The Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warrios sagas remain united thanks to Warriors Orochi, one of the best representatives of the musou genre, that is, a hack-and-slash of 1 against 1,000. The latest release of the well-known crossover was Warriors Orochi 4, released at the end of 2018 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One Nintendo Switch and PC. Now, these same platforms receive a definitive version of the game, known as Warriors Orochi 4 Ultimate, which adds a new plot, several characters and additional game modes, among other content.
In the case of a definitive version, Warriors Orochi 4 Ultimate offers the same basis of the original title, which starts its story when Zeus, the God of Gods, becomes the culprit for the universes of both sagas to come together once more in a single timeline, although their characters do not remember anything of the experience in the past, something positive for players who reach the title without having Tour of his predecessor works.
Up to seven new fighters
One of the main novelties of Warriors Orochi 4 Ultimate is the inclusion of up to new fighters, who raise the total characters to 177 familiar faces. Among the newcomers stand out Ryu Hayabusa, a guest of the Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive games, Joan of Arc, the heroine of France and savior of Orleans, Gaia, the goddess Mother Earth who created multiple lands at the beginning of time, Achilles, the mighty warrior of the Greek army, or Hades, brother of Zeus and king of the underworld.
In this section, you can try new magic skills and the combos of each of these fighters, which offers the greatest touch of freshness to a combat system known to become repetitive by being based on basically crushing the buttons of the command. It should be remembered that each fighter has up to three different magic attacks, along with a definitive attack in which all the characters of the team participate, including those of support. With this repertoire, Warriors Orochi 4 remains the game of the genus musou with more variety in its playability.
The new frames of Warriors Orochi 4 Ultimate
This Warriors Orochi 4 extension offers new frames focused on explaining what led Zeus to form the coalition against Odin or what happened to the officers who were sent to investigate the enemy forces. In this way, once the main (and original) adventure is over, players can discover details of the story in the true end of the well-known saga of the gods. Thanks to these new plots, new scenarios can be explored, in which hundreds of enemies will be waiting for us to expand a game that was already quite complete.
Given so many hours of play ahead, the way to achieve certain skills has been modified. Now, the characters that reach level 100 will return to a rank 1, being able to be further strengthened with a constantly expanding skill tree. In fact, this method can be repeated up to 10 times. It is a way to reward the players who get the most juice from their favorite warriors, being able to choose them again and again both in the story mode and in the infinite.
An eternal game that adds an infinite mode
If Warriors Orochi 4 were not long in itself, the Ultimate version has added a Infinite mode in which Zeus himself tests the players, who must choose up to three fighters to overcome 12 towers that represent each of the zodiac signs. As each test is passed, experience points are obtained, although the difficulty is increasing to make it more difficult to obtain new rewards, among which the improvements in weapons stand out. For its part, the Challenge mode It has received new time challenges, maps and other elements that invite the player to revisit this section of the original game.
A fairly complete story with a new epilogue along with additional modes that include even an infinite itself make Warriors Orochi 4 Ultimate a game that surpasses the hundred hours long. Luckily, its 177 characters now have access to sacred treasures, which were previously only available for eight of them as it allows to create powerful and unique teams. Being released in the expanded version of the game, the characteristics of this have changed in a surprising way, since the possibilities of the game multiply to offer an expanded variety.
One of the most complete musous today
In short, in addition to adding a wide variety of new features, Warriors Orochi 4 Ultimate has revised its interface while improving its controls to offer an improved style of play. Graphically, the final version remains in the line of the original game and the voices are kept in Japanese and, sadly, the texts in english. It is a perfect video game for those who want to enjoy a good musou full of hours of fun, because despite being a very repetitive genre in terms of gameplay, it offers endless possibilities with its more than varied and numerous squad. However, it is still a game that will not convince players against the gender of one against a thousand.
Finally, in the case that you played the original Warriors Orochi 4, it should be noted that it is not necessary to checkout to buy the Ultimate version. For all platforms where the title was launched there is the DLC called The Ultimate Upgrade Pack, which for a price of 39.99 euros adds all the content of this final version. It is a somewhat high price to be an additional content, although it should be noted that we are facing a good set of novelties, which add quite a few hours of fun and is totally recommended for those who enjoy the musou genre.
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