Dynasty Warriors 9

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A new open world breathes life into the franchise, but new problems have been layered on top of the original issues, and this certainly isn’t the breakthrough fans were hoping for.

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A new open world breathes life into the franchise, but new problems have been layered on top of the original issues, and this certainly isn't the breakthrough fans were hoping for.

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5.8/10

David Jagneaux (IGN)

After the resounding success of Dynasty Warriors 8, Dynasty Warriors 9 feels like a major step back. What’s lost in the move towards an individually-centered story spread across a massive open world far outweighs the minor benefits that are gained. While the excellent button-mashing gameplay stays intact with great tweaks and additions, it wasn’t enough. The lack of multiplayer, missing alternate game modes, and emptiness of ancient China left me far from satisfied.

February 13, 2018 |

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Dynasty Warriors finally gets the overhaul it’s long been waiting for… and while it addresses a few old problems it creates just as many new ones.

February 15, 2018 |

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4/10

GameCentral (Metro GameCentral)

Not Recommended

Ethan Gach (Kotaku)

Battles were raging and allies were calling for help, but for once the game offered me the option of deserting the fray and contemplating the larger world around it. It’s a shame that everything else in the game works so emphatically against it.

February 14, 2018 |

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David Jagneaux (IGN)

5.8/10 - (Read Review)

GameCentral (Metro GameCentral)

4/10 - (Read Review)

Dynasty Warriors finally gets the overhaul it’s long been waiting for… and while it addresses a few old problems it creates just as many new ones.

Ethan Gach (Kotaku)

Not Recommended - (Read Review)

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Atomix	Miguel Reyes	74 / 100	02-13-2018	Dynasty Warriors 9 its an interesting new approach to a series that was starting to look stagnant. Albeit its not perfect and has many flaws, the new elements like the open world and State Combo System achieve to offer a new experience that feels fresh, though not at best possible way.	Read review
Attack of the Fanboy	Jelani James	3 / 5 stars	02-13-2018	Dynasty Warriors 9 felt more like an experiment than a single, cohesive experience. At times it felt like Dynasty Warriors, sometimes an open world RPG, occasionally neither and sometimes both. But if Omega Force learns from this endeavor and buckles down for the next entry, the result could be spectacular.	Read review
BaziCenter	Farnood Samie Yousefi	7 / 10	02-12-2018	Even with open world gameplay which is a nice addition to the series, Dynasty Warriors 9 is still far from what it wants to be. Positive changes are there, but they are not enough to convince new players. However, fans of the series will have a great time playing it.	Read review
CGMagazine	Preston Dozsa	6 / 10	02-13-2018	Dynasty Warriors 9 is a significant departure from past titles, but a poorly implemented open world leaves much to be desired.	Read review
Cheat Code Central	Jenni Lada	2.7 / 5 stars	02-13-2018	There are lots of great Warriors games out there. Hell, Omega Force and Koei Tecmo gave us the fantastic Dragon Quest Warriors II and Fire Emblem Warriors in 2017! You can never go wrong with Samurai Warriors 4. Hyrule Warriors is so good, it is coming up on its third port! And there are times when I still swear Dynasty Warriors 4 is the best entry in this series. Dynasty Warriors 9 is not a good Warriors. It is not a good open world game. It is a broken, tedious mess. Fortunately, fans of the genre have plenty of older entries to enjoy. Maybe in a year or two, after Omega Force has more experience with open world installments, we will see the Warriors formula work with this genre.	Read review
COGconnected	Mario Brash	80 / 100	02-13-2018	The size of this world is, nevertheless, impressive, and Omega Force deserves applause	Read review
Cubed3	Brandon Howard	6 / 10	02-21-2018	Koei Tecmo and Omega Force can neither be faulted for their resolve, nor their aspirations. The franchise has always had its cult audience but the Musou style has rarely broken into the mainstream outside of the big licenced spin-offs, like Hyrule Warriorsi]. i]Dynasty Warriors 9 feels like an attempt to remedy that. Open World games are this generation’s go-to genre and transforming the Story of Three Kingdoms has actually worked in many regards, but this feels like an early and flawed attempt at that bigger picture. Where it works best is in its classic elements, but the open world needs a lot of work. Perhaps by the time Dynasty Warriors 10 they will have learned from their mistakes.	Read review
Destructoid	Chris Carter	6.5 / 10	02-13-2018	The hack-and-slash moment-to-moment action works in its favor even when transitioning to a new style of play, but Dynasty Warriors 9, like some of its predecessors, is clunky and unwieldy; hampered by the aforementioned bugs and performance problems. If you’re into the idea of playing an open world game where its arcadey elements are entwined with therapeutic but sometimes dry exploration, maybe give it a shot.	Read review
Digital Chumps	Dillon Sweeney	4.5 / 10	02-14-2018	Dynasty Warriors 9 is extremely repetitive, and it gets to the point of frustration and boredom. The graphics in game are nothing to talk about. It would be different if the game had subpar gameplay and beautiful scenery, but you won’t find that here. Unchallenging combat is just salt in the wound. This is not a game I recommend, and its 80 something playable characters cannot save it.	Read review
Digitally Downloaded	Matt Sainsbury	5 / 5 stars	02-13-2018	Koei Tecmo has done a remarkable job of telling the many stories of the many people that make Romance of the Three Kingdoms such a compelling book and period of history, and the beautiful cinematic consistency makes it the most perfect realisation of everything Koei Tecmo has been aiming for with this series since way back on the PlayStation 2.	Read review
DualShockers	Giuseppe Nelva	7.5 / 10	02-13-2018	While combat remains exhilarating and fun in a way that will feel familiar to veterans of the series, Dynasty Warriors 9 isn’t just one versus a thousand anymore. We’re part of a war that unfolds all around us, with plenty of allies in need of help and enemies begging for a healthy beating. It’s a bold step in the right direction, and while Omega Force may have overextended in certain aspects, the fun outweighs the jank and the experience remains one that I am eager to return to and to see improved and further evolved in Dynasty Warriors 10 or Samurai Warriors 5.	Read review
Eurogamer	Martin Robinson	Not Recommended	02-14-2018	The musou genre needed new ideas	Read review
Explosion Network	Thomas Marshall	9 / 10	02-12-2018	It’s a damn shame Monster Hunter: World is doing so well because, I believe, Dynasty Warriors 9 would otherwise be a worthy recipient of that mainstream boost early calendar releases	Read review
Game Revolution	Jason Faulkner	3 / 5 stars	02-13-2018	Unfortunately, the changes in Dynasty Warriors 9 are a bit too superficial and kept too much of what made the series suffer in previous titles.	Read review
Game Volt	Mohamed Ashmawy	5.5 / 10	02-13-2018	Perhaps the game need to improve more and make the changes to the open world so it fit in there and bring more than a wide area to free roam and add more time to play to the game only, the Japanese developer is afraid of change but the one whom changed gains gold era now and appreciation and others needs to get out of PlayStation 2 era.	Read review
Gameblog	Jonathan Bushle	6 / 10	02-20-2018	Dynasty Warriors goes open world with this ninth installment, which is a good thing, but the game is still awful, repetitive and sometimes boring.	Read review
GameGrin	Alex Hamilton	3.5 / 10	02-23-2018	Everything about this game seems completely rushed. To jump onto the open world bandwagon three or four years too late and still deliver such a pile of garbage isn’t just embarrassing, it’s insulting.	Read review
GameMAG	Azzy	7 / 10	02-13-2018	The developers finally took a step forward with Dynasty Warriors 9 and its open world nature. This allowed them to refresh game mechanics, stalled since the time of PlayStation 2. Unfortunately, weak graphics and bugs spoil the overall impression of an interesting project.	Read review
GamePitt	Rob Pitt	9 / 10	02-13-2018	Dynasty Warriors 9 is a very ambitious title. It tried to take a game, which has been operating as a series of mini-missions and make it into a true open-world experience. Do I feel it was successful? Yes and no. The game has all of the aspects of an open-world game, it’s just a shame it also inherited all the flaws of one as well. However, the combat and gameplay mechanics I love from the franchise are here and everything has been expanded on to make it the biggest Dynasty Warriors game to date.	Read review
GamePro	Michael Cherdchupan	45 / 100	02-15-2018	Conceptually interesting fusion of open world and Musou, which due to poor performance and numerous bugs misses the mark.	Read review
Gamer Escape	Anthony Moss	7 / 10	02-13-2018	This is a juncture where each player must decide for themselves: Even if overall a decent video game, is this a decent Dynasty Warriors game? Such is the risk of renewal; change that seems necessary to some is not even desired by others. The fans of yesterday won’t always be the fans of tomorrow.	Read review
Gamerheadquarters	Jason Stettner	7 / 10	02-13-2018	Dynasty Warriors 9 does provide a bold step up with the open world, yet does somewhat fall short on the execution.	Read review
Gamers Heroes	Johnny Hurricane	5 / 10	02-13-2018	Open world might not be the right step for Dynasty Warriors. Something like Dynasty Warriors Empires would be a much better fit, as even hardcore Dynasty Warriors fans are going to have trouble overlooking the problems present in this title.	Read review
Gamersky	北方凛	7 / 10	02-12-2018	Koei wanted a brand-new look of Dynasty Warriors, so they decided to transform this game from an action game to an open world RPG. But this open world is like a rough stone, which has poor appearance and thoughtless design, with many boring side missions and too much time wasted on the way. The new combat system is fine, yet terrible graphics, tons of bugs, and low frame rates still ruined it, made this game a complete failure.	Read review
GameSkinny	Ashley Gill	2 / 10	02-13-2018	Dynasty Warriors 9 is so bad it could completely destroy your faith in the series.	Read review
GameSpew	Richard Seagrave	6 / 10	02-20-2018	Dynasty Warriors 9 does take the series into new territory, but in doing so it breaks the tight-knit, smooth, action-packed gameplay that we’ve come to know and love.	Read review
GameSpot	James Swinbanks	7 / 10	02-13-2018	A new open world breathes life into this ancient franchise.	Read review
GameWatcher	Aron Gerencser	4 / 10	02-15-2018	Dynasty Warriors 9 suffers from a lot of issues, most stemming from the terribly implemented open-world. Assets are reused, it’s buggy, repetitive, bloated, empty and bland. These shortcomings are made all the more painful by the obvious potential this game had, and how fun the base combat can be once players waded through all the other nonsense.	Read review
Gaming Nexus	Nathan Carter	8 / 10	02-13-2018	Dynasty Warriors 9 is a fun and fresh take of the series with the familiar 1 vs 1000 action people expect but frame rate issues and no multiplayer component keep it from reaching it’s full potential.	Read review
GamingBolt	Aaron Main	6 / 10	02-13-2018	One can’t help but feel that Dynasty Warriors 9 had a lot of potential. With more time in the oven it could have been a much better game than it’s now.	Read review
GamingTrend	Codi Spence	80 / 100	02-13-2018	Whether a die-hard fan or a newcomer to the series, Dynasty Warriors 9 is sure to delight lovers of the hack and slash genre. The story is interesting enough to keep you playing, but the main focus will be on the combat. The open world aspect of the game gives you more freedom of choice, which players will appreciate. There are a few issues, but nothing too overwhelming.	Read review
GBAtemp	Chris Knight	7.5 / 10	02-13-2018	Despite my complaints, the game is still strangely addictive and a blast to play thanks to how smooth the combat feels. Exploration is fairly pointless, yet I found myself doing it for hours and being entertained. The story is a real highlight, seamlessly being able to go through each character’s storyline. Dynasty Warriors 9 presents a lot of significant changes that almost make it feel like a spin-off, but I can appreciate what they tried to do and still had many hours of fun with this title. I’m actually excited to see what they do with the series next.	Read review
GearNuke	Khurram Imtiaz	7 / 10	02-14-2018	This is the first time Dynasty Warriors has made it to an open world, but unfortunately it has also resulted in a product that is bloated and feels dated in term of the open world design. It is a good step forward for the series but it needs a lot more tweaks in order to remain relevant for any potential future entries.	Read review
Generación Xbox	Jose Angel Martínez	6.4 / 10	02-27-2018	Dynasty Warriors 9 is a set of mechanics that do not finish working. Its bad optimization in Xbox and its little ambition make the game has not ended up being the reinvention of the saga we expected.	Read review
God is a Geek	Dale Emasiri	7.5 / 10	02-13-2018	Dynasty Warriors offers a plethora of playable characters, large-scale battles, and a feeling of godhood as you smash through scores of enemies with a single thing. What more could you ask for from a Warriors game?	Read review
Hardcore Gamer	Chris Shive	3.5 / 5 stars	02-13-2018	Dynasty Warriors 9 attempts to revitalize the franchise with a fresh approach to its standard formula and kind of succeeds.	Read review
Heavy	Elton Jones	5.5 / 10	02-13-2018	Sure, the hack ‘n slash mechanics have been improved and remains the main pull of this new sequel. But it’s simply not enough to convince non-fans to take Dynasty Warriors more seriously. The diehards will flock to it, of course. But they may even be disappointed with its lackluster quality as well.	Read review
Hobby Consolas	Unknown	84 / 100	02-13-2018	The open world, RPG elements and new battle system make Dynasty Warriors 9 the first refreshing entry in this old series. This is without a doubt the way to go for future games in the Dynasty franchise.	Read review
IGN	David Jagneaux	5.8 / 10	02-13-2018	After the resounding success of Dynasty Warriors 8, Dynasty Warriors 9 feels like a major step back. What’s lost in the move towards an individually-centered story spread across a massive open world far outweighs the minor benefits that are gained. While the excellent button-mashing gameplay stays intact with great tweaks and additions, it wasn’t enough. The lack of multiplayer, missing alternate game modes, and emptiness of ancient China left me far from satisfied.	Read review
IGN Italy	Biagio Etna	7.8 / 10	02-13-2018	With Dynasty Warrior 9 Koei Tecmo makes a decisive turning point for the saga, and despite several structural flaws, the game turns out to be a solid framework for the next episodes.	Read review
IGN Middle East	Moustafa Gad	6 / 10	02-13-2018	There are a lot of exciting moments in Dynasty Warriors 9, both those related to the story or bloody clashes, but this does not match the many other problems the game has, whether the virtual world design and the size of the activities it provides, or tasks that become repetitive and similar after a period, or The characters, some of which share the same weapons and combat tactics, add to the limited level of animation, sounds and user interface, making the title many years late for many open world games.	Read review
IGN Spain	David Soriano	7.2 / 10	02-13-2018	Dynasty Warriors 9, with the new open world sandbox-style, is a nice new approach to a formula too exploited, but that can not stop it from being tedious within a few hours.	Read review
Just Push Start	Grant E. Gaines	5 / 5 stars	02-13-2018	Where previous games allowed players to feel powerful by defeating an absurd number of dumb enemies, Dynasty Warriors 9 cuts out the middle man, leaving a shallow game feeling completely hollow.	Read review
KeenGamer	Benjamin Green	7.8 / 10	02-13-2018	So, an open world Dynasty Warriors. One certainly must commend Omega Force for constantly trying to innovate with their games rather than just churn out the exact same thing with marginally improved graphics with every installment. However, as the most recent in a long-running series, it begs the question: should you buy this one with all of it’s faults or should you just stick with the last one, which sticks closer to the formula that made the games so beloved? Well, that depends on what you’re looking for. The combat is a lot smoother than in the past games, and though the characters can be a tad one-note and the dialogue can be a tad wooden there is more of an effort to show rather than tell, and of course the graphics have vastly improved. At the same time, the pace of the game outside of the combat is a lot slower, the voice acting really could use improvement, and of course the change of genre leaves just the one game mode and no local multiplayer. It feels more like an adventure than a war, which I’m sure would excite some fans while disappointing others.	Read review
KnowTechie	Jonathan White	4 / 10	04-11-2018	Dynasty Warriors 9 is basically the $60 equivalent of a Steam Early Access title, and it’s a slap in the face and the reproductive organs, to fans of the series.	Read review
Kotaku	Ethan Gach	Not Recommended	02-14-2018	Battles were raging and allies were calling for help, but for once the game offered me the option of deserting the fray and contemplating the larger world around it. It’s a shame that everything else in the game works so emphatically against it.	Read review
Metro GameCentral	GameCentral	4 / 10	02-15-2018	Dynasty Warriors finally gets the overhaul it’s long been waiting for… and while it addresses a few old problems it creates just as many new ones.	Read review
Nerd Much?	Jordan Harrington	5 / 10	02-13-2018	“I think that the button mashing days are behind most of us in 2018, and Dynasty Warriors just doesn’t give enough to the modern gamer.”	Read review
New Game Network	Peter Ingham	58 / 100	02-18-2018	For long-time fans of the franchise, Dynasty Warriors 9 feels like it has its heart in the right place, but the implementation of the open world and MMO mechanics feels dated, creating a bland experience that does not do the colorful series justice.	Read review
Pardis Game	Reza Liaghat	8 / 10	02-13-2018	Dynasty Warriors 9 tries to be an overhaul among all of the games that share the “one man against thousand” formula. But it is more of a major upgrade than an overhaul. Dynasty Warriors 9 is an exciting and definitive buy for those who are new to the series or are returning to it after a long absence. But for its loyal fans and those who had their fair share of the “one man against thousand” formula, Dynasty Warriors 9 is just another game in the series without any significant value	Read review
Paste Magazine	Cameron Kunzelman	7 / 10	02-20-2018	Dynasty Warriors 9 exists at the nexus of a lot of different desires on the player community side and the development side. I just want to wander around inside a big space and win epic battles in long-ago China while coveting the throne. That’s what I’m in it for, and that’s what it delivers. If you’re in it for that, you might like it too.	Read review
PlayStation Universe	Neil Bolt	8 / 10	02-13-2018	The transition to an open world has not been easy, quite rough in fact. Still, Dynasty Warriors 9’s many changes to the musou formula hold great promise for the future. This is the rebirth the series needed, regardless of its issues.	Read review
Press Start	James Berich	7 / 10	02-13-2018	Dynasty Warriors 9 attempts to expand the scope of what a Dynasty Warriors game is with varying effects. The new open world helps to break up the monotony of just playing battles repeatedly, while introducing issues of its own. These are just growing pains though, and Dynasty Warriors fans will appreciate how Koei Tecmo have successfully reinvented their franchise and what the future holds.	Read review
PS4Blog.net	the_nmac	8.5 / 10	02-15-2018	Dynasty Warriors 9 is definitely a new start for the series and a big change to what we are used to playing in a Musou game. The new open world design completely changed how I approached the game, and I was thrilled to be done with the old menu system. Unfortunately, the graphics haven’t changed much other than some visual improvements here and there.At the end of the day though I need to ask myself if I have had fun with the release, and the answer is a big yes. There are still things they can improve for the next entry in this long-running and beloved series, so here’s hoping Dynasty Warriors 10 knocks it out of the park.	Read review
PSX Brasil	Thiago de Alencar Moura	80 / 100	02-13-2018	Dynasty Warriors 9 is a game that, despite some problems in this first attempt in the series to make an open world game, establishes a great way to retell its story, reinventing very well the combat system and bringing the series closer to an RPG, thus marking a great step forward for the franchise.	Read review
Push Square	Robert Ramsey	5 / 10	02-13-2018	Dynasty Warriors has been on a steady run since it fumbled with the divisive Dynasty Warriors 6, and now it’s in danger of fumbling all over again. Dynasty Warriors 9 goes open world and the result is a game of extreme ups and downs. For every gloriously huge battle there’s a boring stint of traversal across a dreadfully barren map. For every interesting story moment or interaction, there’s a horribly ugly graphical glitch. Factor in an unconvincing combat system overhaul, and you’ve got a Dynasty Warriors title that may disappoint even the most dedicated of fans. There’s still some good historical hack and slash fun to be had here, but we expected much more from the return of this flagship series.	Read review
Rice Digital	Parallel	2.5 / 5 stars	02-15-2018	We’d rather Omega Force just stuck to what they’re great at: making excellent hack and slash games. And Dynasty Warriors 9 isn’t one of those.	Read review
Saudi Gamer	ريان الدويش	5 / 10	02-14-2018	Dynasty Warriors 9 couldn’t even keep the decent quality the series is known for, in fact it is a huge step back for the series. The open world did more harm than good for the game, and the fact that there is no other mode other than the story mode just made the lifetime of the game shorter. Perhaps the improved combat system and the way the game tells the story will makes it playable for some of the hardcore fans, but the bad AI and the many bugs the game has just makes hard and challenging to finish the game.	Read review
Saving Content	Ed Acosta	4 / 5 stars	02-13-2018	Even with my issues, I love this game. I wish it would be more polished than it is, and I wish the voices were what I remember, but I’m still having a lot of fun with it. The combat is engaging enough, the story is still quite good, and the open world lets you explore and just do whatever you want in. Will this actually entice new players into the series? I don’t think it’s got enough there to change the stigma surrounding Warriors games but for existing fans this one not to miss.	Read review
Shacknews	Blake Morse	6 / 10	02-14-2018	Admittedly, many of the flaws or problems I have with Dynasty Warriors 9 are nothing entirely new to the series. It’s just that now there’s a whole new layer of problems that have been put on top of them that make the original issues that much more apparent. For almost every aspect of the game’s features that I felt were on par with the quality of past titles, there is a contradiction.	Read review
Sirus Gaming	Jonathan Quirino	8 / 10	02-13-2018	Overall, Dynasty Warriors 9 is a great game filled with memorable battles and great characters. The open-world direction was the best idea; and so far, with its huge map that’s almost impossible to explore in one day, the number of characters packed in the game with unique stories and playstyles, this is the most ambitious Warriors game ever. I doubted the game at the beginning as I thought that it would just end up the same like its predecessors, but Dynasty Warriors 9 proved me wrong. This is a huge step up for the franchise, despite its flaws, Dynasty Warriors 9 gave me a hell of a ride.	Read review
SpazioGames	Adriano Di Medio	7.5 / 10	02-13-2018	Dynasty Warriors 9 is far from perfection. It has technical issues, its gameplay needs time to be appreciated and seems a bit lazy when he must do something different from action. But it’s also powerful and passionate, strictly following Guanzhong’s original Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Perhaps the limited open-world system will seem a missed occasion, but the advice we can give is to give it a chance, and to do it out of any preconception.	Read review
TechRaptor	Samuel Guglielmo	Not Recommended	02-13-2018	The game I played is an absolute technical disaster that barely runs. New elements haphazardly pop up with no consideration on how to fit them into the gameplay. Basics such as storytelling take a massive leap backward. Dynasty Warriors 9 isn’t just bad. This is a Sonic the Hedgehog 2006 level series killer.	Read review
The Game Fanatics	Kyle Fisher	6 / 10	02-20-2018	If you are a fan of Dynasty Warriors, there is some mindless fun to be had here, but the open-world design spreads the fun so thin that it is more tedious than exhilarating.	Read review
The Games Machine	Marco Inchingoli	5.8 / 10	02-15-2018	Dynasty Warriors 9 is a game that can be recommended only to hardcore fans of the genre: the formula is absolutely the same, with its inherent boredom, further stressed by a subpar open-world experience. There are some new elements here and there, but the gameplay is basically the same.	Read review
The Jimquisition	Jim Sterling	Not Recommended	02-13-2018	Dynasty Warriors 9 is an absolute mistake. The open world actively ruins the flow of the game, the new combat system is a homogenizing step back, and as for what they DID to Zhang He…	Read review
The Outerhaven Productions	Clinton Bowman-Christie	1 / 5 stars	02-20-2018	There is no real reason to play this game, and I’m not ashamed to tell you to do either one of two things: Go play Fire Emblem, Hyrule Warriors or even Dragon Quest Warriors. Or put Omega Force and Koei Tecmo on notice for putting such little effort into this title.	Read review
TheSixthAxis	Jim Hargreaves	5 / 10	02-13-2018	Sadly, this isn’t the breakthrough fans were expecting. Omega Force took a pretty big risk with Dynasty Warriors 9, and while its open world integration can be seen as a small triumph, this newest entry is marred by its heavily outdated approach to combat design.	Read review
TrustedReviews	Alastair Stevenson	3 / 5 stars	02-13-2018	Featuring reworked combat and open-world story mechanics, Dynasty Warriors 9 is a definite step in the right direction. But even without the technical issues around its framerate, Dynasty Warriors 9 feels like a fundamentally compromised game that lacks depth. Fans of the franchise will likely be able to see past its shortcomings, but everyone else looking for a hack-and-slash fix would do better to look at one of Omega Force’s other titles, like Berserk and the Band of the Hawk.	Read review
VG247	Alex Donaldson	Not Recommended	02-15-2018	Dynasty Warriors 9 is a perfect example of why you should be careful what you wish for.	Read review
VGChartz	Patrick Day-Childs	7 / 10	02-13-2018	Dynasty Warriors 9 stands tall in the series’ library, only being let down by relatively minor issues that will hopefully be fixed in subsequent instalments.	Read review
VideoGamer	Alice Bell	6 / 10	02-13-2018	Dynasty Warriors 9 still has the ‘levelling hundreds of dudes without breaking a sweat’ core loop so you feel like a badass, but the open world removes some of the depth. Fans can still enjoy, but it won’t win any new hearts this time.	Read review
Wccftech	Kai Powell	8.5 / 10	02-13-2018	Dynasty Warriors 9 has finally entered the next generation of gaming, bringing the series’ tried and true 1-versus-1,000 fights into a massive open world while sticking true to its roots, for better or for worse.	Read review
We Got This Covered	Todd Rigney	3 / 5 stars	02-16-2018	Although it attempts to take a massive step forward, Dynasty Warriors 9 ultimately fails to deliver an open world worth exploring. Thankfully, smacking around waves of enemies is as delightful as ever.	Read review
WellPlayed	Kieran Stockton	5 / 10	02-12-2018	A bland hack ‘n’ slash with tonnes of content but painfully repetitive and simplistic gameplay that can’t sustain itself	Read review
Worth Playing	Cody Medellin	5 / 10	04-20-2018	While not quite an unmitigated disaster, Dynasty Warriors 9 is pretty bad. Even if you can live with the subpar presentation, the game quickly gets boring due to a lack of important or interesting things that can be done in the world. The combat is fine, but with fewer opportunities to use it, the button-mashing joy inherent in the series is nowhere to be found. If the franchise continues down this open-world path, then it’ll need some massive improvements — or else fans will start calling for a return to the old formula.	Read review
Xbox Achievements	Richard Walker	60 / 100	02-13-2018	Cards on the table: I enjoyed playing Dynasty Warriors 9 a lot. Yes, it’s enormously repetitive and the open-world elements don’t really add all that much to the well-worn formula, but there’s something appealing about the whole grand historical affair and the simplistic gameplay. You’ll hack, slash and stomp your way across feudal China, grinning like a loon. Then again, there’s that whole repetitive, lack of depth thing I mentioned before.	Read review
ZTGD	Ken McKown	5 / 10	02-22-2018	There is a lot of content in Dynasty Warriors 9 and the ideas are sound, but the execution is just atrocious. I hope they continue to iterate and spruce up the genre. I love seeing new takes on familiar formulas. Sadly though this outing feels like a half-baked idea that no one on the team was really behind.	Read review

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Experience the thrill of one versus thousands in an all new open world setting with DYNASTY WARRIORS 9, the latest installment in the series! Ancient China is depicted on a single, vast, open-world map. Also, while maintaining the series’ intuitive controls, we have included a new Musou Action system where you can experience the thrill of “one versus thousands” like never before on an ever-changing battlefield. In addition, the captivating lives of our eclectic cast of officers intermingle in an expansive “Romance of the Three Kingdoms” world that will allow you to feel completely immersed in the tides of history with our latest DYNASTY WARRIORS title!

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