Warriors Orochi

by Koei

Product Features

• Match wits against the Serpent King Orochi and history's mightiest warriors! Ancient China and Feudal Japan will collide in four original storylines.
• Play as any of the 77 legendary characters from the Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors video game series. Yoshimoto Imagawa, Goemon Ishikawa and Kunoichi will return as playable characters. There are also two new un-lockable characters Orochi and Da Ji.
• Go into battle with your own three-person tag team using characters from either series with the new Team Battle System. At any given time, one warrior will be engaged in battle, while the other two are recuperating, restoring their Life Meters and Musou Gauges. In battle, the player can rotate to a different character in real-time.
• Combine attributes from different weapons for more devastating results with the new Weapon Fusion System.
• Play previously played and unlocked stages with any combination of available characters in Free mode.

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000T7P4W8
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches ; 4.8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: September 18, 2007
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,441 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Platform: PlayStation2

Without warning, the Serpent King Orochi descended from the heavens. Using his unworldly powers to shatter time and space, Orochi kidnapped the strongest, wisest and most courageous warriors from Ancient China and Feudal Japan to test his might against the heroes of these ages. Most of the great armies of these two periods would succumb to the might of Orochi. Yet powerful warriors remain and are ready to continue the fight. Now, the greatest showdown in history is about to take place Step into a Gallery with over 300 artifacts from the Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors series ESRB Rated T for Teen

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Warriors Orochi is the dream game for Warriors fans., October 18, 2007

By 

Adam Gulledge "AgentBJ09" (Texas, USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Warriors Orochi (Video Game)

Unlike previous Warriors games where you pretty much knew where you were fighting next, Warriors Orochi brings many of the scenarios from the last games together and gives a random matchup of warriors to use throughout each.

The game features four new story lines, and a new Weapon-Fusion system. It literally lets you create your own unique weapons. And, no longer do you have to use one warrior through one story at a time. You now make a team of three to switch between at anytime a-la Sonic Heroes, only more refined.

The storylines are great, however, some of the best voice actors from the original games have been replaced or given new accents. It throws you off for a second but still sounds great. There is no Create-A-Warrior this time, again, and the enemies are now a lot tougher as you rise in difficulty, which makes Chaos mode exactly as hard as it sounds.

My favorite part of this game is the team set-up, which has to be Koei's best idea to date, next to Warriors Gundam. Many folks have talked about Legendary Matchups in this game, and they do work quite well, however, it's best to experiment.

Koei's made a great game. I recommend buying it outright if you're a Warriors fan and renting it if you're not so sure, but for forty dollars, you can't go wrong.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Warrior Worth a Thousand!, November 23, 2007

By 

Fake Mecksican (Misawa AB, Japan) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Warriors Orochi (Video Game)

This may be a bit bias because I'm a big fan of the Warriors series, especially Dynasty Warriors. I've read the book, I've played many of the other games based on the 3 Kingdoms era (Dynasty Tactics, Romance of the Three Kingdoms series, Destiny of an Emperor) This game is what Warrior fans have been waiting for. Its like a fanboy-gasm. My heart stopped when I saw Yukimura Sanada and Zhao Yun drop from the top of the building and start fraggin' baddies in the opening cinematic. Besides the crossover, its everything a Warriors game usually is (which is a good thing): find items, weapons, and first and foremost kill lots and lots of people. Switching between 3 characters in a stage is awesome, and useful to power up low level characters, because you can take a strong one with you just in case things get ugly. You can swap out any of your 3 warriors between stages in story mode too! Also because there are so many Warriors to choose from you would think it would be hard to level them all up. But Koei thought of that, and in every stage you play you earn spendable experience points (Beside the normal exp the warrior you use gains from defeating enemys and such) so you can level up a character you have never used before you actually go into battle. You still have to find a better weapon, but the Lv ups are a nice head start.
As the other reviewer said, they changed many of the voice actors, and no sir, I don't like it. But that really is my only gripe. The plot is actually pretty cheesy even from a huge fan's perspective, my wife just rolled her eyes when she heard the narrator tell how Orochi melded the 2 time periods together for his own unscrupulous purposes. But frankly, I could care less! As long as Lu Bu gets to fight Honda I don't care if one of them had to hop in a Delorean with Doc to get there. On the other hand without the restraint of a historically based story line things can get very interesting. I get to see the warriors I've come to know and love struggle with new threats and situations that they do not fully understand, and out of necessity ally themselves with people who may have normally been their enemy. Its also interesting to see the Samurai Warriors react to the well known Asian historical figures of the Three Kingdoms era. For example fighting an army led by Zhuge Liang, one of history's most revered strategists would prove a bit intimidating. With all that though, if you haven't played any Samurai/Dynasty Warriors games, I would recommend at least playing Samurai Warriors 2 and Dynasty Warriors 3, 4, or 5 (5 is the best imo) first. You kind of have to know the characters to get into the story. They are both excellent games as well and you can probably get them at a bargain price by now. If you HAVE played them and liked them, buy this game. Period. If you own an Xbox 360, unlike me (I don't buy anything from Microsoft unless I have to (Windows), Bill Gates has enough pocket lining already, and I really don't want to see Microsoft monopolize consoles like they do with operating systems...just say no!!) But if you DO, this game's graphics look better on that evil, evil piece of hardware yuck!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Way to Wind Down, January 11, 2009

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Mithlas - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Warriors Orochi (Video Game)

The story behind Orochi Musou is relatively simple: a powerful demon melds the world of Shin Sangoku Musou (Dynasty Warriors) and Sengoku Musou (Samurai Warriors). Four musou (story) modes unfold the story of humanity's struggle against the mighty demon Orochi and his armies. The shakiest part of the story is the beginning when Orochi rips apart China and Japan to create a new world of warriors, but everything following that is an interesting tale that mixes up the characters (for veterans) and even for players new to the Musou series, giving an enjoyable bit of mystery that the history-based Samurai Warriors and novel-based Dynasty Warriors don't quite have.
Story: 7.6/10

Koei and Omega Force have been refining their PS2 game engine for a long time, and Warriors Orochi shows it off. Maps range from towering castles (in which you actually enter and navigate the interior) to river-bounded plains, some offering more open space and therefore people on the screen at once but only in the rarest moments will the game slow down (and usually with a 'bullet time' sort of feel effect). Not gorgeous like Final Fantasy XII or .hack: G.U., Vol.3: Redemption but enjoyable nonetheless.
Graphics: 7.9/10

Although I was expecting slightly more from the sounds of a squad of archers raining arrows, everything came across as at least passable. The swords clashing and the sound of magic sputtering does a fair job, though it's the gameplay that will really suck you in and hold you. Voices, music, and effects can be adjusted independently, in case you don't like the music or English voices (there's no option for the Japanese dub, and the voice acting can be over-the-top). There's also an option for subtitles in the FMVs, with speech during battles already having their own text.
Sound: 7/10

The intro song was a great mix of Chinese and Japanese instrumental sound, giving hope that the Musou series will one day eschew the techno/pop-rock that suffocates it so far. Unfortunately, you'll have to keep waiting as only the opening and closing is new and the rest is recycled from earlier Musou games. Unlike Dynasty Warriors 5 Empires, you can't choose which tracks play in your mission, but the music is usually fitting and if you don't like it, you can mute it in the main menu and listen to your own music on your computer or separate stereo.
Music: 3/10

The play is where the Musou series really shines, and Orochi shows that Koei has been refining its engine for years with smooth, action-packed, extremely fun gameplay. Four difficulty levels give plenty of choice between an easy bout of stress-relief or a grueling challenge on Chaos Mode. I've played few other hack-and-slash type games like Gauntlet: Dark Legacy, but this game eclipses everything else I've seen. The weapon fusion also makes it easy and fun to build up powerful weapons, rather than hunting-and-hoping like in earlier Dynasty Warriors games. Having control of the camera via the right analog stick also makes it superior to Dynasty Warriors.
Gameplay: 8.9/10

Even after you've beaten all four of the musou modes, you'll have plenty to go back and get by unlocking additional characters (many have special requirements, like Honda Tadakatsu), unique items for each character, and unlocking everything in the art galleries. You can go back and re-play any unlocked missions with anybody you've unlocked in that storyline, or anybody you've unlocked period once you clear the campaign. With over seventy characters to choose from, that's a lot of options. You may want a friend to help you unlock certain characters or unique items, though, ones like Lu Bu's "Hero Armor" are virtually impossible to obtain solo.
Replayability: 7.8/10

Whether you call it 'hack and slash' or 'crowd control', this game will deliver many hours of entertainment. Closed-minded people can go ahead and complain that all Musou games are the same, but the series is getting better all the time. Speaking without the tint of nostalgia (this game was my first of the Musou series and having sampled others later), this was the best fun I've had. PS3 owners stuck with the 'lower backwards compatibility' will be pleased to know that this game still runs like a dream, without strange distortions like in Beyond Good & Evil.
Overall: 8/10

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