While the campaign is structured differently from other games in the series, it just highlights how little effort Omega Force has put into make this a marquee release.Īs mentioned before, this isn’t a game primarily for traditional Dynasty Warriors fans. He’s a solid addition and is perfect for crowd control during hectic fights, but I do wish there was more than just him added to the cast. His primary weapon is that of a staff, one that he uses to extend the growth of an AOE attack at the end of a specific combo, and unleashes hell once it becomes large enough. Making his playable debut, Xun Yu actually adds an enjoyable new set of moves to Empires. This is Xun Yu, a member under the Cao Wei Dynasty and is the handsome individual who appears on the box art. Unfortunately, while there’s a huge array of characters pulled from Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends, there’s only one new individual. Granted, I probably fall under a very select group, but considering how dedicated the Dynasty Warriors fanbase is, this could be a great addition next time around. How characters are organized are based on the Dynasty they fight for and then are listed based on what I believe to be rank, so it becomes troublesome to find someone who you know their name, but don’t know what their allegiance is. The character selection is so massive that one feature is still lacking: a search function. There’s a large lineup of characters to choose from, each pulled out of the different kingdoms and are scattered between 184 and 249 AD. Players will find themselves running through thousands of enemies within a matter of minutes, making us wonder about the types of slaughters that occurred in ancient China.
Mechanically speaking, Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires is basically what we’ve come to expect from the series, at least when looking at combat. While the Dynasty Warriors games have been criticized for reusing assets and features, all the while making only small adjustments over each release, Empires may very well be the defining example of that. Empires is drastically different from the other two games, not in terms of the repetitively addicting gameplay, as the combat remains more or less the same, but in how the campaign is structured. This is up to standards with the hack’n slash series, but there’s one game that needs to be released before Omega Force can begin their new journey on the next Dynasty Warriors mainline title: Empires. While some may not know it, Dynasty Warriors is essentially an annual franchise, especially as of late with the eighth installment coming out in 2013 and Xtreme Legends following in 2014.
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