Dynasty Warriors 9 is a perfect example of why you should be careful what you wish for.
Dynasty Warriors 92018
Dynasty Warriors 9
2018 Koei Tecmo59Mediocre
Playtime
MarathonIt typically takes about 100 hours to finish the game.
Playable on
Included with
- PlayStation PlusExtra
Available on
- $19.99
- $44.99
- $44.99
Game modes
- 2 players
- 2 players
- 2 players
- 2 players
Details
- Launch
- February 8, 2018
- Developer
- Omega Force
- Publisher
- Koei Tecmo
Overview
Ancient China is depicted on a single, vast, open-world map. Also, while maintaining the series' intuitive controls, we have included a new Musou Action system where you can experience the thrill of 'one versus thousands' like never before on an ever-changing battlefield. In addition, the captivating lives of our eclectic cast of officers intermingle in an expansive 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms' world that will allow you to feel completely immersed in the tides of history.
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Reception
Press63
Players56
WorthwhileMediocre- Metacritic65from 52 reviews
- OpenCritic62from 73 reviews
Dynasty Warriors finally gets the overhaul it's long been waiting for… and while it addresses a few old problems it creates just as many new ones.
The musou genre needed new ideas - but reinventing it as a shoddy open-world game wasn't the answer.
Admittedly, many of the flaws or problems I have with Dynasty Warriors 9 are nothing entirely new to the series. It's just that now there's a whole new layer of problems that have been put on top of them that make the original issues that much more apparent. For almost every aspect of the game's features that I felt were on par with the quality of past...
Battles were raging and allies were calling for help, but for once the game offered me the option of deserting the fray and contemplating the larger world around it. It's a shame that everything else in the game works so emphatically against it.