Samurai Warriors 4 DX Review (Steam)

Samurai Warriors 4 DX Review, The sparks of destiny ignite in this rich depiction of the Warring States period, featuring 55 different officers. A tale based on historical events unfolds in two separate parts. While the regional stories focus on officers from regions across the land, such as Kyushu and Shikoku, the story of unification details the events leading up to the end of the Warring States period. Unlike previous “SAMURAI WARRIORS” titles, this game features battles between each faction, allowing for a more dramatic depiction of the relationships between officers. Experience firsthand the convictions, conflicts, and complex feelings of these officers.

Samurai Warriors 4 DX Review Pros:

• Awesome graphics.
• 21.44GB download size.
• Steam achievements.
• Full controller support.
• Includes all 150 previously released DLC.
• Five save slots.
• Easy difficulty option.
• Graphics settings – resolution, fullscreen, frame rate (30/60 FPS), and movie playback.
• Controller settings – Invert axis and sensitivity sliders, vibration, camera speed, and you can remap controls.
• Mouse and keyboard support and you can remap the controls for both.
• Gameplay settings – health gauges, subtitles, enemy direction, in-battle tutorials, objective graphics, and NPC costumes.
• Character creator option where you can have up to 20 characters and use them in Chronicle and free mode.
• The vault holds all unlocked objectives, cutscenes, and music.
• The character creator allows you to select and edit your base armor and add a family crest. You can set the weapon and portrait etc.
• You can upload your own portrait images to be used for the crest, Musou Kanji, and portrait.
• Three game modes – story mode (play through the campaigns), free mode (pick any hero and stage), and Chronicle mode (play your own character and make your own adventure).
• The Chronicle mode has four difficulties – Easy, normal, hard, and nightmare.
• Free mode and story mode supports single player, local splits reen two player, and online co op.
• A new game in Chronicle mode has you selecting a character, one of 7 regions, and then you get an introduction to your leaders.
• Conversations can be set to autoplay, or fast-forwarded by tapping the button.
• Multiple choice interactions.
• The idea of chronicle mode is you go around and make friends or enemies, and everything gets documented.
• Encounters within chronicle mode will have a difficulty rating which you see before clicking in.
• Select your mount and each one not only looks cool but they have their own unique stats for power, stamina, and speed.
• Fast loading times.
• Your loadout before events can be set and you have weapons, items, and your mount.
• Tutorials are all stored in the menu and are broken down into combat, movement, etc.
• Before a fight/scenario you get to see the map, learn about the officers you will be fighting, and set the music track you want.
• Your first game will have some of the tutorials popping up as you play.
• Officers are stronger enemies that you can battle with and do more advanced attacks and blocks.
• Health items and gold spawn on the battlefield.
• The minimap can be switched between an overview one or a more zoned-in map.
• Breakable objects covering the world and breaking them will drop loot.
• Handy recentre camera button.
• When you start getting in a flow the combat feels badass and looks amazing as 100s of dudes just get messed up.
• Insanely fast combat.
• Bosses and officers can be locked onto.
• Satisfying pop-ups of collected loot, health regen, damage increases, etc.
• Has some loot lust, especially at the level end when collected boxes open.
• Combo counter that also serves as a way to temporarily boost stats.
• Bonus objectives can pop up and give more rewards.
• End of a level breakdown showing objectives cleared, exp earned, skill points acquired, and a rank based on performance from time to combos and officer kills.
• Combo counter that also has milestone pop-ups.
• The d-pad is used for selecting and using items you bring into battle.
• Horse – summon whenever you want and use it to travel faster plus you can attack and do special attacks from the horse.
• Unlock new characters to play in Chronicle mode and free play mode when playing through Chronicle mode.
• Get new biographies of characters by meeting them on the world map in Chronicle mode.
• A full 3D world with 360-degree camera control.
• Rage is built as you fight and using it makes your attacks stronger if you combine it with your special attack it does huge damage, the screen gets darker and there is a lot of slow-mo.
• The mini-map can be zoomed in and out with a button press.
• Change characters that are in your party during a battle.
•  High-resolution cutscenes with original voice work and language with English subtitles.
• A lot of games for your money.
• Story mode has a handful unlocked initially and then you unlock more as you clear the previous ones.
• The performance of the game is fast and fluid with hardly any hitches or slowdowns.
• Very impressive on-screen enemy count.
• Story mode has you picking a primary and secondary character with each having unique stats.

Samurai Warriors 4 DX Review Cons:

• Some of the faces of the character creator are haunting.
• Not the most graphics settings and they are hidden away.
• Mount choice goes to the stats and not the one you actually want.
• Early game it’s a lot of pop-ups.
• A lot to take in.
• Really hard to read the story snippets whilst in-game or dealing with the action.
• Being able to read the map is the true battle initially.
• The grunts in the game are just mindless fodder and are not that animated.
• Chronicle mode only lets you play with a created character.
• Swapping characters involves pressing the pause button first which is less than ideal.
• Never sure when the game has been saved.

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Samurai Warriors 4 DX:

Official website.

Developer: Omega Force

Publisher: KOEI TECMO

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Steam