But aside from these issues, everything else was great, especially the graphics, maps (all original this time), and music (as always). If your weapon is strong against the opponent's weapon, they'll constantly get stunned, whereas if your weapon is weak against the opponent's, they'll easily shrug off your attacks.

Switching weapons in the middle of a combo in DW7 to continue it was fun, but this game doesn't allow for that anymore. And then you'll be constantly switching weapons over and over again during battles. You're only allowed to go into battles with 2 weapons, so ideally you'll want to use 2 of the character's preferred weapon, just with different elements. This mechanic felt completely unnecessary, and even got annoying at times. However, this game introduces a rock-paper-scissors weapon system, where one weapon is stronger against another and weaker against the 3rd. Personally, I've never minded clones, but it's definitely better when there aren't any. One good thing they did was make it so every character has their own preferred weapon, so there aren't any clones. They're so good that I think the perfect DW, at least storytelling-wise, would combine DW7's stories with the hypothetical routes from this game. The hypothetical routes were all absolutely fantastic. Some stages have a special condition (when you go back to replay stages, the game tells you what it is thankfully you don't have to search GameFAQs) and if you fulfill all of the conditions, you'll get the option for the hypothetical route at the branching stage. Each kingdom gets 2 routes now, historical and hypothetical. However, one cool thing this game added was hypotheticals. The cutscenes and scenarios felt lacking in impact to me. 7's storytelling was amazing and had me hooked all the way through, whereas it just wasn't as good in this game. First off, the storytelling is a lot weaker this time around. 80% PCI really enjoyed this game for the most part, but there were some big issues that ultimately made me enjoy it less than DW7.

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