Dynasty Warriors NEXT

by Koei

• Fusion of simple button controls with intuitive touch controls: Intuitive action and tactical aspects made possible by the PS Vita's features, such as multi-touch screen, rear touch panel, sensor (6 axis detection).
• Immersive cinematic action: Experience intuitive interaction with the game's world via the touch controls! Feel a sense of unity with the game's world via sensor controls!
• Communication enhanced by local play and GPS: In Conquest Mode, one of the game's main modes, players can connect with each other and use GPS-related positioning info to enjoy continuously evolving social interaction.

Product Details

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• ASIN: B006MO221S
• Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 4.1 x 0.5 inches ; 1.6 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: February 22, 2012
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,010 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #4 in Video Games > PlayStation Vita > Games > Action > Fighting

Product Description

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Experience a new type of Warriors action created from a blend of the characteristic Warriors' style simple controls with new intuitive controls made possible through the functions of the PS Vita: touch screen, rear touch pad, motion sensors, and so on.

Become the Legends

Several game modes to play

Use the PS Vita's motion sensor

Synopsis

Enjoy a greater immersion in battle. Enjoy direct tactile interaction using the touch pad, more physical involvement in the Warriors world with motion sensors, and an intriguing drama that brings it all together.

Campaign Mode is the primary mode, in which you strive to unite China through the tale of the Three Kingdoms. Then, Conquest Mode offers a further challenge as you put your skills against online in a battle to gain control over the entire land.

In addition, Coalition Mode uses Ad Hoc to allow cooperative play for up to 4 players, while Gala Mode lets you use the motion sensor and the camera to enjoy a number of mini-games for a bit of light fun.

Using your position information, you can gather info on nearby friends and other players, gain weapons and items, compete with others across the country in rankings, and more. As you interact with others through Dynasty Warriors NEXT, your ring of battle buddies grows.

Key Features:

• Utilize th PS Vita's motion sensor capabilities for fun mini-games
• Play iconic Dynasty Legends
• Online Capabilities

Product Description

The Dynasty Warriors series let you step into the shoes of the greatest generals in Ancient China. In this Tactical Action game players can enjoy the thrill of taking down thousands of enemies and become the greatest hero in Chinese history. Dynasty Warriors NEXT, built for the PS Vita, will allow players to use the system's touch pad and sensor for intuitive controls and also allow players to connect together and enjoy an epic experience. The game will utilize the breakthrough hardware that is the PS Vita to deliver a new dimension to the famed Dynasty Warriors series!

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 29 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Button mashing fun on the go February 22, 2012

By Sun Jian

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Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   

The latest addition to the Dynasty Warriors series is a mix of the traditional game and the "Empires" series. It comes with a Campaign (story) mode and a Conquest mode for single players, as well as a Coalition Mode which uses the Vita's ad-hoc feature to set up games between other vita players. You will also receive bonuses for your characters if people on your friends' list have the game and are playing it, even in single player modes.

The action is pretty similar to Dynasty Warriors 6 & 7, with a few additions. The Vita's touchscreen can be used to perform Musou or Break attacks as well as deflect arrows or cut enemies during cut scenes, Duels are also done entirely with the touchscreen. In order to increase the power and range of some Musou attacks you'll need to shake the Vita, which is my only annoyance so far. I'm not a big fan of shaking consoles or controllers, especially when it's something this expensive. Thankfully you can turn it off in the Control settings by setting "Motion Sensor Functions" on "No".

For a release date title, I'd say it's very polished and fun. The graphics are amazing for a portable game, the music is surprisingly good and I haven't had any frame rate issues so far. There's a fully functional character creator but I haven't had the time to test all of it yet. The controls are easy and the camera is not as bad as it has been in the past.

I'm not sure if Japanese voices are an option later in the game or through DLC, but I would appreciate if Techmo-KOEI added them since the English voice acting has always been rather cringe worthy.

If you're a fan of the Dynasty Warriors series and you own a Vita you will definitely want this title. For those who are unfamiliar with the series I can honestly say this is one of the best titles currently available for the Vita and worth getting if you're into action games.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Dynasty Warriors AGAIN February 24, 2012

By Gabby_Jay

Amazon Verified Purchase

Fun: 4.0 out of 5 stars   

If you're a gamer who's been playing for the last fifteen years or so, there's a good chance at some point, you played a Dynasty Warriors game.

Living by the old adage "If it ain't broke, add motion and touch controls," Dynasty Warriors NEXT takes the tried and true formula of slashing thousands of soldiers to ribbons on your way to world domination to the next level by adding superfluous touch features and curious motion controls, the latter which can thankfully be turned off.

It may seem I'm being overtly cynical, and that's because I get a kick out of how many times Koei can release virtually the same title, but that doesn't detract from what's important: Dynasty Warriors NEXT is a lot of fun, and surprisingly polished.

The graphics are impressive, the controls are excellent, and the gameplay is fun. NEXT has elements of Empires and its base is Dynasty Warriors 7: Xtreme Legends. NEXT also includes some quick-time elements and has a few other gameplay additions that inject some new blood in the series.

The Vita has one of the most impressive launch line-ups I've seen and it is easy for a title such as this to be ignored, and that's understandable considering the saturation of the Dynasty Warriors series, though that shouldn't discourage you from picking this game up if you enjoy the gameplay these titles deliver. This is solid entry with a lot of content and it doesn't feel slapped together to get it out the door for the launch window. If you enjoy murdering thousands of soldiers I recommend picking up Dynasty Warriors NEXT.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars dynasty warrior strikes again February 23, 2012

By philip truong

Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   

the game has amazing graphics i was blown by the graphic for the ps vita as it is but dynasty warriors showed off the vita amazing ability. the game play is pretty much similar to all dynasty warriors games so if you were previously a fan then hands down it a good buy, and it also would be a good purchase if you are new to the series as well. it utilizes pretty much all of the ps vita features, sometime not at the best time but it is a good first game for the vita....what i would like to see is more online co-op play since the only co-op ioption is for ad-hoc and it kinda hard finding someone else wit a psvita and a dynasty warriors as of right now