Summary
- Dynasty Warriors: Origins focuses on tactical action and serves as a soft reset for the series.
- New technology allows for unprecedented scale in battles and enhances gameplay experience.
- Omega Force hopes to continue collaborating with various developers for more crossover games in the future.
Tomkohiko Sho has worked on the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Dynasty Warriors series for almost 25 years. Starting as a designer on Dynastꦜy Warriors 2, the head of Omega Force and now-series producer feels it has strayed too far from its original tactical action-based roots.
Of Origins, Sho-san tells me, “What we wanted to do is really get back ꦰto the basics ꧟of the series - the tactical action,” something which he describes as being “a little bit on the lower side” in recent entries.
☂ Are You Excited For Dynasty Warriors: O🎃rigins?
It will certainly be a very pretty game, and a breath of fresh air in January, which typically doesn't see a lot of big releases. Based on the trailer, though, I can't help but think that Dyna෴sty Warriors: Origins will just be more of the same old button-mashing gameplay the series has had since 2000.
After speaking to Sho-san in depth at 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Tokyo Games Show, it became clear that Origins would serve as somewhat of a soft reset for the storied franchise 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:when it releases in January.
Dynasty Warriors: Origins Will Focus On Tactical Action
“After the release of Dynasty Warriors 9, we had a lot of discussions about what we should do wi♐th Dynasty Warriors and where we wanted to take the series,” Sho-san tells me, explaining why there has been a siไx-year gap between games, the longest in the series’ history.
“From the very first game of the current Dynasty Warriors serieไs, Dynasty Wa෴rriors 2 onwards, the theme is tactical action, and we really wanted to be able to express that in its fullest. That's one of the key features of the series, and I think maybe in the past ten years of the Dynasty Warriors series, since Dynasty Warriors 9 and the more recent games, the tactical part was a little bit on the lower side. It was more focused on action.”
The fact that the game would be returning 🎐to its tactical roots was something Sho-san reiterated numerous times throughout our chat, and something he cites as one of꧂ the reasons that Origins is the first game in the series to ditch the numbered naming convention.
𓆏Because O💟rigins is different from the current games, we’ve removed the numbering system.
“Because Origins is different from the current games, we’ve removed the numbering system,” Sho-san says, adding that another reason is the focus on one key pro💃tagonist, who has amnesia. While the previous Dynasty Warriors games tell the full Romance of the Three Kingdoms story, Origins is “only focusing on what can be consid𝓡ered the first half of the story, which is up until the battle of Chibi or Red 🍷Cliff.”
He also feels that this soft reboot of Dynasty Warriors will present the perfect opportunity for new and lapsed fans to join the action. “A lot of people aren't familiar with the Romance of the Three Kingdoms story itself. We’re able to tell the story fro🦋m the beginning, so players can easily follow that.”
Origins’ original nameless and amnesiac protagonist will a🎐lso help ease fans in, with Sho-san saying, “The game is shown from their perspective, so for them, and the player, e✱verything will be brand new.”
Bu☂t, while the team feels like Origins presents a great opportunity for fans to jump in, it will also feature returning characters and storylines fro🗹m previous titles.
“The character🔴s that you can also control will be nine in total. They will be from the various kingdoms, led by Sanjian, Ryubi, and Soso. Popular characters, such as Xiaoyun and Gua♔n Yu, will definitely appear.”
New Technology Has Allowed Origins To Prosper
Having ꦯworked on the Dynasty Warriors series for so long, Sho-san has been privy to everything the series has tried to do. However, ambition has often outweighed technical scope, something which is no longer a problem with today’s hardware.
“Origins is something that can only be made in this day and age,” Sho-san says. “The sense of the battlefield is one ofꦜ the concepts from the early days. And now, with the current generation of consoles and PCs, we're really able to explore th🎃is.”
Although he says things were easy for him because he was just the producer, they were a little tougher 🐻for the programmers to implement. “The programmers had a hard time,” he jokes, adding, “The programmers on our team wanted to show at least 10,000 soldiers on the screen. That was also their ambition. It was probably difficult for them to do that, but they really worked hard, and I think you can see that with how it appears on the screen.”
The programmers on ou𝓡r team wanted to show at least 10,000 soldiers on the screen.
As technol💝ogy has improved, Sho-san tells me that the team’s design philosophy has always remained the same. “There was always the idea of making the best game with the hardware of that era. When it comes to the new game, the fundamental things haven'♍t changed.”
He says that the biggest stumbling block in their ambitions was with the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:PlayStation 2, “With the PlayStation 2, we weren't able to do what we wanted to because of the limitations of technology. But as things have progressed, with the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:PlayStation 3, 4, and 5, we've be🙈en able to implement more of what we initially wanted to put in.”
Ahead of my 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Dynasty Warriors: Origins interview, Sony 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:revealed the PlayStation 5 Pro, something which the Omega Force team was aware of, and Sho-san says is “considering a high♓-fr🌳ame-rate and high-resolution response.”
It’s clear the team’s philosophy hasn’t changed, but one thing that has is the time and cost it takes to develop a game. “It’s true that the cost of development is going up, and the development period is getting longer, but that presents a challenge for us. We want to make something as efficiently as possible, and I think we’ve f🐷ound the right balance.”
Will There Be More Crossover Games?
Over the years, Omega Force has been able to flex its creative muscles with a range of ༺high-profile developers.
Companies such as Nintendo, Atlus, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Square Enix, and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Bandai Namco have allowed Sho-san’s team to put its trademark musou spin on a variety 🉐of different IPs, something which the studio head hopes will continue.
“I can't speak on behalf of the companies, but personally, as part of Omega Force, I would like to continue working with them. We want to keep these relationships, not just with Nintendo, but with all of the other partners we’ve worked with and 🔯do new collaborations.”
We want to keep ⛄these relationships, not just with 🔯Nintendo, but with all of the other partners we’ve worked with and do new collaborations.
However, while that’s exciting, Sho-san remained coy about the future, saying, “We do hope that there are chances to do that, but currentlཧy, we'ඣve got nothing planned at this time.”
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