SAMURAI WARRIORS 5

Eh. This game is fine, but I can't recommend it. It's lacking a LOT of content compared to SW4, hell even SW4-II. Many character have been cut, since the period ends at 1582 at Yamazaki , and even with character cuts there are clones aplenty. Gameplay is good, Hyper attacks got nerfed a bit. I can respect them trying something new with the story. Citadel mode is trash, and you have to play it if you want to upgrade your weapons. DLC is at its most egregious, absolute garbage slop. Not a single DLC is worth getting. Buy SW4 DX instead. You'll get way more bang for your buck.

It's a well made game, I enjoyed it.

I wouldn't say that this game is necessarily bad in comparison to SW4 or SW2. Those is obviously better games, just as WO4 and WO3, however, I really liked the RPG elements and ability to make nearly ultimate weapons yourself (just to be clear, Rare and DLC weapons is actually LESS powerful than those you can craft). There is so much to level up, so much to grind for, much more than in SW4. But the problem is that you basically have only Story Mode (and Free Mode after you clear any chapter) and Citadel Mode. And let me tell you one thing - gating progress behind upgrading your Castle was a mistake. Because to upgrade the Castle you need to grind Citadel mode for materials and said mode is just a number of 5 min. battles with hordes of enemies you defend your base against. It can be hard or engaging, but at some point you just gonna rush it with bow combo strat, believe me. Random generated battles like in SW4 would be MUCH better than that. Now, artstyle and cast. I like how this game looks and it's awesome blend of anime and traditional painting (sumi-e). The fact that all male characters is now look more attractive is not really a problem I think, except Tokugawa who became..…

I love musous, but this one just felt incredibly bland in particular. The swap to weapon sets is something I'm not big on, and the best I can say is the art style is rather pretty to look at and the port is solid. Characters really lose their uniqueness without separate movesets, for some reason. I hope they don't continue this direction with the series.

[h1] 6.5/10 OVERALL EXPERIENCE, BUY ONLY ON DEEP SALES [/h1] Don't mind my limited Steam playtime, I've played this to end on PS5. Samurai Warriors 5 isn't a bad game. It's *fine* on its own. The game can get pretty fun when all cylinders are firing, but that doesn't happen as often as it should. Unfortunately, Samurai Warriors 5 is successor to the Samurai Warriors 4 family of games, which are up there as some of the best games in the Musou series, and SW5 failed to meet expectations. Moving from SW4/4-II/Spirit of Sanada to SW5 feels very jarring. Long refined character movesets were removed in favor of weapon movesets, and characters could swap between weapons, meaning most characters don't really get their own identity. This on its own wouldn't have been a bad change - Dynasty Warriors Origins did the same thing and that game was awesome. The problem is that most of the new movesets kinda just aren't as good compared to their SW4 counterparts. SW5 being a series reboot, a lot of characters got new characterizations and designs. A lot of these are hit or miss. Nobunaga, Mitsuhide, Nohime, and Shingen Takeda are good examples of when the characterization lands. On the…

Camera is butt a bit too often. Game is really fun.