Multi Dynasty Warriors

[dimmerwit]

Ah yes, Dynasty Warriors. The series I love to hate. Except DW9, which I just hate.

I'd been looking to play the new demo for Dynasty Warriors: Origins and I finally got round to it. Suffice to say I'm very impressed.

Firstly, the graphics and performance. It looks good?! I'm on a very decent PC and I thought it actually looked respectable by 2024 standards and it ran pretty well as well. Since there are presets for Steam Deck hopefully it scales well too. From what I've read online the PS5 version runs fine as well. After the horrifying mess of DW9 and its graphics modes of "terrible" and "somehow even worse", it's refreshing.

The gameplay is also interesting. True to what they said it's a bit harder. Yes I immediately ran into the first base and reached 300 KOs in about two minutes, but getting isolated increases the challenge significantly. You can't for example call upon your allies to help you with a charge or volley of arrows if you do that. The officers are also much more challenging, and a duel option returns. It's a 60 second version that isn't decisive (it affects morale if you win/lose) but they take some getting used to. I really enjoyed the gameplay changes and tactical additions. Also, there's a rewind system so if you die or fail you don't have to replay the whole mission.

In the battle, saving Liu Bei, Sun Jian and Cao Cao lets you set up a three-pronged attack. Let them die and it's just you.

And the demo ends with a special battle against Lu Bu, which won't be in the final game. It's bastard hard, as it should be!

 

[VashTheStampede]

Ok so I'm a big fan of these games except for DW9

I cannot tell if the new game has you ONLY playing as this Self Insert character or if it has some of the classic gameplay as well.

Can you elucidate?

 

[dimmerwit]

I believe it's mostly going to be the main character. In the demo you get to pick a partner - I picked Xiahou Dun - which you can switch to briefly at a time and ends with a special attack.

 

[VashTheStampede]

That makes me sad

 

[dimmerwit]

The demo made me the opposite of sad.

 

[Fire Queen]

so, i’ve played and really liked musou games like hyrule warriors and fire emblem warriors and even persona 5 strikers but i’ve never played an actual dynasty warriors game. what i’ve seen of this new game looks interesting and fun. am i gonna enjoy this even if i’ve never played a DW game?

 

[dimmerwit]

so, i’ve played and really liked musou games like hyrule warriors and fire emblem warriors and even persona 5 strikers but i’ve never played an actual dynasty warriors game. what i’ve seen of this new game looks interesting and fun. am i gonna enjoy this even if i’ve never played a DW game?

It seems like a fairly big departure from previous gamess anyway, but really the DW games are never the most complex. The story is basically the same in every game just retold in a slightly different fashion, and it's not exactly hard to follow anyway so I don't think jumping in at a later stage will matter at all.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

Disappointed that I'm not just seeing this. Glad to hear that Orgins is shaping up to be a decent game.

Decent is all I ask for a DW game. Well, maybe solid frames and a high enemy count, too... and for it to not play like DW6...