All that carnage really taps into a very special type of power-fantasy fun. It’s a bit overwhelming at first, but once your thumb falls into the rhythm it’s all very natural. Flow Attacks act like the glue that connects all of the pieces of Dynasty Warriors 9’s combat system together, and even though it basically just means mashing square over and over, it keeps the intensity high. You can then follow those moves up with Flow Attacks, which let you chain combos together and go directly into another Trigger Attack, or set them up for a Special or big Musou Attack. The shouts of enemies in agony, my allies supporting me, and the sounds of my attacks rampaging through the battlefield meld together with the rocking soundtrack.īasic combat is the expected simple button-mashing to cut down enemies along the path to victory, but now there are Trigger Attacks that let you stun, launch, and knock down enemies. I’ve even created a vortex of electric storms that erupted all around me during a flurry of sword slashes.
I’ve rained ice and fire from the sky with the point of my finger. I’ve shot tornadoes out of swords that wrecked an entire battlefield, juggling dozens of enemies in the air. But if this is the vision of what a modern Dynasty Warriors game is, then I’d prefer a flashback to the series’ more focused and co-op friendly past instead.Ĭombat in Dynasty Warriors 9 is its simplest joy, and at its height it’s like a ballet of beautiful, high-flying violence. For the first time, the developers have retired the tried-and-true segmented mission structure in favor of a large, open-world map with missions, points of interest, and random activities scattered sparsely about.
Koei Tecmo and Omega Force’s 21-year-old Dynasty Warriors series has never been a series known to step outside its comfort zone, but Dynasty Warriors 9 is not your typical Dynasty Warriors game.
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