Dynasty Warriors 6 Making Its Way to the PC and PS2 November 18
By Stephany on Friday, August 15th, 2008 at 11:43 AM PST In Computer, Game Companies, Gamer Life, Games, Sony, Uncategorized
After selling over 18 million units combined worldwide, KOEI announced today that the company is bringing its tactical action game Dynasty Warriors 6 to PS2 and Windows-based PC.
Debuting on the PS2 as a two-disc collection action-packed with the full cast of playable characters from the original release, plus platform-exclusive content including never-before-seen “Musou” mode stories, new weapons, five additional stages and 10 new scenarios. Based upon the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, gamers have two extra port choices where they can single-handedly destroying thousands of soldiers on massive fields of combat.
Already in stores for the PS3 and Xbox 360, the game will ship for PS2 on November 18, while the version for Windows will be available simultaneously and exclusively through digital download.
Specs for the PC version are as follows:
Minimum: Pentium 4 1.6GHz, Windows XP/Vista, 512MB, 5GB or more of free space, 640×480 High Color enabled, 3D Accelerator with Hardware T&L and Pixel Shading supporting 128MB or more of VRAM, DirectX 9.0c+, DirectX 9.0c+ compliant, 16-bit stereo with 44KHz playback supported by Windows XP/Vista, keyboard.
Recommended: Intel Core 2Duo 2.4GHz, Windows XP/Vista, 512MB, 5GB or more of free space, 1280×720 True Color enabled, 16:9, 3D Accelerator with Hardware T&L and Pixel Shading supporting 128MB or more of VRAM, DirectX 9.0c+, DirectX 9.0c+, DirectX 9.0c+ compliant, 16-bit stereo with 44KHz playback supported by Windows XP/Vista, DirectX 9.0 compatible, 12-button gamepad.
The following video cards have been tested and found compatible with the product: ATI Radeon: X1650, X1950, HD 2600, HD 3650 and NVIDIA GeForce: 7600, 7900, 8500, 8600, 9600.
Hopefully the extra content added to the PS2 version will entice gamers who have already purchased the game to once again hand over their wallets. If not, KOEI may have been better off releasing said content via XBL or PSN.
wonder if there will be a PC demo…
It’s almost a tradition by now that KOEI give only the bare minimum game content to other platforms. The fact that the 360 got DW5:Empires is a miracle as it is.
I don’t hold high hopes for the PC version of DW6 being even half as expansive as the PS2, while it’s probably going to be at least 25% more expensive. Precedent dictates that’ll be the case, and all you get for your money are higher-resolution textures and lower framerates.
Of course, that’s not even touching on the issues with DW6 itself, which is a step backwards from the other games in the way of the actual combat.
But then, hopefully KOEI are just going through an experimental phase and come DW7, we’ll lose the mindlessly bland just-mash-one-button combat style that is DW6 and be back to the older combo system, which at least had some depth to it as far as picking the right combo for the right scenario and being careful not to leave yourself open (something which doesn’t seem to occur in DW6 as you can attack in an infinite chain without any cooldown).
@:DeumReaper
http://files.filefront.com/Dynasty+Warriors+6+Japanese+Demo/;10960208;/fileinfo.html
Japanese demo is already up. Took some fiddling around with setting up the controls, but didn’t have any other trouble getting it up and running.
And I have to agree with Mikouen. Played the demo and found myself doing nothing but mashing the normal attack button the whole time. Hopefully DW7 will be better.