Dynasty Warriors 7

Outside of Japan, Dynasty Warriors 7's first ever trailer was exclusively revealed first-hand at the London MCM Expo, October 2010 by TECMO KOEI Europe's presentation.


Shin Sangokumusou 6 is the latest KOEI title to be announced for the Dynasty Warriors series. For both the PS3 console and Xbox 360, Dynasty Warriors 7 will be ditching the tried and tested Renbu system from Dynasty Warriors 6 in place of using the old and adored engine of hack and slash.

For the first time ever, Dynasty Warriors 7 will be introducing a new kingdom, Jin. This time in history during the later troubled times of The Three Kingdoms era of China, initially part of the Wei kingdom, Jin's power grew and usurped Wei stepping towards eventually the creation of the Jin Dynasty which brought an end to the army of Wu and Shu, as well as the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

KOEI TECMO through their website dedicated to this title has been sharing music that will be featuring. This piece is named ''Jin - Overture'' on the official TECMO KOEI EU site.

Hosted by the Sima clan, Jin's force in Dynasty Warriors 7 will be led by former Wei's strategist Sima Yi and is said to start after Wu Zhang Plains. And obviously with a new clan, you expect new characters, and Dynasty Warriors 7 does not displease here. Sima Yi's very own two sons Sima Shi and Sima Zhao have been revealed as part of the unity. Amongst other faces like the popular requested Deng Ai, Wang Yuanji, and more.

With all of KOEI TECMO's promotion, we expect the Jin Dynasty to be a refreshing take on the series we have all grown to love after many titles which have attempted to bring an entertaining aspect to Luo Guanzhong's Chinese based novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms which bases loosely off of it.

Wei's Xiahou Dun has returned and continued tradition of being a popular character within the franchise.

But even though there's a new threat to be reckoned with, the powers of Shu, Wei and Wu will be returning amongst reoccurring and new persona. As for the 'Others' category which consists of favourites such as Lu Bu, it will sadly not be receiving a storyline, but those present will be seen in the confirmed stories and will be able to be used in the new mode entitled Chronicle Mode which will act in similar fashion to Dynasty Warriors: Online where you can buy equipment and wander around China joining factions. So having said all that, other than that category not having a quest it's just yet to be known how much focus each kingdom will be getting in this video game which is set to be released this year.

Worth noting and for a debut which you can see in action below in the footage is the promoted ''seemless play'' where the game will smoothly change from a cut scene to actually playing. For instance in this case you see Shu's hero Zhao Yun take part in a scene with Zhang Fei and proceed straight into combat, as if there was no difference between the two. Another instance having been shown elsewhere to reveal being mounted, charging straight into the battlefield.

Dynasty Warriors 7 is set to hit stores early this year worldwide in March, 2011. Stay tuned for further updates!

                                            
The latest PV of Shin Sangokumusou 6 has recently been put online by KOEI TECMO.


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