The Good & The Bad - Dynasty Warriors 2 Review

First video of reviewing the Dynasty Warriors Games and talking about the good & bad parts of each one, hope you all enjoy!
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Intro: 00:00
The Good: 0:49
The Bad: 7:04
The Verdict: 14:02
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[@jaewonlee4992]

You never knew you wanted a DW review till you got it

[@TheNightowlGaming]

😎😎

[@mathewlang7436]

Best opening , best gameplay, best difficulty, hasn't been topped since. A true classic

[@TheNightowlGaming]

Im glad you're such an avid fan! But I think DW3 just improved on everything that made DW2 great :)

[@mathewlang7436]

@@TheNightowlGaming oh dude 3 is good addition of characters , stages, voice acting, cut scenes , just didn't have the difficulty, in 2 LuBu is legit , Cao Cao forces are stacked in what feels like The Movie "300" , keeper up dude really enjoyed your character review with that cast of KZbinr dudes you had. Cheers

[@KingQuueef]

@@mathewlang7436 lubu was straight terrifying in 2 without having to look like demon

[@lovinit203]

My first member video, about my first Dynasty Warriors and that opening really brings on the nostalgia as I've seen it so many times and love it to this day. Zhou Yu playing the flute and throwing it up to show the fire arrows hitting Cao Cao's fleet🤩 I still remember playing as Dian Wei and getting sniped off a horse I'd stolen and dying by an archer on the yellow turban rebellion stage 🤣

[@devonsteinke]

*horse sniped*

[@TheNightowlGaming]

LOL damn thats a rough way to go

[@lovinit203]

@@TheNightowlGaming tbh I have to admire the precision of the shot 🤣 but in DW2, archers were an absolute nightmare.

[@lovinit203]

@@devonsteinke he must have been one hell of a marksman because I wasn't exactly sitting still 🤣

[@lovinit203]

@@TheNightowlGaming also found an article online a moment ago saying DW10 is set to release on September 2nd 2024. I don't know how reliable the source is but it has been 6 years since DW9 so it's possible 😂 something to hope for at least.

[@OrochiJr97]

DW2 gave birth to one of my all time favorite game series!

[@TheNightowlGaming]

YES!!!

[@vDomMusic]

Dynasty Warriors 2 such a charming little game. I didn't play it until after I played DW3, so DW2 really felt like a demo or a first draft of what 3 could be. DW3 isn't perfect but it is my favourite which really means there isn't much of a reason to play DW2 unless you're curious or nostalgic.

[@TheNightowlGaming]

Yeah exactly and I think charming is a good word to describe it, once u play DW3 there is no reason to go back

[@MyselfandComics]

Heeeyyy my first member video!

[@TheNightowlGaming]

wooooooO!!!!! 😁😁

[@MyselfandComics]

@@TheNightowlGaming 🔫💃

[@floridafan561]

Kind of a social media/tech amateur… What do you mean “member video” ?

[@devonsteinke]

love it, night, still here. i just work often

[@TheNightowlGaming]

Nah you're good Devon!! Appreciate u, hope you're doin well!

[@Firealone9]

OMG the review series has started!!!!! I've never been so hyped for a NightOwl video! Been requesting this since the beginning and I can not wait to watch all the upcoming reviews! Never played DW2, but I was surprised by the positives you stated in the game. If i find an old copy ill give it a go

[@TheNightowlGaming]

YEAH!! I didn't even see ya saw this haha yeah finally figured out how I wanted to tackle the reviews for the games, appreciate u! 😎

[@MyselfandComics]

More compliments for wuuuuuuu I seeeeee 👀

[@leonidkornienko7077]

There's not enough content on DW2 online. Thank you for this deep dive!

[@TheNightowlGaming]

No Problem, appreciate u leo!

[@molukkertjemomo]

I would give this game a 7/10 because this was my very first game in the ps2 and i would definitely play this again if I could

[@TheNightowlGaming]

And that's okay! I respect that 😎

[@ds.6647]

Now this is the series we’ve been waiting for!

[@TheNightowlGaming]

Lets goooooooo

[@FrankieGSRK]

If any DW were to ever get a HD/Remake it's gotta be 3

[@S3tsuke]

Love your videos dude this really brings back the memories and got me back into playing the warriors series!

[@TheNightowlGaming]

Thats awesome, appreciate the kind words!

[@tommydixon4871]

i never play dynasty warriors 2 on the ps2 amazing video 100% and this game is the bluepaint for the later dynasty warriors that we know of today

[@TheNightowlGaming]

Thank u!

[@hamzahadzic3450]

This new microphone is a breath of fresh air

[@TheNightowlGaming]

👀😁

[@JuanRodriguez-yq5og]

I might try this game out again can't wait for more of this video.

[@TheNightowlGaming]

Glad you enjoyed it!!

[@tonys9397]

Oh nice looking forward to these

[@KingQuueef]

This game is my all time favorite game from my child hood.

[@TheNightowlGaming]

thats awesome!

[@TheKingofAndrosica]

This was my first game ever and the only game I played over and over again because it was just that damn good. Granted my next Warriors game was Samurai Warriors and then Warriors Orochi. So I didn't get to play much of the older games as a kid

[@teddys5775]

Generic units not feeling like background paper is my preference

[@TheNightowlGaming]

So freaking good

[@Farman_110]

I remember i had a chance to buy DW3 or DW5 since i played 4 i was like 5 will be better still happy i went with my choice!

[@TheNightowlGaming]

Cant wait to review them big bois

[@Farman_110]

@@TheNightowlGaming oh yeah its going to be awesome

[@Kyur.]

I'm so glad that this game has opened the door to the sixth generation of gaming to me along with Midnight Club.

[@TheNightowlGaming]

Nice!

[@shadowandroid1823]

officers getting back health every time they get knocked down ruins the game.

[@iRemilia]

it may be lacking replayability by modern standards, but i remember sinking hundreds of hours into this back when it was new. i've rarely been as hyped for a game release as i've been with this one after i played the demo on one of those ps2 demo discs we had back then. good times for sure. also the spelling mistake at 5:43 made me chuckle.

[@TheNightowlGaming]

LOL yeah i saw that too and was like how you do that when the game revolves solely on text, but it s bound to happen, cool to see an old avid fan of the game ✊

[@Nemesis89pursuer]

Yeah i dont know... a lot of quality of life improvements (all the ones you mentioned) were missing from this one but i still remember vividly stumbling upon it at my friends house and getting instantly hooked. If it werent for 2 idk that i would have ever discovered the series so it would probably be an 8 or 9 for me, also considering that it was like unheard of at the time to fit that many characters on the screen at once. Awesome review though man, great watch

[@TheNightowlGaming]

Appreciate it man! I also saw you recently became a member! if you wanna join in on the member games we do, join the discord and send me a message! season 3 will be starting in about a week or so!

[@Wroves]

love this series

[@TheNightowlGaming]

the best!

[@DynastyUK]

THIS is the game that made me Beg my mum & dad for a Playstation 2. I saw in a playstation magazine a deal you got a PS2 & DW2 in a bundle. As a little kid I just wanted a game where I wasn't alone fighting baddies. I Loved the fact I had a whole army on my side and even Named generals with me. Was one of the best Christmas's ever when I found out they actually got me it! It was a whole year until I got past Hu Lao Gate! I didn't realise I could change the difficulty! and that I didn't HAVE to beat Lu Bu! But I was more than happy with the 2 levels lol. Also I ended up learning all of the guitar from the OST :D DW4 was the peak for me though WHAT A GAME :D

[@TheNightowlGaming]

Haha nice! Yeah that battlefield feeling was always really fun! Hopefully the new DW brings that back!

[@KingQuueef]

This was the only DW game where the peons felt somewhat of a task to kill not just you feeling like a zero turn lawn mower and they where all a blades of grass.After 2 they were easier to kill up to 4 but after regular soldiers gradually almost where pointless might as well ran to the officers and beat the map 10 mins .which to me making the solders weaker made the whole massive battle immersion disappear.

[@TheNightowlGaming]

for sure, 4 was still tough though

[@teddys5775]

The save icon for ps2 will change color when you complete the game idk the exact trigger but it swaps from brown to blue

[@TheNightowlGaming]

Oh wow did not know that

[@novakaizr]

The peons actually being a threat is good. The fact that they can stagger you out of a combo is not. Officers being dangerous is good. The constant healing and buffing is bad

[@TheNightowlGaming]

agree!

[@r29920831]

I really hate the fact that if you send a general flying they restore health, it made me so pissed when I was a kid

[@TheNightowlGaming]

So tough back then lol

[@PassionWagonYT]

Modding has come a long way for this game, pretty much all your issues mentioned in this are fixed with mods now. If you'd like to check them out I have a link to our dscrd server in one of my recent vids.

[@TheNightowlGaming]

Appreciate it ✊✊

[@samanthacosby27]

WuuuuUUUUUUUUUUU

[@TheNightowlGaming]

[@obitoxshinobi8978]

I never play Dw2 when i first played it. I played Dynasty Warriors 1 then i started loving it when i bought Dw3 then i bought Dw2. I lovr Dw2 bc all soldiers atk you so bad n wants to kill you😂 But one thing i hate is that they only get like 3 atk n in Dw3 they got same char imagine if Zhou Cang, Xu Sheng from wu relewse in Dw8 then Dw9 a brand new character same w Dw6 they took out Xio sister n Jiang Wei.......

[@TheNightowlGaming]

yeah very true

[@obitoxshinobi8978]

@@TheNightowlGaming we got 0 char in 3 n 6 imagine the new coolest char

[@TimBitten]

The enemy heals are for sure the most annoying thing in this game!!

[@TheNightowlGaming]

they were tough!

[@TylerG60]

After playing DW2 again years later it really hasn't aged that well. It felt more like a demo due to the lack of stages. You can definitely tell they were still trying to the formula down for future games. I do miss peons being aggressive and actually mattering. If you advanced without your allies you would really be in trouble.

[@TheNightowlGaming]

Yeah thats a good way to put it, def feels like a demo!

[@ianfudo5040]

I know some people have asked for remastered versions of old DW games mostly ive heard is 3 and 4. But.. why would they do remastered old games? When every DW games basically has the same story with each entry adds new things and/or continues more of the story where the last entry left it while counting the same story. Wouldn't make sense to remastered a old version with old stories IMO. Is the only entry I see not to have a remastered or remake. After all each entry is basically a "remake " pf the last entry putting more stories.

[@TheNightowlGaming]

Yeah that makes sense, wouldnt be opposed to it and out of all the old games if this was the only one that didnt get remastered I wouldnt be hurt

[@IvanRemax]

Bro I don’t get you lol the point of 2 and 3 were to make the games challenging… I hate that you can change weapons in the new games… for example, pang tong in #3 had such a crappy weapon/move set that when you beat his story, it made you feel good because of the grind… why would I put guan yu’s spear with pang tong?? It’s stupid

[@TheNightowlGaming]

Weapon changing is dumb for sure, but the games being super difficult are both good & bad, thats why theres a point for both :)

[@obitoxshinobi8978]

Dw10 we will have 100+ char to play😂✌️i counted Dw9 char n its 90+

[@TheNightowlGaming]

94 total playables, wouldnt be surprised if they make it a even 100 😁

[@lovinit203]

Who do you think/want to added to the roster? Personally I think it would good for Wen Chou and Yan Liang to get their own character models, I mean they gave one to Hua Xiong who just gets bodied by Guan Yu so why not add the other two he bodied as well? Also think Sun Qian or Yan Yan for shu might be good and maybe expand Jin's story with people like Cao Zhen and Cao Rui. Can't think of any for Wu off the top of my head🤣

[@obitoxshinobi8978]

@@lovinit203 idk I don't read the novel I got 0 knowledge I saw 2010 TV series. make more badaz char that's all I want😂

[@lovinit203]

@@obitoxshinobi8978 that's more than fair 😂

[@obitoxshinobi8978]

@@lovinit203 historically Guan Yu didn't kill Hua Xiong i think it was Sun Jian

[@snkrhead]

make more reviews but go more in depth

[@TheNightowlGaming]

more reviews coming! But what do you mean more in depth?