Geeez! When you get Table Tennis for 40$, with fantastic graphics and lack of features, some of you complain. When you get Dynasty Warriors for 40$, with lack of graphics and fantastic features, same people complain. There is no end with this!

No, but seriously. The PS2 version is 30$. X360 version is 40$. Why are we paying money for HD resolution when there's no HD textures worth looking at?

I think it's fair to assume that this IS better than N3, and I'm absolutely serious when I say that. If what I say doesn't matter one bit to you that's okay, but those that pay attention to what I write know that I'm a big Mizu fan, so saying this isn't about me liking DW games.

The thing is, this series is massively popular, and DW4 especially introduced some really cool squad stuff. Sure it's an absolute slash-fest but there's just a dizzying amount of content, characters, moves and scenarios in here.

Thing is, N3 being basic is expected. Mizu's games all are since Sega Rally. They've got recognizable gameplay that everyone can just throw themselves into, and the real meat of the game lies somewhere else. You can't strip Mizu's games of their audio and visuals without ending up with practically nothing!

Rez is an insanely simple Panzer Dragoon. Lumines is an insanely simple Tetris. Meteos and Space Channel 5 are frantic and absorbing, but ultimately extremely shallow. However, they all have their visuals and audio to give them personality and charm beyond what most games have, and they even have a message completely disconnected from the actual gameplay. Controls, gameplay in these games are just a way to interact with the experience - the journey to the end of the message that lets you read it in full.

That's Mizu's games.

That's N3.

That's why people praise the gameplay of DW above what N3 offers, and that's why it's nothing to be concerned about anyway.

Well, at least here in sweden this is a lot cheaper than Table Tennis and has absolutely tons more content, so it's a good deal for a game and achievement points.

Maybe I *want* you to hunt me down. <3

Games don't hurt, games do good!

This is the best version of DW5, so why complain? The japanese lap this up over things like Gears of War, so we should just be happy it's on there.

If you don't want it it's easily avoidable. It's not like it'll STOP the Lost Planets from coming out eventually. What it does is make another platform viable for playing the games they're used to playing, and the sole feature of achievements and 720p widescreen means there's more incentive to buy this over the PS2 version for your average japanese person.

And a western DW fan too for that matter.