COMPARISON | Dynasty Warriors vs. Samurai Warriors

[@yomamasan]

I started with Dynasty Warriors, but I've enjoyed Samurai Warriors much more. While I love both stories, the gameplay to DW was too linear for me. At the end of the day, lets just all agree that Warriors Orochi brought the best of both worlds.

[@nathanx2000.]

David Vuong amen brother

[@HasmieMusic]

Nailed it👌

[@freelanceart1019]

David is Wrong Vuong

[@Mazomania]

No orochi's characters look so gay

[@LockerDope]

@@Mazomania the game literally has both dynasty warriors and samurai warriors characters

[@lunarm4]

A Warriors Orochi Empires would be godly!!!

[@ChrisGildart]

+lunarm4 please!

[@youngreece864]

I’ve wanted this since the Orochi series started

[@bigmocha4694]

This really needs to happen.

[@secretprotagonist6241]

@@bigmocha4694 Yeah i would be interesting if Warriors Orochi Empires was announced. But i think Koei want the heroes to become together and fight Orochi, Orochi X, Odin, Hades

[@eclipsexfade9522]

OMG

[@michaelbandada9887]

Cao Cao and Nobunaga are truly alike in terms of hairstyle, beard and color scheme of their outfits. Is Nobunaga truly a descendant of the almighty Cao Cao ?

[@alg7251]

Ha ha 😂

[@magnuscritikaleak5045]

@@alg7251 Oda Nobunaga is the cousin of the Chinese Tang Emperor.

[@someguy6651]

@@magnuscritikaleak5045 The Tang dynasty didn't exist during Nobunaga's life. It had collapsed nearly 500 years before (IIRC)

[@alexmorpheus6762]

Koei used the same design. I thought they were long distant cousins.

[@MagreloDetonados]

Warriors Orochi Series >>> all

[@ChrisGildart]

This guy gets it!

[@natsu4fairytailflame991]

Facts

[@33GLOCK]

LOL

[@YTReturnz]

Magrelo Player nice joke you got there

[@officialteaincorporated243]

In my opinion the first warriors orochi was the best as it was hard to win and really well designed missions

[@mythicalsnacktime7758]

Oh my god man , the warriors games are my childhood and maaaan did I have a HAPPY childhood hahahaha. Nothing and i mean Nothing made me happy as much as those games did. I Will Always Love Them . Ahhhh the sweet memories man hahaha Thank you soo much for this video sir.

[@ChrisGildart]

No problem. Thank you for the comment. I plan to do more videos on the series in the future. :)

[@jeffmoore4838]

Chris Gildart does orochi have online or co op ? and is it live or dead?

[@ChrisGildart]

It has online co-op as well as local. I find the more current Warriors games are pretty good for finding people, but I also find Warriors games are pretty niche and the online players die out pretty quickly. It's probably easier to find a friend to play online or locally with.

[@jeffmoore4838]

Have they fixed the problems with dynasty warriors 8 Xtreme?

[@ChrisGildart]

Jeff Moore I don't know what problems you're talking about. :S

[@nicknelly8861]

dynasty warriors 5 is probably my favorite dynasty warriors, I just loved the style, the movesets, and the characters, and it also helps it was the first dynasty warriors game I had played (besides dw4)

[@ChrisGildart]

My first was DW3XL. But my favourite is definitely 4. I recently did reviews of each entry. You should check them out if you haven't already.

[@nicknelly8861]

Chris Gildart I will check them out soon, and ya that seems to be a lot of people's favorite one

[@ChrisGildart]

Most people I talk to it's either 3 or 5.

[@nicknelly8861]

Chris Gildart wow that's suprising, honestly I don't know exactly why I like dw5 but it just has a place in my heart

[@nicknelly8861]

Chris Gildart wow that's suprising, honestly I don't know exactly why I like dw5 but it just has a place in my heart

[@shizumeiisaru3423]

8XL complete on the DW side and SW4 on SW side. Orochi 3 Ult. overall. I am a gigantic warriors fan. i love all the games in someway or another!!

[@ChrisGildart]

Exactly how I feel.

[@natsu-fuji]

you got me with the Orochi Warriors Winning

[@ChrisGildart]

Here's hoping WO4 continues the awesomeness!

[@natsu-fuji]

FUCK yes :D

[@rightwingsafetysquad9872]

"There's only 3 dynasties" > showing game play as Yuan Shao.

[@curtishaan5399]

The han dynasty lives on lol

[@maChao97tachibana]

3 major dynasty

[@TheDamnWinner]

Lol Thats not what he said tf. He said “the story revolves around 3 MAIN dynastys”. Implying that theres more, just that 3 are more important to the plot then then others. He definitely did not saying anything about there “only being 3” dynastys

[@Lonewolf-930]

For me samurai warriors is the best game ever

[@hyerai4458]

Gaming Extreme mobile same

[@thatpersoneveryoneknowsbut7533]

@Aroundtheworld1983 I disagree just my opinion not a fan samurai warriors well to be fair I like the earlier ones but I just seems like they never change yukimura Is still doing basically the same thing he's done in samurai warriors 1 his normal attacks and c2 c3 and c4 are exactly the same though in warriors all stars did make him different and I wish they kept that moveset but also kept the original hyper attacks also

[@magnuscritikaleak5045]

@@thatpersoneveryoneknowsbut7533 yes true, Yukimura is very stale compared to Sengoku Basara. Furthermore, I believe Samurai & Dynasty warriors would do good if MiHoyo requested a Collaboration event to be made between Koei's characters and MiHoyo's Honkai Impacts 3rd Character s.

[@JackalGoldKick]

I've always preferred dynasty warriors. I played it first. it's got better characters, story, more unique and memorable stages. but I still like samurai warriors as well. good video. i'm subbed

[@HarryofIberia]

dynasty warriors story are so perfect and touching you even can feel the emotion of the character you use through out the history of it... i think i'll prefered dynasty warrior.. my favorite kingdom is wei, just sayin.. who's with me?

[@ChrisGildart]

MIKE Wei all the way bro!

[@bossboix6932]

I can feel the emotion of characters in samurai warriors as well My favourite character is Oichi and omg her story makes me so sad for her

[@KhanMann66]

Well at least her descendants came to rule Japan.

[@ChrisGildart]

I dont know man, I feel DW7 and 8 told the best stories in my opinion. 9 went into the most detail but it lost the feeling with the janky text box conversations.

[@faizanahmed2859]

Wei all the way

[@zyloooooo]

Samurai Warriors 2 empires is the love of my life😩

[@ChrisGildart]

+Jacob Collins it is a pretty decent game 👌

[@Anoname112]

Recently played that game, it was fvcking awesome

[@MerlautJones]

Righteous pal! 🔥

[@iliarsl]

Ayyyy 100k views! Congratz!

[@ChrisGildart]

Thanks!!!

[@black5000001]

I first played Dynasty Warriors 4 on PC 15 years ago, and it had made me getting into the Warriors series. Back then I first played Xiahou Dun and until today it is still my first character that I choose to play in any Dynasty Warriors series. Then Samurai Warriors 2 and Warriors Orochi had made more attached to this series. Slashing towards hundreds of enemies is just pure satisfaction, and that's why I play these games.

[@capostatus64]

Cool man I also started w dw4 but on ps2. X dun was also my first. I remember prowling the gamefaqs forums. It was good times. Dw4 still had the best encyclopedia music.

[@xavierdennis2161]

Earned my subbed immediately great vid man

[@ChrisGildart]

Thanks a lot for the comment dude. I hope you can enjoy some of the stuff coming up. If you like the Warriors franchise or Koei Tecmo in general, watch out for May. Got an event happening here! :)

[@ezequieltoranzo838]

3:40 I always thougth that they named it SW4 II cause the only new character was Naomasa Ii. If you see the logo, that 2 in roman is red and yellow and you could simply read it as a simple "ii". It's like the game was made for the Ii.

[@maChao97tachibana]

whoa didn't see that

[@eternal_seokjin7441]

I like both... But Im more leaning towards DW since it did help me on my Chinese history class... And I quite love the three kingdoms story...

[@iHeRpYouSCooP]

Awesome vid great information on each franchise and their expansions been wanting to collect the warriors series for awhile now and this really helped out!!

[@ChrisGildart]

I'm always glad to make another warriors fan. I plan on doing more videos on warriors games in the future too.

[@charlesbirdsong6782]

I've never played Dynasty warriors actually, but I've played ton of Samurai warriors.

[@ChrisGildart]

Both are great in their own right. They do things differently enough that if you're getting bored with one you can pop in the other and it feels fresh. That's partly why I like Warriors Orochi so much because it's both worlds combined into one game.

[@dragzgaming]

Prety much depends on if you like Chinese, japanise or just the hack and slash (orochi) or maybe the strategy involvement in the empires spin off. I prefer dynasty for the charicters samurai warriors reminds me of the old kessen games but feels darker.

[@thelegendmusashi9479]

i personally prefer samurai warriors because i like the characters more i really hate it that in dynasty warriors you have about 15 characters which have absolutly no personality for example zhou tai or taishi ci. story wise i also prefer samurai warriors but thats just personal prefferance. samurai warriors 2 has the best gameplay of all warriors games in my opinion so i overall prefer samurai over dynasty. i dislike warriors orochi a bit even though i played all games and had my fun with them but i have this thing that i always play the warriors game on 100% and want to make my characters as strong as possible and in warriors orochi you can make every character a god and thats just no fun for me samurai warriors 4 had something similar with the dlc weapons and i disliked the game because of that a lot more then i should. samurai warriors 2 is the shit

[@ChrisGildart]

I mostly like Warriors Orochi over the others for its shear replayability. It's also a good game for co-op if you prefer Dynasty Warriors characters and your friend prefers Samurai Warriors. Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate is my go to game for local co-op.

[@nobunaga-oda]

TheLegendMusashi do you want to play with me samurai warriors 4 or warriors orochi 3 ultimate because i don't have anyone to play with

[@ChrisGildart]

I`m always up to play multiplayer! I don't know how available I'll be, but add me on PSN, it's Sytothe_DOF.

[@nobunaga-oda]

Chris Gildart for me this is the only problem with the warriors series that when you search for anyone online to play with i don't find one and thanks

[@ChrisGildart]

I know that feeling. I've been forced to playing mostly on my own. Though some times my friends don't mind if I force them to play a few stages. :P

[@stevocon8521]

Playing 3 with the 8 officer bodyguards was my favorite

[@shinobiforhonor9762]

I prefer Samurai Warriors.

[@Nicolehubbard88]

I am super glad you said Warriors Orochi I am playing Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate and Warriors Orochi 4. I absolutely love them both. I always wanted to play Samurai Warriors but I am already playing them with Warriors Orochi. I started playing Dynasty Warriors 3 on my journey through the franchise. DW6 was not my favorite. DW7 and 8 redeemed themselves. Warriors Orochi is where I absolutely fell in love with the gameplay and storyline. I enjoy the switch between characters from Dynastyand Samurai Warriors series, new weapons, and a new magic system. This series is the best I ever played.

[@lilcookiemon5ter]

I was raised on the dynasty warrior franchise but I really love Samurai 4 because it's easier to kill with the dash and not like the previous one where it's hard to not get kill

[@GothicPurpleGoblin]

Never played sam warriors series myself, I do however love the dynasty empires games. Empires 6 was my first game and it hooked me :D

[@ChrisGildart]

5, 7 and 8 Empires were my favourites, at least of that series. I prefer the main series to Empires, but either way, I love these games.

[@zeradiusthegreat8148]

I can't get over how jealous I am seeing that pile of awesomeness on the floor

[@ChrisGildart]

I should do a collection video some time. I have a lot more Koei Tecmo games than just the Warriors titles. :)

[@XthemastaX]

I actually watched this video before. I just didn't realize it came from you. A great analysis on how fundamentally similar and different the two series are. You're pretty good. I hope you gain a sizeable following.

[@ChrisGildart]

+XthemastaX Haha thanks! I try sometimes. 😋

[@XthemastaX]

keep trying then :)

[@ChrisGildart]

+XthemastaX Oh I will. >:D

[@BrJPGameplay]

I agree, warriors orochi 1, 2 and 3 (I dunno about 4, I didn't played yet) are the best ones on a "bang for your buck" style, specially 1 and 2 that are on the psp, and are still good on that hardware. I just bought 3 and it itches my "I want to grind in a game" itch very hard, you complete a stage, BAM 4 character unlocked, new playstyles, new types of combos and side stories, new types of team compositions. Fun as hell. "Someone has a Gatling gun, that's not accurate" China invented gunpowder, IT'S 1000% ACCURATE!

[@dragzgaming]

Orochi was fun for a while but limited replayability imo. My favourite dynasty (said din-as-ty not dine-as-ty) was dynasty warriors 2, 3 extreme legends, and 4 empires. I miss the the way the battle grounds was played out.and really felt more like 2 armys standing eachother down, and the way you pick up swords and sheilds to level up your charicter to get up the difficulty levels . DW has changed so much but the graphics is prety much the only good thing to come out of it imo

[@ChrisGildart]

I personally prefer the modern Warriors games, though I still love the classics. It's funny you say DW2 and DW4E are your favourites, but I find they don't have enough content to make me want to replay them.

[@dragzgaming]

That is true. But I just feel they could have expanded on that in the new games but they changed more stuff with the battles such as how they act, move and basic layouts that its changed the whole experiance for me. If you look back on the old games the mini map was filled with red/blue dots to see the control of armys. Modern games just have a few troops scattered on the frontlines with a large empty space. Just as a small example.

[@ChrisGildart]

I've always found there's more people in modern games. There are the odd stages that aren't filled to the brim, but the older games are similar. DW2 is probably the only one that's always filled. It also only has a handful of stages compared to the other games.

[@rdu239]

I only touched SM1 and SM2 (together with XL for both) there are a lot of groups and big factions to root for compared to the 4 kingdoms in Dynasty Warriors. I remember mostly the Oda-Toyotomi Clan, Tokugawa faction, Takeda faction, Uesugi Faction, Azai Clan and so forth

[@ytgamers]

Great Comparison video. Idk how i ended up on it but glad i did

[@ChrisGildart]

+YTGamers I love this comment. It is beautiful and represents KZbin perfectly! I'm glad you found your way here, and I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

[@Argroh]

wonder if anyone also remembers that the first ever Musou game of this genre was Dynasty Warriors 2, not 1. Dynasty Warriors 1 was a 3d weapon based fighters ala Soul Calibur, but using characters from the three kingdoms era china.

[@ChrisGildart]

Argroh yup. The Dynasty Warriors series in the west has been one number ahead of Japan because of this.

[@jedgrahek1426]

A few things I would add: The biggest factor for many people to be interested in these games, and also choosing which one to play, can also be having some prior more serious interest in one of the two historical periods depicted, and enjoying them from that perspective, having fun with seeing how they portray everyone and color the different aspects of the overall sequence of events, etc. And yeah, as you say, if someone has no knowledge of either topic, Romance of the Three Kingdoms is way easier and more natural to understand the dynamics of and what is basically going on. However, if one does happen do already know a lot about the Sengoku period of Japan, the Samurai Warriors games are super engaging, just because the portrayals of all these interesting historical figures and events is so much fun to see. And I actually have a hard time enjoying the Warriors Orochi games because of this, because it's so jarring to see these characters be used in such a "for fun" way, in juxtaposition with how serious all of the events of their actual lives were... but that's just me. I find the original Samurai Warriors, despite how archaic it is compared to the rest of the series... and the very unfortunate fact that the game is essentially unplayable normally without the Extreme Legends add-on disc, which actually contains a major bugfix that makes the enemies not keep indefinitely leveling with you, which if you get how these games work, it should be clear why that is a massive problem. BUT, if you play it from the start with that add-on, not only does it have by far the darkest and most down-to-earth/realistic cutscenes and general storytelling of the series (while I absolutely love how colorful and awesome looking SW2 is, there is still some trade-off going on with some of the groundedness of the first game being lost along the way), it is also the only game, at least that I know of, in the entire Musou series, that has actual multiple possible outcomes for every battle, which are completely decided by your actions on the battlefield; these are vastly more significant than the various optional objectives that exist in most of the other games, in that they are the only way to see completely different story paths and possibilities, are sometimes genuinely challenging and require serious commitment and thought on the player's part to succeed at, and are usually communicated just through character dialogue... it makes it feel like you are really participating in a high-stakes battle where history can be changed with a few swift but very risky decisions, like what you do and how well you fight *really matters* in a way that just isn't there in the later games with their cleaner and simpler and almost always easy to complete optional objectives. All of this together makes it really stand out to me, and while the basic broken nature of the game without the add-on disc is a super fair reason for anyone to not play it or not care for it, if you can ignore that and ignore its age, it is actually a rather special game in the context of the rest of the series. And finally, while I've heard the same opinion many times, I really don't understand why Dynasty Warriors 5 is so generally disregarded. Now, I came into the series partway through, so I played them in a weird order, starting with 5 and then playing 3 and 4. And honestly 5 just seems like a better looking, more evolved version of 3. 4 has its own whole unique thing going on with the story mode, so it's kinda apples and oranges comparing that one to the others for me, but isn't 5 just doing everything that made 3 fun but with better graphics and a smoother difficulty balance and whatever little QOL stuff they had figured out by that point...? I have to assume that it is disregarded actually because of this? That everyone who played 3, and then 4, found 5 to be kind of disappointing in that it wasn't doing something completely new like 4, but was just like minor upgrades to the formula of 3 and better graphics but nothing to be that excited about? Cause it really doesn't make sense to me otherwise.

[@GrubKiller436]

In chronological order, the best you can experience: DW3 / DW4 (basically *_the_** classics* that got most og fans into the Warriors franchise) DW4: Empires Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends Complete Edition / Samurai Warriors 4 Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate

[@ChrisGildart]

I personally didn't like DW4E that much. I never felt like replaying it. DW5E on the other hand I finally got 100% achievements last year. That being said, I'll still find something to enjoy about each game.

[@danielpereira8936]

Samurai warriors and destinity warriors are also very good I like a lot but Basara in my opinion is much better

[@sirdulaoldskool5620]

Great review!!

[@ReapersChannel26]

Recently started to get into the Warriors. I purchased Samurai Warriors Spirit of Sanada after looking for copies of any Warriors games on PS4. I can agree with your selection that Warriors Orochi is badass as heck my friend who introduced me to the series with that title helped teach me a few tips about when we started the game and thr hype was so good. If i were to go with the next Warriors game what would you recommend between Dynasty Warriors Extreme Legends and Warriors Orochi Ultimate Edition.

[@ChrisGildart]

Dynasty Warriors 8 definitely has more substance to it. Warriors Orochi 3 is very grindy, but you'll never get bored of the character roster. I'd pretty much recommend either to you, but DW8 definitely has a better executed story.

[@JackalGoldKick]

hey what do you wanna see in warriors orochi 4?

[@ChrisGildart]

Funny you mention that, I just uploaded a video today on who I'd like to see in Musou Stars. The same could be said about Warriors Orochi 4 if that series is being continued. Check it out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bmqqnGx4p7p4kJI

[@crvptrvp]

I remember first playing Dynasty Warriors on the OG Xbox and I LOVED IT.

[@ChrisGildart]

Man, playing DW3, 4, and 5 on the original Xbox with component cables and upscaled to 1080p is beautiful!

[@tuckercoolman5390]

I love both franchises but Dynasty Warriors will always be the best in my opinion.

[@ChrisGildart]

I agree. Between the two I always grab Dynasty before Samurai, but you can't go wrong with either.

[@jadestep9624]

Current Favorite warriors game to date - Dynasty Warriors 8. Why - I grew up in early middle school when I came across my first Warriors franchise game: Dynasty Warriors 6 (PS3 Version) I played it very often and and about two years of battle I went out and bought a PS2 and bought Dynasty Warriors 4 and 5 as well. From that point on I was officially hooked. Later on in life I came across Warriors Orochi 1 and 2 and played those too, in my opinion personal their not as good as the core number based Dynasty Warriors titles but their still fun. A close best friend of mine suprised me with a C.I.P. copy of the original Dynasty Warriors 1 for the original PlayStation. (That's easily my favorite fighting game for PS1 ) When the Wii U was realsed what was one of the first games I bought?...Warriors Orochi 3 HYPER. (played that for about 3 straight years maybe longer) But when I finally got my hands on a replacement PS3 I bought Dynasty Warriors 8 immediately. And It's by far my favorite installment thus far. Since I own a PlayStation 4 (PRO) I'm planning on purchasing Dynasty Warriors 8 Empires when I have the time and will play that to get my Hack&Slash fix until the all new Dynasty Warriors 9 is finally officially released. The Kingdom I proudly stand by is the kingdom of WEI while my favorite playable officer is - Cao Cao.

[@ChrisGildart]

JadeStep 96 That is an awesome story, my friend. My favorite Dynasty is Wei as well. Xiahou Dun is my favorite character. Have you had a chance to try out any of the spin off games like Hyrule Warriors, One Piece: Pirate Warriors, Berserk and the Band of the Hawk, etc? I personally couldn't put Berserk down and Hyrule Warriors was exceptionally good too.

[@jadestep9624]

(This is the first time ever that a content creator has actually responded to my feedback. I'm honored) To be perfectly honest, besides Sengoku Basara I haven't really had much interest with the spin offs and/or other games. Now this is simply my opinion: "I've always found Sengoku Basara a better IP then Samurai Musou." About Hyrule warriors, simply put I rented the game and found it as a disappointment. The in game content was very lacking compared to most Musou titles and a huge amount of it either was DLC or arrived at a very delayed time. I never cared much for the Legend of Zelda to begin with but I thought why not just try it out. I've been bashed on a lot for this idea of mine that for some reason a lot of people tend to dislike or downright hate. but I have always been a Castlevania fan for many years and I am a fan of the old school classic Castlevania enteries and also the newer variations as well. (Mirror of Fate being my personal favorite) I think you might know where I'm going with this but I have always wanted KOEI and the rest of the Musou partners and development team to make an offer with KONAMI and develop and Castlevania hack and slash game. Simon, Alucard, Julius, Leon, Richter, Sophya, Yoko, Cornell, Grant, Death, Carmiliya, Soma, Gabriel AKA origin of the Lord of darkness and the rest of the diverse roster of the series' cast. (Trevor is my favorite while the exclusive character Aeon is a close second)

[@ChrisGildart]

That would be awesome! I honestly don't think Konami would do that. Considering what Konami has been doing the last few years, but hopefully they get their act together and release a new Castlevania. I haven't played a Castlevania game in a long time, I really should get Lords of Shadows some time. It looks pretty good.

[@personausermike]

Totally agree, WO3 is still the best one. Not that I don't like the others.

[@ChrisGildart]

+Michael McQuaid Yeah, even though WO won the comparison I still love both series for their own reasons. It's just that WO combines then both for me.

[@bennyjoseph882]

For nostalgia reasons, i've been looking for a Samurai video game for years that I had when I was younger, the beginning opening sequence has got 2 people playing chess to represent the combat, and the game has a lot of war elements involved in the beginning, with objectives in the midst of that war, horse riding is also involved in the game play.... really need help finding this game ahaha, spent like 15 years trying to remember the name and title

[@ChrisGildart]

Hey man, I've looked around, but can't seem to find anything. Samurai Warriors 2 kinda comes to mind, but maybe it could be one of the Empires titles. If it's not a Warriors game, then I can't think of anything. Have you tried either Genji or Onimusha?

[@onetruescottie]

Started with Dynasty Warriors 2 and played up to 8 but never played the samurai or orochi series, this video has made me a whole lot more interested though! Was looking into another Warriors game but I may wait for DW9 so I dont burn out before it XD

[@ChrisGildart]

+SwooperFly I have felt fatigue from Warriors games before so it might be a good idea to wait. DW9 will be here before you know it.

[@johnvonshepard9373]

Samurai Warriors > Dynasty Warriors

[@itsaaron9032]

John von Shepard in your dreams

[@omar.4362]

gross.

[@asianboi2867]

Oh heeeeelllllll nawwwwww

[@ExtraordinaryJam]

I agree

[@dmitrigeorge8523]

I agree. The characters, the story, and the weapons are just so much better

[@trevinodude]

I never played a Samurai Warriors game before (although I do want to since I grew up playing Dynasty Warriors and I love the series), but I have played as some SW characters thanks to Warriors Orochi. What is the best starting point for Samurai Warriors?

[@ChrisGildart]

I would say either SW2, 4, or 5 are good starting points. I did videos on all the Samurai Warriors games if you want to know the differences as well.

[@trevinodude]

@@ChrisGildart I started checking out your Samurai Warriors videos, and I’ve been enjoying them. It is too bad Samurai Warriors 3 was released only on Wii here in the west. I’m on the Samurai Warriors 4 video now, and I love how in depth and honest you are about your experience with these games. I’m honestly such a huge fan of your Musou May series since the Warriors franchise have been a huge part of my childhood and even now with the DW games. So thanks for doing all of your reviews.

[@nemesis3587]

Good video. DW2 was my first game, open field battle feel was so great. My first choice was Xiahou Dun and he basically made me fan of Wei. Fourth game actually made me big fan of the series. I even started to explore real historical events and still Wei impressed me the most. People claims its same game over and over but it's a stupid claim. There is a vast difference between PS2 era and new era titles. On the other hand, I discovered SW much later. First game is not that good, it looks like didn't decide being DW clone or different thing. Second game is a vast improvement and created its own identity. Didn't played third game but fouth game is incredible. They improved storyline perfectly. I can say storyline is better than DW. I equally love both series and really happy seeing Berserk and Arslan spin offs. It turned its own genre, hope we see more musou games like them.

[@ChrisGildart]

+nemesis3587 Glad you enjoyed the video! Xiahou Dun is my favourite character and, of course, I'm a Wei man. My first game was DW3XL, but I was able to play Samurai Warriors when it was released. I also didn't get to play SW3 for the longest time because it was exclusive to the Wii in the west. But I agree SW4 is great and the spin offs are just as fun. Have you tried other games from other developers like Sengoku Basara and Drakengard?

[@nemesis3587]

I played Sengoku Basara games, even watched anime serie, it's not a bad serie but to be honest I didn't get same feeling. It's more like an old Capcom beat em up, defeat every obstacles then beat the boss. I prefer SW's openfield battle feeling. And definetely prefer SW's desings, some of them okay, some of them are inferior like Akechi Mitsuhide and Kotoro Fuma, some of them are just bad, seriously what they did Uesugi Kenshin? Mecha Honda Tadakatsu, wth? And my favorite Sengoku era character Hattori Hanzo is not in that game. Never understand why some people bashes SW and praises SB. Maybe people likes its anime look.

[@ChrisGildart]

+nemesis3587 yeah, some of their choices in character design is questionable. But Sengoku Basara is good when SW just isn't doing it for you. I'm hoping to do a video on Musou like games in the future, so maybe I'll have some suggestions for you to try.

[@nemesis3587]

Thanks, I'll see it. Gonna check your other Musou videos.

[@Hidrozlais]

AWESIME VIDEI :D and yes you are right WO3 is best

[@magnuscritikaleak5045]

Honkai Impact 3rd is the best XD

[@sesshorin738]

I totally go down the dynasty path first. But I do love both of these games. Zhao yun will always be my fav in dynasty and ginchio tachinbana in samuri ☺

[@sesshorin738]

As for expansions I lean more towards the empires titles love it

[@ChrisGildart]

I really love the Orochi series and am looking forward to Musou Stars. Sorry for the late comment, I usually get to these within a couple days, not a couple weeks. Must have missed you. Xiahou Dun is my favourite character in Dynasty Warriors, but Keiji and Motochika are my faves for Samurai Warriors.

[@dontcallmerudy9044]

in my opinion samurai warriors > dynasty warriors much more challenging , characters and story flow are also better slowly goin from the age of the samurai to the age of gunpowder n muskets also heightened A.I. but yea gameplay is kinda the same and the warriors series is my favorite as well :) but the empires series are my all time favorite

[@ChrisGildart]

Thank you everyone for helping this video break 2,500 views! I never expected this video to do so well.

[@weightycarlos]

I prefer the Dynasty Wariors because of the story, but of course, I'm starting to like Samurai Warriors too.

[@ChrisGildart]

I've always found the story of Dynasty Warriors more straight forward and easier to follow. Samurai Warriors is kinda like the Game of Thrones novels where there's so many different clans and families that you need to follow... it's not bad by any means, but it is harder to follow everything at once.

[@weightycarlos]

@@ChrisGildart But does the Samurai Warriors story follows up on every game or is it just like DW?

[@ChrisGildart]

It's like DW where it's the same story.

[@BlueQuorthon]

My fav is Samurai Warriors 2 (XL) with different abilities, guards, weapons and so on... still playin' it! (PS. Keiji is the best.)

[@ChrisGildart]

I put so many hours into SW2 on 360 and I'm still playing to too in order to max out everything. Though my favourite kinda sways around the franchise, that's definitely not a bad pick. (P.S. you are absolutely right!)

[@marloges]

This is coming a bit late but I kind of want to adress that the DW story isn't THAT simplistic. Sure, later on there are only three kingdoms left, but until you get there, there are quite a few different factions and if you really want to understand every motivation and relevant name, then it's going to be quite complex imo. Though the basic storyline is not that hard to understand for sure. That being said, I really liked the video. As a DW fan and Musou enthusiast I always felt like I had to catch up on Samurai Warriors since I was almost exclusively playing DW and some other spin-offs like Orochi. The rush mechanic sounds pretty awesome, wish they'd included it in DW9 :/ Any chance you're talking about that one in the future btw.?

[@ChrisGildart]

I literally just finished the script for DW9. Im not sure when it will be uploaded, though. I'm hoping I can get the recording and editing done in time for the March 15 upload, but if not, it'll be April 15 before the second annual Musou May. I'm glad you enjoyed the video. There are a ton of spin-off titles as well as clones you could try out as well if you want more Warriors style goodness. Like Berserk, One Piece, Gundam, and clones like Sengoku Basara, Ninety-Nine Nights, and Senran Kagura. I'll probably give a good review of them in the future.

[@marloges]

Awesome, looking forward to that :) Kinda have mixed feelings about the game personally, so I'm curious to see what a hardcore fan has to say about it. I tried First of the North Star, One Piece and Arslan, but I really need to play a Gundam game, another One Piece game (apparantly the first one is the worst), Hyrule Warriors and Berserk... A lot to catch up on.

[@ChrisGildart]

Yeah, there are a ton of spin-offs. I quite enjoy the third One Piece myself. Haven't played the second one though. Hyrule Warriors is one of the best spin-off titles and I can't wait for it to come to the Switch.

[@VansLegacy]

I need a Warriors Orochi Empires!

[@ChrisGildart]

+TN That would be sick!!!!

[@HYPNOGLANCE87]

So far i have Dynasty tactics 2,samurai warriors 1,Dynasty Warriors Empire and just picked up Dynasty Warriors 4.I was gonna get Dynasty Warriors 5 but they lost the disc so i just stuck with 4.Been a huge koei fan since i played Genghis Kahn on the NES when i was 7 years old.

[@sandwic5560]

Cool video, i always love this two warriors franchises

[@ChrisGildart]

Thanks!

[@alexharris991]

2:57 I noticed you skipped Dynasty Warriors 5 but said 7 and 8. I figured it’s impossible to not be impressed by the godly 5 title😁

[@ChrisGildart]

Yeah, I was still in my "peach fuzz" era as a creator. I went 100% off what I felt. Back then, I saw DW5 as a DW4 2.0. I loved the clan specific stories, the hypothetical, the stage variations, and missed it in DW5. Now, I say the two are equal.

[@alexharris991]

@@ChrisGildart honestly if you can ever play DW5 XL try the destiny mode. It made me love the series!!!

[@MakeGamesGreatAgain]

Samurai warriors is the best for me. Growing up playing with the great combat, story, and everything else was awesome. The voice acting was amazing.

[@GrandeGio95]

What game is at 2:11 ?

[@ChrisGildart]

Warriors: Legends of Troy.

[@GrandeGio95]

@@ChrisGildart thanks !

[@Yusukeleon]

09:21 A awesome moment picture

[@michealb8508]

dynasty warriors is much of a better game for me personally.

[@Greatnessamongwyatt]

As a guy who grew up with samurai warriors and also Japanese interest in like reading books of them and also depicting them, I assume that I treasure the Japan history a lot more than anything else in this world and my life. That being said, I only grown more affectionate to my samurai warriors and dynasty warriors to be has been overly exaggerated for the past games. That being said, sw2 is by far my favourite of all time and still cannot find a copy to get as I’m in uk. I’m 20 yrs old and I’m a history head of Japan samurai. I’m also buying the samurai warriors 5 premium edition that includes them Crystal art laminated characters to put in display. Not very appealing but to me, I would do anything to show respect and loyalty to the samurai warriors series until the very end!

[@magnuscritikaleak5045]

Samurai warriors 4 has chronicles mode which is very good.

[@bunju8990]

I grew up playing Dynasty Warriors but man, I was blown away by Samurai Warriors 5. The graphics, story, grind, and gameplay is way better than any DW game imo 😃

[@ChrisGildart]

I personally really enjoyed SW5. Just beat it for the third time on PC recently.

[@RossWyatt]

I got Dynasty Warriors 4 and Tactics 2 for $16 on PS2 at a pawn shop near my house :D Hey do you still play these? I could use a partner on W. Orochi 3 Ultimate on XBone and I also have the vanilla version of Orochi 3 on 360. I bought the 360 Orochi lot on eBay but as far as I know none of the 360 games are co-op. Just rented Samurai Warriors 5 though, loving it!

[@magnuscritikaleak5045]

Hi I unfortunately have warriors orochi 3 ultimate on ps4 not xboxone

[@SayaViking]

The games that has Oichi and the one where you can make your own Samurai Waifu in = Samurai Warriors (especially 4)

[@michaelbandada9887]

Why is Koshosho even there? Her presence doesn’t fit in the turbulent era called the Sengoku Jidai

[@talontd3727]

Hey thanks for the video, there's definitely more to these games than i thought. I have one question, whats the difference between "Dynasty Warriors" and "Dynasty Warriors Empires"?

[@ChrisGildart]

+Talon Td The Empires spin-offs are more like build your own stories. You can create a character or take one of the already established characters and conquer China. There are various scenarios for you to start in that are all based on points in thr Three Kingdoms history, as well as one free for all kind of mode. The vanilla Dynasty Warriors is more rooted in the story. You either follow a character's story or a Dynasty's story dependong on which title your playing. This is more straight forward than Empires and if youre new to the series I recommend a vanilla game before you try out the Empires versions. I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

[@talontd3727]

Chris Gildart I appreciate the response. Im about to sub after this comment. Also anothet question. Do you know if DW9 will have an empire mode? I really enjoy making my own officers and scenarios.

[@ChrisGildart]

+Talon Td I don't think it will just because of the open world gameplay. Itd be difficult to translate the tactical elements from the Empires series into an open world title. And I havent heard anything about creating your own character for DW9. But who knows, they could have already thought about Empires and customers characters. They just haven't said anything about either.

[@talontd3727]

Chris Gildart Thanks for your input again. Hopefully they will incorporate some type of creative system in the game. You should cover some DW9 info on your videos. Id be interested to hear what youd have to say. Even if its just your opinions! Thanks again!

[@ChrisGildart]

+Talon Td I did one video on DW9. I just didn't feel like doing a video speculating the facts. Now we know a lot of information and I've been a bit busy with life and stuff, sadly.

[@sethsaxon6831]

Hey Chris, Do u know if ur save data & dlc carry over from Samurai warriors 4 to Samurai warriors 4-ii? thanks

[@ChrisGildart]

+Seth Saxon The DLC costumes are carried over and I think there might be a couple extra for 4-II. Sadly, save file is not. The leveling system is slightly different and the story is also done differently. It's annoying at first, but when you get into it and see the differences, you see why they didn't carry over the save file.

[@sethsaxon6831]

Chris Gildart cool thanks man. good vids

[@ChrisGildart]

+Seth Saxon thanks man! Glad you enjoy them.

[@sergotep7871]

I started with Dynasty warriors first but i fell in love with Samurai Warriors back in 2008 when PSP was a thing back then in xbox but it's hard to find where I'm from but i love orochi warrior because it like a cross over between the two warriors

[@212mrdude]

Thanks for the great video! I've been a fan of the series ever since my older sister bought dynasty warriors 2. I'd never bothered to try any of the other games like samurai warriors and I just recently got curious about them. I'll definitely try out the spin offs now!

[@ChrisGildart]

Awesome! I'm always glad to make another Warriors fan!

[@UnlimitedProduction1]

I'm always been aware of these Warriors games but never played them, where's a good place to start?

[@ChrisGildart]

I always say Dynasty Warriors 8 Xtreme Legends Complete Edition or Definitive Edition. It's on PS4, Vita, Switch, and PC. It's got the most to offer and the best package all around. Beyond the Dynasty series it can come down to whether you like the licensed IPs they've touched like Zelda, Gundam, Fire Emblem, Dragon Quest, Berserk, One Piece, Fist of the North Star, or Arslan.

[@DevilRaptorB]

Warriors Orochi is the best, so I agree, also great news, a new WO is on the way

[@ChrisGildart]

I can't wait to see more info come out on WO4!

[@trolling-time]

@Chris Gildart Should I play SW4 or just go and play SW4-II? Will I l miss something imoprtant if I only play SW4-II?

[@ChrisGildart]

+Trolling time! SW4-II isn't a sequel to SW4. It's actually a more refined game with different movies and only slightly different mechanics. I played a lot of SW4 and the story is great. From what ive played of SW4-II the story isn't quite as broad as SW4. So it really depends on what youre looking for. Personally I'd only recommend SW4 because that's the one I've played the most.

[@trolling-time]

"different movies"?...OK, I´ll have to start from SW4 then. Thanks for your answer!

[@ChrisGildart]

+Trolling time! I honestly have no sweet clue what I meant with "different movies" lol I answered using my phone, so it must have autocorrected.

[@trolling-time]

What Im asking is that if this game (SW4-II) is just an update of SW4: the same game but with more content and improvements, or does SW4 have something that SW4-II doesn´t? For example Tomb raider and Tomb raider definitive edition, or Ninja gaiden 3 and Ninja gaiden Razor's edge, Devil may cry 3 and Devil may cry Special edition... etc. These games are just the same game but with "a new hat"... is this the case of SW4-II??

[@ChrisGildart]

+Trolling time! SW4-II is an updated version of SW4 in mechanics only. You have a skill tree which is where you get activatable abilities where in vanilla you get items to equip that do the same thing. The story modes are both different and SW4-II adds one new character. There is no Custom Character mode in SW4-II and you can't load the vanilla save up to SW4-II. All in all I'd say they are the same game, but different executions of that game rather than an update. It's really hard to describe, but they are different enough from each other.

[@mrmusicknowledge6354]

uh that plot twist was too funny I should of seen it coming

[@ChrisGildart]

Glad you enjoyed it :)

[@Gaz136]

My first KOEI game was DW5 and ive stuck with series since then. Ive gone back and played the previous DW games but think DW5 is the best of the games. Ive tried SW games but dont like them as much as DW but im not sure why as I like using SW characters on WO, my favourite SW character is Hideyoshi Toyotomi. My favourite DW character is Cao pi.

[@stainshield]

Plus in the early Dynasty Warriors series you couldn't make the horse jump when riding it, whereas with Samurai Warriors you could. Plus I like both and can't wait for another crossover.

[@ChrisGildart]

How 'bout that WO4 teaser?

[@rezaruki3912]

the best DW series is DW8 complete edition(no fucking clones), SW4, and soon warrior orochi 3/MO4

[@therisingdaikon]

Oh man what a awsome vid

[@yoga5631]

i literally fall off my seat laughing when he announced that it was warriors orochi. i did not expect that at all! XD but i have to agree with you. warriors orochi is the best warriors game. an original story, a 3 man system (which works very well) and finally the best part is seeing how the Chinese warriors react to Japanese warriors

[@ChrisGildart]

+yoga5631 somebody gets it. lol

[@Deviltriggerfounder]

Very well made video.

[@ChrisGildart]

Thanks dude!

[@italianthanos9118]

I was looking at the warriors series amd was looking to get into either samurai warriors or dynasty warriors, as i only played the pirate warriors 3 spin off. I have enough for either dynasty warriors 8 xtreme legends complete edition, or samurai warriors 4-II, and was wondering which one to get

[@ChrisGildart]

I would lean more toward DW8XLCE just because there's so much more to do in that game. You'll really get your money's worth.

[@italianthanos9118]

@@ChrisGildart thanks!

[@SereneGamerProductions]

As always Chris, an amazing video. 👌 I love both equally, I remember back when I was a kid & I could feel that slight stagnation setting in where Dynasty Warriors was concerned, "I still loved it" but then Samurai Warriors came out & once again, the simple yet addicting formula dragged me back in & I was once again hooked. The battle between the better combat system "at the moment" I'd say Samurai Warriors wears the crown. The hyper attacks changed the entire tempo of battles, which were showcased beautifully in Sanada Maru. The story on the other hand will "for me" go to Dynasty Warriors. (I love the ROTK story) 😊

[@ChrisGildart]

SereneGamer I'm in the same boat, my friend. Every now and then I have to turn to a different game because the grinding to get the various platinums gets a little stale, but then games like Arslan and Berserk come out and reinvigorate me to get back into the gameplay. I am both hopeful and concerned about Dynasty Warriors 9 and holding back on making a video for it until more info comes out.

[@caprat7357]

I felt like this video acted less as a comparison and more as a history lesson on the series. I'm not opposed to that, but I feel kinda disappointed that there wasn't more meat on the comparison's bones.

[@dontcallmerudy9044]

and the rush attack in samurai warriors can kill u instantly in chaos mode :) it pisses me off but it makes it way more challengin avoiding their rush attacks

[@sleepycowboy18]

I like sw gameplay more, but i like dw story more Edit: also empire is the superior Edit2: i unironically use mitsunari ishida 80% on horse lol

[@Abigdummy4life]

The only downfall of this series is usually the faltering scripts. Koei tends to miss the mark on specific story/character-related details even in WO and Warriors All-Stars. One thing is that they considered "the DoA characters are from another world", when in reality, they're mainly from a future version of Japan. Ayane was the only one to lampshade Yoshitsune's historical relevance in a camp conversation. And in All-Stars, both Ryuu and Ayane don't bat an eye when they hear William say that "he comes from a land called Japan". Did they instantly assume he's Japanese like them, or did they forget their own homeland? Not to mention William switches between the pinyin and on'yomi rendering of Lü Bu's name (from Lü Bu to Ryo Fu) all while speaking English each time. And certain character team comps in the story of WO overall don't make sense. WO4 and DW9 was just the start of a slew of other problems that added up.

[@singularitym16a15]

Warrior Orochi > Dynasty Warrior > Samurai Warrior Simple as that got it!

[@UkeKikomori]

Since i was a kid, Dynasty Warriors 2 changed my life and i remember said i want to support Koei et bought all of there Warriors/Musou games. Nowadays Koei became "Koei Tecmo" even if in France there don't like this game. I continue to support even if i know the 9 was really spécial. (and to be honest the 6 was the worst to me) The 9 the combat systemes remind me some "MMORPG" games. But yes Dynasty Warriors is my favorite Franchise but i start to love the reboot of "Samurai Warriors 5"

[@magnuscritikaleak5045]

You are far better reviewer than Jim Insane Sterling. You are great. You should have 1 million subscribing viewers.

[@eternalnemesis9522]

Great video, honestly been holding off on Samurai Warriors, despite loving the characters in WO3U, because I wanted to know some of the aspects of it that are awesome about it and similar go DW. Definitely going to get them from now on

[@ChrisGildart]

There are also some spin offs that are really good. Been enjoying the Berserk one lately.

[@eternalnemesis9522]

Yeah I've played a few like the forementioned WO and also Blade storm and the Gundam games too

[@erikdunne3812]

Dw3, Dw4 and Sw1 are my top 3 of the series

[@chunshine9548]

Blessed be thy soul. What amazing content you have here. You've earned my sub! BENEVOLENCE!

[@ChrisGildart]

+Chun Yang Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[@ChrisGildart]

Holy fuck guys, this video is almost at 30,000 views! That's insane!!

[@tbiramadhan]

I love all of them, especially is Warriors Orochi. There's other great Koei games called Kessen, I really enjoy Kessen III about Nobunaga

[@therisingdaikon]

Love the video when I was a kid I used to like Dynasty Warriors more because it was just easier and the first time I played Samurai Warriors I was a bit confused but now as I'm older I can see the uniqueness in both games and it's hard to say which one is better

[@thatpersoneveryoneknowsbut7533]

Dw 4 is my all time favorite in my opinion some of the best music it had a vs mode and a few different types of vs modes to it had actual challenging enemies there was an option to dual officers individually the challenge mode was pretty good to I loved endurance mode also u could create your own character and last but not least HU LAO GATE! LU BU! DW4! nuff said

[@ChrisGildart]

I see you are a man of culture as well.

[@Argroh]

I almost wonder about your opinion to the supposed successor to Warriors Orochi 3: "Musou Stars"

[@ChrisGildart]

Argroh I'm definitely looking forward to it. for sure! I made a video on the characters I'd like to see in the game, but all the characters have now been revealed. Hoping some make it as DLC.

[@yargetshplarget8291]

So, anyone know which Empires game I should get? I was looking at Samurai Warriors Empires 4 and Dynasty Warriors Empires 8, but I don't know which is better, nor do I know if there are any better ones to get. Any idea?

[@ChrisGildart]

Jakob Blattler I wouldn't say there's specifically one better Empires title. You kind of have to give them a try and see which you'd like more. I might personally lean more towards Dynasty Warriors 8 Empires.

[@josephrichter2104]

I played Samurai Warriors before any Dynasty Warriors game. I have always been more interested in Japan, especially Japan of that time, than China at any point in history. I have only even played one Dynasty Warriors game as of now, and that was one I thoroughly enjoyed: Dynasty Warriors 5 Empires (especially with my created character). I just never got around to playing any others, but have played basically all the other main Samurai Warriors games and some side ones. I am thinking about trying Dynasty Warriors 9 Empires soon.