Dynasty Warriors (PlayStation)

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Description

Dynasty Warriors is a 3D fighting action game steeped in traditional Chinese history and mythology, its characters being warriors from the Three Kingdoms era, a setting that was used by Koei before in their Romance of the Three Kingdoms series.

Over 2000 years ago, Guang-Wu revived the Han Dynasty in China. Wars and chaos follow for centuries after, because of regional conflicts, rival dynasties, and bureaucratic problems. An insurgent group, the Yellow Turban Rebels, roams China killing government officials. The current Emperor Shao is protected by troops raised by the nobles of the land - but each noble has their own plan to gain power.

The characters can be chosen from four groups, each representing one of the main kingdoms - Shu, Wei, and Wu, as well as a miscellaneous-character 4th group.

The fighting is based on actual martial arts and weapons (and the tactics thereof) rather than focusing on combos, special moves, or other modern fighting-game embellishments.

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Alternate Titles

• "三国無双" -- Japanese spelling
• "Sanguo Wushuang" -- Chinese title
• "Sangoku Musou" -- Japanese title

Part of the Following Groups

• Console Generation Exclusive: PlayStation
• Dynasty Warriors series
• Koei's Warriors / Musō series
• PlayStation the Best series
• Setting: Chinese
• Setting: Chinese Three Kingdoms era

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Critic Reviews

Player One	Nov, 1997	87 out of 100	87
Game Revolution	Jun 04, 2004	B+	83
GamePro (US)	Nov 24, 2000	4 out of 5	80
Absolute Playstation	Dec, 1997	80 out of 100	80
Video Games	Oct, 1997	79 out of 100	79
IGN	Jun 27, 1997	7.8 out of 10	78
Mega Fun	Nov, 1997	77 out of 100	77
Jeuxvideo.com	Mar 15, 2012	15 out of 20	75
GameSpot	Apr 01, 1997	7.2 out of 10	72
Edge	Apr, 1997	6 out of 10	60

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Doesn't belong to the Warriors series	4	雷堂嬢太朗 -raido.jotaro- (60659) Jul 14, 2012

Trivia

Characters

Although most of the characters come from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms series, there is the unlockable character of Oda Nobunaga, the historical namesake behind Koei's Nobunaga's Ambition series.

Of course, his presence here not only places him not only outside of his native country, but thirteen centuries before his time.

Related Web Sites

• Wikipedia: Dynasty Warriors (Information about Dynasty Warriors at Wikipedia)