General Musou Warriors Thread

KaizokuJinbei

I decided to make a thread for DW/SW games because there are so many of them that it would be to hectic to keep making single threads for each game.

Well first is Dynasty Warriors 8 confirmed for release on Feburary 28th 2013 in Japan (else where will probably see it Q2 of that year)
http://koeiwarriors.co.uk/

! Game Modes
! Story Mode
! * Story Mode is still faction-oriented and has seamless cutscenes
The mode may have online co-op

Jin kingdom is still returning
DW8 will have more freedom in the stage's progress route, unlike DW7 which had a quite preset progress route
The stories are being rewritten from scratch
There will be also what-if stories that consist of certain generals living beyond their actual lifespans (eg. Guo Jia in Chi Bi)
There will be a selection of main characters to choose in some stages (eg. Wei's Hefei may have selection between Zhang Liao, Yue Jin or Li Dian)

! Free Mode
Free Mode is returning
! There will be also another new game mode for the replay value
! Gameplay Systems
! * Weapon switch system from DW7 is returning

All DW7 weapon types up to DW7E will be returning along with more brand-new weapons
Weapon Seals are gone and replaced with a new Weapon Tempering system that will allow more weapon customization & collection
All characters now have 3 Musou attacks NEW
1st Musou: O
2nd Musou: R1+O
3rd Musou: Aerial O
The Musou attack variety will be unlocked as the character is strengthened up NEW
(Which means only 1st Musou will be available at the beginning, with 2nd & 3rd Musous needing to be unlocked later)

! Weapon Affinity NEW
! * Weapons now have affinity which corresponds to the weapons the opponent is holding

There are 3 affinity elements:
天 Heaven
地 Earth
人 People
There is a triangular relationship to determine which affinity is better against which
Heaven is good against Earth
Earth is good against People
People is good against Heaven
This affinity relationship will decide which of the new actions below may be triggered

! Storm Rush
! * Activated if player's weapon has better affinity to opponent's weapon

Breaks enemy guard, allows more combo attack, and increases attack speed

! Variable Counter
! * Activated if player's weapon has worse affinity to opponent's weapon

As the name suggests, it's a counter attack that will make weapon switch at the end

! * Both Storm Rush & Variable Counter will also blow away surrounding enemies

The gameplay is designed so that even casual gamers can also enjoy them, but expert players will also find them crucial on clearing high difficulty stages

! Awakening
! * This system is reminiscent to DW5's Awakening Rage

Activated when certain requirements are met
During Awakening mode, the Musou gauge that is usually composed of multiple blocks will be unified into a single bar like past DW games
Stats are greatly increased, and Musou attack will be changed to Awakening Musou attack
When a lot of enemies are beaten with this Awakening Musou, it will evolve even further into True Awakening Musou
The merit of using Awakening Musou is that enemies beaten will drop better stat-up items

! Miscellaneous
! * The game system is mainly based on DW7, hence the quicker development cycle

DW8's concept is "Infinite Deepening" rather than "Evolution", thus focusing more on the quantitative addition
The most major difference from DW7 is renewed costumes
There will be a Very Easy setting dedicated for casual players which will have a specific control type designed to be able to unleash variety of combos with just a single button
Online play is said to be put more effort compared to past games
The Deferred Lighting technique is being used to draw the graphics here, which hopefully will reduce the jarring framerate drop from DW7 as much as possible
Stages are to be revamped with better graphics, weather effects and more visible gimmicks
First-Print copy incentive is a DLC code for ROTK XII costumes of Zhao Yun & Sun Shangxiang NEW
Pre-Order incentive is one of 4 smartphone poaches designed with one of the 4 main kingdoms NEW

! Known new characters:

! Guan Yinping, (Daughter of Guan Yu) Weapon: Double-Edged Mace
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! Guan Xing, (Second son of Guan Yu) Weapon: Arm Blade
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! Zhang Bao (Son of Zhang Fei) Weapon: Wide Snake Sword (I call it the Biggie Small sword)
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! New Wei general Yue Jin. Weapon: Wheel Halberd.
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! New Wei general Li Dian. Weapon: Twin Hookswords
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! New Wu general Lu Su. Weapon: Rake/Hoe (not clear yet)
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! Known returning characters
! 劉備 (玄德) Liu Bei (Xuande) - Weapon: Twin Swords NEW
關羽 (雲長) Guan Yu (Yunchang) - Weapon: Crescent Glaive NEW
張飛 (益德) Zhang Fei (Yide) - Weapon: Serpent Pike NEW
趙雲 (子龍) Zhao Yun (Zilong) - Weapon: Dragon Spear
諸葛亮 (孔明) Zhuge Liang (Kongming) - Weapon: Feather Fan
曹操 (孟德) Cao Cao (Mengde) - New Weapon: General Sword
曹丕 (子桓) Cao Pi (Zihuan) - New Weapon: Double-Bladed Sword
夏侯惇 (元讓) Xiahou Dun (Yuanrang) - Weapon: Scimitar
夏侯淵 (妙才) Xiahou Yuan (Miaocai) - New Weapon: Rod Bow
典韋 Dian Wei - Weapon: Hand Axe
張遼 (文遠) Zhang Liao (Wenyuan) - Weapon: Twin Halberds
甄姫 Zhenji - Weapon: Flute
孫堅 (文台) Sun Jian (Wentai) - New Weapon: Nine-Ringed Broadsword
孫策 (伯符) Sun Ce (Bofu) - Weapon: Tonfa NEW
孫尚香 Sun Shangxiang - Weapon: Chakrams
周瑜 (公瑾) Zhou Yu (Gongjin) - Weapon: Staff
陸遜 (伯言) Lu Xun (Boyan) - New Weapon: Swallow Swords
呂蒙 (子明) Lu Meng (Ziming) - Weapon: Pike
凌統 (公績) Ling Tong (Gongji) - New Weapon: Sanjiegun Staff
甘寧 (興霸) Gan Ning (Xingba) - Weapon: Chain Flail
黃蓋 (公覆) Huang Gai (Gongfu) - Weapon: Iron Boat
大喬 DaQiao - Weapon: Twin Canes NEW
張角 Zhang Jiao - Weapon: Monk Staff NEW
! And a bunch of pics of returning officers from Wu, Shu, Wei, Jin, and others. You will notice some have different looks otherwise most will be recognizable by those who have played DW alot.
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Next is Dynasty Warriors 7 Empires releases in America Feb 26rd 2013 (Europe on the 22nd of Feb)

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! Xiahou Ba's new weapon. (Looks freaking insane)
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And finally Samurai Warriors 4

Confirmed for release in Feburary 2014. Sadly nothing more than that.

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Well DW8 is looking really promising love that they brought Zhao Yun back to his pre DW6 look more.

NicoNico28

Wasn't expecting a new Dynasty Warriors so soon,but not unexpected.

Still it actually looks great,nice new details,and I really like how the new characters look and the new designs of old characters look great too.

Robby

Retitled so it can also include Orochi, Fist of the North Star and Gundam.

Could also theoretically hold OP musou, but that's just not going to happen and it would eat the thread alive. Also feel free to throw in Sengoku Basara or other similar games.

Big fan of the franchise, own basically all the console editions of everything, but was hugely dissapointed with their last several outings. DW7 was a huge misfire, and while I enjoyed the actual gameplay Gundam 3 a lot they really screwed up the maps and repetiveness of the missions there.

NicoNico28

May I ask why you didn't like DW7 Robby? I personally thought it was good,and a step up from DW5 and DW6.

Robby

@NicoNico28:

May I ask why you didn't like DW7 Robby? I personally thought it was good,and a step up from DW5 and DW6.

Two big things.

-They neutered 2 player mode, and I ALWAYS play it with one of my friends. You could NOT do story with 2 players, and having a second player in conquest mode meant you didn't get ANY of the ally loyalty bonus things. And since you had to play story mode to unlock characters… it was basically 30 hours of game without my friend. Something that had never been a problem in the previous 20 or so games.

-interchangable weapons system. made every single character basically identical. The only difference at that point is a single special move they have.

I know, Gundam is basically the same in that the character doesn't matter and the weapon decides the play style, but.. the Gundams all look and play differently. And there's a vast difference between an invisible pilot inside a giant mech throwing out some dialogue... and having someone switch between fans, swords, sais, giant mace, nunchucks, and Lu Bu's spear, all without any penalty. (Yes, in theory there were stat differences, but it was pretty un-noticeable.)

Also, swimming and climbing ladders sucked. They sucked in 6 as well, but... still not fixed. (Six was forgiven its tiny roster and problems due to the generation shift and "ground up" build, but... also not that good.)

They get props for a better story mode and finally adding a fourth army... but its meaningless when 1) a second player can't play that story and 2)they all play identically.

-also. level variety. There was none. Every mission was the same. Same map, same quests, same enemies. Gundam 3 and OP musou had the same problem. Compare it to Sengoku Basara where EVERY stage is varied and different in a bunch of ways, complete with clever designs, unique traps, streamlined ways of traversing the stages... Yes, there is inevitably that one stage you CHOOSE to play over and over more than any others because its easy to grind up weapons or stats in it for some reason or another... but not cool where its literally the same 5 or 6 tiny maps over and over.

Cyber-Robin

I have the PS3 version of Warriors Orochi 3 yet still felt compelled to pick up the Wii U version. Huge step up. PS3 has painful load times and Samurai Warriors/Others don't have musou moves. Wii U version they do. And load times are quicker. People complained about the popup but it's nothing worse either. So yeah. All in all I'm pretty happy about it. AND I've already found people online thanks to Miiverse to play with for it. So happy happy.

Hopefully Koei announce more for the Wii U. I know we are getting Ken's Rage but hoping for DW8 and only way I'm gonna buy the english version of One Piece (unless it comes with some VERY good extras.) is for Wii U. (Will likely import anyways if there's a special edition.

edit: 8 looks pretty nice. Glad to hear Jin is back. Hopefully some more stuff for it. Would especially like to see more generals for the other factions since 7 made out that Lian Shi or whatever she was called woulda been like 109 or something lol

KaizokuJinbei

@Cyber-Robin:

I have the PS3 version of Warriors Orochi 3 yet still felt compelled to pick up the Wii U version. Huge step up. PS3 has painful load times and Samurai Warriors/Others don't have musou moves. Wii U version they do. And load times are quicker. People complained about the popup but it's nothing worse either. So yeah. All in all I'm pretty happy about it. AND I've already found people online thanks to Miiverse to play with for it. So happy happy.

Hopefully Koei announce more for the Wii U. I know we are getting Ken's Rage but hoping for DW8 and only way I'm gonna buy the english version of One Piece (unless it comes with some VERY good extras.) is for Wii U. (Will likely import anyways if there's a special edition.

edit: 8 looks pretty nice. Glad to hear Jin is back. Hopefully some more stuff for it. Would especially like to see more generals for the other factions since 7 made out that Lian Shi or whatever she was called woulda been like 109 or something lol

I myself am hopeful for a DW8 and DW7E Wii U release/

I honestly think that they could make Dynasty warriors more strategic using the Wii U game pad. I was disappointed they did utilize it more on WO3. For example take that map on the top right corner of the screen and put it on the Wii U gamepad and make it to where you can select a unit and then touch on the map where you want them to go or which general to focus on.

Cyber-Robin

I'd be more than happy even if they were on there and simply used the gamepad that runs the game like WO3. I been playing it in bed while watching TV lol

Robby

@KaizokuJinbei:

where you can select a unit and then touch on the map where you want them to go or which general to focus on.

Control of your units? An ability to make them stay put behind your defensive line, attack where you want them to, or at least not run headfirst into the worst possible spots where all the enemies are?

In a musou game?

Never.

Bad ally AI where your leaders run straight into the enemy camp and get killed is part of the challenge.

NicoNico28

@RobbyBevard:

Two big things.

-They neutered 2 player mode, and I ALWAYS play it with one of my friends. You could NOT do story with 2 players, and having a second player in conquest mode meant you didn't get ANY of the ally loyalty bonus things. And since you had to play story mode to unlock characters… it was basically 30 hours of game without my friend. Something that had never been a problem in the previous 20 or so games.

-interchangable weapons system. made every single character basically identical. The only difference at that point is a single special move they have.

I know, Gundam is basically the same in that the character doesn't matter and the weapon decides the play style, but.. the Gundams all look and play differently. And there's a vast difference between an invisible pilot inside a giant mech throwing out some dialogue... and having someone switch between fans, swords, sais, giant mace, nunchucks, and Lu Bu's spear, all without any penalty. (Yes, in theory there were stat differences, but it was pretty un-noticeable.)

Also, swimming and climbing ladders sucked. They sucked in 6 as well, but... still not fixed. (Six was forgiven its tiny roster and problems due to the generation shift and "ground up" build, but... also not that good.)

They get props for a better story mode and finally adding a fourth army... but its meaningless when 1) a second player can't play that story and 2)they all play identically.

-also. level variety. There was none. Every mission was the same. Same map, same quests, same enemies. Gundam 3 and OP musou had the same problem. Compare it to Sengoku Basara where EVERY stage is varied and different in a bunch of ways, complete with clever designs, unique traps, streamlined ways of traversing the stages... Yes, there is inevitably that one stage you CHOOSE to play over and over more than any others because its easy to grind up weapons or stats in it for some reason or another... but not cool where its literally the same 5 or 6 tiny maps over and over.

Hm,well I guess it's because I don't really have anyone to play 2P mode with that I didn't care about Story not being 2P,but I can understand,does seem odd they wouldn't allow that. And as for weapons,I try to make everyone use a different weapon,but then again I don't play with the full cast so I have a bit more variety when playing. Though I would like them to go back to the DW4/DW5 weapon system of you having to find weapons of higher levels.

The Namekian Clown

First trailer for DW8:

Oh and since it wasn't posted before, here's the couple week old Ken's Rage 2 trailer since it's coming out sooner than DW8 anyway.

KaizokuJinbei

I really liked that Dynasty Warriors 8 trailer.

NicoNico28

Trailer looked great! So many nice new features.

Cyber-Robin

Wait so is it DW8 the trailer was for because it says there it's DW7? Confused.

The Namekian Clown

@Cyber-Robin:

Wait so is it DW8 the trailer was for because it says there it's DW7? Confused.

It's Shin Sangoku Musou 7, which will be Dynasty Warriors 8. Sangoku Musou was a fighting game and localized in the west as Dynasty Warriors. Koei then started the hack and slash series we now know and love naming it Shin Sangoku Musou, which was localized in the west as Dynasty Warriors 2. So now 6 games later Japan gets Shin Sangoku Musou 7 and we get Dynasty Warriors 8.

Similarly, what will be Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2 is actually Shin Hokuto Musou in Japan, as Koei's way of saying "Yeah we're sorry about that last one. Let's pretend it didn't happen, ok?"

And on the flip side, Warriors Orochi 2 was actually Musou Orochi: Maou Sairin in Japan, so Warriors Orochi 3 is actually Musou Orochi 2 for them.

iPenguin

@Cyber-Robin:

Wait so is it DW8 the trailer was for because it says there it's DW7? Confused.

Dynasty Warriors 8 is titled as 7 in Japan from what I understand.

Edit: Guy above me explained better.

I liked 7 personally, but I've always played musou games single player so that may factor in. However I did miss the ability to replay story levels with any character I chose - or heck even choose from that faction at least. I liked a lot of the new characters (Zhong Hui for example. Though maybe I just really liked the flying swords…) though I absolutely despised Bao Sanniang. shudders
Though after conquering Conquest Mode I don't have any real desire to play through it again so I'll probably only ever go through story mode a few times again when I pick it back up again. So Empires would probably be a better investment for me.

NicoNico28

Guan Ping,Guan Suo,and Bao Sanniang have been confirmed to return.

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The Namekian Clown

New Ken's Rage 2 trailer

They have also been putting up 30ish second gameplay videos for all the playable characters over the last few weeks, and they finally finished them off with Bat and Lin. You can find them all here on the official site if interested. http://www.gamecity.ne.jp/shokuto/movies.html

KaizokuJinbei

The Jin Kingdom has some new officers, as shown on the official Japanese site for Dynasty Warriors 8 (Shin Sangokumusou 7): Sima Yi's wife, Zhang Chunhua, as well as Jia Chong, a staunch supporter of Sima Zhao, make their debuts as playable officers. Sima Yi, Sima Zhao, Sima Shi and Wang Yuanji are shown returning as well, with new looks for the game.

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New looks are on the right side of each image.

I really like Yuanji's new look. Not sure how I feel about Sima Yi's new look.

NicoNico28

I like Sima Yi's new look,oddly. But I don't like Sima Zhao's and Sima Shi's,liked the DW7 versions more. And Wang Yuanji's is ok,kinda bland compared to the DW7 version though.

GetsugaZoro

New trailer and info for DW8/7

http://www.siliconera.com/2012/12/21/dynasty-warriors-8-trailer-brings-the-flashy-combat/

KaizokuJinbei

three returning characters for Dynasty Warriors 8 (Shin Sangokumusou 7): Jiang Wei of Shu will fight with the Double-Edged Trident, which was his weapon in Dynasty Warriors Multi Raid 2; Xiahou Ba of Jin will return, using the Siege Lance from Dynasty Warriors 7: Empires, and Guo Huai, also of Jin, will fight using his Arm Cannon from Dynasty Warriors 7.

In addition, the official Japanese site for the game has updated with new DLC outfits that will be available exclusively from certain stores in Japan. The outfits include costumes for Cao Cao, Zhou Yu, Lu Xun, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei from Dynasty Warriors 1, as well as an exclusive costume from Lawson for Wang Yuanji, featuring their character, Akikoloid.

desijut

I'd never heard of musou games untill OP:KM and im thinking about getting DW 8, not now but march time. I see it's release date is end of feb, any idea when it will be out in europe or whenthey will announce this?

KaizokuJinbei

No official release date yet I estimate NA and Europe will get it around June or July maybe May if we are lucky.

desijut

ok, so what cheap musou game would be the one to pick up march time, DW7?

KaizokuJinbei

@desijut:

ok, so what cheap musou game would be the one to pick up march time, DW7?

That would be the next best thing since DW7 is already out everywhere so you could get that now. Or you can wait until DW7 Empires which comes out in America a few days before DW8 comes out in Japan.

Or you could play the older ones DW4 or 5 don't expect much though as they are the older ones.

desijut

@KaizokuJinbei:

That would be the next best thing since DW7 is already out everywhere so you could get that now. Or you can wait until DW7 Empires which comes out in America a few days before DW8 comes out in Japan.

Or you could play the older ones DW4 or 5 don't expect much though as they are the older ones.

And what is the difference between empires and DW7? And my ps2 stopped working some time ago so i can only go back to DW6

KaizokuJinbei

@desijut:

And what is the difference between empires and DW7? And my ps2 stopped working some time ago so i can only go back to DW6

First and foremost Empires has create a warrior. And there isn't really a story mode but this mode that you take over the provinces and such as a ruler with either your created warrior or a already existing one (Guan Yu, Liu Bei, Cao Cao, Lu Bu, etc.)

http://koeiwarriors.co.uk/dw6-empires.php

this has some more specific details

Robby

@desijut:

ok, so what cheap musou game would be the one to pick up march time, DW7?

Dynasty Warriors 5 (for the PS2) or Samurai Warriors was the last good one. Or Musou Gundam 2 or 3 if you feel like piloting a giant robot. Or Orochi series which combined DW and Samurai Warriors. Or Sengoku Basara was really great too, incredibly diverse characters and levels.

DW7 sucked.

desijut

I've just made a list of games I've been looking at buying for the next year, and the list is too long so I gues in the end im only going to be considering DW8.

KaizokuJinbei

More characters

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Diao Chan retains her Steel whip, Lu Bu retains his Halberd, Zhou Tai retains curved sword, Taishi Ci retains twin rods, Xiao Qiao retains her iron fan, Dong Zhuo will have bombs now (DLC from DW7), Deng Feng will now have the Moon Blade (another DLC from DW7), Yuan Shao now has an extending Rapier, and Hand Dang (new character) will have a Short Ji (Nemea used it in WO3).

Enzeru

@RobbyBevard:

Dynasty Warriors 5 (for the PS2) or Samurai Warriors was the last good one. Or Musou Gundam 2 or 3 if you feel like piloting a giant robot. Or Orochi series which combined DW and Samurai Warriors. Or Sengoku Basara was really great too, incredibly diverse characters and levels.

DW7 sucked.

In other words the best Musou game for the PS3 right now is Orochi 3? If so I'll see if I can get it for a few bucks. Else I'd wait for DW 8.

Robby

@Enzeru:

In other words the best Musou game for the PS3 right now is Orochi 3? If so I'll see if I can get it for a few bucks. Else I'd wait for DW 8.

I haven't actually played Orochi 3 since it was download only and looked to have problems. Orochi 2 was good tho.

The best is Sengoku Basara Utage. But that's import only… because Capcom is stupid.

Plain ol Sengoku Basara is pretty good but only has a handful of characters. REALLY diverse and unique characters that all actually play differently and great level variety... but Utage is much much better.

KaizokuJinbei

@Enzeru If you have a Wii U just get Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper

NicoNico28

@KaizokuJinbei:

More characters

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Diao Chan retains her Steel whip, Lu Bu retains his Halberd, Zhou Tai retains curved sword, Taishi Ci retains twin rods, Xiao Qiao retains her iron fan, Dong Zhuo will have bombs now (DLC from DW7), Deng Feng will now have the Moon Blade (another DLC from DW7), Yuan Shao now has an extending Rapier, and Hand Dang (new character) will have a Short Ji (Nemea used it in WO3).

I like Diao Chan,Lu Bu,and Yuan Shao's new looks. Not to big in Ding Feng's or Dong Zhuo's. Meh to Da Qiao's. Han Dang made me lol,he has an onion face. Taishi Chi's is pretty cool,not a fan of the frilly sleeves on him though. And I think Zhou Tai looks badass as Hell.

KaizokuJinbei

@NicoNico28:

I like Diao Chan,Lu Bu,and Yuan Shao's new looks. Not to big in Ding Feng's or Dong Zhuo's. Meh to Da Qiao's. Han Dang made me lol,he has an onion face. Taishi Chi's is pretty cool,not a fan of the frilly sleeves on him though. And I think Zhou Tai looks badass as Hell.

Han Dang reminds me of Kizaru lol

Cyber-Robin

Apparently Ken's Rage 2. Out on the 7th Feb is gonna be download only for Wii U. That's fine as long as it's the same price as the PS3/360 one. But if they're putting it download only AND charging extra for it then it's an easy skip. Unless they at least hint that they'll support the Wii U by putting KM2 and DW8 on it.

GetsugaZoro

More characters reveals plus a completelly new character Han Dang

http://www.siliconera.com/2013/01/15/dynasty-warriors-8-screenshots-show-lu-bu-and-the-other-wu-warriors/

I guess Wei comes next, they have been showing a lot of the other armies.

KaizokuJinbei

@GetsugaZoro:

More characters reveals plus a completelly new character Han Dang

http://www.siliconera.com/2013/01/15/dynasty-warriors-8-screenshots-show-lu-bu-and-the-other-wu-warriors/

I guess Wei comes next, they have been showing a lot of the other armies.

I posted about this 7 posts up.

GetsugaZoro

@KaizokuJinbei:

I posted about this 7 posts up.

Sorry saw the news the topic was on the second page of the subforum came here and posted without looking.

Anyway the article has better quality pics and other info.

KaizokuJinbei

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Yue Ying, Wei Yan, and Xu Shu.

And some videos:

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The Musou attacks actually look like musou attacks now

Cyber-Robin

Isn't that Ma Dai? Sure looks like him

KaizokuJinbei

@Cyber-Robin:

Isn't that Ma Dai? Sure looks like him

No it's Xu Shu I asure you it's not Ma Dai although I do agree with you lol.

NicoNico28

I've been busy so I haven't been able to announce the new characters,quite alot have been released,surprised noone beat me to it.

Shu - Huang Zhong and Pang Tong.

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Wu - Sun Quan and Lian Shi.

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Wei - Guo Jia,Jia Xu,Zhang He,Xu Huang,and Pang De.

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Jin - Zhuge Dan and new character Wen Yang.

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Also a trailer has been out.

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Johnny B. Decent

What is Zhuge Dan's new weapon? Looks like a sword-rod thing.

KaizokuJinbei

Pang Tong looks like a pirate lol.

NicoNico28

@S.C.:

What is Zhuge Dan's new weapon? Looks like a sword-rod thing.

According to Facebook it's called a Steel Rod.

6 more characters have been revealed.

Shu - Ma Chao and Ma Dai

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Wei - Xu Shu and Cai Wenji

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Jin - Zhong Hui and Deng Ai

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NicoNico28

The full roster has now been revealed.

Shu - Liu Shan and Xing Cai

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Also returning are Wei's Cao Ren and Wang Yi,a well as Others Meng Huo and Zhu Rong. Zuo Ci from DW5 will be returning after his disappearance from DW6+DW7,still will be using the card things.

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Also revealed is that Other faction will now also have a Story Mode along with the other factions.

KaizokuJinbei

got DW7 empires sadly i have to play tomorrow as the download and installation took too long

NicoNico28

R.I.P. to the voice of Sima Yi,Tsuyoshi Takeshita.

A wallpaper was released in honor of him featuring all the Sima Yi's.