From what I've been hearing, this game is also going to be a clonefest as well. Lyn fights with two swords much like Ryoma does and Navarre is rumored to as well, Celica and Marth are basically running Zelda's moveset from HW, Caeda is basically Lance using Peg Knight no. 3, Elise is Faux Leo, Sakura is Takumini, and we're getting 1 Robin and Corrin for the price of 2. At least the Promotion Mechanic might shake things up (or it might not).
As for the visuals, nevermind the mooks, the weapon models are just awful looking in general.
Also, Azura has been deconfirmed. There will be no PC Lance using Infantry or Armored Knights in the base game (although there's always DLC
).
And yet, even as an awful Warriors/Musou game (seriously, where the hell is Camus or someone else not to pursue?), its still a better crossover than fucking TMS was.
Okay lets break these down.
Lyn using two swords- I have no problem with this since she has two legendary weapons that were meant as a set. It makes sense for her to use both and in fact back before she was confirmed for the game, I thought her having two swords for her would make sense as her weapon (ideally with her swapping between the two swords based on heavy versus light attacks). However...
Ryoma using two swords- Wtf? I remember dual wielding was a thing for Swordmasters in Fates, but I'm 99.99% certain that his Prf weapon did not have it. So yeah fuck, Lyn doesn't have two swords because it makes sense for her but because that is the generic swordmaster moveset. That's lame.
Celica and Marth are basically running Zelda's moveset- Oh god damn it. That is one of the least interesting movesets from HW. Ugh. Oh HW, by the sounds of what I am reading you were a much better crossover game than this is shaping up to be.
Caeda is basically Lance using Peg Knight no. 3- I'd feel more outraged about them being clones if I could think of any fighting style characteristics that should give the three of them distinctions...but I can't.
Elise is Faux Leo, Sakura is Takumini- This game has so much wasted potential. They could have done interesting things with Elise and Sakura. And instead we have clones. Are there multiple teams at Koei-Tecmo that work on Warriors games? I feel like this has to be a different team then the one that made the freaking Zora Scale into a visually interesting weapon.
At least the Promotion Mechanic might shake things up (or it might not)- Considering the number of clones, I'm getting the feeling that any sort of class changing is just going to give you access to a generic moveset. >.>
There will be no PC Lance using Infantry or Armored Knights in the base game- So our only spear users are pegasi? Or am I forgetting someone. Also I am noticing a complete lack of armored infantry period.
The sheer number of clones really makes me hesitant to get this (assuming all this is true).