- Publisher: Koei Tecmo Games
- Release Date: Jan 17, 2025
- Also On: Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X
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Jan 20, 2026Visions of Four Heroes builds upon an already strong foundation with extra character development and new content. Fans of Dynasty Warriors: Origins will enjoy it, but the €35 price tag is difficult to justify. At half the price, it would be an easy recommendation.
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Jan 23, 2025Dynasty Warriors: Origins lays a solid foundation for the series’ future. It’s a positive step forward, offering the best gameplay and visuals we’ve seen in the franchise so far. The storytelling approach also provides a more in-depth exploration of familiar characters we’ve followed for over 24 years. The developers have done an excellent job enhancing the combat while maintaining most of the core elements that fans love about Dynasty Warriors. Let’s face it, a sequel is inevitable, and the missing features here could easily make their way back in future instalments. If this game is any indication, there’s plenty to be excited about for what comes next.
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Jan 16, 2025For all its flaws, Dynasty Warriors: Origins is still an enjoyable game. At its core, it does what it needs to do. Koei Tecmo delivered on their promise of 1 vs. 1000 combat, though not without neglecting other aspects of gameplay. Combat was enjoyable, though suffered at the hands of poor game design. There’s a strong premise here, but a lack of character development hampers the storytelling. Overall, if you’re the type of person who’s looking for some straight forward, high-intensity action, Dynasty Warriors: Origins might be for you—as long as you don’t mind some of its rough edges.
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Jan 16, 2025At every point, Dynasty Warriors: Origins tells me how important I am, how crucial my role is, how the battles would have been lost without me. It is hollow, all of it. I am the most important man there is in a story that I cannot change because this is the way the story goes. I am a peacemaker who brings peace through slaughter. A weapon to be wielded to tame a violent nation. I am a gun. And God help me, in the moment, as I land the attack that I know may be killing the kid I made my name saving, fighting for men who go against everything I believe, it feels good. And that is Origins’ greatest failing.
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Jan 23, 2025Dynasty Warriors Origins is a step in the right direction to modernise the franchise. While it may lack the amount of content expected from a "mainline" Warriors game, its next gen graphics and design decisions make it the perfect game for newcomers and a notable entry for any existing fans who want to experience what may be the pillar of a generational leap for the series. [Recommended]
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Jan 13, 2025All in all, Dynasty Warriors: Origins, without a doubt, still captures the essence of the tumultuous time period that saw the fall of the Han dynasty and the rise of rival warlords. For the first time in a long while, the franchise has an entry that makes you feel like you’re truly part of the action, a lone hero against a thousand hostiles. As someone who has played numerous Dynasty Warriors games and spinoffs over the years, it’s rare for one of these titles to surprise me, but Origins has managed to astonish me many times over in my 35-hour playthrough, thanks to a slew of new features, admirable presentation, and bold changes.
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Jan 13, 2025A largely uninteresting original story and an otherwise bloated word count aside, Dynasty Warriors Origins is a joyous balancing act of tension and spectacle that's completely reignited my interest in the series.
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