Other than that Empires is a passable game, presentation wise. A steady framerate could have been provided but there are dips in the performance. This wasn’t constant enough to warrant heavy concern, but it’s a shame given the low quality of textures and the amount of repeated assets on show. In terms of raw performance, the PS4 version saw some pretty heavy dips during Musou heavy attacks against large crowds of enemies. Though this is a Warriors game, which has steadily taken the fictional route time and time again.
Like most Warriors games, it’s impressive to see such large staggering armies in front of you to slaughter, but with repeated assets (every enemy looks the same outside of enemy officers), bland environments that don’t take advantage of the rich Japanese settings and unimpressive voice acting, the presentation takes a real hit.Īs always, the fantastical twists that Warriors’ takes with the rich cultural background is either hit or miss: you’ll either love the fictional liberties taken with the story or be disappointed that not more historical accuracy was given. Graphics wise, Empires doesn’t have anything to write home about. What’s given in characters, dialogue and cutscenes isn’t overly impressive, but delivers the story of a Unified Japan well enough. The background is always interesting and will hopefully garner some people to crack open a history book, but the Samurai Warriors franchise isn’t the most accurate depiction of Feudal Japan. There really isn’t much to talk about in Empires’ story. It’s not the most accurate way to learn about one of the most interesting and bloody periods in Asian warfare, but like it’s distant Chinese cousins in Dynasty Warriors, the setting is definitely unique enough to warrant a passing interest in the main story, despite some shoddily delivered dialogue and cutscenes. You have an overview map of Feudal Japan and it’s up to you to eventually unify Japan under one rule in a heavy bastardisation of the Sengoku Period. Samurai Warriors 4 Empires takes a different approach in the story mode compared to it’s predecessors, opting for a large scale scenario driven story mode in lieu of the individual character driven scenarios of earlier titles.
The PS4 version of Samurai Warriors 4 Empires was primarily tested for the purpose of this review.
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