I Been on a binge watching your videos, even if they a year old. I am so sorry to keep commenting on them...... BUTTTTTTTTTTTT YOU FORGOT...... Ling Tong and Gan Ning best Couple ever LMFAOOO

pang tong and sima yi were some of my faves glad they both made it

The dubbing in Dynasty Warriors 3 is very funny. As a Brazilian, I can say that I have never seen these names pronounced in such a "Portuguese language" way as in this version lol

Jiang Wei is always at his peak!!! ❤

Thats not a cowboy hat LOL. Its called a "Futou" and its always shown in paintings and art of Zhou Cang (and a couple others like Ma Dai). The only thing "wrong" about Zhou Cang's look is actually his lack of a beard as he is described as "A strong, muscular man who wore his Futou tilted forward. He had piercing eyes, and a scruff of beard making his features look similar to a bears"- Legends of the three Kingdoms". I think he was designed like he was because his descriptions would have him looking very similar to Zhang Fei. He was also gruff, and spoke his mind like Zhang Fei did as well, so they did him this way to make him more unique. I completely agree with two on this list. Guo Huai and Xu Zhu. Both deserve a more respectful presentation. Xu Zhu stood toe to toe with some of the best of that time, like Ma Chao, Yan Liang and Wen Chou, Gan Ning, and many others. He was no slouch, but a monster of a warrior. Guo Huai was a good leader and strategist.

The worst part for me was they removed weapon drops and replaced it with this new weapon xp system. Personally this hurt’s replay-ability as I enjoyed getting insane weapon drops playing on hard difficulty on DW3

Never understood why they haven't made cao Hong a playable character yet but made cao xiu

this big hitbox range in new games is sad for me...😞 the peons can't hit you.

Ima follow Zhao Yun

Damn I needed this video to remind me how much I truly loved these games. Curious to see all Ma Chao cutscenes, he was always my favorite.

My boy Zhang Liao (2) & my girl Zhenji (18). Great 😆😆😆

The one reason I can't bring myself to hate DW SimaYi is his laughter, especially in his DW8 musou move, both in Japanese and English versions. It feels so evil but liberating at the same time. I wish I can laugh like that. 😂

Ah yes a gay officer

I played the game and this ending has given me such a great pain

Still have dw5. I play it every now and then. Be nice if they put all the dw 2-5 on ps5

You are 100% biased. And thats ok.

Heh, we used to call xu zhu rattleboy.. you cant mature dong bai, she d!3d young as it is.. she was around 12-13 when she was 3x3cut3d with dong zhuo.. my most hated char is cao pi.. hes a real piece of shit.. but i say that cause my favorite char is Zhenji.. what he did to her just makes a lot of us hate him even more..

Hey just got a PS2 for the first time and am glad I waited for your timely review on the new DW4 game. Can't wait until I save up enough to buy this! 😊

LUBU

Why he's in the cover of every DW game I have no clue

DW6 Battle of Yiling as Shu left a scar on my psychic dude. Our officer can do NONE. I played it on chaos difficulty once and remember only surviving with liu bei on my side. Zhu Ran you MF😂

How many times they hit you off the horse had me cracking up 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

should do a top 10 funny moments in the series xD p.s is there a secret gag here with zhao yun? xD

The whole bodyguard system was my favorite part of DW4.

Xu Huang would bail out, he only took action in battles he knew he would win.. Zhang Liao would likely be the last man standing vs Shu with Yunchang, Bacho and Zilong left.. Zhang Liao is such a bad ass that he is pretty much a second Lu Bu.. this would be a battle similar to the three brothers vs Lu Bu.. i would have no doubt thar Zhang Liao could find a way to win this.. but Zilong and Yunchang prove to be just a little bit much for him.. now think about a world where Mengde actually decided to trust Lu Bu.. Cao Cao would have won it all for sure..

DW4 was my entry point into the series and is my all-time favorite. One thing that I don't think you mentioned is that there is a hidden "super armor" value to each character, which further makes each character stand out. This is very noticeable on characters like Sun Jian, Sun Quan, Lu Bu and Zhang Fei. The best part was, this value was always present whether you were playing the character or it was being controlled by AI. I always got a kick playing as Sun Jian ( who has one of, if not THE highest super armor in the game), starting an attack string, then getting dog piled by about 30 peons and seeing old Sun Jian not give an 'eff and just plow right through the swords and spears being jammed in his face. Your attack animation may get stalled for a few seconds, but it won't be stopped. I would pay good money for a Dynasty Warriors 4/XL/Empires remaster. Why doesn't KOEI-Tecmo like money?

DW4 established my obsession with Dynasty Warriors. SO MANY hours of my life were dedicated to this and DW4 XL.

why would you want to check for weapon level exp its not like your gonna be able to change it mid battle so there's really no reason to check it. Can't complain about the kingdom based story your right about the repetitiveness it's pretty bad. Thats why it was so welcoming to have character based stories in the later games. That's all i disagree with mainly good video nice to see other people talk about this game.

I started with Dynasty Warrior 3 xtreme, when I got 4, I loved most of everything you mentioned. The only thing I hated was it was base on Kingdom and not the warriors which made the game short in my opinion. Great Video =]

Weapon leveling is way better than hoping RNG gives you a better weapon. Not the biggest fan of 4 but that's definitely something they got right. Duels were pretty cool too.

Let's gooooo the review series continues!!!!!! DW5 my favorite is next! I am shocked you gave it an 8/10. Your fans know how you feel about DW4. It's actually refreshing for someone to give their opinions on 4 without having nostalgia for it like a lot of us. DW4 was my first DW game as a kid and I can admit the nostalgia bias gets in the way. It's got a you love it or hate it feel. I actually really like the more dark and foreboding color pallet and themes of the game from the cutscenes to the music, but quite a lot of DW3 fans didn't really dig it, so I think that's why 5 went back to that more vibrant and energetic style of 3. I agree with a lot of the cons. The game is just plain hard. I remember grinding all the characters on The Yellow Turban stages as a kid just to be able to get through Musou mode on easy. I've got to say though, I still think 3 edges it in difficulty when you play on hard with a max level character. I don't know if it's the design of the stages or what, but I just sweat more in 3 on hard difficulty. Maybe it's those pesky crossbow archers or that I grew up playing 4. 4 is my second favorite game and I still think that more dark and realistic style can work wonders for a future DW game(Or not, depending on how Origins is recieved), but 5 really fixes just about everything to be more enjoyable gameplay and story wise. Love these mainline game reviews as you know! Can't wait for how you analyze 5. It deserves a 10 just for that bad a** opening with Zhao Yun alone.

I literally tried to play DW4 the other day but the autolock is so annoying I had to drop it, I dont know how I could play it as a kid without caring, is one of those features that had aged really bad

So you like dueling, eh Owl? 😏 10:11 down the in the corner "dude needs some clutch Ointment 🤣" sums it up nicely lol

Thank god they got rid of Diaochan’s DW4 voice actress 😂

The only thing I really dislike about DW4 is how they took small portions of bigger maps for smaller battles. I understand that they did that to save money and time but It made it less epic for me. On a side note DW6 had beatiful maps imo, specially Guan Du. Also I didn't like that in DW4 the soldiers got nerfed on how many attacks they could do. In dw3 it was really fun for me seeing npcs going at it with 5 combo charged attacks.

One thing I miss about the older games is how the foot soldiers were linked with specific units with individual morale. It was subtle, but it made traversing the battlefield feel like it had more weight. You could clearly tell the difference between a unit that had five or six stars versus two or three. That allowed you to make tactical decisions on who you want to do engage and when. Defeating an officer would have more weight because their unit of soldiers stop spawning after their defeat. Now with there being hundreds of soldiers on screen at any time and later games, they’re just broadly categorized soldiers that don’t matter at all.

I agree on most of your points, and others, I agree to a certain point. It was my 1st DW game, so I had nothing to compare it to in the series. I guess it helps that I was barely a teenager. Nostalgia is likely clouding my mind. I think it was the memories of playing with my cousin, brother, and sister that really makes it stick out as my fav DW game subjectively. I do remember the kingdom storylines getting repetitive upon the first or second completion of each kingdom. That's when I ultimately quit the game.

I remember beating Musou mode with Sun Juan. Then when I played as Cao Cao; I was fighting Sun Juan at He Fei Castle, and basically Every Wu boss on 1 stage. EPIC

I think if I could sum up DW4 with one word it would be impactful. For instance, reaching 1000 ko really felt like an accomplishment, and learning the maps and where the healing items are is almost essential. And a note on the individualism. I would posit that DW4 is more individualistic than the later entries, as the move sets are tailor made. These are what made the character for me, along with the personal growth of their weapon, as opposed to the cutscenes. That being said I still get hyped even time XIahou Dun eats his eye!

The autolock ruined this game for me 100%. Glad DW5 fixed it.

i'm agree with both the good and the bad in DW4 while this game hold a special place in my heart being the the first game i play in the series

Awesomeness

10:15 well, that's exact reason why I found myself playing DW4 over modern entries more often. It's not just because AI is more aggressive in this game, or outdated camera/character controls, but every character plays differently as well. You literally can FEEL the difference. Playing guys like Xu Huang or Zhou Tai you can just turn your brain off and cut through the massess with their enormous and safe wide attack range, but the minute you pick someone like Lu Xun or Zhuge Liang, your gameplay changes drastically. You starting to feel (and I mean REALLY) the lack of range, the lack of deffensive moves, starting to rely on your parry more and more often (very vital DW4 mechanic, btw), utilizing items like Wind Scroll, Charge Bracer, etc. Back, when your victories meant something. In the modern games you don't even need parry system due to it's being useless, so they cutted it entirely (not sure about DW9, many tries to start playing this game, all failed). I miss the DW4 difficulty and fed up over the years eating armies in a few moves. But it's just me.

7:46 man the older games had much better costume alternatives

100% on the voice acting

Another good thing was Gan Nings Musou if you could pull it off you could kill Lu Bu in 2 hits. Good times 😂

Ugh what!? So many out of place lol

HELL YEAH DW4 is still my fav game LOLL my biggest con with it is the fact that Duels, cool as they are (and they totally should come back btw), they can be very unfair at times. Sometimes your opponent spams their Musou, sometimes they buff themselves. Those I can let slide but whenever they full-heal themselves.....that is straight up BS LMAOOO.

Main reason I loved his gōuliándāo was because for me him and Guan Yu mirrored each other and so did their weapons.

The music is my favorite of all the dynasty warriors games. This was my first dynasty warriors i loved the items and Ma Chao was goated on horseback lol