An Introduction to the Musou Genre - Musou Retrospective part 1

[@netcat22]

How the heck do you only have around 600 subs?? Good stuff man! You deserve more recognition.

[@starcrossedsouls5950]

I definitely appreciate it XD we all have to start somewhere I guess. I'm hoping to gain more traction as I get this series going as well as other projects I have planned.

[@ThePsh07]

Huh… Despite me not playing any other ones until very recently, I found out my introduction to Musou games was apparently the first one, Dynasty Warriors 2. I remember playing it as a kid with my sister at my grandparents’ house on my older cousin’s PS2. We hardly ever finished levels but we had fun finding each other across the map and battling endless enemies. We eventually got our revenge on Lu Bu & got excited whenever we happened to pick a character with a horse. 😆

[@7F0X7]

WARRIORS OROCHI 3 Ultimate Definitive Edition is on sale on steam. It got overwhelmingly positive recent reviews which, for a musou game, is insanely gud.

[@dfunited1]

I first got into Dynasty Warriors back in 05. Modded Xbox and games were a huge local market. Dynasty and Samurai Warriors are fun series to play in the barracks with beers. I kind of love that if you own several games in the genre, they all blur a bit and you can't remember which games did what.

[@JEFFALITY]

New note of small fry grunts. Grunts are a threat under a commander, lieutenant, general, etc. Just not to you (Post DW5), but to your own troops and officers especially if you have Keeps or Strongholds under your control since you dont want your own troops fleeing where they can slow down or even stop advancing forces.

[@blahbliff9726]

I feel like this video was made out of thoughts I mutter crazily to myself. Very happy to see someone appreciating these great games. My personal favorites are the even more niche games that get lumped in with musous but have a little more character action in the mix and a little less map strategy gameplay, mainly the Tamsoft and Honeyparade games. To me, they're all 3d beatemups carrying forward the legacy of Streets of Rage and the like

[@noupperlobemanify]

This is very helpful and informitive. I just got into the genre with Warriors Orochi 3U and I'm hooked.

[@maxlvl912]

Incredibly well researched and produced video. It’s rare you’ll see someone outside of the fandom cover the interesting and LONG history of this franchise. Warriors games are a gaming guilty pleasure from childhood, the definition of gaming junk food. Super cheap thrills (especially for the mainline series which has been steadily waining for years now) but I’ll always have a soft spot for them. Back on my musou kick at the minute and I’m so glad your video got recommended to me. Look forward to watching the rest of the series!

[@graymars1097]

I freaking love Musou games This video is amazing 😮 thank you 😊 Also, I think you're the very first Musou games centered video that is showing any gameplay from Arslan 😮 I beat it on PS3 and I loved it

[@tamerxero]

I like this video. I like your style - the dry, biting humor followed by a moment of ethos and humility while you explain the joke so as to not offends the fans is actually a really fun draw for me - and your video was fairly informative. If ever you make a part 2, I will be there, but I can't subscribe just yet. I went through your channel's recent history, and it seems you never got around to this follow-up. I would personally like to see a little more research and hardcore, little-known-facts represented in these videos, and a more consistent upload schedule with these series. Still, I sincerely wish you the best, especially in regards to the 2nd part of this retrospective, and I hope the like and the comment appease the algorithm so you can get more subscribers.

[@starcrossedsouls5950]

Never say never. The Sengoku Basara video is literally the next video I’m about to upload. Should be finished in 2 weeks or so.

[@starcrossedsouls5950]

Part 2 on Sengoku Basara has been uploaded. Enjoy!

[@TheDarkEnigma]

I didnt realize how many musou games until i realized i recognized pretty much every game and numbered entry shown in the clips in this video..

[@itsDjjayyArt]

I wish they would remake sengoku basara 3 for newer gen consoles to get new players into the series. The story was the best part.

[@JuliusKingsleyXIII]

Good video, looking forward to this series.

[@CrashD6]

I love musou games, mostly Dynasty Warriors as I grew up playing DW5 on the PS2 with my cousin, became a fan ever since... but I have a personal gripe with this series, the combat against lots of soldiers/minions is fine, but when if comes to 1v1 it's very poor, you got no way to lock on to the enemy, no dodge button, no parry, a barely usable block sometimes and the combos are not so satisfying to pull off against single opponents as they are against hordes... I know the game is not supposed to be technical, but deeper mechanics would enhance the combat, one example would be when you fight Lu Bu in any DW game, it's a race to hit him first and keep juggling him in the air like a real juggler, because if you let his feet touch the ground you are pretty much dead. But if they implemented these mechanics I listed above, you would introduce "the dance" to the game, where you'd have to manage attack, defense, evasion and distance in the fight, making it more enjoyable and less repetitive, and you could still mindlessly kill normal officers by mashing everything and use the 1v1 mechanics on Lu Bu and the Generals/Final Bosses of the level.

[@thats4thebirds]

Great work man! I made a love letter to Musou games as well. Good luck w the channel!

[@floydthibodeaux1844]

After playing One Piece Pirate warriors 4, I need more. Too bad they are not popular in the west.

[@hernandezcamposemilioanton2429]

Cool fire emblem fates music

[@FaultyParadox]

Idk if ninety nine nights counts as a musou game, but I oddly love the style and have been missing it since I was young. I couldn't find any expansions on the ideas which was kinda disappointing though.

[@Doo-l5x]

9:47 Always impressed how Dynasty Warriors runs with a 60 framerate in PS2!!

[@fu102]

Part 2 when? Love the enthusiasm for musou style games. Maybe some N3, KUF, Draken?

[@thecollector4575]

Have you played Warriors Orochi 4? It is a great musou game with over 160 characters!

[@iianmitchelldub]

I'm a little late to the party.. but very well done video man! Informative, thorough, pretty damn good. You definatley deserve more views and love! I played DW3 when I was a kid. Dw3 and dw4 and samurai warriors 1 and sw2 were my favorites. I'm returning back to the series and I bought warriors orochi 4 ultimate super duper mega whatever lol Its not horrible but maybe I need to give it more time. As someone who's favorite is dw3 dw4 sw1 and sw2 what would you personally reccomend from the warrior games? I'm not a huge fan of all this magic attacks and doing Kamehameha waves to enemies.. im a simple man, I enjoy the simple stuff where its like Square triangle knocks up Square Square triangle stuns Square x3 triangle is crowd clear etc.. I picked up warrior orochi 4 ultimate supercum Supreme edition because it had a stupid huge roster and im thinking I might have made a mistake..

[@ssj2sanjifanboy068]

I wish they’d make a TMNT and Kirby musou games. I feel like they’d fit well in this style of games. Honestly the Pokémon games too imo.

[@Doo-l5x]

3:22 game name? Hyrule?

[@drakeP1999]

So far Hyrule Warriors is my personal Musou but I do love the genera and the Oachi series too, but I'm looking forward to playing others based on it. Also I think North Star Paradise is more of a Yakuza game then a Musou inspired one

[@TheDarkEnigma]

I mean, the first dynasty warriors game was a fighting game like tekken. So it could in fact be argued that lost paradise could technically be classed as a musou game. But meh lost paradise is just FOTNS Yakuza. Kens Rage though? Those two are definitely musou

[@myameru]

Well well well, now I can't wait for the new game that teased. Fate/samurai remnant

[@saintlugia]

I think fire emblem three hopes is the other side of the battles we see in a fire emblem three houses. If a fe game is 30 percent action and 70 percent strategy then the warriors games are 70 action 30 percent strategy. The warriors games compliment fire emblem because they act a representation of what a fire emblem game feels like in real time. As a fire emblem fan I think the warriors games are the best spin off possible, because it enhances core series with lore and character interaction while not feeling out of place for the fire emblem series.

[@mihaelkennedy]

We need Sengoku Basara back.

[@Doo-l5x]

I Love the difficulty of Dynasty 2. Dynasty Warriors 2 & 3, best in my opinion. Two player co op for 3! Lovee it

[@wackafool4514]

Tbh, I'm pretty curious about these games since they seem to be see very fun to play. And I'll admit that I'm one of those ppl who played Hyrule Warriors first, before playing any other warriors game, but I can assure you that while I love the game, I don't think that it's perfect Edit: If you're wondering, yes I did play a couple of DW games and I love them and I'm looking forward to playing the SW games soon, though I'm not sure if I should play WO, since I saw the gameplay of it and was like, Ehh...

[@Doo-l5x]

3:27 Game name 10:53 10:54 ??!! Arslan? Arslan: The Warriors of Legend??

[@JEFFALITY]

So... where's part 2?

[@starcrossedsouls5950]

About 2 weeks away

[@JEFFALITY]

😀

[@starcrossedsouls5950]

actually, it's NOW! part 2 on Sengoku Basara has been published.

[@Megamaster195]

Rather than pirate warriors, you could play unlimited world red which has a musou esque play style and a pretty unique upgrade system that's based on character quotes that give various power ups

[@Doo-l5x]

12:48 Pronounciation "Pronunciation"

[@Doo-l5x]

16:10 more culturally significant than Romance???

[@Its-kof_yabuki24]

Naruto musou game i need!

[@shirokaze23]

me too!

[@ningen9129]

Yanto banteng is here!

[@adzi6164]

funny thing is that at least some of the games you have in Japanese were actually released in English. Including Hokuto Musou.

[@gibby3767]

I actually play beserk musou because i love the manga and it definetly is repetative especially for a musou but i still play it from time to time but i love wo4u zeus and sun wukong are my favorite characters

[@Doo-l5x]

13:29 60 FPS! On PS2!

[@TheDarkEnigma]

heres a 'kind of musou' game i bet no more than 10 people remember: Mystic Heroes. That was such a fun game as a kid

[@shawnboahene5231]

So you haven’t played basara 4 yet?

[@starcrossedsouls5950]

Yes I have played Basara 4 and Sumeragi. They will get a video as part of this series.

[@Doo-l5x]

12:05 Two weapon systems, soooo lame

[@ssnowgrove5402]

the berserk musou game is underrated the game is mindless

[@Mattznick]

personally i find hyrule warriors to be very mid, i find it hilarious that most casual consumers will look at musou games and scoff at them for being simple then boot up the same generic open world rpg like it's somehow peak gaming