Rabu, 02 Maret 2011

DW7 Modes

As you all know that Dynasty Warriros 7 has two main modes, the Story Mode and the Conquest Mode. Today, we're going to discuss about these 2 modes.


Story mode usually known as the Musou Mode in Japanese. In this mode, you can select a kingdom (Shu, Wei, Wu, Jin) and play through their story. You can pick your difficulty level – Beginner, Easy, Normal, Hard or Chaos. In Story Mode, you can only play it in one player, so no offline split screen or online co-op in this mode. The officer you play as is predetermined for each stage as well. I think this is for a better story telling and also for the sake of seamless play which you start it with the cutscene then the character goes straight to the battle. You can save the game while you’re playing, also you can choose previously cleared scenario to play through again with the predetermined character for that particular stage.




Conquest Mode usually known as the Chronicle mode in Japanese. Conquest Mode is the replacement for Free Mode from previous games.You can play various stages to take over the whole map. For this one, you can select any officer you want to play as, and change your officer any time you want. And as you proceed through the game, you can unlock the additional officers as well. You can do a split screen offline co-op and online co-op in this mode.  It combines minor aspects of old Xtreme Modes, Legend Modes, and Empire Modes into a giant gridded map where you can select and play over 215 different missions. It also implements a variety of RPG elements into the game and will probably be the primary timesink in DW7. Conquest Mode when opened is a giant map of china covered in blacked out or gold/silver hexadecimal shapes. Each of these shapes is called an "episode" or for the sake of simplicity a "hex". Each hex is a battle scene or a city. When you select a hex you choose which character to enter it as, certain hexes have special restrictions on which character you can use for it (for special What-If and Special Weapon missions covered later) and some hexes have special requirements to unlock. As you finish each hex (which will turn it gold) you'll unlock all hexes touching it for access (turning them Silver). Some players may decide to unlock as many hexes as fast as possible (thus taking a zig-zag route with as much exposure as possible) or some may choose to slowly make their way down the map. The choice is yours! (Note: Unlocking Hexes on the Conquest Map is global, not on a per-character basis, so once you have access to a Hex on one character, you can play it with any character [unless it has character restrictions]). If you play the Conquest mode, there will be so many cities there. Every province have at least one city. Within each city are a variety of facilities that you can access. These are the city's facilities:
-Blacksmiths are places where you can pay a fee to have your seal gauge be filled based on your performance in recent battles.
-Weapon Dealers are places where new weapons can be created, as you gain control of more cities you also gain the ability to create more weapons.
-Tea Houses are places where you can select and manage your guardian animals and allies. Here you can select who will aid you in battle at the next fight (be it guardian animal as a mount or ally, or officers as allies).
-Merchants are rare NPCs who sell the services of Officers to assist the player in battle. You can also purchase weapons or animals here.
-Scholars are rare NPCs who will give you a quiz over Three Kingdoms trivia and if you answer four out of five correctly will reward you with gold or items.






In Conquest Mode jumping into battle is as simple as selecting a hex, then a character, and jumping right in. When selecting a hex you can view the information right on the hud, such as conditions (no pets, no allies), reward (in gold or weapons), and the scenario's difficulty rating. Well, it's the time for you to know the battle! The hex's icon determines what kind of battle it is or what kind of reward it will have for the character. Battle hexes come in a large variety.
-City Gate
These battles are stages that unlock the nearest city for access. (Lock Symbol)
-Status Hex 
These stages boost the character's statistics and fame, and also award money when cleared. (Up arrow symbol)
-Weapon Hex
Finishing this event will unlock a random weapon for your character. (Sword Symbol)
-Rare Weapon Hex
Unique per character, these hexes unlock each character's Special Weapon, a penultimate weapon with special stats and unique look that is character specific.(Sword symbol with something like light)
-Guardian Animal Hex
These hexes reward the player with a new Guardian Animal (Mount or Pet) by completing them. (Tiger Symbol)
-Legend Hexes
These hexes are "gaiden" stages or What-If missions for specific characters. (Human's head symbol).
Now is the time for battle! Each battle hex has its own set of objectives, participating officers/factions, and its own rewards. Once you're in battle just begin hacking and slashing your way to your objectives. After battle reap the rewards of your labor, rifle through your gained weapons, view your new stats, spend your Skill Points, and prepare for the next hex! Slowly but surely you'll dig your way across China!

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