Alex Hamilton from GameGrin writes, "“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” is quite possibly the mantra of Japanese publisher Koei Tecmo and its development studio Omega Force. The two have released no less than 32 mainline games based around the Warriors format. If you think that’s a large number, I’m not even counting the expansion Xtreme Legends and Empires titles, which also run into double-digits. Finally, after decades of being labelled as stagnant, take-it-easy companies which avoid innovating a main IP, Koei Tecmo and Omega Force took a risk. That risk is Dynasty Warriors 9, and it has not paid off."
Dynasty Warriors has been around for two decades and has more than enough games to prove it.
Phil writes, "There's little that hurts a gamer more than hearing that a sequel to one of their favorite games is coming out, it releases, and it turns out to be a dud. It's happened to the best of us. It's like having the rug pulled out from under you when a sequel you've been hyping based off of love for its predecessor does less than satisfy when it finally launches. Sometimes it's due to the formula being changed too much and not for the better. Other times it's because the game is missing what made the original so good.
Whatever the reasons may be, SPC is back with a look at six more disappointing video game sequels that failed to deliver or failed to satisfy for one reason or another."
Today’s issue of Weekly Famitsu included an interview with Dynasty Warriors producer Akihiro Suzuki, who talked about the future of the series.
I just hope they learned their lessons from DW9. The open world feature was personally unnecessary.
