First Empire game ever played and I love it so far. The only thing negative is that is was very complicated and hard to get in the begging. But now I am putting tons of hours into it. Glad I bought it

Koei Tecmo is getting good at milking its Samurai Warriors franchise by creating sequels to its sequels . Samurai Warriors 4 spawned Samurai Warriors 4-II , and now Samurai Warriors 4 Empires has been unleashed.

Stylish officer models; Heavy strategic element; Fight dozens of enemies at once

Carbon-copy enemies; Uninteresting battlefields; Lack of engaging story; Tags

Take Samurai Warriors 4-II, add a dash of strategy. Stir until sold.

As in previous Empires titles, the default campaign mode has players picking out a feudal warlord and a bunch of officers before taking charge of a particular region within mainland Japan against one of the many historical battle scenarios that are unlocked the more you play.

The Warriors franchise and its formula is pretty common knowledge these days, with the hack 'n' slash-focused battles where you mow down hundreds of enemie

hack ‘n' slash gameplay is still fun; engaging strategy elements

steep learning curve

With Samurai Warriors 4 , Omega Force's other established Musou series finally steps out of the shadow cast by their more revered Dynasty Warriors catalogue. At long last, the repetitive gameplay and stale storytelling that hampered previous installments is lessened as a result of several refined...

The PS4 version of Samurai Warriors 4 Empires was primarily tested for the purpose of this review. 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...

Samurai Warriors 4 is truly for the fans of Tecmo Koei and its sister franchises, Dynasty Warriors and Warriors Orochi . The gameplay is solid and while it doesn't feel like it's progressed as much as it could and Omega Force continues to be perhaps a bit too comfortable in pushing its series'...

+ Chronicle Mode; + Character customisation; + Cinematics and voice-acting

- Combat and main missions can get repetitive; - Graphical pop-in/pop-out; - Annoying pre-mission music

Samurai Warriors 4 is yet another solid entry in the long-running beat-em-up franchise. It offers a few new gameplay tweaks and a different narrative structure, but is largely the same old brawler you've seen countless times.

Dynasty Warriors 3 was my first bout with the Warriors series. At the time I was quite young, probably close to 8 years old or so. I played the game for hours on end and loved every second of it. As I grew older, I found the games lack innovation and every new entry seemed to be more disappointing.