Warriors Orochi 3 (無双OROCHI2, Musou OROCHI 2) is the next installment of the crossover series Warriors Orochi.The theme of this title is to present a heroic drama with several different characters. Various episodes of friendship, romance, and betrayal have been promised to appear.
Developer: Omega Force
Platforms: PS3, PS4, PS Vita, Xbox One
Genre:Action
Release Date:JP: September 26th 2013, US: September 2nd 2014, EU, AUS: September 5 2014.
Warriors Orochi 3 is an upcoming re-release and technically 3rd sequel to the cross over hack and slash title, Warriors Orochi 3 with the project being overseen by the original director Akihiro Suzuki (director, lead programmer and producer of the critically acclaimed hack and slash series, Dynasty Warriors).
The title is developed by Omega Force (a development team from within Koei) whilst the game is being published by Koei, the same team behind Nintendo’s Hyrule Warriors game. Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate will be primarily available on Sony consoles, launching on the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and PS Vita. The title will also be launching on Xbox One, but not Xbox 360.
It will launch on PS3/PSVita: Jap September 26 2013, US September 2 2014, EU & AUS September 5 2014. PS4: Jap June 26 2014, US September 2 2014, EU & AUS September 5 2014. Xbox One: US September 2 2014, EU & AUS September 5 2014.
Development
Given the nature of Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate, meaning it’s effectively an upgrade, the development cycle focused on changes and new inclusions rather than the development of a new game. Beneath, you can find a list detailing some of these tweaks.
Character performance has been tweaked to alter gameplay by influencing how the play when compared to Warriors Orochi 2. The level cap has been raised to 100. One level higher than the previous 99.
Character level progression is partly influenced by weapon enhancements, this means that any character which has reached the lofty level cap can still be customised a little by switching these enhancements out.
Reaching the level cap will allow you to “reset” your character for a permanent buff to your characters stats. This could originally only be done three times, but has since been patched to allow for nine resets. Player characters all receive a second personal skill, these buffs contribute to the overall stats and performance of the players team.
The player can choose to field their entire team and throw them into battle by pressing the Down button. Players can select which side they play on during Free Mode, this includes the option to play on opposing teams. Triple Ruse (a stronger version of the Switch Combo attacks) will launch enemies upward for more combos, Triple Ruse also allows easier attack cancelling.
Triple Rush can be combined with up to 50 different combinations for character specific attacks. “Midair Tie Up Action” is a new aerial attack, it will drain the Musou gauge. How the attack is executed depends on the characters power, speed, technique and wonder.
Two players can perform their individual teams Musou attacks to have all six characters perform a special attack called Shin Musou Burst. Borrowing from Dynasty Warriors 8, Horse Whistling (which summons your mount) is available by pressing Up.
Rather than carrying two items into the field, players can carry six. Upon reaching level 100 an extra two slots are unlocked. The array of items in the game has been expanded with new inclusions.
Story
Similar to Warriors Orochi 3, Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate eschews the stylings of the previous games by having the games story mode split into a clearly defined storyline that takes place over 4 chapters and multiple battlefields.
4 new chapters have been included in Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate. These chapters carry the player across two story arcs. They are: The Tale of the Latter Day. The Tale of the Former Day.
Gameplay
The clear inspiration for the Warriors Orochi titles has always been Dynasty Warriors and Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate borrows very heavily from Dynasty Warriors 7. Anyone familiar with the hack and slash combat that is found in Dynasty Warriors will instantly slide into place whilst playing Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate.
Town features that allow players to converse with the characters in that area and purchase weapons from the store carry over, as does the AI of the enemy, the missing morale gauge, the ability to swim and the ability to climb.
Gameplay mechanics that first showed up in Warriors Orochi 2 return, this includes thing slike the triple attack and switch attack functions.
A new gameplay mode, Gauntlet Mode, which focuses on a 5 man team has been introduced. The goal is to make it out of a mutli tiered dungeon that scales in difficulty. Players can only save once a dungeon level has been cleared. A co-op mode gives two players control of a character of their choice within the team, they can however switch between characters by pressing Up. Any other characters on the team are controlled by AI.
Characters
The following characters have been added to Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate:
Tamamo
Yinglong
Nezha
Kyubi No Kitsune
Hundun
Kasume (dead or alive 5)
Sterkenburg Cranach (Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland)
Sophitia Alexandra (soulcalibur IV)
Note: This wiki will be updated once we have more information about the game.
Unlock Story Mode Endings
Complete the indicated tasks to get the corresponding ending. Endings can be unlocked in any order. Unlock Normal Ending: Clear Into the Fire, Chapter 4. Unlock Good Ending: Clear The Demise of Orochi X, Chapter 4. Unlock True Ending: Clear World's End, Chapter 4 (Must have all characters unlocked that are not unlocked via Endings).
Unlockable Rare Items
Listed below are the level, character and KO requirements that are needed to unlock the corresponding rare item. Art of Explosives: Chapter 2: Battle of Luoyang, Dong Zhuo, 1000 K.O.s Art of Medicine: Chapter 2: Battle of Sekigahara, Mori Ranmaru, 1000 K.O.s Art of War: Chapter 3: Battle of Shizugatake, Zhen Ji, Lu Bu or Inahime, 1500 K.O.s Balancing Kimono: Chapter 2: Battle of Anegawa, Huang Zhong or Guo Huai, 2000 K.O.s Bear Saddle: Chapter 3: Battle of Yamazaki, Zhang He, 1000 K.O.s Datto Kyahan: Chapter 3: Battle of Yohei Seki, Na Zha or Diao Chan, 1000 K.O.s Elephant Saddle: Chapter 3: Battle of Hu Lao Gate, Achilles, 1500 K.O.s Heavenly Robe: Chapter 1: Battle of Shou Chun, Zhang Liao, 1000 K.O.s Ironclad Tekko: Chapter 1: Battle of Nagashino, Zhou Tai, 1000 K.O.s Kattan Magatama: Chapter 1: Battle of Dong Kou, Sun Wukong, 1500 K.O.s Kongo Tekko: Chapter 2: Battle of Kyushu, Sun Shang Xiang, 1500 K.O.s Matsukaze Saddle: Chapter 3: Battle of Honnoji, Ayane, 1500 K.O.s Musou Armor: Chapter 1: Battle of Odawara Castle, Wang Yuanji, 1500 K.O.s Musou Kote: Chapter 2: Battle of Xuchang, Sanzo Hoshi, 1000 K.O.s Red Hare Saddle: Chapter 3: Battle of Fancheng, Xu Huang, Wang Yi or Jeanne d'Arc, 1500 K.O.s Seven Star Band: Chapter 3: Battle of Nagasaka, Xiao Qiao, Ryu Hayabusa or Bao Sanniang, 1000 K.O.s Shadow Armor: Chapter 1: Battle of Ueda Castle, Nobunaga Oda, 1500 K.O.s String of Beads: Chapter 1: Battle of Yi Ling, the Ji or Keiji Maeda, 2000 K.O.s Tough Armor: Chapter 3: Battle of Tong Gate, Mori Motonari, 1000 K.O.s Vampire Kote: Chapter 2: Battle of Mount Ding Jun, Nohime, 1500 K.O.s Yasha Mask: Chapter 2: Battle of Nan Zhong, Xiahou Ba, 1500 K.O.s Yata Mirror: Chapter 2: Battle of Hasedo, Kunoichi, 2000 K.O.s
Unlock Gaiden Stages
The following Gaiden stages require increasing the bond between the indicated characters before they become available. Battle of Guang Zhong: Increase bond between Sima Yi and Masamune Date Battle of Jian Ge: Increase bond between Mori Monotari and Jia Xu Battle of Jie Ting: Increase bond between Xing Cai and Maeda Keiji Battle of Komaki Nagakute: Increase bond between Zhuge Liang, Huang Zhong and Hattori Hanzo Battle of Liang Zhou: Increase bond between Liu-Chan and Guan Suo Battle of Mikatagahara: Increase bond between Lian Shi, Lu Meng and Masanori Fukushima Battle of Nan Zhong: Increase bond between Zhu Rong, Meng Huo and Zhang He Battle of Tao Shui: Increase bond between Lian Shi, Ishikawa Goemon and Hashiba Hideyoshi Battle of Xing Shi: Increase bond between Tachibana Ginchiyo, Xiao Qiao, Sun Shang Xiang Tedorigawa Kikousen: Increase bond between Zuo Ci, Benkei and Xu Huang
Unlock Characters
Complete the following tasks to unlck the corresponding character. Jin Deng Ai: Complete Chapter 1, 'Battle of Dong Kou'. Guo Huai: Complete Chapter 1, 'Battle of Nagashino'. Sima Shi: Complete Chapter 3, 'Battle of Tong Gate'. Sima Yi: Complete Chapter 3, 'Battle of Hu Lao Gate'. Sima Zhao: Starting Character. Wang Yuanji: Complete Chapter 1, 'Battle of Ueda Castle'. Xiahou Ba: Complete Chapter 2, 'Battle of Mount Ding Jun'. Zhong Hui: Complete Chapter 4, 'Battle of Luoyang'. Zhuge Dan: Complete Chapter 1, 'Battle of Ueda Castle'. Shu Bao Sanniang: Complete Chapter 2, 'Battle of Kyushu'. Guan Ping: Complete Chapter 3, 'Battle of Jie Ting'. Guan Suo: Complete Chapter 1, 'Battle of Ushizuyama'. Guan Yu: Complete Chapter 2, 'Battle of Mount Ding Jun'. Huang Zhong: Complete Chapter 1, 'Battle of Yi Ling Post-modification'. Jiang Wei: Complete Chapter 2, 'Battle of Xuchang Post-modification'. Liu Bei: Complete Chapter 3, 'Battle of Chengdu'. Liu-Chan: Complete Chapter 2, 'Battle of Hasedo'. Ma Chao: Starting Character. Ma Dai: Complete Chapter 1, 'Battle of Yi Ling'. Pang Tong: Complete Chapter 4, 'Battle of Komaki Nagakute'. Wei Yan: Complete Chapter 2, 'Battle of Nan Zhong'. Xing Cai: Complete Chapter 2, 'Battle of Xuchang'. Yue Ying: Complete Chapter 2, 'Tedorigawa Kikousen'. Zhang Fei: Complete Chapter 3, 'Battle of Yohei Seki'. Zhao Yun: Complete Chapter 3, 'Battle of Yohei Seki'. Zhuge Liang: Complete Chapter 3, 'Battle of Chengdu'. Wei Cai Wenji: Complete Chapter 2, 'Battle of Anegawa'. Cao Cao: Complete Chapter 3, 'Battle of Fancheng'. Cao Pi: Complete Chapter 3, 'Battle of Hu Lao Gate'. Cao Ren: Complete Chapter 2, 'Battle of Mount Ding Jun'. Dian Wei: Complete Chapter 3, 'Battle of Nagasaka Post-modification'. Guo Jia: Complete Chapter 3, 'Battle of Fancheng Post-modification'. Jia Xu: Complete Chapter 1, 'Battle of Dong Kou'. Pang De: Complete Chapter 1, 'Battle of Yi Ling'. Wang Yi: Complete Chapter 4, 'Battle of Nagashino'. Xiahou Dun: Complete Chapter 3, 'Battle of Fancheng'. Xiahou Yuan: Complete Chapter 1, 'Battle of Nan-Jun'. Xu Chu: Complete Chapter 3, 'Battle of Tong Gate'. Xu Huang: Complete Chapter 1, 'Battle of Dong Kou'. Zhang He: Complete Chapter 2, 'Battle of Xuchang'. Zhang Liao: Complete Chapter 1, 'Battle of Ueda Castle'. Zhen Ji: Complete Chapter 3, 'Battle of Hu Lao Gate'. Wu The Qiao: Complete Chapter 3, 'Battle of Nagasaka'. Ding Feng: Complete Chapter 1, 'Battle of Odawara Castle'. Gan Ning: Complete Chapter 2, 'Battle of Mikatagahara'. Huang Gai: Complete Chapter 1, 'Battle of Dong Kou'. Lian Shi: Complete Chapter 1, 'Battle of Nagashino Post-modification'. Ling Tong: Complete Chapter 2, 'Battle of Tao shui'. Lu Meng: Complete Chapter 2, 'Battle of Zhang gu tang Post-modification'. Lu Xun: Complete Chapter 4, 'Battle of Hefei'. Sun Ce: Complete Chapter 3, 'Battle of Nagasaka'. Sun Jian: Complete Chapter 3, 'Battle of Honnoji'. Sun Quan: Complete Chapter 2, 'Battle of Mount Ding Jun'. Sun Shang Xiang: Complete Chapter 1, 'Battle of Odawara Castle'. Taishi Ci: Complete Chapter 1, 'Battle of Ueda Castle'. Xiao Qiao: Complete Chapter 1, 'Battle of Odawara Castle'. Zhou Tai: Complete Chapter 1, 'Battle of Nagashino'. Zhou Yu: Complete Chapter 3, 'Battle of Nagasaka'. Samurai 1 Akechi Mitsuhide: Complete Chapter 3, 'Battle of Honnoji Post-modification'. Date Masamune: Complete Chapter 2, 'Battle of Luoyang'. Hattori Hanzo: Complete Chapter 3, 'Battle of Yohei Seki'. Kunoichi: Complete Chapter 1, 'Battle of Yi Ling'. Maeda Keiji: Complete Chapter 2, 'Battle of Luoyang'. Mori Ranmaru: Complete Chapter 1, 'Battle of Nagashino'. Nohime: Complete Chapter 3, 'Battle of Honnoji'. Oda Nobunaga: Complete Chapter 3, 'Battle of Honnoji'. Oichi: Complete Chapter 2, 'Battle of Xuchang'. Okuni: Complete Chapter 3, 'Battle of Luo Cheng'. Saika Magoichi: Complete Chapter 2, 'Battle of Mount Ding Jun Post-modification'. Sanada Yukimura: Complete Chapter 1, 'Battle of Nagashino'. Takeda Shingen: Complete Chapter 3, 'Battle of Osaka Castle'. Toyotomi Hideyoshi: Complete Chapter 1, 'Battle of Nagashino'. Uesugi Kenshin: Complete Chapter 3, 'Battle of Osaka Castle'. Samurai 2 Asai Nagamasa: Complete Chapter 2, 'Battle of Hasedo'. Chosokabe Motochika: Complete Chapter 2, 'Battle of Liang Zhou'. Fuma Kotaro: Complete Chapter 3, 'Shou chun Koryaku-sen'. Honda Tadakatsu: Complete Chapter 3, 'Battle of Yohei Seki'. Ieyasu Tokugawa: Complete Chapter 3, 'Battle of Chengdu'. Imagawa Yoshimoto: Complete Chapter 2, 'Battle of Liang Zhou'. Inahime: Complete Chapter 3, 'Battle of Yi Ling'. Ishida Mitsunari: Complete Chapter 3, 'Battle of Tong Gate'. Maeda Toshiie: Complete Chapter 2, 'Battle of Anegawa'. Naoe Kanetsugu: Complete Chapter 2, 'Battle of Anegawa'. Nene: Complete Chapter 2, 'Battle of Xuchang'. Sakon Shima: Complete Chapter 1, 'Battle of Ueda Castle'. Tachibana Ginchiyo: Complete Chapter 1, 'Battle of Dong Kou'. Yoshihiro Shimazu: Complete Chapter 1, 'Battle of Odawara Castle'. Samurai 3 Aya-Gozen: Complete Chapter 3, 'Battle of Shizugatake'. Hojo Ujiyasu: Complete Chapter 3, 'Battle of Nagasaka'. Hosokawa Gracia: Complete Chapter 3, 'Battle of Guang Zhong'. Ishikawa Goemon: Complete Chapter 2, 'Battle of Kyushu'. Kaihime: Complete Chapter 1, 'Battle of Odawara Castle'. Kato Kiyomasa: Complete Chapter 2, 'Battle of Hasedo'. Kuroda Kanbei: Complete Chapter 1, 'Battle of Dong Kou'. Masanori Fukushima: Complete Chapter 1, 'Battle of Shou Chun'. Miyamoto Musashi: Complete Chapter 1, 'Battle of Odawara Castle Post-modification'. Mori Motonari: Complete Chapter 2, 'Battle of Sekigahara'. Sasaki Kojiro: Complete Chapter 2, 'Battle of Nan Zhong'. Shibata Katsuie: Complete Chapter 2, 'Battle of Xuchang'. Tachibana Muneshige: Complete Chapter 2, 'Battle of Xing Shi'. Takenaka Hanbei: Starting Character. Others 1 The Ji: Complete Chapter 2, 'Battle of Sekigahara'. Diao Chan: Complete Chapter 3, 'Battle of Tong Gate Post-modification'. Dong Zhuo: Complete Chapter 3, 'Battle of Chengdu'. Fu Xi: Complete Chapter 3, 'Battle of Honnoji'. Lu Bu: Complete Chapter 3, 'Battle of Osaka Castle' Play as Diao Chan and meet him before he loses the battle. Meng Huo: Complete Chapter 2, 'Battle of Nan Zhong'. Minamoto no Yoshitsune: Complete Chapter 1, 'Battle of Shou Chun'. Nu Wa: Complete Chapter 3, 'Battle of Fancheng'. Orochi: Complete story mode with TRUE ending. Sun Wukong: Complete story mode with TRUE ending. Taigong Wang: Complete Chapter 1, 'Battle of Shou Chun'. Taira no Kiyomori: Complete story mode with TRUE ending. Yuan Shao: Complete Chapter 2, 'Battle of Jian Ge'. Zhang Jiao: Complete Chapter 3, 'Battle of Guang Zhong'. Zhu Rong: Complete Chapter 2, 'Battle of Nan Zhong'. Zuo Ci: Complete Chapter 2, 'Battle of Anegawa'. Others 2 Achilles: Complete Chapter 2, 'Battle of Sekigahara'. Ayane: Complete Chapter 2, 'Battle of Hasedo'. Benkei: Complete Chapter 2, 'Battle of Anegawa'. Dodomeki: Complete story mode with any ending. Gyuki: Complete story mode with any ending. Himiko: Complete Chapter 2, 'Battle of Sekigahara'. Jeanne d'Arc: Complete Chapter 2, 'Battle of Mount Ding Jun'. Kaguya: Complete Prologue. Ne Zha: Complete story mode with TRUE ending. Nemea: Complete Chapter 2, 'Battle of Kyushu'. Orochi X: Complete story mode with TRUE ending. Ryu Hayabusa: Complete Chapter 2, 'Battle of Anegawa'. Sanzo Hoshi: Complete Chapter 2, 'Battle of Tao Shui'. Shuten-doji: Complete Chapter 2, 'Battle of Xuchang'. Susanoo: Complete story mode with TRUE ending.