While there are some quick tooltips that explain events of the previous game, there’s little done to catch you up on what’s happened thus far in the series. Warriors games tend to have a grand story, and while there’s a lot of dialogue, they’ve never been able to hook me, this title included. With nearly 200 characters to choose from, all of which are unique in their own fighting styles and attacks, there’s a ton of content within to keep you busy for quite some time as long as you can deal with the monotony and repetitiveness of the mission structure that doesn’t seem to have changed all that much in the past decade. WARRIORS OROCHI 4 Ultimate does this and more. What you usually look for in a Warriors game is killing near endless enemies with just a few simple button presses. With the new release of WARRIORS OROCHI 4 Ultimate, I was curious to see just how much the core gameplay has changed and evolved since the last time I picked up a Musou title. While I’ve played a handful of them over the years, none of them really gathered my attention long term, as I found the gameplay to be quite repetitive and basic. They’ve been around for about two decades and have more than a dozen different iterations and sequels over the years, so they’ve clearly gathered a following over all that time.
The best known Musou games are most likely the Dynasty Warriors series. It’s not going to challenge you with puzzles or have an engaging narrative, but it’s mindless fun. A Musou game is one where you’re put into an open map and simply need to hack and slash your way through hundreds of enemies.