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  • Summary: Your kingdom is under attack! Powerful rivals surround you, waiting for the chance to strike, and only you have the power to save the day. With nowhere to hide, you unleash an awesome Musou attack and watch your enemies fall! Savor the victory, because even greater challenges lie before you!
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 22
  2. Negative: 6 out of 22
  1. As a pure, out and out challenge, Dynasty Warriors will give your button mashing fingers a real workout. If you're looking to experience and explore the depth of the Dynasty Warrior series you might as well pick up a Zelda game.
  2. Play Magazine
    70
    Console version fans should perhaps approach with caution, but I had quite an enjoyable time - except for a few cheap bosses with inescapable attacks that cause automatic death. [Sept 2005, p.64]
  3. Game Informer
    70
    Unfortunately, the power of combo attacks isn't balanced enough, and combat's simplicity robs it of rhythm. [Sept 2005, p.114]
  4. The best that can be said for Dynasty Warriors Advance is that it has a clean presentation and gameplay that isn't immediately bland. It does not however hold up to sustained play, and will lose it's appeal long before all of the modes are explored, and long before the unlockables are unlocked.
  5. Dynasty Warriors Advance just isn't a good game. The combat style synonymous with the series simply didn't make the transition from console to handheld well in any way.
  6. Bland, uninspiring visuals that include big-headed characters, dull environments, and insipid art direction. The cutscenes are nicely done, though.
  7. 30
    Something that only a true fan could appreciate. If this isn't an indicator to KOEI to let this series move on to greener pastures, I don't know what is.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 2
  2. Negative: 0 out of 2
  1. LukeB.
    Aug 31, 2006
    9
    'Tis a good hack 'n slash game if you don't want to think too hard. I feel you'd have to be a die-hard fan of the 'Tis a good hack 'n slash game if you don't want to think too hard. I feel you'd have to be a die-hard fan of the PS2's dynasty warrior games to appreciate this game, though. Expand
  2. Jan 22, 2023
    6
    Una pena porque la idea podría haber funcionado, pero no tarda mas de 2/3 en volverse cansino y monótono. Desde el minuto 1 tienes disponiblesUna pena porque la idea podría haber funcionado, pero no tarda mas de 2/3 en volverse cansino y monótono. Desde el minuto 1 tienes disponibles los pocos movimientos que tu personaje puede hacer, y son pocos. Un ataque especial, un ataque normal, y 3 combos. Eso es todo. Vale para un rato, pero las mecánicas se vuelven repetitivas en cuestion de un par de horas. Un sistema de combos mas complejo y avanzado lo habría convertido en un gran juego. Al final es todo el rato atacar, atacar, atacar a enemigos simplones que no aguantan 4 estocadas. Solopara fans acérrimos de la saga. Expand

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#38 Most Discussed Game Boy Advance Game of 2005