I Played EVERY Samurai Warriors Game... (And Ranked Them)

After losing hours of video footage and many other setbacks, I can't believe I finally managed to finish this video. Super special thanks to XthemastaX and 10min Gameplay for their respective footage.
Profar's Video on SW5 Pricing: • We Need to Talk About ...
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Samurai Warriors Music Comparisons: • Samurai Warriors - Nag... • Samurai Warriors - Ane... • Samurai Warriors - Hon...
Chapters:
Intro 0:00
Samurai Warriors 1: 1:48
SW1 Xtreme Legends: 6:32
SW State of War: 8:25
SW2: 11:14
SW2 Empires: 15:41
SW2XL: 18:36
SW Katana: 20:12
SW3: 20:53
SW Chronicles: 23:46
SW4: 28:10
SWC3: 32:32
SW4-II: 34:10
SW4E: 34:50
SW Spirit of Sanada: 37:44
SW5 (kinda): 42:12
Tier List: 46:55
Music:
Samurai Warriors 2 Empires Intro: 0:01
Anegawa (SW1): 1:48
Tadakatsu Honda's Theme (SW1XL): 6:32
Odawara Castle (SW1): 8:25
Odawara Castle (SW2): 11:14
Honnoji (SW2): 13:28
Chugoku (SW2E): 15:41
Raging Waves/Shikoku (SW2XL): 18:36
Sekigahara (SW3): 20:53
Siege of Kawagoe Castle (SWC): 23:46
Oshi Castle (SW3): 26:44
Shattered Sky Takeda (SW4): 28:10
God of War (SW4): 30:33
Impenetrable Fortress (SWC3): 32:32
Belief (SW4-II): 34:10
Surging Chaos Tokugawa (SW4): 34:50
Opponent (SOS): 37:44
Sanada-maru (SOS): 38:30
Kangasaki (SW5): 42:12

[@Mamba219]

Hey man, really enjoyed this video. I want to add a little more information about some of the games that you wouldn't know after only playing them for a few hours. The biggest issue with Samurai Warriors 1 is the way in which your characters level. The system they used involved maxing them out, then reincarnating them as if this were friggin Disgaea. This was convoluted and massively unpopular, and the leveling system we know today was introduced in Samurai Warriors: XL in order to rebalance the original game. Speaking as someone who enjoys both games, I can say this is one of the biggest reasons to get the original XL, and makes OG XL stand above others in the Moushoden line. Samurai Warriors: Chronicles is a really fun game that has a nice, smooth difficulty curve - it is definitely not "too easy," as first impressions indicate. The first three missions are easy, but they get progressively more difficult and it's very easy to die in it, even as early as late Part 1. The game is divided into 4 parts and every scenario is very hectic if you're doing the missions. If you don't do the missions, you'd better have overpowered characters, because as your enemy army morale stays high, the harder it is to deal damage to them. The unlocks and progression in the game are also really engaging. Otherwise I think your impressions and criticisms were pretty spot on. I enjoy Samurai Warriors 5 despite the backwards steps, and I do think it's easier to show off to someone who has no idea about SW or Japanese history and get them interested in it compared to the earlier titles.

[@WildcatWeather]

You've earned the pinned comment, my friend. :)

[@Mamba219]

@@WildcatWeather Thanks! I wrote that kind of hastily and realized just now part of it wasn't totally accurate. In Samurai Warriors 1, it's not that you HAVE to reincarnate, but it is entirely possible to screw over your character and be unable to max them out. This necessitates a character reset if you want to eventually max them out. The whys and wherefores of how you "screw over" your character is too complicated for a KZbin comment, but if you're interested there's a good guide on GameFAQs about it. Suffice to say, the system in XL and future games is way, way better.

[@BleedForTheWorld]

SW Chronicles was really good. It's a solid SW and it should have been ported over to PS4.

[@TheAckeePlant]

When he said it was too easy I actually laughed. Especially if you're playing the female character who's moveset has abysmal range, going for objectives the first try on many battles can be super difficult. It's difficulty was honestly refreshing after having only played newer Warriors games the past couple years. I felt like SW4 made morale too lenient with you being able to kill flag bearers to bring it down, so I loved how tough it was in this one. Miss a few missions and much of the map will start to turn red, it really was a fun change of pace.

[@MK0437]

1,000% on point information. SWXL completely changes the first game more than I think any XL has modified a Warriors game into a great game and this sets the foundation for SW2 and the rest of the series

[@razgriz1ne1ne48]

Fun Fact for SW1: Completing the Abyss mode (which was clear floor 30) gives you each book of the elements( Earth, Fire,Water,Wind,Air) and equipping them gave you a "Extreme Death" element to your charge attacks and true musou attacks, they would likely 1 shot peons no matter lvl and/or difficulty and inflict massive damage on officers ..... but there was a catch in the form of a Easter Egg. To clear floor 30, you had to fight Lu Bu .... literally pulled straight out of DW4 and he .... is .... brutal, there's even a SW OST style remix of his theme.

[@vergil3800]

That's so badass i would have fan boyed cause he's my fav

[@darthXreven]

sadly i never got that far in the towers.....i'd get destroyed by level 10 or so....between 10-15 at the highest....

[@tartagilia2448]

And lu bu was just as strong as u would think he WASENT a push over I remember having to run into circles at low HP alot

[@nohat1375]

legit completed once. lubu is no joke

[@KazShiro]

It goes to show the power scale of dynasty warriors characters vs samurai warriors considering how many can fight him head on. Even though it's easier in xtreme legends because enemies don't get stronger as you do in that game.

[@zyonhunter]

replayed SW2 recently and i still think its one of, if not the best game in the series.

[@zyonhunter]

@Doortrash was replaying DW5 recently and i was shocked that allies are not only useful, but normal peons and generals can mess you up if you play on anything above normal. hell, a max level Lu Bu can still easily die to a gruop of peons in chaos difficulty if your not careful. even DW got easier as time went on. DW8 made peons more useful then a threat, by giving you weapons that gives you health for killing them.

[@TheExFatal]

I grew up on SW2 and yeah, it freaking rules 4 was kinda closed, but I just don't like the Kill All Peons button

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Samurai Warriors 4's music is absolutely amazing to me, I'll always rate it as one of my top favorite Warriors games because of that

[@tartagilia2448]

Ur here too...I see u every time I click a video...grre

[@WanderingLoner1]

Couldn't agree more!

[@RedSpade37]

\Iconic/

[@senokuncoro7974]

SW2 is by far my most favorite, the BGM is top notch and the storytelling is great

[@joshuacacho1010]

same here

[@laneboygoner]

My very first proper musou, I say proper because I played DW1 on the ps1. Up to this day, still a musou fanatic.

[@alexmorpheus6762]

Same. Played SW2 from 2008 to 2010. Literally my childhood game.

[@haroohusky]

Me and my brother quite possibly played over 1,000 hours of sw2 + xl during our childhood. Its characters, stages and etc live rent free in my head, probably forever.

[@NyneOfKlubs]

literally just watched this video yesterday and KT shadow drops Samurai Warriors 4 DX on pc the same day. Truly a sign

[@starlordaf9225]

I played Samurai Warriors SO MUCH when I was younger. Being able to make your own character for story mode / branching paths / the dungeons / the extra modes. Game was so good.

[@Travybear1989]

I love those games but nothing will ever top Dynasty Warriors 3, that game is still amazing to this day and a testament to great game development. I'm not even nostalgic about it either as Dynasty Warriors 2 was the first Warriors game I ever played when I got a PS2 for Christmas 20+ years ago.

[@33GLOCK]

​@@Travybear1989idk 4 & 5 can give 3 a run

[@Flare3500]

I really am not a fan of "weapon" switch , I much prefer the like SW4 did character switching , weapons should be tied to their identity

[@WildcatWeather]

100% agree

[@deliboy8895]

Yeah it really took me out of 5 when I realized that they weren’t unique

[@BrandonGiordano]

Agreed. When I was younger I enjoyed it in the Dynasty series because my favorite character was Zhuge Liang but I didn't like the fan as a weapon. As I got a bit older I kind of understood that it makes the characters feel more unique if they are tied to their weapon

[@cozzy4447]

I disagree because being able to change a character’s weapon you don’t like to one you do is a positive. And if you do like there original weapon they start with you can keep it so it’s a win win. Having the option to change weapons is just that an option it doesn’t ruin the game or the characters.

[@irregulars9]

STRONGLY AGREE!!!!!

[@zhengwenyu1587]

If there’s anything the Warriors series did right, it’s the music. They all kickass; Dynasty, Samurai, all the spin-off titles, the songs are either good or ABSOLUTE BANGERS.

[@alessandrodebonis4888]

It's so good to see someone acknowledge the gem that is Spirit of Sanada! The fact that they focused exclusively on Story Mode made that so unique and detailed. Also HUB shenanegans and sidequests are actually kinda fun for once. They also managed to give at least one battle for each other SW4 characters in which they shine, so you can still use them and get their special weapons. The only bit part is one of the final chapters (third to last or something like that) where you basically have no important battles and are forced to run around with Chacha, and also the fact that for whatever reason they cut Hideyori Toyotomi, an extremely interesting character and basically the central point around whom the whole Osaka siege incident revolved. The final battle of SoS is probably the best stage Koei has designed, I really hope you finish the game

[@cameronfield7313]

I feel like they didn't add Hideyori because of the fact they wanted to focus on the relation between Yukimura and Chacha.

[@makkura9245]

The SW1 training mode is lowkey really good. There are tons of secrets that encourages you to perform perfectly, Mastering cavalry allows you to have the best horse in the game along insane mounted stats, the agility parkour training makes your speed faster, and if you flawless all your runs, you get the double jump ability only available on Kunoichi and Hanzo, allowing your character to use the few ninja path in levels, it has so much dept and I love it's concept.. Also Lu Bu being a secret boss on the last stage of Survival mode is the coolest thing ever.

[@ryhankhanage]

It was pretty cool, i wish there was less of a harsh penalty than character deletion if you failed the trials though. Some such as combo and deflect were pretty tough compared to melee, ride or burst for instance.

[@rizalalbar]

Yeah, the concept is cool, i heard some rumor that if your character arrow level is high, you get a chance to fight againts magoichi, and if your character wins your charavter will get musket as their ranged weapon.

[@Jabler-]

There's also a secret item that you can only get there by meeting certain requirements, which can then be used in the normal mode. There are tons of characters you can meet and fight in training. You can unlock an additional four more edit models as well, two male, two female.

[@33GLOCK]

Mmmm

[@fella9929]

You have no idea how happy I am to see this video! The DW video you made is something I usually have on while laying down for bed. You're really chill dude. Perfect videos to relax and enjoy!

[@NickLysander]

Just discovered your channel this week through your Dynasty Warriors vid, love your stuff. It's a lot more thorough than most gaming youtubers. Solid subscription.

[@flyingwithfroggy14]

It may be a lot of work but keep doing a series like this with honest unbiased reviews. its so helpful and also nostalgic!

[@eratinuwu1952]

Was really excited for this. Very much worth the wait.

[@coltonsimpson7837]

I really really hope to see more like this, be it spin offs warrior games, tokuden games, etc etc. I appreciate your work and thank you for putting the time and effort into it!

[@bobjeezorham7658]

I'm honestly really surprised to hear you weren't into Samurai Warriors 2's OST, I love that game's OST. I might just have some bias from my history of playing SW2XL a lot as a kid. This was pretty interesting to watch as someone who's only played SW2XL and SW5.

[@lokterzin]

I was waiting for this one. Nice video!!!

[@pogon012]

As a warriors fan I must say your videos are amazing. I enjoyed listening to them and admire your dedication to the "saga"

[@pavise6333]

2 Empires is my personal favorite. So many things to uncover, which makes the game highly replayable. Playing as the generic officers is also fun.

[@FrostyFyre]

Hey- good timing! I just finished watching your DW video!

[@LightyTheNube]

Really cool seeing these types of vids! The dedication to the time it takes to go back through said games and the editing is awesome! These vids of yours covering these games has been a personal fave of mine! Can't wait to see ya tackle the Orochi series next too! Keep up the great work! ✨

[@RickySama240]

Yoo it's Nube! I enjoyed your Dynasty Warriors videos! :D

[@damienhine1861]

One thing you didn't mention about SW1 is that because of how items and weapon stats interacted with enemy stats, it was actually not worth levelling up characters. Your enemies would actually level up faster than you so you gradually got weaker over time. You were also stopped receiving skill points if your character reached max level. SW1XL changed all these things so levelling up characters felt appropriately rewarding and was worth doing. It also added a new difficulty and a new ultimate weapon for each character which could be unlocked on that difficulty.

[@iamironman242424]

was looking for this! sw1 leveling was terrible. my brother min-max a route for battle of nagashino in order for me and my other brother to get maxed out stats for characters

[@josueayala1249]

I dunno, I actually quite like the story direction of SW5. It wasn't revolutionary or anything, but focusing almost completely on Nobunaga's story did a really good job of humanizing him. I love that we can see him go from a brash, brilliant and charasmatic leader into a warlord so cold and disconnected that his only real connection left is with Yasuke, a practical outsider and political non-entity. The voice actor did an excellent job depicting that transition as well. I do hate how some characters were depicted or just woefully underutilized (like Nohime) but SW5 being Feudal Scarface is not a bad thing at all. What needed was SW5-2 that focused on the power struggle between Hideyoshi and Ieyasu. And ideally added an actually good side mode

[@dawgpad]

So, my take on SW3. I do agree that the Wii Exclusivity killed the game, in fact I think that was one of the worst decisions Koei-Tecmo made, however I disagree with alot of other things fans say about the game. As someone who has beaten all 30 story mode, completed Historical Mode, and Normal Mode on Murasame Castle, it is probably one of the most challenging warrior games in the entire franchise. Probably not THE MOST CHALLENGING, but I would say it is pretty high up there. The most challenging part of the game however hands down goes to Murasame Castle. There are two difficulties, Normal and Nightmare. You unlock Nightmare after beating the mode once... IF you can beat the mode once. It took me several years to beat Murasame Castle because the demons in that mode become absolutely insane to defeat. You gotta make sure you have a very beefed up character in order to beat the mode. I have tried Nightmare Mode a bit and... I might try to beat it, but I doubt I am going to get it done anytime soon. I am sorry to say this, but alot of Warrior Games nowadays are too easy IMO. While games like SW4 and DW8 are great games with alot of pros. They feel too easy and make me appreciate SW3 more for how challenging it is. In older warrior games, you couldn't take on higher difficulties without leveling up. There is something to be said about making all difficulties accessible right off the bat, However if I can beat the entire game on hard without losing once in the ENTIRE GAME *Glares at SW4*, then there is a problem with your difficulty balancing. That's my take on SW3.

[@stanleycrowley9333]

SW3 is the best game in the series.

[@danielfonseca1556]

I agree with this take, ir remember going from samurái Warriors 3 on the Wii to dynasty Warriors 7 when i got a 360 AND thinking it was too damn Easy AND almost automated to a degree, except lu bu regardless of the game you do not pursue Lu bu

[@Achance2c]

Samurai Warriors 5 is amazing and I think they made the right choice revamping it. I do hope that they do the same with Dynasty Warriors 10

[@kpxtreame]

yeah, it was always going to be a rough transition for alot of long time fans but i think it was a necessary move, and will lead to the series being alot stronger in the future

[@hemangchauhan2864]

Love this format of videos. Helps me get an appriciation of a franchise. I'm currently playing SW4 on Vita (which is works quite well) and it's nice.

[@dante8478]

I used to play it on vita remote play back in 2015 i pkay 4-II,

[@DWFTW]

Just got recommended this video and gave it a watch, and it's nice to see SW1 ranked so highly. I genuinely think SW1 is one of the high points of the series. It had some issues, but so do they all. Between all the various routes and the limited characters, it felt like most got fleshed out a lot better than later games, although I've never played the Chronicle games so can't compare there. Not that all were particularly complex, but they definitely tried to make them proper characters rather than just sticking to specific tropes like some became in later entries. I also love how the game is both a darker, more serious tone a lot of the time, while also not being afraid to have fun with it. You look at Okuni or Goemon's campaigns, or even Masamune's and you can tell the latter for sure. If you've not played SW1XL I'd recommend it just for Yoshimoto's campaign too, me and my brother still reference that because of it's ending, although you'd probably need to have played Kenshin's campaign in the original for it to work as well. And honestly for all people cricicise the kind of backwards leveling mechanic, while I'd reset levels sometimes to unlock weapons because they could be rough max leveled, I actually appreciated the increasing challenge as you progress. I amn't sure I would so much these days, but at the time the level of challenge at max level hardest difficulty was what kept me playing SW1 so much. Also your faults with the create a character mode are defintiely fair, but the amount of hidden content that would let you get skills or other perks (could get Magoichi's musket, or the Ninja's kunais) was just really cool. I remember playing that mode constantly trying to figure out all the requirements to get them all, though I never did figure out a surefire way to get the Ninja's double jump, which would've been the best one to try and make sure you get I think.

[@brunocar02]

another great vid, looking forward to the next one.

[@lufasumafalu5069]

incredible video , liked and subcribed due to the excellent content , presentation , narration and indexing

[@robo1000]

Still the best retrospective on the series out there. Thank you!

[@yazidi009]

Sw2 just had a higher level of engagement and believable interaction and you felt you were in a generational conflict. Upto spirit of Sanada, the characters just felt more sad and semi crying. Don't forget the best English dub and best Musuo attacks.

[@resm-oe9ji]

🇨🇦

[@TheMagicalHuy]

Damn, didn't know we Canadians were active during the sengoku era 😂

[@33GLOCK]

Spirit of canada? Wth is that

[@JoJoBeast]

Great vid as always

[@johnanth]

Thank you for this video. One thing to add regarding the first Samurai Warriors is its unusually dark atmosphere. I suppose it has something in common with Dynasty Warriors 4 in that regard but it's a little more violent in its cutscenes and generally quite self-serious.

[@RPGNoZero]

I was under impression that back in the day it was made with DW's "darker spinoff" in mind. As the time went on they just become sister series and got crossover so the tone just eventually became similar.

[@frogradar]

ok really glad you touched on the music because the people who make the music for these games REALLY add a lot to the fun.

[@kdtray5]

Samurai warriors 2 for me is the peak of this franchise every character has a story mode and god the designs!

[@tethera]

thanks for the reviews! Looking forward to a video of the spinoffs

[@BlueBidyaGame]

came here from the WREPS2GOG and subbed :) what a crazy thing to put together here. Excellent job dude

[@rwokkefeller1787]

Chronicles 3 will always be my favorite. I was a huge fan of the way the original Chronicles integrated you as a core player in the Sengoku-era story and let you see more personal sides of the characters, so Chronicles 3 building upon that as well as having 4's gameplay easily makes it my top SW game.

[@BrandonGiordano]

My best memories are from Samurai Warriors 2. It's the one that really made me fall inove with the series

[@tbr2109]

I'd just like to point out that there IS a free mode in Spirit of Sanada. Sort of. It's accessed through an NPC in the story mode (first available around the mid-point), and you pay a specific item to unlock basically any SW4-series character to use in previously played battles.

[@supersasukemaniac]

Fun fact: Yukimura's alternate armor in SW1 is based heavily on his real life armor.

[@awesomerbob]

I played through samurai warriors 5 last year and when I heard your intro I thought "ah man he doesn't get it". But actually listening to your reasoning, I 100% respect and support your decions to review it the way you did. Moreover, you hit the nail on the head with the review. Personally I found the redesign jarring at first with everyone looking like k pop pin ups but eventually you get used to it. Despite it being so heavily focused on a shorter period, I found more connection with the characters somehow and got more involved emotionally with previous iterations, which surprised me somewhat. Great review though! I kinda hoped they would make 6 more like 4 but with the mechanics of 5.

[@godofconquest4026]

Ooo, I’ve been looking forward to this one

[@shincactuar2951]

Watched both your DW and SW vids, and they're both great! Will you eventually cover the Warriors Orochi games?

[@OrashiTV]

SW2 and SW1 (and the expansions) are GOATED!

[@formy52]

I loved your Dynasty Warriors video so I appreciate the follow-up with this. Samurai Warriors is such a great series and I feel like it deserves not being treated as a 'side series' to Dynasty. SW4 remains one of my favourite games, it's so good and the music is really epic.

[@hiimjill3491]

I cry my eyes out when i finished SW spirit of sanada even im playing it at internet cafe, such an amazing game. I also wish we get more SW game like SW SOS in the future Im still get chill when i remember the last stage of SOS till this day

[@PudelMitFoen]

Man, just hearing "God of War" at 30:39 got my blood pumping instantly! Played SW1 as a teen and recently picked up the series with SW4 while looking for something to play on my vita. And I fell in love with this game, more than ever before. The speed and the flow of the new charge attacks and getting on the hors with the press of a shoulder button, even when sprinting, just felt right. Finished Spirit of Sanada since and am eager to try SW5. Thank you for your work!

[@maxexp]

I'd love to see your take on the Warriors Orochi series! That and Warriors spin-offs like Hyrule Warriors, Fire Emblem Warriors, Dragon Quest Heroes, etc

[@thegamephilosopher2214]

out of all, I loved 2 empires, and 4 empires but I never really liked the demon king portrayal of Nobunaga persistent until 4. Thats the biggest advantage of 5. I also wish they'd bring back 1's new officer mode into more recent games because it just feels like you're important but would be better for there to be unique campaign mode for whatever clan you choose. The best portrayal of Nobunaga so far is Kesen 3

[@ryhankhanage]

I've been waiting 7 months for this!!!! :D

[@Jabler-]

You're incorrect about the bodyguards in State of War. Many of them do in fact have special abilities that effect the game. There's one that makes your officers drop full musou every 20 seconds, and one even adds death element to your charge attack (this is the only way to get this element). Awe is a great one, allowing you to capture officers easier. All the Dynasty Warriors 4 characters appear in the game as well.

[@shitfacejohnson4085]

cant wait for the next video this channel is awesome

[@JumCuggler]

Again, this is an excellent video. You are a Musou machine when it comes to playing all of these games. Over the next few years I would like to see a Warriors Orochi, Dynasty Warriors Gundam, and One Piece: Pirate Warriors list. Just take your time and don't burn yourself out. Take breaks, try different series. You rock!

[@tarikdx3874]

Great original content bro..keep going ✌

[@BaneDane_JB]

Samurai Warriors 1 is actually the hardest game in the series by far, the thing is only once you play it enough. It has a difficulty that scales up with your player level, if you start getting into the higher level ranges the game absolutely bodies you, as a kid I had to go into the reset option to reduce my levels back down to 1 to keep playing, 2 can SEEM harder but will become much easier with levels, 1 is the exact opposite.

[@KunoichiPeri]

And “that” is the secret to beating Abyss mode….

[@lolcall5295]

Ah so that's why i always found it incredibly hard as a kid while i found 2 to be very easy in comparison.

[@notaraccoon1466]

the first game had the best atmosphere and felt the most grounded

[@Dumbo9]

Great video! i hope for future Samurai Warriors they go back to the kinda realistic graphic design like 1 and 2 were and less anime.

[@aaronfrazier3357]

17:35 Being connected to the Takeda clan by my mothers side, I took the "obliterated the Takeda Clan" personally LOL.

[@ikedatike2533]

And I took it personally meme intensifies

[@laneboygoner]

It’s sad that XL got trademarked, kinda lame to say 4-2 instead of 4 Xtreme Legends.

[@swordmeisterguy6752]

Sengoku Musou was the first game that exposed me to Japanese culture when I was a wee lad. Luckily, I played SW1 first.

[@OmerSaidtr]

Thanks for the nostalgia trip and amazing review. My biggest disappointment with the franchise is the fact that they stopped dubbing. Playing SW 2 - Empires with the English dub was so much fun for me. I don't like trying to read subtitles during an intense action battle and tend to miss most of the dialogues in the newer games...

[@Kerrfuffle]

SW2's metacritic score is proof metacritic scores are bogus. DW5/WO2/SW2 are my classic Warriors GOATs.

[@superiorgamedude]

As a diehard Warriors fan, I can safely say SW2XL is my fav Warriors game.

[@henradwikarmawan7085]

Great video! Shame Samurai Warriors 5 cut a lot of contents, but gameplay wise is very good!

[@fikzgaming279]

Nice vid,i had soft spot for Samurai Warriors state of war because it was my first SW games (love collecting the DW subofficer).

[@randomasianguy9523]

SW is prolly the Musou franchise that I wouldn't get bored off.

[@MK0437]

SW1 vanilla also had a weird scaling difficulty depending on your character’s level, which could be exploited to get 5th weapons much more easily (such as Yukimura’s lol). SW1XL fixed this along with fixing the character leveling system to how it is in future titles and like most warriors games, with stage difficulty being set per stage.

[@MK0437]

I should mention the scaling difficulty was also annoying and unpopular because combined with the leveling system unless you did some convoluted and super grindy resetting and leveling then you would get significantly weaker in the game as you leveled up, with missions just becoming harder and harder. Counter-intuitive. Really don’t understand Koei’s thinking. SW1XL is a MUST BUY to truly enjoy the unique SW1.

[@USkillz]

Great video! I gotta play some Samurai Warriors now. XD

[@jessewhite992]

SW5 is legit. I just purchased it off the cuff. Haven’t played a warriors game in awhile and I’m impressed. It’s fresh look for the series. The moves you use matter in the fights now. I haven’t beat it yet but I totally recommend the buy. 👍🏾

[@cynthiagipson8039]

They just drop mary j blige trailer for samurai warriors 5 in she the strongest character in the game lord her ultimate no more drama devastating

[@DjBibie]

Yeah but no originality of moveset. Anyone can use same fighting style just using same weapon, example i like oda but i like how ieyasu fight, then i can use anyone with ieyasu fighting skills.. N some character using same weapon, this is the biggest letdown in the game for me. Other than that, its good. As for design, they made all of character much more anime-ish and a of them has to be handsome or pretty man .even katsuie who known to be like kinda bald

[@rozuSenshi]

there also is a lock on

[@TheBlackfall234]

ive heard from many people who actually played SW5, that its among the best samurai warriors game, if not the best.

[@ulyx9804]

Sugoroku and the Survival Tower from SW2 are legit my 2 favorite gaming experiences from KOEI ever, followed very closely by DW5 XL Destiny Mode. The late 2000's were a fantastic time to be a Warriors fan.

[@riggivannia]

Gonna comment on 5, not trying to diss anything you said per say but address it, since by your own admission you actually haven't played the full release: *First of all I'm not defending the game nor is the direction I want for the next numbered game. Story: is very in depth despite not including all of the conflict time line, is quite interesting the depiction of Nobunaga and Mitsuhide. If you have previous knowledge of the historical events, while it does take a lot of creative liberties is very probable that you will like it and be engaged. I like how they approached this and Sanada's game on their scope of the conflict, that being said this should have been (perhaps) another spinoff, on the basis that is super focus on Nobunaga. Clones: Feels cheap on the surface for sure, but the moves are very fleshed out, and not to diss on previous games, but there were some characters with very repetitive and uninspired move sets on those ones, so is an ok compromise I would say. Pricing and dlc: I forgot it has even dlc, is the most avoidable content for sure; in my region without discount stands around 32 usd. it does reflect the content of the game, because it does feel made on the cheap and quick. However is very fun game and would recommend you to actually play it, despite being juts one more SW. Keep your videos coming, just say this and your DW vid. good content! I hope you don't give up on making more.

[@samedwards8562]

I thought I remembered 1 being harder than 2

[@Kerrfuffle]

Mercenary Mode was a grind to finally be able to customize your weapon as you please. I was really happy with it because back then, because only Warriors Orochi had fully customizable weapon effects. Things like this are why I just treat the XL games as improvements patches. Their only flaw is having to buy the game again.

[@kienisgaming]

I had the same thing happened with SW5 lol. At first, I was so against it, but when I played it, it was pretty amazing, gameplay wise. I had a very weird relationship with the game, I enjoyed it a bit too much but at the same time I wouldn't recommend it to anyone especially because the lack of some of my favorite characters from the franchise. That being said, my top tier would be SW2, 2XL and 4. And SW4 music is just *chef kiss*

[@kbub1234]

Just found this and the dynasty warriors video and it made me really want to get back and play these games! Really hope you do warriors orochi, and even the warriors all star games and the spin offs like hyrule warriors

[@JDDL2011]

Never played any of these games though I loved your review of each one.

[@thelitepredator]

Yeah man thabk you for making this and the dynasty warriors video. I watched them both you are awesome this is great work.

[@OGFacelessKing]

Are you going to do the Warriors Orochi series next?

[@ozzman123]

SW2 is easily my favorite I'm the series. Best main game, best expansion and best empires in this specific series. SW 5 is super awesome however

[@MrGipiem]

Great video, ive enjoyed it a lot, but just a suggerence, you should put what platform the game is in, thank you! Keep it up!

[@hikibeats]

i remember playing SW2 as a kid on our PS2 and me my little brother grinded this game for like 400 hrs. good times!

[@joserico2223]

Great video are you planning on doing some warrior clones?

[@WildcatWeather]

Definitely!

[@Agoraphoboy]

I miss how much content was packed into older DW/SW games. The newer entries feel so hollow in comparison

[@geert574]

Dude 5 is like 100hrs long

[@Zaron_Gaming]

This series is incredibly addictive much more than dynasty warriors. My favorite is 2 and my main save has 165 hours every character story beaten and all at least in the 20 except for okuni who is a character you unlock after beating certain stories. Sadly she has no story. That game has gotten me through long periods of time where I had no idea what to play and just wanted to burn some time or wanted to just not think. You can get sucked into it super easily. Very few games work as true staple to a collection like this. The music is incredible! Odawara Castle Lu Bu. Fight me :D It's exciting to see a video on these games so thanks :)

[@MisterTwit]

I bought Spirit of Sanada cheap with low expectations during the pandemic, having heard virtually nothing about it. I was honestly shocked at how good it was. It was fun to play, fun to grind (important for anyone's pandemic needs), and nearly all of the characters were in it (which you'd never expect if you thought it only focused on the Sanadas). The new characters were very likable and despite knowing the history and how things would go, it still left me an emotional wreck by the end. The game is criminally ignored.

[@RetroRanger88]

Excellent content. Thank you. Warriors Orochi next?

[@WildcatWeather]

Warriors Orochi is next!

[@jayjay8782]

@@WildcatWeather That alone got my subscribe, also plss consider giving sengoku basara a try, it's such a good musou esque game and it filled with content and fun gameplay especially basara 4 sumeragi!

[@komeleduc]

Spirit of Sanada was indeed quite different from the base game 4, or 4-2 on mechanics, and probably my personal favorite. The story was great, but what I don’t like about it is how ur character receives quests to explore, and to gather. There was another drama called Kirin ga Kuru, which I believe inspired SW5. I kinda liked how they redesign the characters so far, and I’m still waiting for an expansion for other factions like Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin, how they clashed in the eastern provinces. Also certainly stories after the deaths of Nobunaga. U can’t really call it a samurai warriors if it ends at Honnoji, let’s be fair

[@antont4974]

SW2 was the only samurai game I truly got interested in. Sugoroku was extremely fun with friends, unfortunately, it's not as good against bots

[@joshuacacho1010]

i love sugoroku beyond 3000 man :D

[@irfanhandono]

My favorite SW game is SW1. Smart AI (smartest in the series), good music, and good move sets.

[@dizzyaha]

SW4 is the only warrior game I played that is possible to use lv1 character to clear hardest level on hardest difficulty, because of an absurdly strong weapon skill called Stimulus. As long as you can gain a level in 45 second you are almost invincible. It is really an unique experience and I suggest everyone try it. SW4-2 gives more flexibility to the weapon customization. The introduction of Naomasa is also welcomed, cuz he is very respected and played a big role in the Tokugawa clan in real history. To me 4-2 is on par with SW4. I like your video series of playing through all the warriors game, maybe you can do a Orochi Warriors next? Or spin-off warrior game like Gundam/OnePiece musou?

[@robertanna2693]

SW5 is DW6 for Samurai Warriors, but worse because Koei has gone DLC wild.

[@Deciphero]

I think the warriors series as a whole consists of incremental changes across titles. So, as someone whose only experience was sw2, wo2, and a bit of sw3, I was really impressed with sw5 especially with the way it was telling its story. I might also be part of the minority that liked the weapon changes (but I may change opinion as I try to finish the game) My big big problem with Koei Tecmo's model tho is they're kinda predatory with the prices. On switch eshop I'm seeing sw5 at 90 usd, wo4 at around the same price, both with dlc. I consider myself lucky that I got to buy sw5 with dlc in my region for about 35 usd on Steam (probably due to regional pricing)

[@Cantfeelthepain]

After hundreds of hours on both SW1 & SW2, I still think SW1 is harder. SW2 is a sudden death type of difficulty but that only backs you into spamming musou. SW1 is a more sustained and tactical difficulty.

[@mjvf5370]

Can't wait to see every Orachi warriors 🔥

[@Ratchetfan321]

Ohh nice tbh havent touched this series yet. Waits for "I Played EVERY Dynasty Warriors Spin Off Game"

[@WildcatWeather]

Warriors Orochi is up next. :)

[@Dimiblossom]

Man, i love these musou videos

[@justarandompotato6272]

I wish koei would like to remaster their old series and re-released it on steam. Especially the older Empires and Xtreme Legends. I like every Empires installment for SW and the "Destiny Mode" feature in DW5XL are absolute banger for me.