriors. You guessed it, it's enemy variety. There's so many different types of enemies in the game, that sometimes, it's really hard not to get bored of the game. The game does however, suffer from minor repetitiveness, when trying to fight Poes or Dinofols, as their blocks can get really annoying.

 

Overall, SW3 wins in this category again.

Special Attacks, and Horses

I put these in the same category, since horses was effected by special attacks in HW.

 

DW8: The special gauge in this game went up ridiculously fast, if you knew what you were doing, meaning you saw it far too many times, then you should of, thus is got repetitive really quickly. It does have a rage gauge, which lets you do some more musou attacks, but it's still repetitive there, too. CANNOT say the same about horses. Horses absolutely wreck in DW8. By this, I mean they could very easily be called while you're just running through the field, and then holding the button lets you keep your momentum while running, and getting on the horse, making it really easy to get across the field.

 

SW3: This one was the exact opposite as DW8, Excellent Special Attack efficiency over terrible horse gameplay. The horses, basically required you to stop moving, wait for your horse to come to get you, and then you have to get on the horse with jump, it's clunky, an I'm glad DW8 fixed it. Now then, special attacks are a whole other story. This game has two special bars, there's a normal special gauge, and then the spirit gauge. If you use a special while your spirit gauge isn't full, you'll do a pretty kick ass combo, however, enemies can block it. If your spirit gauge is full when you use it, it does the same combo, but ends with the typical special attack you'd see in DW8 or Hyrule Warriors. This leads me to the next point, the spirit gauge has OTHER uses, meaning you won't be able to use the true special attack all the time, leading to a risk or reward system, that makes it really good. If your HP is low, you'll do a desperation attack as well when you do your special, and it stacks with the spirit special. SW3 may have bad horses, but the specials more than make up for it.

 

HW: Hyrule Warriors took out horses for two things that make the formula a bit different: Dashing, and the Focus Gauge. Dashing is about as fast as horses, if not, faster, and that makes the game quite fast pace, and easy to just pick up and play. Now then, all the special attacks work just like they did in DW8, with the whole "Tap a button, see a cool flashy move," however, it was less repetitive since the gauge went up slower. Now then, another thing came in that changed the formula more than you would think: The focus gauge. Since it's essentially just a special attack gauge that at first temperarely makes you stronger, followed by another kick ass special move, you have to wonder: "How does this change the forumla?" It's simple: It goes back to the risk or reward system of SW3. The focus gauge goes up far slower than the special gauge, meaning it's best saved for emergencies and whatnot. Considering both the dashing and the special gauge is set up in a way that makes it nicer:

 

HW wins this category.

Controls

Considering the controls are actually pretty similar between the games, I've decided to list the controls that are different only. It'll go: HW > SW3 > DW8:

 

Dodge/Insta Dash > Jump/Spirit Strike* > Jump

Focus Sprirt > Call Horse > Call Horse

 

* SW3 did have dodging, but it was set to an unused button in the other Warriors games.

 

Everything else is pretty much the same, although, the game speed and whatnot make them feel different. I think Hyrule Warriors wins this category though, since I'm starting to get use to those controls. lol

 

Overall, I think SW3 wins in terms of gameplay.

 

Music: Literally a tie, there's no reason to get into detail about this, I love the music.

 

Characters and Weapons: DW8 had individual weapons for each characters, which sounds like a bad thing, until you consider you can give each character the weapons of everyone else. However, you can only use the individual special attacks of the character, plus is has the largest cast of the 3. SW3 has the character, and those characters have their weapons, you can't change their weapon type or anything, although, there are quite a bit of characters. HW has the smallest cast, though understandably so, it's the first game in the series (I'm expecting sequels, Koei.). Plus, not to mention, some characters have more than one weapon entirely. HW probably wins this time around, for me. 

 

DLC and Online Play: SW3 has no DLC whatsoever, and I can't really judge its online play, since Nintendo discontinued the Wii's online server for games way back in May. DW8's DLC is meh. There's a few DLC costumes, some weapons, and an incredibly generic set of new missions. Online play, on the other hand, is in full blast. There's online play for every single mode in the game. HW just has Miiverse for online play, however, the upcoming DLC more than makes up for it. More maps, more STORY scenarios (Take a hint, DW8.), more weapons, and hell, even going as far as having more characters. (And maybe even a new mode.) HW wins this category soley because of the DLC that we're going to get.

 

Content: DW8 has the least of this. There's 3 main modes: Story Mode, Free Mode, and DW8's exclusive mode, Ambition Mode. Story Mode and Free Mode are in just about every Warriors game, so all we have to look at is Ambition Mode, which is mediocre. Excluding Story and Free Mode, SW3 has Historical Mode, Murasame a Castle Mode, and to top it all off, a character creator. Historical Mode lets you play through exclusive battles as your custom characters, and it's actually pretty fun. Murasame Castle mode is a mode with a Mario style map, to layout each stage, and is a cameo mode for the game "Mysterious Murasame Castle", Takamaru even makes a cameo in it, as a playable character. (Takamaru for Smash 5, anyone? :3) HW has the super expansive Adventure Mode, it has Challenge mode, and just about any mode that ends up coming into existence as potential DLC, which is possible considering Challenge Mode was patched in by the creators. HW wins, since there's so much more to do than SW3, despite it having more modes, and DW8? Pfft.

 

Overall: I love all 3 games, I really do. DW8 however, is the worst of the 3. Meanwhile, I think SW3 is the best out of the 3, and HW is in the middle. Though, honestly, it's very close to beating SW3. Perhaps when the DLC comes out, it will. :3

Edited by Nexas, 11 October 2014 - 08:43 PM.

[Deedee]

Just got Hyrule warriors, and I think it's awesome! So much action, so much exploration (There is still hidden stuff, you have something like a piece of heart and a heart container to find in each story mission), and ITSSOLONGWHYDIDYOUNOTGIVEMETHISBEFOREGODTHISISAWESOME!!!!!!!! The upcoming DLC adds a SECOND storyline (Yes, the EVIL story), 3 new Adventure maps around the same size as the current one (Which is literally about 180 hours... That long), 3 new characters with their own weapons, new costumes (Including a Dark Link Costume), and possibly one more mode. This would mean the game could have over 700+ hours of gameplay.

[Haylee]

So who else here thinks Impa is a blast to play as with either the Giant Blade, or the Naginata?

 

I'm not even sure which one I like better. ;~;

Edited by Nexas, 13 October 2014 - 08:49 PM.

[Deedee]

To be honest, I think both are terrible. I myself am a Magic rod fan, but I can settle with the sword.

[Eppy]

I find myself either using the Magic Rod or the Gauntlets(Power Glove).

[Haylee]

So 2 things I've noticed instantly about Volga:

 

-His XXXXY is OP, and can take out an entire base in 1-2 fell swoops.

-His XY combo can be infinitely repeated, making missions far easier than they should be.

 

In other words, when the Hyrule Warriors Tier list comes out, Volga is going to be relatively high due to this.