Dynasty Warriors 9

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8.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 598 Ratings

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  1. Tachibana
    Feb 17, 2018
    10
    A inovação que o jogo precisava, nova mecanica de combate, personagens, o roteiro bem expandido. Várias Horas de Gameplay. EU ADOREI QUEM NAO GOSTOU É SÓ MORRER, BEIJO
  2. Kongming00
    Feb 13, 2018
    3
    I want to give my honest review. LONG time fan of Dynasty warriors.
    This is by far the WORST in the series, and I was really looking forward to it. Put in 40 hours.
    -First the frame rate problems are just unacceptable in 2018. I am talking below 15fps.... -Open world is generic making every mission feel the same. We lose the old each stage looks and feels different from past DW and SW.    I want to give my honest review. LONG time fan of Dynasty warriors.
    This is by far the WORST in the series, and I was really looking forward to it. Put in 40 hours.
    -First the frame rate problems are just unacceptable in 2018. I am talking below 15fps....
    -Open world is generic making every mission feel the same. We lose the old each stage looks and feels different from past DW and SW.
    -The new combos are just as bad as renbu from 6. Just push square all day and once in a while R1 for a counter or charge....
    -The story is only good for a few characters, others are treated as generics with no unique interactions. Which is a staple for DW...
    -Hunting, seiges, fishing, grappling hook, ALL very gimmicky and get lame after one use.
    -NO more ultimate weapon missions.
    -Plays like a beta, sometimes officers vanish, other times floating.
    -SOOOO many clones
    -Did I mention the frame rate? GROSS
    UNPLAYABLE!
    Music is cool though    … Expand
  3. Fudgeberry
    Feb 13, 2018
    8
    Gameplay is, without a doubt, the best the series, with gameplay more akin to DMC. Story's presentation is fine. Graphics are a mixed bag, looking great in some areas and laughable in others. Optimization is poor.
    It's what the franchise needed.
  4. yangfanhong
    Mar 4, 2021
    8
    The initially released version of the game is a disaster in the graphics especially frame per second. However the newest version has fixed that problem.
  5. Steyraus
    Feb 24, 2021
    9
    I enjoyed DW9, not as much as Orochi 4, but it was a nice change. It is open and thete is empty space , like ebery new game. Byt the hit gurl warriors are still here as is the samurai badarses, combat is as great as ever, I had fun..PS4 and pro had big performance issues though.
  6. Alexxander1993
    Apr 26, 2018
    8
    While I'm still turned off by the weapon duping and the voice acting for English, I can say I was and am engrossed with the game play and world. It's fun to be able to go out and ignore the story while I hunt wolves into extinction. I think that while it could have been executed better, the way the decided to tell the story was fun and new even if the battles ended up mostly the same. IsWhile I'm still turned off by the weapon duping and the voice acting for English, I can say I was and am engrossed with the game play and world. It's fun to be able to go out and ignore the story while I hunt wolves into extinction. I think that while it could have been executed better, the way the decided to tell the story was fun and new even if the battles ended up mostly the same. Is it the best Koei Tecmo game in the world? no, not at all, it needed some very heavy duty polishing that I'm sure we'll see in the next game. I still enjoy playing it when I feel like beating droves of baddies though and for a game like this, that's good enough for me,… Expand
  7. krazy85
    Feb 18, 2018
    2
    Seizure inducing garbage. Game plays like a constantly buffering video. There's really no point going into the specifics. This is just bad, trust me please. Don't waste your time
  8. Stricklyfun
    Feb 15, 2018
    5
    I have been playing dynasty warriors for many years. If its not broken dont change it. Open world is fine but when you take out a key ingredient it will taste bad. I will state two co-op mode is very important to this game and how much fun you have and next voice actors are absolutely preposterous. There is no excuses for the creators of this game they have many many years of experienceI have been playing dynasty warriors for many years. If its not broken dont change it. Open world is fine but when you take out a key ingredient it will taste bad. I will state two co-op mode is very important to this game and how much fun you have and next voice actors are absolutely preposterous. There is no excuses for the creators of this game they have many many years of experience please lets hope 10 will improve.… Expand
  9. destinyfan1
    Feb 19, 2018
    2
    This is the last koei tecmo game i buy.....
    positive
    + huge open world + it has moments of fun negative - horrible AI ,animals get stuck in rocks,enemies don't guard the castles good ,and more - bad voice acting - dull open world that is lifeless,if u make it that big make shure your budget is big enough - mediocre graphics - reskins alot of previous games like always - bad    This is the last koei tecmo game i buy.....
    positive
    + huge open world
    + it has moments of fun
    negative
    - horrible AI ,animals get stuck in rocks,enemies don't guard the castles good ,and more
    - bad voice acting
    - dull open world that is lifeless,if u make it that big make shure your budget is big enough
    - mediocre graphics
    - reskins alot of previous games like always
    - bad combat
    conclusion:
    Even the biggest fans will eventually feel atleast slightly disapointed in a game that was made with probably with a low budget ( maby not ,but it feels like it),it's like a bad B movie
    Oh **** digitally downloaded who got obviously paid    … Expand
  10. Kfaz
    Feb 16, 2018
    2
    Anyone giving this game higher than a 2 has clearly never played a DW game before. This game is very lazy with boring battles, poorly executed open world, no COOP, and bad voice acting. STAY AWAY
  11. BlueKetsueki
    Apr 11, 2018
    1
    Being a long time fan of Dynasty Warriors games i was looking forward to the new instalment, for years fans having been asking for big improvements personally i would have settled for a big bump in graphics and some more rpg's systems as i have never had a problem with core gameplay of dynasty warriors games they work for the people that love them, however Dynasty Warriors 9 try'sBeing a long time fan of Dynasty Warriors games i was looking forward to the new instalment, for years fans having been asking for big improvements personally i would have settled for a big bump in graphics and some more rpg's systems as i have never had a problem with core gameplay of dynasty warriors games they work for the people that love them, however Dynasty Warriors 9 try's something new and gets it horribly wrong. So the big selling point of this game its open world and for a company that is super lazy in the making their games this automatically had me worried and i can say these worries where well founded when i played it, koei has made a super bland open world with not much in it with an ok day and night cycle to add insult to injury the battles have been separated in to little fetch quests which have you running around this bland environment wondering why they could't implement full battles in these places instead, voice acting is awful and ok their is a big cast but most sound bad with maybe one or two sounding ok, the roster is impressive the deign of the characters look pretty good but unfortunately combat feels really bad and we have lost a lot of weapons i mean where is zhang he claws at? in summary an open world dynasty warriors sounds like a good idea if the right amount of time,effort and money where put into it unfortunately this isn't even close a bad tech demo stay away.… Expand
  12. Kuma436
    Mar 21, 2018
    0
    unplayable mess of a game.it is boring,bland and the lip synch is way off.it legit feels like it tries too hard to be AC Origins which was also a snoozefest.
  13. Thalosmoon
    Feb 14, 2018
    0
    Being a Dynasty Warriors fan since DW2 and playing 99% of all Musou games i can honestly say; this game is utter garbage.
    The gameplay is gone.
    One button combos for idiots. The open world is a joke. Every major town is copy paste. What good are new characters if they all play the same? The game runs like crap on a normal PS4. The one that is sold 70 Mil times. 2014 Dynasty 8 looks    Being a Dynasty Warriors fan since DW2 and playing 99% of all Musou games i can honestly say; this game is utter garbage.
    The gameplay is gone.
    One button combos for idiots.
    The open world is a joke.
    Every major town is copy paste.
    What good are new characters if they all play the same?
    The game runs like crap on a normal PS4. The one that is sold 70 Mil times.
    2014 Dynasty 8 looks and plays way better than this.
    Characters lost their individualism.
    No wonder its the first DW critics like. Those people wouldnt know a good game if you stapled it to their foreheads. Stay the Hell away from this. Sales are down 50% in japan for a reason. This is not a good game. And just because Koei shat the bed so profoundly: 0/10    … Expand
  14. Rad_Dudesman
    Feb 13, 2018
    1
    The open world ruins the gameplay. There's too much empty space, and every character feels the same. Walls may as well not exist since every character has a grappling hook. There's also a hunting mechanic, but the animals just stand still and let you shoot them to death.

    This is the epitome of an open world game that has no reason to be open world.
  15. nsuth101
    Feb 17, 2018
    2
    I have been a fan of the Dynasty Warriors series since DW3 and I was very excited and hopeful for this game. I am very disappointed with it. I appreciate the developers for taking the game to new places and adding a bunch of new features, but for every new feature, the game creates new issues.

    - There was no improvement in graphics from DW8, in fact the game looked worse at times - The    I have been a fan of the Dynasty Warriors series since DW3 and I was very excited and hopeful for this game. I am very disappointed with it. I appreciate the developers for taking the game to new places and adding a bunch of new features, but for every new feature, the game creates new issues.

    - There was no improvement in graphics from DW8, in fact the game looked worse at times
    - The frame rate makes the movement look clunky
    - The open world system immediately adds hours of very repetitive, boring missions
    - Even with the fast travel system, it take a while to get anywhere and your horse runs into walls constantly with the auto-run feature
    - Every mission boils down to "go here, kill this guy, leave" with little variety
    - The english voice acting is terrible; they made my favorite character (Xiahou Dun) sound like a teenager
    - The combat system felt even more repetitive as I found myself using the R1 attacks over and over until the enemy dies. Also they took away charge attacks which were the game's bread and butter
    - Hunting and fishing aren't fun, although I am hopeful for future implementations of them
    - The crafting system is cool and interesting, but the game can be beaten easily without it so it makes this feature seem unavailing
    - The story telling took a new approach, which is fine, but it is very time consuming and the enthusiasm seemed very low to the point where I found myself skipping dialogue after just an hiour of playing

    Overall, the game took a giant leap, but in the process created many new problems and ultimately removed what made the series fun in the first place. I hope that DW10 addresses some of these issues, but for now I would not recommend playing this game.    … Expand
  16. Zaiaku
    Feb 14, 2018
    2
    Ok...Ive played this game for...about a hour... And I am seriously considering bringing this back.
    The whole concept of having a Dynasty Warriors game be open world just screamed "Oh boy, I can now roam China with non stop killing." I was wrong... The world seems empty and dull. Hunting animals are tacked on and the gathering is stupid..
    Now on to the best parts....or worst.... They    Ok...Ive played this game for...about a hour... And I am seriously considering bringing this back.
    The whole concept of having a Dynasty Warriors game be open world just screamed "Oh boy, I can now roam China with non stop killing." I was wrong... The world seems empty and dull. Hunting animals are tacked on and the gathering is stupid..
    Now on to the best parts....or worst....
    They changed the whole combat system and it sucks...it sucks hard. Its more "mash Square" then it has ever been and it seems like its trying to be 4 or 5 different games in one. Batman's context counters, Far Cry's gathering/crafting sprinkled with some Just Cause grappling hook nonsense and DMC's main combat system. I want DW8's combat back. it was fluid. It was clean. It was 5000% better then this.

    Combat system aside... The graphics and performance is sub par. So much so that this game reminds me of PS2 days(PS3 for the character models). Drastic frame rate drops, textures not loading/loading so slow you see the seams, and the miserable voice acting. It has never been this bad. I walked up to a castle with flags on the roof...They were not moving. Just static at full wave like it was constantly windy but they didn't move. The animations on characters, clothing and, hell, even the combat is bad. Its stiff. There is no polish in this game. Its like they shipped the alpha version of the game. And lets not forget the terrible animal textures.

    I am a long time Dynasty Warriors fan...And I'm telling you to not get this game. Avoid it until its either fixed(That's going to require a massive overhaul) or its so cheap you can get it for a song. I'm trading this in for a game i know isn't going to be busted.

    Just tried it again with the patch they threw out. 1.03 i think it is...it helps the frame rate issues...but they are still terrible. Even small battles turn into running in mud slow.

    Aperently those with PS4 Pros are having fewer issues in regards to frame rate.

    I am still returning this game.

    P.S to the "critic" who game this game a 100 rating... How much were you paid to write that?    … Expand
  17. shotgungun
    Feb 13, 2018
    0
    The open world is nothing but empty space. The combat is somehow SIMPLER than the usual DW experience, the game looks like a Unity Asset flip, the animation is jerky and unnatural, the voice acting is absolutely terrible, they took a game series that I've been playing since DW3 and made me despise it. DW6 was better than this, and I hated DW6. The weapons are all bland and no longer uniqueThe open world is nothing but empty space. The combat is somehow SIMPLER than the usual DW experience, the game looks like a Unity Asset flip, the animation is jerky and unnatural, the voice acting is absolutely terrible, they took a game series that I've been playing since DW3 and made me despise it. DW6 was better than this, and I hated DW6. The weapons are all bland and no longer unique (No tonfas, no war scrolls, no bombs, no billy club, no claws, no flute. Just chain and sickles, swords, clubs, fans, spears, and any other boring weapon you can think of). The grappling hook is overpowered in that you can skip ANY wall, gate, or obstacle and just bum rush a general. Yet the climbing isn't even fun, it's just press the same button again and again. I can not properly convey how disappointing this entire game was to me. If you're looking for a Warriors game, go buy Fire Emblem Warriors or Hyrule Warriors.… Expand
  18. Solid_Mawin007
    Feb 13, 2018
    4
    This game is not worth buying for many reasons. First of all, the graphics look dated and low-cost production. The game should have existed in PS3 era, not in PS4. The map is ugly with no high-quality details, and it is totally empty. In addition, most areas in the whole map look the same with just a bit of different shade. Besides, there is broken physics. Everything in the game are likeThis game is not worth buying for many reasons. First of all, the graphics look dated and low-cost production. The game should have existed in PS3 era, not in PS4. The map is ugly with no high-quality details, and it is totally empty. In addition, most areas in the whole map look the same with just a bit of different shade. Besides, there is broken physics. Everything in the game are like feather. When I play the game, I do not feel any weight in it. According to the broken physics, the charecters' motions are lifeless and look unnatural when each part of their body or cloth moves. Second of all, the game play is quite boring. Just mashing buttons again and again. How you play the game in your first 30 mins will be the same as when you spend the next 20-30 hours. It is really repetitive because you have to do the same thing again and again, so you just mash the buttons over and over for hours. There is no variety of missions since you just go kick some bosses' asses to make a progress in the story, even the side missons are not that different from the main ones. So, that's why the core gameplay is repetitive. Next, the collectibles including crafting systems are not attractive enough to go and collect them. Third of all, the presentation is weak because the cutscenes are dull, lifeless and ugly. They are not fun to watch. Moreover, the dialogue scenes are so borinh that I don't care to watch even though I love reading the Three Kingdoms novels. As a result, with low-end graphic, cheap production value, broken physics, repititive gameplay, and uninspired story presenation, the game is not worth your time and money, and it is listed as one of the most disappointing game of 2018.… Expand
  19. BumFrontMan
    Feb 14, 2018
    0
    Oh Tecmo Koei... In the words of Dynasty Warriors 3's Zhang Bao "YOU FLAMING IDIOTS...".

    You had one job to do. ONE JOB! Create a battle field with thousands of enemies. What maniac over there decided that splitting up battles into one massive playing area was a good idea?! Would the Lords Of The Rings epic battles have been as enjoyable if they had been split up into small groups    Oh Tecmo Koei... In the words of Dynasty Warriors 3's Zhang Bao "YOU FLAMING IDIOTS...".

    You had one job to do. ONE JOB! Create a battle field with thousands of enemies. What maniac over there decided that splitting up battles into one massive playing area was a good idea?! Would the Lords Of The Rings epic battles have been as enjoyable if they had been split up into small groups scattered across the country?!

    Why bother even having walls and doors anymore when you can just scale over them like Spiderman?! To incorporate this open world you've had to break vital gameplay features crucial to the series. Spending seconds or even minutes moving to another destination in the previous days could have been considered a tedium at best when trying to get back into the action, but now you've made it a core feature. Travelling to other locations and having to pause and look at your map every 10 seconds is NOT FUN.

    Granted, the idea of a huge battlefield and being able to traverse a vast world is a great idea in theory. However, having to encorporate this "open world", you've had to fill it with boring travel distances and empty wastelands of nothing. A feature which you then decide YOURSELVES is a bad idea by giving us a teleporting quick travel feature FFS. Even YOU don't want us to see your boring open world.

    Who cares about online coop or even offline coop right? It's 2018, a staple feature in the series has been split screen coop way back since the PS2. Gone you say? Thank god for that, it might have been fun to share this barren landscape with somebody else but at least I don't have to let my friends suffer as well. I have to stab myself in the face with horses that like to bash straight into trees all day long.

    Not only is this a buggy mess, with characters and animals spawning in walls and not even responding to attacks when you snipe them from far away, you thought it better to sap out even more fun by making all the characters feel and play the same and removing ALL of the creative weapons you'd implemeneted for them over the years.

    Why not just go the whole hog and make every single character have the EXACT same weapon and the SAME move set. You're practically there with that already, may as well go the whole hog and Musou attack your entire history of game design documents for this game.

    I'm only pleased that you made so many sequels and spinoffs to good Warriors games in the past, that I have still yet to buy. Now I can go back and play those instead, whilst trying to ignore reality and pretend that this absolute travesty ever existed.

    If you've read this far, and want to see for yourself how terrible this game is, please watch Jim Sterling's "Dynasty Warriors 9 - The Worst Dynasty Warriors Game Ever Made". He sums it up better than I ever could.

    I'm not even sure if I want to trade this game in anymore as doing so will mean I will be intentionally harming another human being. Let's throw Dynasty Warriors 9 in a land fill along side E.T.

    Absolutely the worst game of the year.    … Expand
  20. megabear
    Feb 14, 2018
    2
    I was a bit looking forward to this game but I had my doubts. Lots of it, and unfortunately my doubts became real. The game was meant to refresh the series from stagnant mechanics and this one struck the series across its legs and cause the entire series to collapse. I don't think this the series will survive this latest installment.
  21. FearlessYxY
    Feb 17, 2018
    1
    Dynasty Warriors 8 Xtreme Legends Complete Edition came out on PS4 came out 4 YEARS AGO, and it is a much better game, a true dynasty warriors experience plus packed with content.

    Do not get this game until they patch it up because performance is terrible. For 60$, you can get many better games than this. This game is going to be on sale for cheap very soon or if you are itching for    Dynasty Warriors 8 Xtreme Legends Complete Edition came out on PS4 came out 4 YEARS AGO, and it is a much better game, a true dynasty warriors experience plus packed with content.

    Do not get this game until they patch it up because performance is terrible. For 60$, you can get many better games than this. This game is going to be on sale for cheap very soon or if you are itching for dynasty warriors, Get Dynasty Warriors 8 complete edition for 30$!    … Expand
  22. ascerphane2112
    Feb 21, 2018
    0
    This game on PC is a giant steaming pile of **** and Koei Tecmo needs to be slapped across the face for a screw up of this magnitude. On PC there is ZERO controller functionality. ZERO keyboard functionality and the game runs like DOG****!!!! 60 bucks? ARE YOU **** KIDDING ME?!?!? And if all that wasn't bad enough. THE GAME SUCKS!!! IT'S THE WORST DYNASTY WARRIORS EVER **** MADE!!!! OpenThis game on PC is a giant steaming pile of **** and Koei Tecmo needs to be slapped across the face for a screw up of this magnitude. On PC there is ZERO controller functionality. ZERO keyboard functionality and the game runs like DOG****!!!! 60 bucks? ARE YOU **** KIDDING ME?!?!? And if all that wasn't bad enough. THE GAME SUCKS!!! IT'S THE WORST DYNASTY WARRIORS EVER **** MADE!!!! Open world? NEGATIVE. More like DEAD BORING ASS OPEN FIELD!!! And there is nothing to offer but the story mode and free play. THAT'S IT. No challenge modes, no new game + or EVEN **** MULTIPLAYER!!! Hell has frozen over and Dynasty Warriors 9 is the nail in the coffin people. THE END IS NEIGH. What a cluster **** FIRE EVERYONE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS CUCK-****ERY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!… Expand
  23. Kamarr
    Mar 27, 2018
    2
    This is absolutely the worst installment of the Warriors series. I've played every single Dynasty Warriors game including the Extreme Legends and Empires spin offs and this is the only game series I've played that seems to get worse and worse. This game is so bad I beat the yellow turbans then quit cause how boring and bland the combat was on top of the fact I got the best weapon for myThis is absolutely the worst installment of the Warriors series. I've played every single Dynasty Warriors game including the Extreme Legends and Empires spin offs and this is the only game series I've played that seems to get worse and worse. This game is so bad I beat the yellow turbans then quit cause how boring and bland the combat was on top of the fact I got the best weapon for my character literally after the Yellow turban rebellion which took away all difficulty being lvl 15 killing lvl 40's by the Great wall of China give me a break Koei.

    -Cons Just about everything. Graphics, Disappointing combo system, Grapple Hook that literally lets you skip EVERYTHING. The whole weapon system is just bad insane drawn out running from A,B to C back to A. Every single area feels the same and very washed down and lazy.

    -Pros Character Design I love they are pushing new characters but this game was poorly done.

    I expected a lot from this but is so pathetic that they thought this game was what we wanted... This is the first game I will not buy Empires or Xtreme Legends.

    Literally I wanna walk into Koei and Fire there whole team that worked on this game.    … Expand
  24. ShadowPeter
    Feb 22, 2018
    6
    More like 6.5/10 than 6.

    Although the Dynasty Warriors series is not as well known as the Final Fantasy series, it is already turning 21. But will Omega Force be able to take this Dynasty Warriors 9 to success and make them forget the previous titles? I would say no and I'll explain why. Dynasty Warriors 9 is a Hack 'n' Slash game (Musou) in the third person view with small Stealth    More like 6.5/10 than 6.

    Although the Dynasty Warriors series is not as well known as the Final Fantasy series, it is already turning 21. But will Omega Force be able to take this Dynasty Warriors 9 to success and make them forget the previous titles? I would say no and I'll explain why.

    Dynasty Warriors 9 is a Hack 'n' Slash game (Musou) in the third person view with small Stealth elements and the overall goal of the game is to enter enemy bases, knock down a huge amount of opponents and knock down the enemy boss. For the first time in the series Dynasty Warriors, we have an open world format game, and that is the map of China. The user can walk freely, on horseback or by canoe, as well as buy, sell and craft certain things. The Day-Night cycle and rain are also present in this game.

    As in previous Dynasty Warriors, the story of Dynasty Warriors 9 follows the Chinese novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". This same story is told through the 94 playable characters in the game who come from the four biggest clans: Wei, Wu, Shu and Jin, so it will take some time to realize what really goes on during the game. Initially we can only choose one of the three officers from the Wei, Wu and Shu clans: Cao Cao (Wei), Sun Jian (Wu) and Liu Bei (Shu). The story can be enjoyable because of the interweaving of the characters.

    Well, as I mentioned earlier, most main missions and side missions aim to break into enemy bases, knock down huge numbers of enemies and defeat the enemy boss. Sometimes we have to invade certain territories before we go to the final territory, so that our comrades can go to the front line, to demoralize the enemies, etc. The action is frantic and it's funny to feel like we're a god because we're defeating over a thousand soldiers. However, the game loses immense quality because we are repeating the same type of mission, now imagine that with 94 characters. Yes, we can perfectly turn the game without crafting, with the exception of healing items. I sense that this Dynasty Warriors 9 could have perfectly an online co-operative mode in the style of the Far Cry series. Dynasty Warriors 9 has a good range of weapons from blades, spears, bows, among others, which slightly alleviates repetitive missions and the fact that the fighting is little deep due to the lack of slight variation.

    The map is fantastically vast, with lots of gorgeous natural sites to explore and places to conquer and visit. Graphically speaking, the characters are well designed and treated, despite the game having a few houses with few details and still have some graphic issues in most places even after the 1.03 update. The soundtrack, the voices of the actors (Chinese) and the sound effects perfectly fit the Chinese environment of the game.

    Also note that the player can hunt animals and fish, which can later be used in the Teahouse to temporarily increase our attack, defense and other statistics. When upgrading points, which can be earned through unusual enemies, the player can use them for Health Bar, Musou (special technique), Stamina, Attack, Defense, Power, Toughness, Speed and Bow Skill.

    It is also possible to make Reforge the weapons either in the Trigger Attack (Launch, Stun and Knock-Down) or Reactive Attack (Counter, Guard Break and Assault), which can be embedded with Gems obtained, such as Colt Gem that temporarily gives + 1% damage when standing on the horse and gives 3 more Attack Speed.

    Overall, Dynasty Warriors 9 is not a bad game, but was hampered by the enormous repeatability of the missions and technical errors. Maybe, who knows, if in the next Dynasty Warriors, the Omega Force will do better the homework, but it will be very difficult to believe.

    Verdict: If you have Chinese patience and if you don't care about the mistakes, Dynasty Warriors 9 can be a good game.    … Expand
  25. Mygaffer
    Apr 28, 2018
    1
    They **** it up in the pursuit of money. "Open world," pulled the weapons so they could sell them as DLC, Koei Tecmo is absolute money grubbing trash, we hate them.
  26. imoviesreview
    Mar 11, 2018
    4
    The open would is an interesting take on the Dynasty Warriors games, but it doesn't excuse the lack of content and the boring world to explore. Just stick to Dynasty Warriors 8.
  27. SplitMind
    Jun 27, 2018
    0
    I could write a lot here about what I hate, but look up Jim Sterling's review on YouTube, as he sums it up pretty well. But to summarise:

    - Open world sounds good, but it's vast and feels empty and therefore it can take forever to travel - With all the space, mass battles signature to DW are lost; enemies are further apart - Graphics are decent, but colours can be very dull and bland    I could write a lot here about what I hate, but look up Jim Sterling's review on YouTube, as he sums it up pretty well. But to summarise:

    - Open world sounds good, but it's vast and feels empty and therefore it can take forever to travel
    - With all the space, mass battles signature to DW are lost; enemies are further apart
    - Graphics are decent, but colours can be very dull and bland

    It's almost like they assimilated concepts from other games such as Assassin's Creed, but executed them rather poorly and unnecessarily. They did not need to fix what was never broken. I am very disappointed as I was really looking forward to this.    … Expand
  28. Kaizo_Aleks
    Jan 15, 2019
    0
    I am convinced this game is some sort of cruel joke. I've been a fan of the series since Dynasty Warriors 5 and have made it my mission to 100% complete every warriors game, however I decided to stop after this game came out. First off the idea of making Dynasty Warriors open world is already a pretty bad idea, but they made it a barren land with nothing to do except go to the next point.I am convinced this game is some sort of cruel joke. I've been a fan of the series since Dynasty Warriors 5 and have made it my mission to 100% complete every warriors game, however I decided to stop after this game came out. First off the idea of making Dynasty Warriors open world is already a pretty bad idea, but they made it a barren land with nothing to do except go to the next point. Second they somehow dumbed down the combat of Dynasty Warriors, Third the voice acting is worse than Dynasty Warriors 3 has so bad it's good voice acting this game has so bad it's bad voice acting. The people sound like they were under payed and just wanted to get it over with. Finally and worst of all they took away most peoples weapons so now there are only 4 weapon types and they sold the weapons they had in Dynasty Warriors 9 as DLC. As Jim Sterling said "Look what they did to Zhang He"… Expand
  29. Gazgar
    Feb 13, 2018
    0
    Those "professional" reviewers don't know donkey bollocks, praising the realism.. cause that's whats always been important in a real DW game. The dub is terrible, didn't use any of the good actors, the weapons are dull as is the combat, the half baked far cry wannabe mechanics are poorly done with animals just standing like spawned gmod npcs. The death of an otherwise great series.
  30. War_Horse
    Feb 23, 2018
    8
    I feel like I need to say something on Dynasty Warriors 9, with Jim Sterling making not one, not two but three pointless videos on the damn thing and giving a false representation of the game along with some bandwagon haters. I'm gonna start off by saying and fully admitting that this game is a big technical mess. Honestly, most of the glitches have been hilarious in some fashion and I gotI feel like I need to say something on Dynasty Warriors 9, with Jim Sterling making not one, not two but three pointless videos on the damn thing and giving a false representation of the game along with some bandwagon haters. I'm gonna start off by saying and fully admitting that this game is a big technical mess. Honestly, most of the glitches have been hilarious in some fashion and I got some enjoyment out of them as you would from Skyrim's. Other ones, however, involve the graphics completely flipping out and damn near making it unplayable. And yes the framerate is bad. I find myself able to forgive a lot this aside the bits where I have to restart the game over the graphics flipping because, in a way, it gives it some charm, but more importantly; it doesn't hamper the gameplay much at all. Another problem I have actually had to do with Lianshi, one of my favorite characters in the series, using these stupid f***ing hoop-claw things. If you didn't know, she used to use a crossbow and it was cool and fun and unique(at least when she was introduced). So I do agree with people on this aspect of changing people's weapons for no damn reason being really stupid. I will also half agree that the gameplay isn't as good as past entries but I don't think it's complete ass either like most do. I still have quite a lot of fun with it.

    So far it probably seems I have no reason to rant with mostly agreeing with these negatives. Thing is though; I actually have positives. Completely serious: I like the open world and the stuff you can do in it. Requests are basic side quest nonsense that rewards materials and money and experiences. There is a reason to do them at least since the materials can be used to craft items and weapons notably accessories that can help with various things and gems to make aspects of your weapon better. It's basic but it works and there's a reason and can be worthwhile. Now the main quest will have, basically, side objectives to tackle around the map and accomplishing them can influence how the main battle plays out. It's by no means needed and doesn't always add much but it's fun because I like employing tactics even if games don't do much with them.

    To focus on the open world aspect more specifically; I'm going to start off by saying I normally hate open world games. The only ones I've really enjoyed are the Assassin's Creed games. I like this one because of some of what I said above but also because exploring seems more worth it to me. Finding cities and camps often benefit you and your forces if you're in a battle and often times you can find some materials or items to collect. Again, nothing amazing, but far from 'complete sh*t'. You can also find houses to buy and decorate. I'm not far enough in to have used them much, but just the option is pretty cool to me.

    Sidenote on hunting, since Jim harped on it for two videos: I never gave a sh*t about hunting in games, I hate hunting on principle and I always avoid it in all games. It being trash is fine with me, I even welcome it. F*ck hunting in games, I hate doing it and being forced into it by some. I never even got the achievements for hunting in games like Fable II(kill a rabbit) and Black Flag(kill an Orca). This game I can just avoid those quests since some of the materials you get out of it can just be had from rewards.

    Also, traveling is perfectly fine in this. I've had zero issues with my horse, so I don't know what Jim's big problem with it is. Using auto-run is just stupid on principle because it takes forever anyway. and fast travel is as convenient and optional as it should be, so whatever. Again, I think most are just mindless haters are just full of sh*t on this game.

    Anyways, all-in-all: The game is a mess but I'm still having a lot of fun. I'd say it's way better than DW8, which I thought was just extremely boring and barebones as all hell. Going from here I definitely want the old combat back in DW10 and for the love of god they better give people their weapons back. Whether it should stay open world or not? I'm not sure. I think I'd like them to just refine the old formula and focus more on an engine that can finally realize some of the previous games' ambitions of scale. I think DW10 should be a return to form. I'm enjoying this game but I enjoyed past entries a lot more... except for DW6 and 8. DW3-5 were better and DW7 is still the best one yet. DW2, meh, good start I guess.

    Most of this was spurred by Jim's videos but I've also seen a few other people jumping on the hate train and just sh*t on the graphics without having played it or anything, like, okay, just stop. I usually agree with Jim, including on most DW stuff but this time I was actually getting pissed off. He really seemed to just be talking out his ass about some of the problems he brought up like the combat and open world is "empty"(bull-f***ing-sh*t, there's a load to do, it's actually kind of obnoxious at times.    … Expand
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 49 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 49
  2. Mixed: 32 out of 49
  3. Negative: 3 out of 49
  1. CD-Action
    May 16, 2018
    60
    In theory a lot has changed in the latest Dynasty Warriors (open world being the most notable addition) but in reality it’s the same game. It can be really enjoyable and at times impressive in terms of scale, but I got bored with it quite quickly. [04/2018, p.72]
  2. PSX Extreme
    Mar 27, 2018
    60
    It’s such a shame to see the state of this franchise in 2018. Dynasty Warriors deserved better than this, and I hope Omega Force gets another shot to do this franchise justice, because this is not how the tales of the Three Kingdoms should end.
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  3. games(TM)
    Mar 22, 2018
    50
    A huge step, but in the wrong direction. [Issue#198, p.80]
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