

I have tended to ensure that I’ve had one of each on my active team, to get the best of all possible worlds.īut how does the game play? Well, every character has a Sacred Treasure that they can equip, which enables them to use magic attacks, but other than that it’s very much business as usual. Obviously the characters you choose affect the way the game plays out, so choosing wisely may help you. Finally there are Technique type characters, who use targeted strikes to deal damage. Power characters, the bruisers of the game, rely on brute force to triumph, then there are those who prefer Speed and rapid attacks to overwhelm the enemies. They are all divided into three basic fighting types too, which will help you divide them up again. At the last count, we were looking at something north of 170, and with teams that can be assembled to get special rewards, chopping and changing is encouraged. Every mission you finish (and there are a lot of them, believe me) nets you anything between two and four new characters that join your team, and there are soon more than you can shake a katana at. In fact, the scene is set for an epic showdown.īefore I go on, I have to acknowledge that this game won KOEI TECMO a Guinness World Record – that of the most playable characters in a video game. Now, I’m not going to go into the story of Warriors Orochi 4 Ultimate any more than this, but suffice to say that Zeus is not alone as a god: Perseus, Ares, Athena, Loki, Odin and many more all rear their heads. However, and at risk of minor spoilers, he’s a mere pawn and when he is defeated the game then opens up to involve gods, demons and much much more. Nobunaga Oda, the baddie for the first section of the game, has a bracelet and as such we have to take him down.
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However, some received the bracelets from Zeus, or discovered them lying about the place, and as such their power was revealed: the bracelets had the power to deify the wearer, making them much more powerful and allowing them to access their inner power, as long as emotions were running strongly. At the same time he created a parallel realm of sorts, where famous heroes from history were drawn together, forming two factions, as humans always do, and leaving them to fight. He created some bracelets in the shape of serpents – the Ourobouros bracelets – and then cast them into the world of humans. Zeus, the Greek king of the gods who is most famous for his complete lack of anything to do with Japanese or Chinese history, was bored. The story of Warriors Orochi 4 Ultimate is one of those ones which will make you sit up and take note.
