Opoona 2 is the return of everyone’s favorite Wii star, Opoona, making a long-awaited appearance on modern platforms. There are some quirks to his return, but there’s no doubt about it: Opoona is back and here to stay.
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It’s only a weird idea to turn Dynasty Warriors into a turn-based strategy game until you think about it. After all, it’s been done before with the long-dormant Dynasty Tactics series! Though Musou games are about fast-paced action, they’re also about big battlefields, huge casts, tactical advances and grinding for levels and loot. And those are the sorts of things you also see in games like Disgaea.
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It’s been a while since the last Romance of the Three Kingdoms game showed up over here, so it seems like a good time to check in and see how the newest game plays! Oh, and to make a series of reckless choices that lead us to ruin. Or ruins, as the case may be.
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The long line of Omega Force’s Warriors games has included lots of attempts at incorporating more strategy into the formula. After all, when Koei Tecmo isn’t making Musou releases, it’s crafting deep strategic simulations like Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Nobunaga’s Ambition, and — at least in Japan — both types sell very well.
What makes Samurai Warriors 4 stand out from the pack is its board game-like approach, making your decisions fewer and simpler but also giving itself the time to make those decisions more meaningful.
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Arslan: The Warriors of Legend, out this week, is the meeting of two worlds: the fantasy crusade-era manga/anime series The Heroic Legend of Arslan and the hack-and-slash battlefield franchise Dynasty Warriors. Interested in checking it out? Here’s what you should know about the release.
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Before explaining what Dragon Quest Heroes is, it’s best to say what it isn’t. It’s not related to Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime, which we’ve discussed before, even though it shares its name with the localized portable classic. It’s not a traditional Dragon Quest game, with turn-based combat and worlds to explore. It’s not massively-multiplayer or even marginally-multiplayer; though slashing’s often better with friends, Heroes is purely a solo affair.
Most importantly, though, Dragon Quest Heroes, despite being developed by Omega Force, is not a Musou game.
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