the-archlich:
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Today is character 39: Lu Meng.
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I love the historical exposition, but I’m going to have to go ahead and disagree with you on KOEI’s characterization. /Lumbergh
Dynasty Warriors 6!Lu Meng has the presence and respectability of a veteran who worked his way up and educated himself without forgetting his roots. He’s a gruff mentor with a down to earth manner, a get-along emphasis, and a temperamental streak that he tries to keep under control. DW5 at least touches on his aptitude for surprise and development from impetuous scrapper to thoughtful strategist. Meng shows some snark in Warriors Orochi, as do various other characters I didn’t notice much before that game. His look has changed throughout the series, but it has always struck a distinct blend between roughness and refinement, and developed its own warrior/scholar identity in DW6 onward. Meng presents himself neatly, even if he is too busy or distracted to shave.
Granted, I find Lu Meng’s archetype to be smoking hot. But he does have a strong and unique showing in Dynasty Warriors, even without the added depth of historical headcanon.
masterofintrigue:
I just rewatched it, and appreciated it so much more as an adult. I love the shit out of that movie.
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Like, it’s now in my Films I fucking Love with No Competitioncategory, along with The Blues Brothers.
This movie was my 8th grade obsession. I rewatched it enough times to lose count somewhere past fifty, and I still remembered much of the script when my friends and I put it on back in college during a Favorite Movies Rent-a-Thon. I bonded with the guy I ended up marrying over our shared desire for an Addams Family pinball machine.
We have the DVD floating around somewhere. Methinks it’s time for another viewing.
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(Source: freckledfiction, via suncesus)
deliciousmanpain:
Oh hell yes. I’m intrigued by Cai Wenji’s history, and I’m glad KOEI did her justice with a contemplative, intelligent, and subtly melancholy screen presence. She’s up there with Zhu Rong and Sun Shang Xiang as a favorite Dynasty woman. I need to collect pictures of musicians in traditional attire to get more inspiration to draw her myself.
crushwithbolts:
okay guys I get it
DW5 is supposedly the Jesus of all the DW games. I don’t see why it’s the BEST GAME EVAR
I’m over it. The only pluses about it right now were that Cao Ren didn’t look like a bulky transformer, nobody shared the same weapon, and Lianshi wasn’t in it.
DW5 remains my favorite. Internal monologues and unique in-battle cut scenes made it fun to play through all the musou modes, some of which showed characterization beyond basic screen presence and tag lines. XL brought the enjoyable Destiny Mode and the series’ pinnacle of weapon customization. The button mashing action was upgraded from the previous games thanks to fast filling, powerful musou and the removal of auto-lock. DW5 also maintained a heavy Chinese influence in its character designs and music.
That said, DW6 offered the best battlefield immersion, with sieges, integrated bases, varied and coordinated troop units, and some semblance of RTS under the hood. Individual musou modes have their limits for one-note characters. Kingdom stories with unlockable side stages and meaningful character-specific content for everybody + detailed, eclectically populated battlefields + schwag unlocked through challenges + classic era KOEI wuxia aesthetic rebooted = BEST DW EVAR.
(Source: suncesus)
