PS3を買う理由があれば、このゲームだよ。「真・三国無双５」

キャラデサインはニコニコに見えた。超カッコいいなんだ！

Really, if there's any reason for me to get a PS3, this is absolutely it. The creators of the wonderful action fighting game Dynasty Warriors have redesigned pretty much every character in Shin Sangoku Musou 5, and some characters in more ways than others. I found a video that shows pages from the artbook for the game, and I have to say everybody's changed. Some characters even had their weapons and overall appearance change, for the first time in the entire history of the game.

Here's some examples, screenshots from the video itself:

First thing I saw was a red-haired chick with a really sexy costume. Then I noticed the bow. I nodded and said, this looks like an awesome character. Then I saw the 月英. That's right, it's Yue Ying. If I were drinking something at the moment, I'm pretty sure I would've spit it out at my monitor. Yue Ying was already cool in all the previous games. Her redesign is bringing out mixed feelings for me. First off, obviously I'm even more turned on by her now. But I'm really going to miss her scythe-wielding former self. :( I wonder what this archer-based new style will be like. By the way, if anybody asks, I am Zhuge Liang, her husband.

This is Sun Jian. In previous games, I really couldn't see him as being the head of the Sun family. He just didn't look big and commanding enough. He didn't even look old enough. He looked to be only about 10 years older than his sons and daughter, much compliment to him, but unrealistic. According to the story he's supposed to be an old general by the time his children take over for him. And I really see that now with his re-design. He looks like a respectable old general, without being so old that he looks like some geezer. Also of note is that now he's wielding a Chinese wide-blade sword. I wonder if this means a change in his fighting style, too?

Wei Yan. One of my favorites from Dynasty Warriors 4. He was cool in many aspects, but he's even more cool now. He used to look like some kind of barbaric warrior who wants nothing more than fight. Now he looks like a barbaric warrior who wants nothing more than fight BUT at the same time, he looks so badass. And look at that weapon! I wonder how he plays.


Oh man I want a PS3 so badly now. At the very least, I need to get my hands on this artbook...