A must-buy for any fan of the series.
Thousands of enemies on screen at once.
A barrage of abilities and weapons to devastate your foes.
The Sun clan never looked better.
For once, the story feels personal.
Still has a great amount of replayability.
You won’t get to play as your favorite characters.
If you do, it won’t be for long.
Some of the graphical touches are outdated.
Dynasty Warriorshas always been a macabre of warrior delights.
The Sun clan never looked better.
-What is it?-Story-Gameplay-Should you buy it?
No longer will you be tasked with picking a character to play the storyline through.
Rather, you’ll craft someone relatively quickly using a stripped-back character creator.
A good sit never let anyone down.(Image credit: Future via Michael hoglund)
From earning your first horse to equipping abilities, opponents will become stricken with fear the further you progress.
Hell yeah, it does.
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What is Dynasty Warriors: Origins?
You’re a one-man wrecking crew hellbent on destroying the forces before you, whatever affiliation they may have.
The main focus is the overwhelming sensation of power against significantly larger forces.
Often you’ll be met with vistas of enemy combatants ready to get absolutely scraped.
The other main change has been the engine.
It’s a sight to behold, one that every Dynasty Warriors game from now on needs.
Each feels it is their right to lead through the circumstances they face.
You’ll get a flashy splash screen for every thousand kills.
Instead, you’ll play the nameless hero act.
While this trope can be rather tiresome, it does well from this story’s perspective.
In turn, not all of them are able to fight their own greed either.
Taking out generals will add to your forces morale.
From here, more corruption will follow.
Each decision act is more significant than what I’ve seen play out in previous games.
You feel the characters' anguish during their losses and better understand the rationale behind their decisions.
You won’t get to play as any of the coveted kingdom leaders.
Either respectively or dominantly.
These meetings build your relationship with the respective characters, unlocking awe-striking abilities or helpful items.
Given these changes, the story hit better than it ever has before.
If you buy it you’ll get access to all these guys you get to kill.
Each Battle Art uses Bravery, which is gathered through attack combos.
Battle Arts come in various forms, such as simple stuns or overpowering splashes rivaling missile explosions.
Well, everyone except Lu Bu.
Musou attacks change from their basic form to their omnipotent form, the Ultimate Musou Attack.
Each of the dozen weapons has its own unique stylized Musou attack.
Basic Musou attacks take up a slither of the bar compared to Rage mode and Ultimate Musou.
Using Rage allows you to become invincible and your Bravery gauge to fill up.
Rage mode became my go-to during crunch times.
I’m somewhat of a charge-first, regret-actions-later kind of guy.
Morale is a basic element of the gameplay systems.
Your side can find themselves in various states between being dominated and doing the dominating.
Keep in mind that this system works the other way as well.
However, that use is limited.
Once they’ve reached the maximum, you might swap over to them.
Players should have the choice to swap freely.
I just don’t get it.
Should you buy Dynasty Warriors: Origins?
I was devastated initially to hear only a single character would be playable from start to finish.
After that initial shock, things started getting better.
The complexity level of Origins reaches new heights due to the otherwise heretical change.
Overall, I was thoroughly pleased with my experience.
