My former favorite series regains its joy

[rydain]

So I eventually got DW7 because it was in the bargain bin and I liked what I heard about the upcoming Xtreme Legends. The vanilla game had all the misgivings I gathered from watching live streams and not much in the way of hidden "it" factor to compensate. I never made it through all the stories, and conquest mode was a sheer borefest. I appreciate

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[refined_lullaby]

Oh man, I was hoping to message you with this news, and to be the first to tell you XD

Damn, he is pwning with that weapon. I must agree; Cao Ren suits the shield and sword better. A bit sad that in Orochi 2 he got the chain and ball, but his moveset was changed a little.

Nightmare difficulty on DW7XL actually makes me rage quit, and that doesn't happen often XD

[skurtchasor]

1:35 mark or so...what's the deal with Yuan Shao's sombrero? Compete for my burritos!

It also fixes a poorly implemented weapon proficiency system which gave squeaky loli dolls a broader range of skills than some of the best historical fighters.

Yes, because having your general rush solo into battle, pound the ground and create an electric fireball is the epitome of historical accuracy! *ducks for cover*

[fndragon]

I was going to mention the 1000 K.O. combos that were routinely achieved by even slackers like Xu Shu.. Historical CANON!~

[rydain]

It's more of an issue of watering down the tropes that helped distinguish characters in previous games. Because anyone can equip pretty much anything now (with the exception of two gender-specific weapons), the proficiency system was supposed to maintain some distinction between characters by giving each a fitting selection of weapons to be good with. In practice, it was done with a quick and dirty base stat allocation that resulted in some characters being far more versatile than others, sometimes in ways that make no sense for their screen presence