Why did BLADESTORM 'fail'?

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Why did BLADESTORM 'fail'?; so to speak
Topic Started: Nov 27 2008, 10:40 AM (1,123 Views)
Liang	Dec 25 2008, 02:14 AM Post #26
Cavalry at Dawn Posts: 388 Group: Members Member #4,439 Joined: December 6, 2006	God-Like Phoenix Dec 24 2008, 10:38 AM Rigochu Dec 24 2008, 08:39 AM To tell the truth, i didn't even give Bladestorm a fair chance... After getting slapped in the face multiple times by Koei with the latest garbage they call games... maybe im being a bit harsh, but i have spent hundreds of dollars on rehashes and im a bit dissapointed. And frankly there's alot of great games out there. At first, when I first heard about this game, I was acting the exact same way, due to the way koei was going ahead with their games. But when you finally look at the game, its absolutely nothing like the rest of Koei's latest games, the fighting mechanics are completely different, and its an all new, fresh storyline. So I think you just need to be a bit more selective of the koei games that you decide to get, because you might be buying the crap and leaving the good ones on the shelf are you sure your talking about the same game as we are?



Reddimus	Dec 25 2008, 06:35 AM Post #27
Sergeant Posts: 18 Group: Members Member #19,740 Joined: November 27, 2008 Gender Male	I haven't tried it yet, but it looks pretty fun. I hope the series continues.. I can't take another Chaos Legion death Edited by Reddimus, Dec 25 2008, 06:35 AM.



Qing Long	Dec 26 2008, 12:29 AM Post #28
青龙 Posts: 1,712 Group: Moderators Member #6,080 Joined: March 15, 2007	Well, as some of us wrote before, Reddimus, Bladestorm wasn't a failure, it's just it was less famous than Warriors series... & Bladestorm isn't dead yet, you can still buy the game on the net Hope you'll have fun playing it
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Rigochu	Dec 27 2008, 10:13 AM Post #29
First Lieutenant Posts: 115 Group: Members Member #2,046 Joined: May 24, 2006	i'll admit, i probably will try it eventually... im a history buff after all! it better be good koei...
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Divine Kongming	Dec 29 2008, 06:48 AM Post #30
General Zhuge Liang Posts: 446 Group: Members Member #15,639 Joined: May 20, 2008 Gender Male	Leady F ^^ Dec 23 2008, 05:14 PM Quote: you can stick a level 100 (or whatever the best level is) sword troop or even mace (is that what kills them?) and still lose to a level 1 horseman troop. No you cant. The Horse will get killed easily by that much difference in levels. It was a joke v_v
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Dongzhou	Dec 29 2008, 02:52 PM Post #31
General Posts: 329 Group: Members Member #15,906 Joined: May 31, 2008	The Warrior games have had a long time to grow a fanbase who will buy it even when they have doubts. If koei makes a game similar to DW or if it is a Dynasty something (like Dynasty Tactics) then it can hope to bring in some of the DW fanbase. Bladestorm was clearly not a DW clone so if it was going to get any people based on fandom it would be those that love all/most of koei games or those that felt it was Kessen's successor. So a very small base of almost guaranteed whereas DW gets a considerable amount. As a new game, it needed to get good advertising, koei didn't do that so it would need good reviews and worth of mouth, it got neither. It was a nice idea that was flawed in it's execution, a decent enough game but with PS3 game prices, not one many would gamble on. None the less it sold well enough it would seem, any successor will get a fair shot by reviewers, it needs to fix on some of the basics and improve a lot of things. None the less the idea is one that could make a very popular series in the future



Skode	Jan 4 2009, 05:09 AM Post #32
Scottish Samurai Posts: 713 Group: Members Member #12,998 Joined: January 31, 2008	It failed as it didnt have the hardcore appealing elements of the Warriors series yet whilst being different enough still had the stigma attached to the warrior series that put off the non hardcore also. All in all it was between a rock and a hardplace and i liked what they tried even venturing into a different period of time in history this time in europe but that was never gonna win much appeal with its massive asian fan base now was it. A shame actually, KOEI had the balls to try something different, did a decent job and got very little scope for it



Kongming's Prodigy	Jan 4 2009, 11:26 AM Post #33
Stevie Fish Posts: 179 Group: Members Member #529 Joined: February 2, 2006 Gender Male	Because Koei built its reputation on the DW series.
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fanbouy	Aug 11 2009, 08:49 AM Post #34
Soldier Posts: 4 Group: Members Member #23,110 Joined: August 11, 2009 Gender Male	I think its because not alot of people in the world like strategy games anymore



Ganheim	Aug 12 2009, 07:50 AM Post #35
We're drowning in information and starving for knowledge Posts: 174 Group: Members Member #17,622 Joined: August 18, 2008	Rigochu Dec 27 2008, 10:13 AM im a history buff after all! it better be good koei... Answer to topic: see quote. Besides being poorly marketed just to make people aware of it (I didn't know Bladestorm existed until I saw it on the used game market), I think the fact that they didn't do anything (that I know of) to separate it from their more famous Musou series. As I said in my review of Bladestorm, I think it suffered most from peoples' pre/misconceptions of it. I hope the people saying strategy games are becoming niche are wrong, because I like them and I fear that fewer and fewer such games are being developed, in favor of various shovelware.
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fanbouy	Aug 23 2009, 05:05 AM Post #36
Soldier Posts: 4 Group: Members Member #23,110 Joined: August 11, 2009 Gender Male	Thats true... I found out about Bladestorm this summer 2 years after its release. If Bladestorm got at least a few commercials out there it would sell by a whole lot



The Trojan Horse	Aug 23 2009, 05:28 AM Post #37
First Lieutenant Posts: 191 Group: Members Member #22,990 Joined: July 31, 2009 Gender Male	Reason why it wasn't a smashin sucess..... 1. NA reviewer labled it another Dynasty Warriors button masher. 2. Many Fans of Koei thought it would play like a Dynasty Warriors game. 3. Other Fans thought it would be a European version of Kessen. 4. It was none of the above....... I like the game, but those are the reasons.



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