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Fun, but dear God, give me variety!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 13, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I played the demo for this game, liked it, so I bought the full version.
I was actually pretty pleased:
The graphics were amazing. The face's of the characters could have used a little more work, but other than that everything was vibarent and colorful. Combo moves exploded on the screen and as many as 700 "enemies" would be on the screen at one time- each one equal in quality and detail. Detail is another big plus; with armor, each individual plate that makes up the armor can be seen individually, robes can be seen in all the layers they are worn in, capes flow mystically as the character runs around- it's fantastic. The environments are beautiful too, sunsets, castles, forests, each one is finely detailed.

Gameplay- The gameplay's pretty straightforward. Tap the x button to do a "standard" attack, the y button to do a "hard" attack, and mix the combinations to do combos, it's your typical hack-n-slash. What's nice about this game though, is that the button combinations are different for each charcter. For the first character's first move it could be: xxyx, but a different character's first move could be: xy(hold)xx. So, getting comfortable with each character is necessary. Also, some strategy as far as when to pick up items exist... but not alot. Health is basically your only concern; if you pick up all the health as you see it drop, you'll be full at first, but when the boss battle comes by you wont' have any backup. Some weapons can be picked up for power boosts, but as you grow levels (max being 9), having strong weapons become less and less critical.

Overall, this is a great game, that's fun to look at and is fun if you're looking to kill a few hours. But it's the same exact thing every level- which can be very tiring. Also, a story is almost non-existant, or at least not very strong. But aside from those minor things, excellent game.

Yawn...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 16, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I have to admit that this game is impressive from a technological standpoint. It's truly amazing to see so many characters on screen at once with barely any slowdown. There's a level of mayhem to this game that's quite enjoyable but it gets old kind of fast. The gimmick of being able to throw yourself headfirst into hundreds of charging enemies and dispatching all of them in explosive battles is fun for a bit but it's all kind of repetitive. The controls are responsive but make no mistake, this game rewards button mashing like few others. Any combination of buttons will give you fancy results and combos ranging in the thousands. Graphics are pretty nice and the sound is well done also but the game seems to be lacking something due to its incredibly simple button mashing roots. The A.I. in this game is pretty bad. It's not uncommon to see enemy soldiers mingling about with your own soldiers who aren't doing a thing to stop them. I also found that giving my squad orders seemed to be useless and ineffective due to the limited amount of choices I was given. There's some character customization, limited to inventory management. The cut scenes are nice but the dubbed English is absolutely horrendous as expected. The story makes little sense and in the end, what you're left with is a game that is a button masher of the highest order that's little more than eye candy.

Awesome

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: October 17, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Hack and Slash.... no better combination. This game has great graphics and storyline. I loved playing all the characters, a must play.

YES!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: September 24, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I just got an xbox 360 at a garage sale for 200 and this was my very first game and i felt like i didn't need any other game. it is soo good!

Amazing and Just Plain Awesome

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: October 27, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Since there seem to be many reviews, I will be brief.

I love Japanese culture in general, and I think that Japanese games are overall amazing (probably because they all happen to be fantasy related)! The game is just great, I love the characters, the plot, and the gameplay. The graphics really show what the 360 can do.

Ohhh Look At All The Pritty Colors

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 8
Date: September 10, 2006
Author: Amazon User

First of all All you compring this to Dynasty Warriors Are Dumb. how can you compair fudiel Japan to Fighting Ogres And Orcs?

Ok now that i got that out of my system...

I liked this game for the simple fact that i loved the detail and the Over exgeration of the characters and i like simpler games from time to time.

ok this is the low down. You start off as a 'Temple Knight' and through the game you massacre thousands of enemys with out even breaking sweat untill you run in to a 'boss' Who will become just a harder version of thouse you've ben massacring the rest of the levle and eventualy Unlock more chracters to do 'olmost the exact samething.

The good news is that this game takes full controle over the X-boxes Visual capabilitys and makes a stuning vissual game.
The bad news is that the game it's self is some what repedative and quite simple.But thats the best part. The game Is very simple in nature and in being so is quite fun and easy to learn. No Days apon Days memorizing combos and special moves. Just jump Right in and enjoy :)

If you like Very complicated Over chalanging games that Take months to beat then dont get this game. Its not tht its a bad game its just not for you.

Me on the other hand i like the pritty colors.

Fast shipping, but the game itself isn't good

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: July 24, 2007
Author: Amazon User

It came fast, and everything was there. However the game itself isn't good. It's hard to beat, and when you die you have to start the level all over again. And you can't save the game in between. I wouldn't recommend it.

Unmatch AI?..yeah right!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: December 24, 2007
Author: Amazon User

In my opnion, the grpahics were great, so was the voice acting(It could of used a little work) But the AI? The AI is far from unmatched! Pong has better AI than Ninety-Nine Nights. No joke, your army of allies does no damage. Although the enemy Ai was was Ok I actually got damage from enemys.

Hope this helps:)

Strker117

Great game!!!!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: January 13, 2008
Author: Amazon User

My son absolutely loves this game, it's one of his all time favorites! We were renting it from a local video store but apparently someone liked it enough not to return it and the amount of money we spent renting it every week, we should have just bought it so we did.

LotR + Dynasty Warriors equals ...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 29, 2006
Author: Amazon User

While the game itself is nothing revolutionary, I defy anyone to say that it isn't some thrilling fun. A lot of people focus on negative comparisons to Dynasty Warriors, and it's true that there are easy comparisons to make. It's also easy to focus on the negative because most of the frustration I've gotten from this game has been the very large flaw of no midpoint-save. However, it's got an interesting story and a few unique points.

First of all, let's do the bad. The greatest millstone in this title has to be the lack of ability to save mid-stream, with a close runner-up the use of individual save-slots. It seems like there should have been mid-level save points, due to the quit screen text ("Are you sure you want to quit? All progress in this level will be lost"). However, there are not. Some levels feel like they're taking forever (in particular the Ice Gate levels and the Forest levels, IMO) because there's a lot of travel. Sometimes, you really don't want to have to do it over again because you took a bad spill trying to chain one of the game's amazingly visual combos. You will have to, though, if you die and you ever hope to (A) complete the games' storyline and (B) unlock all the characters.

The good is manifold. There's lots of different kinds of enemies to fight, and there's the added bonus of controlling two sets of troops. Interestingly enough, the survival of your troops doesn't seem to matter, but that's a sideline. The buffet is in the type of enemies. If you're tired of seeing generic asian soldiers 1-5 and generic asian lieutennant 1 and 2, this is a great treat. You have multiple classes of troops in the two most common enemies (orcs and goblins), and have lizard men, frogmen, dark elves, and dragons to boot! The vistas are similarly beautiful, and highly destructible (especially when you use your devestating Orb Spark powers). Over-the-top wild fantasy has your character fighting and defeating literal armies of troops, scoring combinations of 2000+ hits, and destroying the landscape. That is also to say nothing of the many and varied instant power-ups and equipment you get, all at much higher rates than any Dynasty Warriors or Samurai Warriors games I've played. You even get equipment that helps your troops.

Overall, this game is a real treat. The foibles keep it from getting a perfect score, but it's a more-than-decent first entry. If you liked Dynasty Warriors or Samurai Warriors, you'll like this game. It will likely never replace the complexity of those games for you, but it's a refreshing change of pace and definitely worth the purchase, in my opinion.

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