Dominic Sheard: "2014 has been a year full of quality for the Warriors franchise, with some genuinely great entries in the series that have capitalised on what the games are good at and built upon that with interesting tweaks and additional mechanics. The developers, Omega Force, crafted a title for Zelda fans by combining elements from Link’s famous adventures to bring Hyrule Warriors, got the best entry in Dynasty Warriors with Dynasty Warriors 8 Xtreme Legends Complete Edition and received a shiny current generation port of Warriors Orochi 3, dubbed the Ultimate edition. One Warriors game missing from that list for the PlayStation 4 is Samurai Warriors, originally a spin-off that came out on the PlayStation 2, but has become popular enough to now receive its third sequel for Sony’s currently active systems. With a focus on frantic action and some of the best performance from the Warriors engine so far, Samurai Warriors 4 might just be stealing the title from Dynasty Warriors 8 Xt...
"Amazon has added new game deals for August 17th. Deals are Assassin’s Creed Chronicles $10, The Golf Club: Collector's Edition $13, Samurai Warriors 4 Empires $20 and lots more!"
This problem that was partially fixed when Koei released 4-II, but what about the original? Having already played Dynasty Warriors and Orochi Warriors 3, Bit Cultures was excited to get into the Samurai Warriors series for the first time and see the characters that had already been introduced to in their stories.
Amazon has discounted Dynasty Warriors 8 Empires (20% off to $39.99 on Xbox One), Samurai Warriors 4 Special Anime Pack (34% off to $49.36 on PS4) and Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate (40% off to $23.99 on PS4).
I love this game. It is definitely one of the best games i've played this year. It reminds me of the original Duke Nuke'm games with the witty sarcasm and blood and guts. Definitely worth a go.