Topic: Dynasty Warriors 7 coming this March! More fun and content than ever before!

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http://www.xbox360achievements.org/game/dynasty-warriors-7/achievements/

Dynasty Warriors 7 (JP) Promo Video #2

PS3, Xbox360
http://www.gamecity.ne.jp/smusou6/     (it's called 6 in Japan, but it's 7 everywhere else.)
http://dynastywarriors7.eu/uk/index.htm

It got delayed a week but still coming this March in North America.
Besides Hard Corps Uprising on PSN, I'm really looking forward to Dynasty Warriors 7!   (it's the kind of series that's very fun with great selection, great co-op, and large scale battles in China, which is still a rare scenario for an action game.  And also a great stress reliever too.  Easy to pick up and play, memorable characters, and has a lot things going for it.  But like all series that share a similiar formula, it's best to play certain ones instead of buying every single one. (Kind of like sports games or first person shooters that are more of the same.)   Some might not like the English dubs but I find them decent and amusing.

I feel those that play DW7 while having not played DW6, will get a lot more out of this (and those who never played a DW before, should certainly try DW7 first!)  But even if people have played DW6, DW7 is the biggest leap the series ever made,  adding a 4th Kingdom and stretching the story up to the reunification of China for the first time in the series, with a massive list of features, adjustments and additions, and well as every single character being visually fully updated in much better form than most of the makeovers the ones in DW6 received.)

They improved countless things.  Now being able to combine character with different weapon styles, as well as being able to bring along two weapons instead of one, AND being able to switch them mid-combo as well as while on the defensive.  (Strikeforce had two weapons style, but the gameplay design of that spinoff is a totally separate category.)

With over 60 playable characters (with their own unique special attacks, quotes, and role in the story),
improvements in presentation (the real-time cutscenes look better than ever), a noticable update with the graphics engine, some free DLC planned, a redesigned Story mode (3 Kingdoms have their own campaign, and you can unlock the 4th Kingdom campaign, never experienced before.)  and a Conquest/Chronicle mode that features so many things to do, local and online co-op, and different ways to progress!  And I heard you can select in-game music from DW7's amazing soundtrack while playing Conquest mode.  

And other features like wallpaper customization, a new encyclopedia, and other great additions (like the new Gallery)!  It's packed with more content than a $60 game is worth!  

I started playing DW during DW3, I really liked DW4 and DW5 was probably my favorite, I didn't bother with DW6 because it was a step down in some ways.  But DW7 is several steps up in the right direction, and in my opinion is one of the best quality and enjoyable games people will be able to play soon.  

Dynasty Warriors 7 (JP) Trailer - Jin

Dynasty Warriors 7 (JP) Trailer - Wu

Dynasty Warriors 7 (JP) Trailer - Wei

Dynasty Warriors 7 (JP) Trailer - Shu

http://www.consolewars.de/news/32003/die_famitsu_most_wanted-charts/

1. Tales of Xillia - PS3
2. Dragon Quest X - Wii
3. Dynasty Warriors 7 - PS3
4. Final Fantasy Versus XIII - PS3
5. Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy - PSP
6. Final Fantasy Type-0 - PSP
7. Super Robot Wars Z - PSP
8. Way of the Samurai 4 - PS3
9. Yakuza OF THE END - PS3
10. Final Fantasy XIII-2 - PS3
11. Metal Gear Solid Rising - PS3
12. Mario Kart 3D - 3DS
13. Persona 2 : Innocent Sin - PSP
14. Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle - 3DS
15. The Last Guardian - PS3

http://www.gamekyo.com/newsfr39998_famitsu-most-wanted-21-au-27-fevrier.html



http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b132/AdawgDaFAB/Dynasty%20Warriors%207/DW7ConquestMap-Numbered.jpg



Color Key
Pink = Guardian Animal Hex
Black = City Gate Battle Hex
Green = Status Battle Hex
Red = Legend Battle Hex
Dark Blue = Weapon Battle Hex
Light Blue = Rare Weapon Battle Hex
Yellow = City Hex

Weapon Classes Key
01. Axe
02. Wheels
03. Gauntlets
04. Monk Staff
05. Arm Cannon
06. Magic Brush
07. Ball and Chain
08. Bladed Yo-Yo
09. Flute
10. Iron Fan
11. Strategist Fan
12. Sword
13. Flying Swords
14. Rapier
15. Chain & Sickle
16. Lance
17. Nunchaku
18. Crossbow
19. Throwing Daggers
20. Harp
21. Whip
22. Double-Sided Spear
23. Greatsword
24. Pike
25. Tonfa
26. Club
27. Katana
28. Sword & Shield
29. Bo Staff
30. Twin Halberds
31. Spear
32. Twin Iron Whips [Taishi Ji's Rods]
33. Fang Tian Hua Halberd [Lu Bu's]
34. Bow
35. Iron Claws
36. Twin Swords

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- Wei -
01. Xiahou Dun
02. Dian Wei
03. Zhang Liao
04. Cao Cao
05. Xu Zhu
06. Xiahou Yuan
07. Xu Huang
08. Zhang He
09. Cao Ren
10. Cao Pi
11. Zhen Ji
12. Cai Wenji
13. Jia Xu

- Wu -
14. Zhou Yu
15. Lu Xun
16. Sun Shang Xiang
17. Gan Ning
18. Sun Jian
19. Taishi Ci
20. Lu Meng
21. Huang Gai
22. Zhou Tai
23. Ling Tong
24. Sun Ce
25. Sun Quan
26. Xiao Qiao
27. Da Qiao
28. Ding Feng
29. Lian Shi

- Shu -
30. Zhao Yun
31. Guan Yu
32. Zhang Fei
33. Zhuge Liang
34. Liu Bei
35. Ma Chao
36. Huang Zhong
37. Wei Yan
38. Guan Ping
39. Pang Tong
40. Yue Ying
41. Jiang Wei
42. Liu Shan
43. Xing Cai
44. Ma Da
45. Guan Suo
46. Bao Sanniang

- Jin -
47. Sima Yi
48. Sima Shi
49. Sima Zhao
50. Deng Ai
51. Wang Yuan Ji
52. Zhong Hui
53. Zhuge Dan
54. Xiahou Ba
55. Guo Huai

- Others -
56. Diao Chan
57. Lu Bu
58. Dong Zhuo
59. Yuan Shao
60. Zhang Jiao
61. Meng Huo
62. Zhu Rong

http://img852.imageshack.us/f/chronicleconquest01.png/



new map details

I tried to differentiate the Legend Hexes of officers who are available from beginning, officers who can be unlocked from Story Mode and those who must be unlocked in Conquest/Chronicle Mode. All the weapon hexes use the same color regardless of normal/Rare but I rebuilt the weapon logos as vectors so those weapon hexes dedicated to a particular weapon are indicated by its logo.

For the status hexes, I indicated where the 'alliance/faction' battles are located since these will be of particular interest. I used the chinese characters for the Kingdoms, so there'll be a consistent stylistic difference between text = legend/officer, logo = weapon, and chinese character = alliance/faction battles. Hopefully most people can already recognize which character is for which kingdom

The work in progress bits are the text in black, which is basically an abbreviated translation of the titles of the battle in each hex. Still working on how to stylistically integrate it with the rest. As I haven't gone through the whole map, I am only assuming that the 'name' will indicate which map it uses, while the last line contains a word summarizing which 'type' of battle it is. So far excluding rare weapon/legend/city/city battle/alliance battle hexes, there appear to be 9 battle types divided more or less equally between weapon and status hexes:-

Mopup - defeat remnant of Yellow Turbans
Suppress - quickly conquer enemy strongpoints before their main officer arrives
Fierce - a fierce battle (lots of enemies/allies, this is the closest among these nine types to a 'regular battle')
Defense - defend your strongpoints/allies from enemy attack
Break - breakthrough the enemy army and lead your ally to an escape point
Chase - chase down and defeat enemy officer before he reaches escape point
Save - rescue and officer whose under attack
Single - by yourself, fight up thru enemy lines and defeat their commander
Versus - in a tight arena, you fight against a number of enemy officers alone. there's one dedicated to each Kingdom, one thats all big burly officers (Huang Gai, Deng Ai etc), one that from the title appears to be dedicated to 'pretty boys' (I'm assuming people like Zhou Yu and Jiang Wei) and another dedicated to the girls.

Thanks to AdawgDaFAB's map of locations, Shadowclaimers weapons post for the weapon screenshots etc.

very helpful info!