Huge step up. This expansion is excellent and should be a top pick. This is probably the game in the franchise with the most content diversity, you have Story, Conquest, Free Battle, Missions, 1on1 battles, alot of allies to choose from.

This game has the best replayability of the franchise, this game conquest mode is the BEST. Aside from normal conquest we have Dream chance conquest which allows us to bet on which faction will win, so we gotta start defeating enemies so that our bet can survive the longest.
But isn't the dream chance alone that makes this the best conquest, its the stage diversity. This game conquest is always giving you diff options instead of recycling the same stages over and over again.
Basara2 conquest has no stage diversity, Basara4 conquest isn't really a conquest it just throws up random stages. Basara3 has the Basara2 conquest with the randomness of Basara4.

This game could be perfect if not for some characters in the roster. 6 of the characters added in this expansion, in comparison with the rest of the roster who have 7 diff designed weapons, 2 oufits and 3 special moves, doesn't have outfit nor weapon design diff and only 1 special move.
This is something i never got past of but since they atleast are playable i cant complain.

Probably my favorite Sengoku Basara game. I love this game.
The roster is the best of the series. Every character has 3diff outfits, 8diff weapons and 3 diff acessories to equip.

Playing this game after the newer ones sure feels outdated but its the purest form of Sengoku Basara. Having only 2 skills to choose from is an example of it. Playing this after the sequels feels refreshing, you really take full advantage of the square attack and that's something you really dont do on the sequels.

You have alot of content to experience, alot of nice designed stages, game modes and a tournament mode to really challenge urself and get the best weapons for you fav character.

After all of this, this game has a flaw. Conquest mode is poorly done. With so many stage diversity the conquest mode is always recycling the same stages, so if you want to conquest be ready to play the same stages over again.

P.s: Character illustrations are wonderful and unique

This sequel elevates everything from the past game, except content.
The gameplay is completely refined, one of the best combat systems in a musou game. You can connect every single move, it is so smooth and satisfying comboing in many diff ways.
Graphics are great, this games looks amazing and completely honors the original material.

But this game has a big flaw : Content.
Replayability is pretty low, the side content is poor compared to the prequel and they left out half of the story and characters out.
This game dream log is now named Treasure log and instead of a map you have a menu. So far it isn't that bad but then you realize the stages are just kinda repeting themselfs and foward the levels you get stuck to the same characters cause the rest its just too weak to complete. You also get to a point were the bosses are just sponges and you can waste alot of time on them.

I love character trees in a musou game, but in this game its kinda of a pain; Its expensive and you get to a point were you cant upgrade new characters and try them in the harder stages. All you can do is play the already powered characters to try new content. And since this treasure log is boring you really don't have any reason to play the easiest stages and try new characters.

Another grip i have is the characters uniqueness. All characters are unique and thats all we could ask but there is a obvious unbalance between them. Some character feel complete and great to use, others feel cluncky and have less moveset. Its weird how you can see 2 diff characters of the same type but one of them has way less button moveset, it doesnt make sense and just feel lazy.

In conclusion, it is still a great game. The bosses mechanics are a nice addition even thought they transform into sponges. Combat system is one of the greatest. Roster is still great plus dlc. The story still had nice moments. But this game fails on the content.

This is how a musou game must be, completely full of content. This game side content (Dream Log) is one the best after story content i've seen for a musou game. ´

The replayability is insane, the roster is big and the gameplay is fun. Every character has his own upgrade tree so you will have alot of things to do and farm, you really feel like ur time is rewarded.

Some people may have a grip with gameplay cause every character follows the same buttons but the true is, every character still feels different. Some character have their own gimmicks and the attacks are all so different between them.

In conclusion, its one of the best musou games and a perfect One Piece game for fans.

This game graphics aged like fine wine. Its a okay musou game with a decent roster but fails miserable in the content and a bit in the gameplay.
Every character kinda plays differently but they all have such a small moveset. The upgrade systems is a nice touch but its only stats upgrade. There is a small roster of stages and the majority of the stages are just a big wide empty space.

This game could have been much better if:
-The character tree also expanded the moveset and made it way bigger and diff from one another
-More stage variety and more work put to them so they don't feel empty
-More side content and expanded story mode
-Better combat system to allow more variety of combos