Eschewing the traditional campaign mode of Dynasty Warriors 8, Empires instead tasks you with conquering the land, one region at a time until all of China is under your rule.
This is the Empires expansion of Dynasty Warriors, which brings with it a heavy emphasis on turn-based strategy. Of course, for a detailed breakdown of Dynasty Warriors 8, you can check out our review. It can get repetitive mowing through wave after wave of mindless enemies, but there’s also a cathartic joy to seeing your controlled chaos reverberate throughout the screen, especially with the series’ consistently awesome metal music blaring in the background. I was initially prepared for a deluge of simplistic button mashing - and those looking for precisely that will certainly be able to find it - but combat scenarios eventually give way to higher difficulties, with crowd control, blocking, and smart use of each character’s assortment of combos required to conquer the battlefield. What WAS surprising was that the combat is. However, I have been vaguely aware of the series' “more of the same” reputation, which has accrued over the years, so I wasn’t surprised to find that the core combat has basically remained - a lone warrior rushes into hundreds upon hundreds of enemy combatants across open battlefields, laying waste to dozens with each blow. To be completely honest, I’m a relative newcomer to the Dynasty Warriors series, having not had any extended time with the series since way back to Dynasty Warriors 2. Dynasty Warriors 8 was considered somewhat of a return to form for many fans of the series, but does Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires carry on the torch? This is essentially a return to the roots of the original Romance of the Three Kingdoms series, of which Dynasty Warriors is itself a spin-off.
However, for many fans of the series, it’s the Empires edition that is looked forward to the most, as it adds an entire strategy meta-game framework over the core Dynasty Warriors gameplay. Xtreme Legends can be considered a more standard expansion pack, generally including new characters, weapons, moves, and game modes. By Jake Weston, posted on 26 February 2015 / 8,842 ViewsĮver since 2004, the Dynasty Warriors franchise has regularly received two spin-offs for its numbered main entries - Xtreme Legends and Empires.
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