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Sunday Comics: Dead Island While it was once one of the most popular and well received series in gaming, Dynasty Warriors seems to receive more and more negative feedback with each iteration. This is not due to radical shifts in gameplay and/or tone — as many game sequels are accused of doing — but rather the exact opposite: Negative comments centre around Tecmo Koei’s insistence to stick to the formula that made it a well-known franchise. I’m not so sure, though, that this hate from gamers is justified.
In recent years, the Dynasty Warriors series has found new life by merging its signature gameplay with popular anime; first Gundam, then Fist of the North Star, and now One Piece. But is One Piece: Pirate Warriors just more of the same old hack-and-slash we’ve come to expect, or is there some treasure buried just under the surface?
There are a lot of surprises in One Piece: Pirate Warriors but none are quite as impressive as how good the game looks. Much like Sega’s Valkyria Chronicles, the entire game is rendered in a cel-shaded art style, with all the shadows made to look as if done via a coloured pencil. The result is the perfect visual style for a game based on a Japanese manga-turned-anime.
For years now, a steady stream of new Pokemon games have been released. If you’ve played one, you basically know what you are getting yourself into. Not this time.
Brace yourself – not for the gameplay footage – but for the guitar soundtrack. Dynasty Warriors is coming to the PS Vita, and this latest trailer shows how the game will make use of some of the PS Vita’s features.
Dynasty Warriors, the historical hack-and-slash games from Tecmo Koei, is in development for the PS Vita. The game will make use of the Vita’s features. [Tecmo Koei via Facebook via VG247]
