Following the official announcement of a release date for the highly anticipated Dynasty Warriors 7 Empires, Tecmo Koei Europe has revealed a selection of brand new screenshots taken from the PAL version of the videogame. Dynasty Warriors 7 Empires is set to be available early next year exclusively on PlayStation 3.
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DW7:Empires is the first DW game where tactics can play just important role in battles as button smashing. Heck there is even trophies for winning battles without swinging your weapon.
The tactics make the game totally unpredictable, and turn difficult battles into easy battles, and easy battles into difficult battles. See below for proof.
http://www.gamefaqs.com/boa...
During my battles against the Nanman, we were completely overpowering them. Then one of Meng Huo's officers used Flood, which, well, flooded about half the battlefield. Wiped out a good 3/4s of my army and turned a mop up battle into a tough slog.
Ah, and of course if you make a mistake (or your allies do), your own tactics can backfire. Literally, in the case of Major Fire Attack (which sets a certain section of the battlefield aflame). Since unlike Fire Attack it affects friendly units (including yourself), you can very easily find yourself so weak a charging peasant can finish you.
My personal favourite is when I'm in a walled base and an ally uses Base Defense, whereby all the gates of all allied bases close. Leaving me trapped inside my own base while my troops are being slaughtered outside.