1. The demo was quite fun and definitely sparked my interest in covering the full release. 2. Still getting used to the controls and probably will do another demo showcase once I get more comfortable with the new combat system (taking suggestions on weapons for the next showcase). 3. The character designs are pretty much DW9 with some slight modifications. It does have a much more limited roster given the early period focus of the game, but overall it is still the same Dynasty Warriors feel for returning players. 4. Wish they showcased more of how the level up system worked for the main character. 5. And of course . . . NEVER PURSUE LU BU!
try the crimson orchids for the next showcase. They have a really fun system where your strong attacks are strengthened by executing them the moment you catch the ones you’ve already thrown
@@daniel999234 Yeah, I would recommend if you want to listen to what officers are saying in the battle while fighting that you turn on the English Dub even if it is not the best, because I can't seem to focus on what officers are saying while fighting.
I finished teh demo 6 times already. I can't put it down! It took me a while to get used to the new combat and systems but once I did I simply could not stop playing. I can't go back to previous games. I had to die 5 times to Lu Bu until I defeated him. But last time I bodied that mofu, only using one healing item! This game brought me back to Musou games after almost 20 years.
@@daniel999234 Honestly, I do not recommend you use the Chinese version. (As a Chinese player, not as good as black myth) It's not as good as the Japanese version and you actually need to gather many information so I think English is better.
Hi all, this is Dustin Vuong Nguyen, the English voice of Zhou Yu and Xiahou Yuan in DW: Origins. So excited to see all the hype surrounding the game. See you on the battlefields in January!
The most fun Dynasty Warriors game that I've played in years. The demo was great and its exactly like how I imagined it playing way back then during the ps2 era Dynasty Warriors.
This demo 100% restored my faith in the DW series and I never get excited for anything these days. Some of the smoothest gameplay I've seen from the series ever and I'm glad there's actual impact to the gameplay itself and some depth with the skill/bodyguard system. Definitely looking forward to full release in January
The fact that you can use a skill while your character "smooths on the surface" after a dodge or after a combo are the little things that helped me beat Lu Bu.
It looks like modern PS cloned games. But its missing too much entirely to be called a dynasty game. there hasn't been a game to date that has left out as much content as DWO. and they want like. 1.5 times the amount?? these games still sell well as they have a large fan base. this is modern slop it seems.
@@MagoofyPlaysyou can easily look up info on the game. Its missing a lot. You only have 9 playable companions. Its not smart to not have these generals you used to play as gone as full blown playable.
Absolutely loved the demo myself. Played DW 2,3,4,5 and then clocked out of the series. They said they made this game with the mentality to bring back older players and they succeeded for me at least. I will for sure be picking this up
I tried 6 Empires and it didn't click with me. I liked DW8XL despite how little I played. I loved Strike Force though. I was going to pass on this, but now that we have a demo, I'm sold. I've played and loved all the spinoffs, except Ken's Rage 2. That one was arenas instead of maps. Oh, I also liked the first PSP game and Samurai Warriors 1.
@@JeannieLove empire series u can marry who u want and have a sworn sibling and of course rule china when u defeat all the others but the story comes to an end. I would say the bad thing is the child doesnt exist until u rule china,
Seems like Dynasty warriors is back to its very actiony stylized play and with some story elements. Very excited to buy this and play this in Feb. What also gets me excited is the Empires game they can build upon this version of the game. Also that Fight with Lu Bu you were doing reminded me of you Playing Lu bu in your Total War Three Kingdom playthrough when you were just Razing all the land and having Lu Bu solo the bases. I guess that is what the enemy felt like lol.
I had never been so excited about a game after playing the demo. I'm slowing adjusting myself with the new controls and trying to time the parries rather than dodging because of how soul-like games trained me. The Chinese dub is also good to hear as well so I can't wait for your gameplay with Chinese dub instead of English. Overall, THIS is how you reboot a franchise!
This demo brings me back to the old DW 2 demo on the ps2 where you can replay this map over and over again. With three different characters. Dein Wei was my dude I usually picked. First time I’ve ever heard of Lubu. Only things I knew about him was that he’s a badass and he’s here to kill us all. I don’t think i ever did beat him. Cool insert in this demo as a final boss type.
Omg no wayyy DW is backkkk i had the greatest time playing 2-4 I think. Its been so long…my childhood ❤. That last charge was so epic looking very promising indeed
Game is amazing. It’s a throwback to the PS2 era titles where entering a battle feels like a threat again, it has that nostalgic DW3 feel, enemies are more aggressive, enemy officers not only main general pose a massive challenge, duels feel intense, the music, the gameplay, the graphics, the voice acting, this truly feels like a first AAA DW title, Koei Tecmo is cooking with this one, the PS3/4 era titles felt like such a breeze and were tedious, you can kill thousands of enemies in the first few minutes of a battle with a threat at all, even chaos difficulty felt easy, it just made made enemt attacks do stupid amounts of damage with no change in AI behaviour. I’ve been playing this series for over 20 years and have collected the entire series as a massive hardcore fan from the main titles, to expansions and all spin-off series, but Origins honestly feels so different, the AI is aggressive and I finally feel frustrated but not in a negative way, a good oldschool way where you need to strategize and think what you need to do, the morale plays a huge part now, you need to monitor you officers and keep watch of the map, and Lu Bu absolutely kicks ass, it’s basically Wo Long version 2.0, my god he is beastly. But people will still whinge about no CAW🤦🏻, like come on people, DW is back in a massive way, there’s definetly some Team Ninja flavour sprinkled into this one.
I dont care about CAW, were probally playing a hisotrical officer. Its definitely lioa, its definitely strange we dont even have a limited cast though, like not even DW5 levels of officer choice.
This is exactly what Dynasty Warriors needed to correct their drop off after making DW9. Thank you Serious Trivia for making another great video. Much appreciation from USA in Texas. 👏🏾👍🏾
I just played the demo in all the difficulties and HOLY CRAP Lu Bu is actually Challenging again!! I definitely have hope for this Franchise again and hopefully all of the other functions of this game will be good as well.
From my experience with the demo so far, the Podao is just the best weapon (at least, it feels that way to me). I've beaten Lu Bu with every weapon but the rings so far, and I keep playing because I'm having a ton of fun with it. The Lu Bu fight really made me feel nostalgic for the time I was 13 or 14 and experiencing Dynasty Warriors 4 for the first time. I'm hoping the full release is as good as this demo.
Really? I thought they made it impossible to best him starting off in the game cuz ur stats are so low. Been awhile since I played it but did Lubu appear in both hu Lao gate and shi sui gate? I remember for 1 of them you didn’t have to defeat him, you could complete the mission by avoiding him
@@boogidwnej179 In DW4, you could avoid him at Hu Lao Gate (which is what you're supposed to do because he's so strong) and beat the mission normally. I cheesed him, though, because I was stubborn. If you knocked him off of Red Hare then ran away with it, he'd spawn with another horse and yours didn't despawn. So I kept doing that until I could block up the stairwell of part of the wall, then shot him to death for about thirty minutes lmao But the demo Lu Bu made me feel really nostalgic for all the times I did try fighting him normally. It's a real return to form for our strongest warrior in China.
Ah yes, I was wondering about character creation. The nameless hero looks inoffensively plain enough to not really bother anyone I suppose, but it sure would seem like a curious choice, to give you a character named "nameless warrior" or "wanderer", who is not part of the original story, and not letting you at least make some adjustments, so character creation being added in the full game just makes sense I guess. Also, I don't really have the knowledge to say for sure, but your pronunciations sound really good! XD
Having played quite a bit by myself and also from my brother as well, damn this demo was hard as heck. I remember before my demo had finished downloading, I was watching my younger brother(s) playing and kept seeing them either get messed up due to the quickness of the events and how quickly morale depletes due to the overeagerness of I believe it was Bao Zheng and his officers because of course they wanted the glory first to Xu Rong's ambush on Sun Jian, to Dian Wei, Liu Dai, and Gongsun Zan(with the three brothers of course) all struggling at the same time and causing all kinds whacky scenarios of who lives and who dies(usually Gonsgun Zan and Dian Wei, with the occasional Xiahou Dun troubles). And this was all on "Normal" difficulty, boy was hard even crazier(I believe the demo is not balanced around that difficulty at all with what they give you and is a trap) but will probably be more manageable when the game comes out. I still had a blast playing through this and can't wait to get the game when it comes out in full, I just hope the rest of it is just as hectic and we can have some more what-if like scenarios given that they are going for a smaller roster and if the rumors about multiple endings are true. In the meantime master trivia, I look forward to seeing your experience
This looks super fun, and reminds me of that one-hundred years war game that Koei made. I'm excited about playing it. The bodyguard system looks cool too.
This demo is giving me the vibes of Destiny Mode form DW5XL. Like they took that mode and made an entire game around it. If they can do some cool things like I remember in Destiny mode, you can be offered to defect to another side. When I first played it a long time ago on my first run, I was offered to defect to Wu I chose to rip up the letter because I was loyal to Wei then I was told the torn-up letter was brought to Cao Cao who then says oh they are trying to steal you? Perfect lets use this against them, join their side fight for them and when the time is right destroy them. I did so and then at Hefei destroyed Gan Ning when the trap was sprung. Looking back that was a well thought of feature of that mode. They should bring it back and expand upon it for great replayability.
I absolutely loved the demo. Love all the upgrades to the game from more enemies on screen, new attacks, better parry/ evade system, being able to command troops during battle, and graphical upgrade. This game is going to be fire. Can’t wait to play it with a friend, it better have coop.
11:39 a UA-camer who I watch that manages to fly to California and play the state of play dynasty warriors' origin record a video of him playing it. In that video, he got two kinds of weapons: one is your standard spear, and the other is a dual warpicke, and I believe he can change between the two weapons
This gives me some hope. I have only ever played DW4, Online and DW9. DW4 I remember him 2-hitting me in a duel at Hu Lao Gate DW9 I juggled him to death playing as Guan Yu Can't wait to see more of the bodyguards
Sun Jian has always been referred to as The Old Tiger of Jiangdong I thought. He was 39 when the Three Kingdoms era began, and died shortly into it. Then Sun Quan took over. He took more part in The Yellow Turban rebellion with Yuan Shao than the Three Kingdoms.
He was 37 when he died so I don’t know where you are getting your numbers from. He was born in 155 and died in 191. Also no one took over after his death. All his children were much too young at the time. It wouldn’t be until around 194 for Sun Ce to even be old enough to start serving Yuan Shu who was his father’s old boss. Let’s not have the video game portrayal of Sun Jian confuse the concept that he was old. The poor guy didn’t even live to his 40s. Dynasty Warriors traditionally makes him much older to justify having his kids around as fighting age when in fact they are basically sending babies onto the battlefield in pursuit of a balanced three kingdom starting roster for their original games as everyone had to start with the yellow turban rebellion.
@@SeriousTrivia some solid points ctfu, Ancient China definitely isn't against giving children higher office. Sun Ce being 16 when he says his father died he only had about 15 more years to live on average. My point is being older than 30 is old back then but Sun Jian not coming from a prominent family that can be traced back, he may have had a rough life compared to Cao Cao and Liu Bei. Hes seems to have had more hands on combat experience then them as well... Liu Bei should be the only young looking imo. The Tiger Warlords are some of my favorites.
@ 30 is not old back then. Well average age was lower it was not this extreme. There are multiple members of the three kingdoms era to live into their 90s, plenty of 80s and many many 70s. 60 is the baseline for being someone who has lived a long life at the time. 30 is still a young man in his prime. China was against giving young people office positions. Coming of age was set to 20 for male members and in times of war it can be lowered to 16. But even then you are almost never getting any major appointment as seniority and experience were highly valued. Just want to clear up some of your misconceptions
My guess is, story mode you will play as the nameless wander. However I think after you complete the story and unlock all the battfields there will be an option to replay battles and in that option you can select any character to play as.also they might have a vs mode where you can fight the cpu or player 2 and in that option you can select any player as well.
@@SeriousTrivia i think its ironic how he has basically the most influence in the year 190 up until xiapi or basically the big bully that roams china and gain fame not to mention i recall killing dong zhou is basically the start of the conflict of the three kingdoms started or how it all began
@Natha_Kun you are referring to the novel right? He is insignificant except for being the hand that killed Dong Zhuo. Even in that case, Wang Yun is the one people hailed as the hero until Changan was lost again. 1. Lu Bu started as a personal secretary for Ding Yuan. 2. Dong Zhuo bought him for a small promotion. Neither of them treated Lu Bu as an oathsworn son. 3. Lu Bu never got to lead his own troops under Dong Zhuo and was mostly a bodyguard/low tier officer. 4. His two battles under Dong Zhuo were both losses with the first one being intentionally sabotaged by him and the rest of his Bing Province officers because they didn’t get along with their new commander Hu Zhen. The second loss is his inability to hold the ruins of Luoyang from Sun Jian. By all measures, Sun Jian is by leaps and bounds a better fighter and general compared to Lu Bu. 5. His falling out moment with Dong Zhuo back in Chang’an stemmed from his affair with a court maid, Dong Zhuo’s foul temperament, and Wang Yun’s promise of a minor nobility title. 6. His biggest warrior flex is during the escape from Chang’an where he dueled and bested Guo Si before fleeing from the city. 7. Then he bounced around like a stray dog as Yuan Shu turned him down only to work briefly for Yuan Shao fighting the Black Mountain Bandit. 8. But because he had no discipline and could not keep his troops from pillaging, Yuan Shao was going to court martial him and thus he ran to Zhang Yang’s territory where he got the biggest gift in his life as Zhang Miao and Chen Gong decided they needed a strong man to come and steal Cao Cao’s territory. 9. Cao Cao lost support of the scholars after his massacres in Xu Province and they basically gave all of his territory to Lu Bu. 10. However over the course of the next year Lu Bu would lose all the territory back after unable to defeat Cao Cao despite having Cao Cao on his back foot at the start. 11. Flees to Liu Bei then backstabs Liu Bei on an empty promise by Yuan Shu. 12. Forced to reconcile with Liu Bei after realizing Yuan Shu was not good for his words. 13. Gets tricked by his own advisors in Chen Gui and Chen Deng who basically plotted and sold him out to Cao Cao again. 14. Unable to trust Chen Gong and having lost all his potential allies in Liu Bei and Yuan Shu, Lu Bu dies alone in Xiapi. Gets the biggest glaze in romance so that he can be used as a foil to prop up Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Liu Bei in the early days of a coalition that they didn’t even join historically in a battle at Hulao Gate which is a gate pass that wasn’t built until the Tang Dynasty. He one historical shining moment is the archery display that scared away Ji Ling who is an absolute nobody that only shows up historically for that one cowardly moment.
@@SeriousTrivia thanks for informing me this like i said hes always a bully that roamed in his time pillaging and more of Mercenary in his peak when invading cao caos territory it kinda makes you think he might last longer if he stayed with Liu Bei/yuan shao or even be a Tiger General of sorts, if i recall he did see liu bei a brother or something or it might be another romance thing or in most cases a loyal general to liu bei cause for a stray dog he can pretty much disappear randomly, but he seems pretty keen on keeping himself alive with all of those records with alot of Attempts of killing him
I can’t find the demo on the PlayStation store. I deadass bought the standard version because I have faith in this game. Si shui gate was my first map that got me into DW4 as a kid. I found it on the PlayStation app. Justice for Hua Xiong
Map making first off is very different especially in China. You simply cannot produce the type of maps that is shown in the game with a top down view and to scale. Even maps as late as the Ming and Qing dynasties were not to scale and relied on documentations like how far from this point to this point to get the message across. As for your question on would the armies use hide or paper to make maps and battleplans, the correct answer is that it is far more likely for them to draw it on the ground or in sand. Think about it, what good would a map of all of China do in a battle at Sishui gate and why would you waste material, time (scouting and map making time) to create a map that becomes useless the minute the battle is over.
I spent like 3 hours trying to beat Lu Bu. Manged to get to Phase 3 like 3 times, out of about 50 tries. Or more. But I never managed to finish him. I cant get that perfect parry timing right. I feel like its always just luck if I hit the button in the right time or not.
My biggest problem with the demo so far is that there is too many dialogue going on simultanously. Sometimes you have your character saying stuff like "Enemy officer defeated" while a friendly officer calls for aid while there is narrative dialogue going on at the same time.
Probably the second biggest issue for me is whether we can play stages using DW3 music. Does Cao Cao grow his Stache out as we play through the years, I wonder?
It took me an hour to defeat lubu, before fighting him saved my full musou gauge. With perfect blocks and perfect evades you can do it. Blocking and evading is very essential in this game.😅
Ya know, i dont know if my eyesight has gotten worse or something but I wish you could enlarge the font sizes of texts that arent voiced, ya know? Or any spoken dialogue really, or soliloquy
I hope they manage to make up for the reduction in numbers by increasing the depth of the weapons. And I still hope more characters and weapons can be added in the future!
I was genuinely shocked by how good it was, it somehow manages to mix traditional dynasty warriors with a character action game. This might be the first one I buy in ages. I didn't bother with more than a single playthru of the demo after throwing myself into the deep-end but I was satisfied and generally had an idea what this was about by the end the only part I dislike is the OC uncustomizable character, but I assume that it's for gameplay reasons (make modeling and hitboxes easier)
This is what I want from DW games, smaller map but very detailed, with a lot to do. Not open world boring low ress crap. I must say I'm kinda excited for this game... I have not yet played it and already wondering if there gonna be Empire version of this.
With how the game’s timeline gonna end at the Chibi, I’ll be surprised if they add a fictional route where the yellow turbans won the rebellion just like how they did with Lu Bu in DW8. It kinda gives me the vibes of Fire Emblem Three Houses on how the ending in Chibi will turn out depending on which faction you join.
Is there a DW game with a dynamic map? (with custom AND 'historical' characters and factions?) And maybe one that also has the whole 4x gameplay as well as the usual DW gameplay?
I look forward to the day they get rid of the generic named officers. They don't all need to be playable, but the named characters should at least all have a unique model representative of their character. I know it can be done, because I managed to swap every character with a unique officer in both Empires 8 and 9, even with limited assets I could tell who was who from a glance once I was used to them (Though I did gender swap about half the minor officers) so I know Koei could make it happen.....It would do WONDERS for the immersion. I know that from experience playing with all custom officers. Officers like Yan Liang and Wen Chou, Gongsun Zan, Li Jue and Guo Si, Gao Shun, Li Ru, and many many others were every bit as good as the playable dynasty warriors in talent and fame, and it really takes alot away from players who know these characters to see them as generic models with way off voices for their characters.
We're missing half the characters on the roster: Sima Yi Sima Shi Sima Zhao Zhang Chunhua Xiahou Ba Deng Ai Wang Yuanji Jia Chong Wen Yang Ma Chao Ma Dai Pang De Wang Yi Liu Shan Xingcai Jiang Wei Wei Yan Cao Pi Lu Xun Ding Feng
There won't be character creation on launch as far as I'm aware. I'm so confused why they didn't allow character creation when you are playing a nameless wanderer. The story seems designed for that. I wonder if they ran into budget/scope issues. Anyway the demo on Wayfarer difficulty kicked my butt. I haven't played Dynasty Warriors for several years now and this game has a lot of new stuff. I'm excited by what I played though.
My only concern is how long is the game and how much Replay ability is there? Are there multiple characters playable, or am i stuck with the main character while everyone else is just an assist?
I think it’s just the main character with only nine companions that you can swap to and the story only goes to Chibi. It is definitely a limited scope spin off title
1. The demo was quite fun and definitely sparked my interest in covering the full release.
2. Still getting used to the controls and probably will do another demo showcase once I get more comfortable with the new combat system (taking suggestions on weapons for the next showcase).
3. The character designs are pretty much DW9 with some slight modifications. It does have a much more limited roster given the early period focus of the game, but overall it is still the same Dynasty Warriors feel for returning players.
4. Wish they showcased more of how the level up system worked for the main character.
5. And of course . . . NEVER PURSUE LU BU!
Have you tried the chinese dub? Sounded authentic to me though I can't speak the language 😂
try the crimson orchids for the next showcase. They have a really fun system where your strong attacks are strengthened by executing them the moment you catch the ones you’ve already thrown
@@daniel999234 Yeah, I would recommend if you want to listen to what officers are saying in the battle while fighting that you turn on the English Dub even if it is not the best, because I can't seem to focus on what officers are saying while fighting.
I finished teh demo 6 times already. I can't put it down! It took me a while to get used to the new combat and systems but once I did I simply could not stop playing. I can't go back to previous games. I had to die 5 times to Lu Bu until I defeated him. But last time I bodied that mofu, only using one healing item! This game brought me back to Musou games after almost 20 years.
@@daniel999234 Honestly, I do not recommend you use the Chinese version. (As a Chinese player, not as good as black myth)
It's not as good as the Japanese version and you actually need to gather many information so I think English is better.
Hi all, this is Dustin Vuong Nguyen, the English voice of Zhou Yu and Xiahou Yuan in DW: Origins. So excited to see all the hype surrounding the game. See you on the battlefields in January!
Really like how you help the troops win different areas of the battlefield!! Great game looks like dynasty warriors is getting back on track 👍
@@alexcrowell7303 Glad you enjoyed! 2025 is gonna be a BIG year!
The most fun Dynasty Warriors game that I've played in years. The demo was great and its exactly like how I imagined it playing way back then during the ps2 era Dynasty Warriors.
Sun Shang Xiang just decided to born early... again...
Yeah I guess they just needed a prominent female character?
At this point it's just tradition to have Shang Xiang represent early Wu alongside Huang Gai despite how ahistorical it is.
i mean look, Sun Jian is looking 60 despite being in his 30s
@@Box-tl2390carrying the entire south on your shoulders will do that to you !!
@@Box-tl2390wait till you see Sun Ce
Yes! I have been looking forward to this!
always appreciate the super thanks!
This demo 100% restored my faith in the DW series and I never get excited for anything these days. Some of the smoothest gameplay I've seen from the series ever and I'm glad there's actual impact to the gameplay itself and some depth with the skill/bodyguard system. Definitely looking forward to full release in January
The fact that you can use a skill while your character "smooths on the surface" after a dodge or after a combo are the little things that helped me beat Lu Bu.
Pray for this version of Empire
It looks like modern PS cloned games. But its missing too much entirely to be called a dynasty game. there hasn't been a game to date that has left out as much content as DWO. and they want like. 1.5 times the amount?? these games still sell well as they have a large fan base. this is modern slop it seems.
@@AnonymousLemonKelthe games not even out yet? So how can you say what’s in and what’s not in the game. This is a demo lmao
@@MagoofyPlaysyou can easily look up info on the game. Its missing a lot. You only have 9 playable companions. Its not smart to not have these generals you used to play as gone as full blown playable.
This is the review / showcase I have been waiting for! We're in for a treat today! Coffee ready to go 54 minutes of great content
My words exactly
This game looks incredible, that rally and charge with Yuan Shao with the volley flying overhead was cinematic. Very excited for the full release.
I remember Cao Cao pronounced as "Kao Kao" back in the day and laughing at it
You mean “cow cow”
Don't forget his son.
'Cow Pee'
"I am Cow Pee, son of Cow Cow" has to be the most iconic line from DW5
I unironically love the terrible dub of dw3 and the pronounciation of 5. Pure soul and meme material.
Wait till you here them pronounce dong zhou as “dong joh” in this demo
I still can't believe they made Soldiers useful in more ways than 1.
Thats the biggest selling point to me ngl, battlefields really feel alve on this one. Loved the demo
Yups indeed very good improvement by dev.
I feel like play total war but with one person perspective and its awesome
@@giogignac1647 So Spartan: Total Warrior?
@@giogignac1647 yeah exactly, got the same kind of feeling, specially when arriving at the sishui gate.
Absolutely loved the demo myself. Played DW 2,3,4,5 and then clocked out of the series.
They said they made this game with the mentality to bring back older players and they succeeded for me at least. I will for sure be picking this up
well DW9 successor is DW10 based on what they have said
I tried 6 Empires and it didn't click with me. I liked DW8XL despite how little I played. I loved Strike Force though.
I was going to pass on this, but now that we have a demo, I'm sold. I've played and loved all the spinoffs, except Ken's Rage 2. That one was arenas instead of maps. Oh, I also liked the first PSP game and Samurai Warriors 1.
@@JeannieLove i like empires because u can get married and have sworn brother and staff like ruling your own empire is what i like
@@momokosakurada605 I had no idea you could do that stuff in Empires.
@@JeannieLove empire series u can marry who u want and have a sworn sibling and of course rule china when u defeat all the others but the story comes to an end. I would say the bad thing is the child doesnt exist until u rule china,
Short Answer: Yes
Fifty four minute answer: YEEEES.
8:12 "Sun Shangxiang is a litte baby during this time period, but child labor is popular in Dynasty Warriors"
She's not that baby, she's a prodigy and kids back to the days were not a pussy, they do want to participate in battles.
Seems like Dynasty warriors is back to its very actiony stylized play and with some story elements. Very excited to buy this and play this in Feb. What also gets me excited is the Empires game they can build upon this version of the game. Also that Fight with Lu Bu you were doing reminded me of you Playing Lu bu in your Total War Three Kingdom playthrough when you were just Razing all the land and having Lu Bu solo the bases. I guess that is what the enemy felt like lol.
I like the Lu Bu fight "Finally a warrior worth standing before me..." two seconds later "Hardly worth my time."
It is fair since he made him run around the whole map 🤣
I had never been so excited about a game after playing the demo. I'm slowing adjusting myself with the new controls and trying to time the parries rather than dodging because of how soul-like games trained me. The Chinese dub is also good to hear as well so I can't wait for your gameplay with Chinese dub instead of English. Overall, THIS is how you reboot a franchise!
Sun Jian and Cao Cao's portrayals in this game are beyond hilarious when you consider their respective birth years.
This demo brings me back to the old DW 2 demo on the ps2 where you can replay this map over and over again. With three different characters. Dein Wei was my dude I usually picked. First time I’ve ever heard of Lubu. Only things I knew about him was that he’s a badass and he’s here to kill us all. I don’t think i ever did beat him. Cool insert in this demo as a final boss type.
16:55 *DW4 music starts playing* damn, I'm getting goosebumps now😧😲
how long have i waited for your own troop to follow you ever since dynasty warrior 5, koei just revolutionize their own game with this
Omg no wayyy DW is backkkk i had the greatest time playing 2-4 I think. Its been so long…my childhood ❤. That last charge was so epic looking very promising indeed
Definitely back!! I'm 100% getting this. Looks sick
Did they just give Julius Caesar's quote to Cao Cao?
Game is amazing.
It’s a throwback to the PS2 era titles where entering a battle feels like a threat again, it has that nostalgic DW3 feel, enemies are more aggressive, enemy officers not only main general pose a massive challenge, duels feel intense, the music, the gameplay, the graphics, the voice acting, this truly feels like a first AAA DW title, Koei Tecmo is cooking with this one, the PS3/4 era titles felt like such a breeze and were tedious, you can kill thousands of enemies in the first few minutes of a battle with a threat at all, even chaos difficulty felt easy, it just made made enemt attacks do stupid amounts of damage with no change in AI behaviour.
I’ve been playing this series for over 20 years and have collected the entire series as a massive hardcore fan from the main titles, to expansions and all spin-off series, but Origins honestly feels so different, the AI is aggressive and I finally feel frustrated but not in a negative way, a good oldschool way where you need to strategize and think what you need to do, the morale plays a huge part now, you need to monitor you officers and keep watch of the map, and Lu Bu absolutely kicks ass, it’s basically Wo Long version 2.0, my god he is beastly.
But people will still whinge about no CAW🤦🏻, like come on people, DW is back in a massive way, there’s definetly some Team Ninja flavour sprinkled into this one.
I dont care about CAW, were probally playing a hisotrical officer. Its definitely lioa, its definitely strange we dont even have a limited cast though, like not even DW5 levels of officer choice.
This is exactly what Dynasty Warriors needed to correct their drop off after making DW9. Thank you Serious Trivia for making another great video. Much appreciation from USA in Texas. 👏🏾👍🏾
Zhao Tei was always my favourite in dynasty warriors closely followed by Guan Yu and Lu Bu.
Oh man I have been waiting for this from you.
I just played the demo in all the difficulties and HOLY CRAP Lu Bu is actually Challenging again!! I definitely have hope for this Franchise again and hopefully all of the other functions of this game will be good as well.
From my experience with the demo so far, the Podao is just the best weapon (at least, it feels that way to me). I've beaten Lu Bu with every weapon but the rings so far, and I keep playing because I'm having a ton of fun with it. The Lu Bu fight really made me feel nostalgic for the time I was 13 or 14 and experiencing Dynasty Warriors 4 for the first time. I'm hoping the full release is as good as this demo.
Really? I thought they made it impossible to best him starting off in the game cuz ur stats are so low.
Been awhile since I played it but did Lubu appear in both hu Lao gate and shi sui gate?
I remember for 1 of them you didn’t have to defeat him, you could complete the mission by avoiding him
@@boogidwnej179 In DW4, you could avoid him at Hu Lao Gate (which is what you're supposed to do because he's so strong) and beat the mission normally. I cheesed him, though, because I was stubborn. If you knocked him off of Red Hare then ran away with it, he'd spawn with another horse and yours didn't despawn. So I kept doing that until I could block up the stairwell of part of the wall, then shot him to death for about thirty minutes lmao
But the demo Lu Bu made me feel really nostalgic for all the times I did try fighting him normally. It's a real return to form for our strongest warrior in China.
Appreciate your accurate pronunciation of names 😊
Ah yes, I was wondering about character creation. The nameless hero looks inoffensively plain enough to not really bother anyone I suppose, but it sure would seem like a curious choice, to give you a character named "nameless warrior" or "wanderer", who is not part of the original story, and not letting you at least make some adjustments, so character creation being added in the full game just makes sense I guess.
Also, I don't really have the knowledge to say for sure, but your pronunciations sound really good! XD
49:13 "Oh no! It's Louis Bu!"
God I hate the english dub for dynasty warriors 😅😅
@@PlutoMade I love hating them :D
Hollywood video has DW3-5 IL ill never forget those memories.
Having played quite a bit by myself and also from my brother as well, damn this demo was hard as heck. I remember before my demo had finished downloading, I was watching my younger brother(s) playing and kept seeing them either get messed up due to the quickness of the events and how quickly morale depletes due to the overeagerness of I believe it was Bao Zheng and his officers because of course they wanted the glory first to Xu Rong's ambush on Sun Jian, to Dian Wei, Liu Dai, and Gongsun Zan(with the three brothers of course) all struggling at the same time and causing all kinds whacky scenarios of who lives and who dies(usually Gonsgun Zan and Dian Wei, with the occasional Xiahou Dun troubles). And this was all on "Normal" difficulty, boy was hard even crazier(I believe the demo is not balanced around that difficulty at all with what they give you and is a trap) but will probably be more manageable when the game comes out. I still had a blast playing through this and can't wait to get the game when it comes out in full, I just hope the rest of it is just as hectic and we can have some more what-if like scenarios given that they are going for a smaller roster and if the rumors about multiple endings are true. In the meantime master trivia, I look forward to seeing your experience
This looks super fun, and reminds me of that one-hundred years war game that Koei made. I'm excited about playing it. The bodyguard system looks cool too.
This demo is giving me the vibes of Destiny Mode form DW5XL. Like they took that mode and made an entire game around it. If they can do some cool things like I remember in Destiny mode, you can be offered to defect to another side. When I first played it a long time ago on my first run, I was offered to defect to Wu I chose to rip up the letter because I was loyal to Wei then I was told the torn-up letter was brought to Cao Cao who then says oh they are trying to steal you? Perfect lets use this against them, join their side fight for them and when the time is right destroy them. I did so and then at Hefei destroyed Gan Ning when the trap was sprung. Looking back that was a well thought of feature of that mode. They should bring it back and expand upon it for great replayability.
I absolutely loved the demo. Love all the upgrades to the game from more enemies on screen, new attacks, better parry/ evade system, being able to command troops during battle, and graphical upgrade. This game is going to be fire. Can’t wait to play it with a friend, it better have coop.
11:39 a UA-camer who I watch that manages to fly to California and play the state of play dynasty warriors' origin record a video of him playing it. In that video, he got two kinds of weapons: one is your standard spear, and the other is a dual warpicke, and I believe he can change between the two weapons
This gives me some hope. I have only ever played DW4, Online and DW9.
DW4 I remember him 2-hitting me in a duel at Hu Lao Gate
DW9 I juggled him to death playing as Guan Yu
Can't wait to see more of the bodyguards
Sun Jian has always been referred to as The Old Tiger of Jiangdong I thought. He was 39 when the Three Kingdoms era began, and died shortly into it. Then Sun Quan took over. He took more part in The Yellow Turban rebellion with Yuan Shao than the Three Kingdoms.
He was 37 when he died so I don’t know where you are getting your numbers from. He was born in 155 and died in 191.
Also no one took over after his death. All his children were much too young at the time. It wouldn’t be until around 194 for Sun Ce to even be old enough to start serving Yuan Shu who was his father’s old boss.
Let’s not have the video game portrayal of Sun Jian confuse the concept that he was old. The poor guy didn’t even live to his 40s. Dynasty Warriors traditionally makes him much older to justify having his kids around as fighting age when in fact they are basically sending babies onto the battlefield in pursuit of a balanced three kingdom starting roster for their original games as everyone had to start with the yellow turban rebellion.
@@SeriousTrivia some solid points ctfu, Ancient China definitely isn't against giving children higher office. Sun Ce being 16 when he says his father died he only had about 15 more years to live on average. My point is being older than 30 is old back then but Sun Jian not coming from a prominent family that can be traced back, he may have had a rough life compared to Cao Cao and Liu Bei. Hes seems to have had more hands on combat experience then them as well... Liu Bei should be the only young looking imo. The Tiger Warlords are some of my favorites.
@ 30 is not old back then. Well average age was lower it was not this extreme. There are multiple members of the three kingdoms era to live into their 90s, plenty of 80s and many many 70s. 60 is the baseline for being someone who has lived a long life at the time. 30 is still a young man in his prime.
China was against giving young people office positions. Coming of age was set to 20 for male members and in times of war it can be lowered to 16. But even then you are almost never getting any major appointment as seniority and experience were highly valued.
Just want to clear up some of your misconceptions
Also Cao Cao and Sun Jian are the same age and Liu Bei is only six years younger so they are all in the same generation.
I haven't played dynasty warriors since 8..and i played this demo with a smile on my face...easily the best one they've made
at this rate, if only he wasn't killed, sun jian will be the youngest person in history to died from old age.
My guess is, story mode you will play as the nameless wander.
However I think after you complete the story and unlock all the battfields there will be an option to replay battles and in that option you can select any character to play as.also they might have a vs mode where you can fight the cpu or player 2 and in that option you can select any player as well.
This game looks very promising love to see that its going back to its roots the demo was alot fun
Its been so long since i excited watching anther Dynasty Warrior 😮😮😮
Dynasty warriors is back baby!
Wow that last Lu Bu fight was tough! Can't help but wonder if Lu Bu was also such a tremendous warrior in history as well?
Extremely romanticized, his historical records has very few wins. His biggest strength is his size (tall) and his archery skills.
@@SeriousTrivia i think its ironic how he has basically the most influence in the year 190 up until xiapi or basically the big bully that roams china and gain fame
not to mention i recall killing dong zhou is basically the start of the conflict of the three kingdoms started or how it all began
@Natha_Kun you are referring to the novel right? He is insignificant except for being the hand that killed Dong Zhuo. Even in that case, Wang Yun is the one people hailed as the hero until Changan was lost again.
1. Lu Bu started as a personal secretary for Ding Yuan.
2. Dong Zhuo bought him for a small promotion. Neither of them treated Lu Bu as an oathsworn son.
3. Lu Bu never got to lead his own troops under Dong Zhuo and was mostly a bodyguard/low tier officer.
4. His two battles under Dong Zhuo were both losses with the first one being intentionally sabotaged by him and the rest of his Bing Province officers because they didn’t get along with their new commander Hu Zhen. The second loss is his inability to hold the ruins of Luoyang from Sun Jian. By all measures, Sun Jian is by leaps and bounds a better fighter and general compared to Lu Bu.
5. His falling out moment with Dong Zhuo back in Chang’an stemmed from his affair with a court maid, Dong Zhuo’s foul temperament, and Wang Yun’s promise of a minor nobility title.
6. His biggest warrior flex is during the escape from Chang’an where he dueled and bested Guo Si before fleeing from the city.
7. Then he bounced around like a stray dog as Yuan Shu turned him down only to work briefly for Yuan Shao fighting the Black Mountain Bandit.
8. But because he had no discipline and could not keep his troops from pillaging, Yuan Shao was going to court martial him and thus he ran to Zhang Yang’s territory where he got the biggest gift in his life as Zhang Miao and Chen Gong decided they needed a strong man to come and steal Cao Cao’s territory.
9. Cao Cao lost support of the scholars after his massacres in Xu Province and they basically gave all of his territory to Lu Bu.
10. However over the course of the next year Lu Bu would lose all the territory back after unable to defeat Cao Cao despite having Cao Cao on his back foot at the start.
11. Flees to Liu Bei then backstabs Liu Bei on an empty promise by Yuan Shu.
12. Forced to reconcile with Liu Bei after realizing Yuan Shu was not good for his words.
13. Gets tricked by his own advisors in Chen Gui and Chen Deng who basically plotted and sold him out to Cao Cao again.
14. Unable to trust Chen Gong and having lost all his potential allies in Liu Bei and Yuan Shu, Lu Bu dies alone in Xiapi.
Gets the biggest glaze in romance so that he can be used as a foil to prop up Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Liu Bei in the early days of a coalition that they didn’t even join historically in a battle at Hulao Gate which is a gate pass that wasn’t built until the Tang Dynasty.
He one historical shining moment is the archery display that scared away Ji Ling who is an absolute nobody that only shows up historically for that one cowardly moment.
@@SeriousTrivia thanks for informing me this
like i said hes always a bully that roamed in his time pillaging and more of Mercenary in his peak when invading cao caos territory
it kinda makes you think he might last longer if he stayed with Liu Bei/yuan shao or even be a Tiger General of sorts, if i recall he did see liu bei a brother or something or it might be another romance thing
or in most cases a loyal general to liu bei
cause for a stray dog he can pretty much disappear randomly, but he seems pretty keen on keeping himself alive with all of those records with alot of Attempts of killing him
@SeriousTrivia my childhood ruined. 😂
I'm definitely looking forward to this game!
I remember trying to get brave with Lu Bu. Haha good times
Dynasty Warriors is so back, guys.
They watched the series kingdom and said yes lol. Great direction long time dynasty fan
I can’t find the demo on the PlayStation store. I deadass bought the standard version because I have faith in this game. Si shui gate was my first map that got me into DW4 as a kid. I found it on the PlayStation app. Justice for Hua Xiong
The map behind Yuan Shao at 6:44 is accurate with the time period ?
"accurate" is such a strong word here. my endorsement of it is that it is a good doodle of the map of the period lol
@@SeriousTrivia i mean in using a piece of hide as a map, they also had a paper map on the table
Map making first off is very different especially in China. You simply cannot produce the type of maps that is shown in the game with a top down view and to scale. Even maps as late as the Ming and Qing dynasties were not to scale and relied on documentations like how far from this point to this point to get the message across.
As for your question on would the armies use hide or paper to make maps and battleplans, the correct answer is that it is far more likely for them to draw it on the ground or in sand. Think about it, what good would a map of all of China do in a battle at Sishui gate and why would you waste material, time (scouting and map making time) to create a map that becomes useless the minute the battle is over.
A Nameless Wanderer for the opening. If only they put Zhao Yun for the opening again 😢
It's not a Dynasty warriors game if it doesn't have Zhao Yun in the opening
Let the posterboy have a break, he deserves it.
:O
Also Wang Kuang had me dead 😂
Okay Dynasty Warriors just got my attention again after 15+ years lol
glad to see i wasnt the only one getting wrecked by the boss
Whoa whoa this game looks better just by this clip
This looks like such an insane improvement
love this game already, can't wait to get the full release
I spent like 3 hours trying to beat Lu Bu. Manged to get to Phase 3 like 3 times, out of about 50 tries. Or more.
But I never managed to finish him. I cant get that perfect parry timing right. I feel like its always just luck if I hit the button in the right time or not.
Me rn
This game looks like the dynasty game I always wanted 1st day buy for me
My biggest problem with the demo so far is that there is too many dialogue going on simultanously. Sometimes you have your character saying stuff like "Enemy officer defeated" while a friendly officer calls for aid while there is narrative dialogue going on at the same time.
We’re so back
Probably the second biggest issue for me is whether we can play stages using DW3 music.
Does Cao Cao grow his Stache out as we play through the years, I wonder?
I I I IT'S LU BU!!!
It took me an hour to defeat lubu, before fighting him saved my full musou gauge. With perfect blocks and perfect evades you can do it. Blocking and evading is very essential in this game.😅
Ya know, i dont know if my eyesight has gotten worse or something but
I wish you could enlarge the font sizes of texts that arent voiced, ya know? Or any spoken dialogue really, or soliloquy
oh they got the dw3 recreate always loved that
I hope they manage to make up for the reduction in numbers by increasing the depth of the weapons. And I still hope more characters and weapons can be added in the future!
“Left button” - Left bumper
I was genuinely shocked by how good it was, it somehow manages to mix traditional dynasty warriors with a character action game. This might be the first one I buy in ages. I didn't bother with more than a single playthru of the demo after throwing myself into the deep-end but I was satisfied and generally had an idea what this was about by the end
the only part I dislike is the OC uncustomizable character, but I assume that it's for gameplay reasons (make modeling and hitboxes easier)
2:30 you are playing it wrong ST, we play HARDEST MODE and will ALWAYS PURSUE LUBU
Game actually looks interesting, maybe I'll get the game when it comes out next year.
This is what I want from DW games, smaller map but very detailed, with a lot to do. Not open world boring low ress crap. I must say I'm kinda excited for this game... I have not yet played it and already wondering if there gonna be Empire version of this.
Liu bei, sun jian, and cow cow looks amazing in this gane
With how the game’s timeline gonna end at the Chibi, I’ll be surprised if they add a fictional route where the yellow turbans won the rebellion just like how they did with Lu Bu in DW8. It kinda gives me the vibes of Fire Emblem Three Houses on how the ending in Chibi will turn out depending on which faction you join.
I will buy this when on sales 🔥
They brought back the soundtrack "Wall of Fate" from DW4 😮
Is there a DW game with a dynamic map? (with custom AND 'historical' characters and factions?) And maybe one that also has the whole 4x gameplay as well as the usual DW gameplay?
Empire titles do sort of that
@@SeriousTrivia which is the best? 😁
They play very similarly so the newer ones would have the bigger character rosters
@@SeriousTrivia thank you!
So first Wall of Fate then Duals. That’s two things from DW4, I believe
I heard Eve in one of the earlier trailers
I look forward to the day they get rid of the generic named officers. They don't all need to be playable, but the named characters should at least all have a unique model representative of their character. I know it can be done, because I managed to swap every character with a unique officer in both Empires 8 and 9, even with limited assets I could tell who was who from a glance once I was used to them (Though I did gender swap about half the minor officers) so I know Koei could make it happen.....It would do WONDERS for the immersion. I know that from experience playing with all custom officers. Officers like Yan Liang and Wen Chou, Gongsun Zan, Li Jue and Guo Si, Gao Shun, Li Ru, and many many others were every bit as good as the playable dynasty warriors in talent and fame, and it really takes alot away from players who know these characters to see them as generic models with way off voices for their characters.
I think Lu bu need more entrence screen time as he enter the battlefield, More fear and impactfull entrance.
Great game I can't wait for its let play series, with the lore of course
I love the direction of innovation they made,not like previous game where all big open world but no meaningful content.
I have not been this excited for a game since Guandu DLC.
I wonder if theyll allow us to make custom scenarios/campaigns in this new DW
there is no way...if they don't even let us customize the main character's face, they are not going to let us customize a campaign
I'm not trying to pursue Lu Bu okay! He keeps trying to pursue me!!! Im running for my life here!
Which is the dw, where you can make descisions after or before every encounter like lay traps and the like
Empire titles
@SeriousTrivia You good Sir just returned huge nostalgia back to me.👍
played the demo and it was awesome, it was pretty difficult too almost died several times playing on normal and lu bu killed me haha
i hope they make the wanderer at least customizable
best Demo games 2024 IMO
We're missing half the characters on the roster:
Sima Yi
Sima Shi
Sima Zhao
Zhang Chunhua
Xiahou Ba
Deng Ai
Wang Yuanji
Jia Chong
Wen Yang
Ma Chao
Ma Dai
Pang De
Wang Yi
Liu Shan
Xingcai
Jiang Wei
Wei Yan
Cao Pi
Lu Xun
Ding Feng
Let me tell you something it really good. But i will wait for a discount in a months after release ❤
your pronunciation of the names is quite on point.
it helps to be Chinese lol
There won't be character creation on launch as far as I'm aware. I'm so confused why they didn't allow character creation when you are playing a nameless wanderer. The story seems designed for that. I wonder if they ran into budget/scope issues. Anyway the demo on Wayfarer difficulty kicked my butt. I haven't played Dynasty Warriors for several years now and this game has a lot of new stuff. I'm excited by what I played though.
Holy shit, after watching your videos with properly pronounced names the intro scene with angliflied pronunciations just threw me for a loop.
I don't know.. Yuan Shao's Helmet was not tall enough for my taste but it does look fun so far.
My only concern is how long is the game and how much Replay ability is there?
Are there multiple characters playable, or am i stuck with the main character while everyone else is just an assist?
I think it’s just the main character with only nine companions that you can swap to and the story only goes to Chibi. It is definitely a limited scope spin off title
Will they make a Samurai Warriors game of this quality as well? Or a Warriors Orochi? One can only hope.