There's also a Free Mode, which allows you to play missions as any character, and a light Encyclopedia Mode, which gives players a brief background on the history and real life figures represented in the game. To its credit, Dynasty Warriors tries to break up the same-ness by including a comprehensive Challenge Mode, which features time and location-based objectives for you to try and complete. Another issue the Dynasty Warriors series has never seemed to fix is its camera, which will often have you fighting and defending enemies that you can't see off-screen. The main complaint some gamers will have is that Dynasty Warriors 5 is far too repetitive - with only a limited combo system, you'll find you're pressing the same buttons over and over again, regardless of which general you're playing. With such a strict adherence to the simple hack and slash principles that made it a hit in the past, Dynasty Warriors 5 suffers from the same drawbacks as every other game in the series so far. These new weapons and items can be found scattered throughout the game's many levels, with a few (such as each general's ultimate weapon) having some pretty complex requirements having to be met before they're unlocked. Combos can be achieved by pressing Square a certain number of times before hitting Triangle, with better combos unlocked by finding upgraded weapons.ĭynasty Warriors 5 also continues with the previous game's RPG-lite aspects, including gaining experience points for your character and the ability to equip them with different weapons and magical items. Controls are once again simple - Square is attack, Triangle is a special attack, X is for jump and Circle is to trigger your area-clearing Musou attack. Each general's campaign can take several hours to finish, so there's plenty of gameplay here if you're persistent.īattle takes place in large open maps - traversing from one edge to the other of one of the larger maps on foot could take more than five minutes - with hundreds of troops on the map at the same time. There are only 18 generals to choose from initially, but that can quickly expand to the full 48 after a few play throughs. Most of your time in Dynasty Warriors 5 will be spent in the extensive Musou Mode, where players choose one of the faction generals (from Wu, Wei or Shu) and play through that general's specific storyline. If you're a newbie who likes the sound of the whole one-man-army thing, then Dynasty Warriors 5 is as good an introduction to the series as you're going to get.įor the uninitiated, Dynasty Warriors 5 takes place during the Three Kingdoms period of Ancient China (roughly around AD 220-280), where three large warring states arose trying to unify the country under their own banner. All of this means that if you're a Dynasty Warriors fanatic, you may find little here that you haven't experienced with previous games, save for marginally prettier graphics.
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