Musou

Today Koei Tecmo released a new Dynasty Warriors 9 trial, as well as the above video showing what this trial includes. As the publisher outlined in a press release: DYNASTY WARRIORS 9 Trial enables fans to choose up to three characters from the roster of 90 total playable characters in a small …

It took a while for Warriors Orochi 4 to really click with me. Recent games in the Warriors series have gone in wonderful new directions, be it the open-ended nature of Warriors All-Stars, the increased focus on characterisation in Samurai Warriors: Spirit of Sanada, or the brilliant use of an …

Koei Tecmo are no strangers to licensed spin-offs of their Warriors series, but that didn’t stop the announcement of Hyrule Warriors—almost five years ago, now—from being a big surprise. Nintendo isn’t the kind of company to license it its properties willy-nilly, and Koei Tecmo aren’t exactly known for the family-friendly …

I used to be one of those people who wrote off the Musou series as “boring” and “repetitive”; a mindless button masher with little going for it beyond the brief satisfaction of swatting enemy grunts away like flies. I’ve come to appreciate the series a lot more in recent years, though, …