this game is like junk food
I love Samurai Warriors 2, so naturally more Samurai Warriors 2 is right up my alley. Both Okehazama and Shikoku are fantastic stages, Katsuie, Toshiie and Kojiro are not only very fun to play as, but in Katsuie and Toshiie's case, they offer one of the best stories in the whole series. Gracia has an interesting story mode (though obviously they wouldn't come anywhere near the historical fact that she was a christian), but to be honest her moveset sucks ass, same thing goes to Motochika, while Yoshimoto is... Well... Yoshimoto, he's not allowed to be anything more than a buffoon who's obsessed with Kemari in pre-SW5 games, the only cool thing about his story mode is that you can unlock Okehazama to be played in the Imagawa side.
I mean, this added content is cool as it is, but also a bit underwhelming compared to something like Dynasty Warriors 5 Xtreme Legends, which not only added a multitude of new battles, but there was also that really neat mode where you created your own character and experienced the Three Kingdoms Era story through his perspective as you could follow one of the different factions or switch allegiances if you wanted.
I wish SW2XL was more like that, there are many other interesting historical battles/events that got left out in SW2 and could be added here: The Siege of Kakegawa where Ieyasu defeated Yoshimoto's son and effectively took over what the Imagawa had left, the Takeda, Uesugi and Hojo campaigns in the east that were mostly ignored in the original game also deserve more love, Nobunaga's infamous massacre at Mt. Hiei, and even some other notable Sekigahara campaign battles like the sieges of Gifu, Fushimi and Otsu. But I digress, SW2XL is stil a decent addition to the original game anyway, so I can't complain too much.
I mean, this added content is cool as it is, but also a bit underwhelming compared to something like Dynasty Warriors 5 Xtreme Legends, which not only added a multitude of new battles, but there was also that really neat mode where you created your own character and experienced the Three Kingdoms Era story through his perspective as you could follow one of the different factions or switch allegiances if you wanted.
I wish SW2XL was more like that, there are many other interesting historical battles/events that got left out in SW2 and could be added here: The Siege of Kakegawa where Ieyasu defeated Yoshimoto's son and effectively took over what the Imagawa had left, the Takeda, Uesugi and Hojo campaigns in the east that were mostly ignored in the original game also deserve more love, Nobunaga's infamous massacre at Mt. Hiei, and even some other notable Sekigahara campaign battles like the sieges of Gifu, Fushimi and Otsu. But I digress, SW2XL is stil a decent addition to the original game anyway, so I can't complain too much.
Not much was really added here in comparison to other Xtreme Legends but it still adds enough that it's worth getting this for the complete Samurai Warriors 2 experience.
More levels to grind, new weapons to get, personal skills for each characters, alt colors and some changes to Level 3 musou attacks. These expansions feel like big patch fixes more than updates at this point of reviewing these. The new mode this time around is Mercenary Mode which is pretty interesting. It kinda feels like Xtreme Mode from Dynasty Warriors except character progression carries over from your standard game so you can grind levels, gold and skills while playing this mode which I feel is pretty great considering how grindy this game can get. Some new characters join as well including Katsuie Shibata, Kojiro Sasaki, Gracia, Motochika Chosokabe, Toshiie Maeda and Yoshimoto Imagawa coming back from the previous Xtreme Legends.
As always a great addition in combination with the original Samurai Warriors 2 and essentially acting as a demo disc by itself. I gotta admit it's nice they've done this to add more content into the original experience but these games must have been expensive to properly fully experience too buying each of them at full price.
More levels to grind, new weapons to get, personal skills for each characters, alt colors and some changes to Level 3 musou attacks. These expansions feel like big patch fixes more than updates at this point of reviewing these. The new mode this time around is Mercenary Mode which is pretty interesting. It kinda feels like Xtreme Mode from Dynasty Warriors except character progression carries over from your standard game so you can grind levels, gold and skills while playing this mode which I feel is pretty great considering how grindy this game can get. Some new characters join as well including Katsuie Shibata, Kojiro Sasaki, Gracia, Motochika Chosokabe, Toshiie Maeda and Yoshimoto Imagawa coming back from the previous Xtreme Legends.
As always a great addition in combination with the original Samurai Warriors 2 and essentially acting as a demo disc by itself. I gotta admit it's nice they've done this to add more content into the original experience but these games must have been expensive to properly fully experience too buying each of them at full price.
There's not much to add here. Compared to the first installment, this is obviously an expansion pack. It has new characters, some new historical battles, and new playable characters. Play it only if you liked the second game and wanted more of it.
gracia and yoshimoto are fucking shit