
The player can summon friendly troops to help defend a vital point or launch an ambush on unsuspecting enemies. The player chooses two characters to defend a vital base on a small map, the base's health is on the top screen. The side mode for this game consists of a tower defense like mode. Free Mode is not its own individual mode this time, instead being an option within the story mode after you have completed any given stage. The story itself ends at Honnōji rather than covering the Toyotomi and Tokugawa reigns like the rest of the series had done. Other daimyo and perspectives on a conflict will be represented in a side branch of either story route. The story mode this time around is heavily inspired by the original title, with Nobunaga and Mitsuhide as the main focus, both each having their own main story route. Musou attacks now have unique finishers with rendered portrait effects.ĭownloadable content includes Samurai Warriors costumes for Nobunaga and Mitsuhide, Taiga drama costumes for Nobunaga and Mitsuhide, alternate color palettes for Nobunaga, Mitsuhide, Ieyasu, and Nō, as well as 6 scenarios, weapon packs and BGM packs. Personal skills and hyper attacks also make a comeback.

Characters equipped with their preferred weapons will be able to perform combo attacks unique to them. Most characters now wield different weapons, even sharing and swapping weapons at will like in Dynasty Warriors 7. As this is a re-imagining of the franchise, character move sets and gameplay have been changed.
