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A game set in the meiji era!
Or... well, actually its pre-meiji.
This is the time in Japan after the foreign ships had embargoed Japan and demanded trade and entry...
So
Wots4 as its planned at present
takes place in a harbor town as tensions are at their peak
The factions are
Issolationists (Kill all foreigners)
The Government
And foreigners
Spears, barehanded, and dualsword are back
"dialogue and plot are going to be longer, and more interactive"
I wondered what they meant here- because ... a game you play through 100 times- you're gonna want to skip through some shit. But in Wots3 you could draw your sword or bow out of the scene entirely if you bumped into it accidentally.
Drawing your sword midconversation was actually key to several endings.
"Combat has been changed" in a thus far unexplained unannounced way
what I can gather from the game screenshots
Weapon durability as I know it
is gone.
In all previous versions of Wots your weapons had a max durability, typically 5 boxes on a bar of "heat" when the heat filled to the top durability on your sword- the highest durability rank on your sword snapped off.
If it got to 0- it was dead.
Forever.
You had a handle and a tiny protrusion of a blade the size of a pairing knife.
WOTS1 had a button code that could fix it- but this was cheating.
It looks like in 4 you have a life bar and a ... spirit bar?
I dunno- in fighting games you see this a lot- that desperation/combo/power bar that's unique from your life total.
What I can't confirm from looking is whether or not "blunt attack" (for zero kill endings) is back.
I would hope that it is- that was a good mechanic. and a fun play option.
We don't know if weapon forging or creating is back.
Honestly- I just want a bigger environment- bigger fights, more moves, more swords. New enemies. New swords.
Everything else is icing on my cake.
We haven't seen a "downgrade" from Spike/Acquire yet. They typically move forward every game.
But it does look like my truncheons/sais are back as a weapon (used these a lot in WOTS2) and they've got some added details like tassles and such.
If weapon forging is back- I'm hoping there's some extra decorative and personal items.
No indication on main character accessories- but Spike/Acquire has been NUTS over this stuff since Wots2.
Hell- I dressed up like a train, tank, and shiny samurai in Samurai Western.
The two most important and general questions remain unanswered at this time
Will this game meet my exceedingly high expectations-
and will it be released in America?
I'm thinking it will- as long as I don't play this character
Note the purple, and green bars- but what's this in the center? Is that!?
A TEMPERATURE GAUGE!??!?!? Maybe durability is back.
I get to be a pervert??? What in the hell is up with that emblem in the bottom left!?!?!?
Not surprisingly- the "Mifune" default face featured in almost every game is back.
Draw stance guard.
I'm betting two things- this is the "world map" and I bet all those flags are "zones" or instanced areas of play.
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That's all you get for free.
