Dynasty Warriors 9 - PlayStation 4

I've seen so many negative reviews and I am not sure why after playing this for a while. This is STILL a Dynasty Warriors game. The only differences are that it's open world and the game does not demand that you be forced down one alley to kill things. You can choose your own direction across huge maps, kill ALL the mooks and more intelligent AI, and keep going on your way being a happy murder-lord of the era. There is actually a ton MORE to kill in this game and you can still do it mindlessly if you so choose. Or you can go about it intelligently and kill things faster. I enjoy the new features and new challenges, I love that I can buy my own houses. I even adore that archers are even more of a pain in the arse and the fact that I feel like I need to go around and kill all of them first before diving into a mob to go crazy. Most of the time, the packs of animals are more of a challenge because sometimes they spawn when I am picking up plants. This game is fun, it's still Dynasty Warriors, not horribly challenging but slightly more challenging than previous titles. And you can go just about everywhere!

DW veteran here, played it since 2. I believe this is a weak installment to the series as a whole, not the worst but way far from the best. I could just give it a 1 star but I have played it a decent amount of hours (albeit in short increments) without wanting to return it so I will generously bump it up to 2. New combat system takes some adjusting but can be fun, and I do like the way stories are told in this game with the open world giving you a new perspective on where these battles take place in relation to the layout of the land. Unfortunately this could be the only good things I have to say about this game. I highly dislike crafting in video games but it's the only means of getting the best weapons and gathering materials isn't difficult but it can still be tedious, the open world is an ok idea in theory but was not done well, way too much barren land you have to traverse between event areas. My biggest gripe? Clone characters and unique weapons being taken away. Sun Ce lost his tonfas and became a clone of Zhou Cang, Zhang He lost his claws and became a clone of Wang Yuanji and Xun You, Wang Yi lost her emei daggers and became a clone of Sun Shangxiang, Ma Dai lost his brush and became a clone of Zhang Liao, Cai Wenji lost her harp and Zhen Ji lost her flute and both became clones of Diao Chan, Yue Jin lost his hook swords and became a clone of Taishi Ci, Guan Yingping (my favorite character, this really hurt me) lost her double-mace and became a clone of Pang De, I could go on but you get the idea. The last time characters lost their unique weapons was in DW6, and that's notoriously one of the worst in the series. I won't say this game is worse than 6 because it at least has a decent combat system and the cloning in 6 was much MUCH worse.

This maybe a bit bias but I've been a fan for a good decade, small history lesson dynasty warriors was originally a 2D fighter like Tekken and such. However around the second game it transitioned to a semi-open world hack and slash. It has again evolved to a fully open world I write this as I play I cannot express how blown away I am. I am planning to play it in all language forms. I usually hate English voice overs for such games with rich culture. However if you don't buy this, play a demo, or rent it. Please experience this maybe you will be like me how I was when I gave a shot to fallout 4 I bought all previous games. I honestly believe anyone new to this series will truely love it. I also recommend buying romance of the three kingdoms it's the book this game is based off of. Voice overs 5 stars, Graphics 5 stars, Gameplay....over 9000. Yes I just did that. Now I'm done back to the game. Edit: however I want to note this is a company who had a 2D fight and made a drastic change to semi-open world, then they went from that to open world. Give it a shot. They will build on it I will love every game no matter what.

Mejoraron mucho pero aun extraño las versiones antiguas con más historia y sin tantas complicaciones

The product arrived without damage and the game plays well. The game itself is a matter of opinion. I like the series and this was an interesting new version. I found it way longer to play and much more involving than previous versions. The story line can change as you have more options to explore and change the storyline slightly. It's definitely repetitive, but that's how it's been all along. The goal is usually to try and collect and unlock all the generals and weapons. Riding on a horse is always pretty cool.

Paid $33 for a $20 game and the game came without shrinkwrap + the disk was detached from the case.

The game is great.

Completement different des autres jeux. On rentrais dans le tas avec petite mission et ca de maniere rapide. 2 mission de shu 4 heure et jai pas encore fini pas parler a tous le monde beaucoup trop long tres decu