6 people found this review helpful
Recommended
1.0 hrs last two weeks / 220.0 hrs on record (37.5 hrs at review time)
Posted: 1 Dec, 2022 @ 3:59am
Updated: 14 Aug, 2024 @ 2:47am

Edit: Bring DW5 Empires to steam please

Played Warriors Orochi 4 Ultimate deluxe edition before this, and while I did enjoy my experience with it, Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate is just way more fun for me. Like going from 4 to 3 was an upgrade in most regards. 4 does have some positives like smoother combat and quality of life changes such as mass weapon salvage/sell, but 3 feels better when it comes to content. Some comparisons here:

- 4 has no branching path scenarios, meaning everything is set on a linear story path. 3 has branching paths and more multiple endings. The branching paths can be at times small changes, but some are pretty big and having branching scenarios to begin with is more than nothing.

- 4 has sacred treasures, elements being back and stronger, and magic makes it feel like the player outpaces the game toward the mid to end game.

- 4 has almost no different costumes unless you get specific dlc for the characters, compared to 3 ultimate which gives a ton of costumes in one package. Also 3 gives edit colors to certain costumes which is great. 3 ultimate is better than 4 ultimate deluxe costume wise.

- 4 has better combat generally and 3 did at first feel clunky, but I got over it after finding my go-to characters and playing for a few hours. 4 is better here but 3 is fine.

- 4's infinite mode is not as good as 3's gauntlet. Being forced to unlock Zeus's tower after doing each
small tower with the different goals was not enjoyable. Gauntlet mode has it's problems, but I enjoyed going through it far more than infinite.

- 4 has no musou editor thing, 3 does. Just the fact that 3 has something like that is insane and really shows a lot of care that went into 3, besides the other stuff 3 offers.

3 is imo a better experience. 4 isn't bad and I did enjoy it, but 3 is just so good. There are problems like the black chunks when doing musous, but changing your pc framerate or whatever the solution was will likely fix it, even though it is annoying having to switch back and forth. And the clunkier combat doesn't feel good either, but looking past those issues just leaves 3 a way more enjoyable experience.

Would give it an 9/10 or so. Has problems but I am having quite a lot of fun. Would say get 3 ultimate over 4 ultimate.

Edit: Have had a few crashes so it is a decently bad port but I still enjoy nonetheless.
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