Dynasty Warriors: Origins Review

[@ShadedOne]

A concise review thanks for sharing. I'll pick it up later.

[@madkaiser4887]

Pretty great review as I anticipated, you really are a True Warrior of the Three Kingdoms!

[@InfiniteBacklogGameReviews]

Looking forward to seeing what you think of it.

[@SophiaXiaoyuAralaCran]

Pretty much solid review here. I admit though I kind of decided to pass when I heard the fact that you can't 100% customize your protagonist to be whoever you wish, but this of course isn't an empires version (though I miss DW4 as well that had you choose boy or girl originally as part of the game itself despite super-limited options yet excusable due to first-time debut). I do agree the gameplay did feel more solid though for the short time I took a go at the beta on PS5. Here's hoping that the next one will actually allow choice between boy or girl and more customization options, along with several of the fixes like you mentioned (such as adding in co-op. That was a huge miss on DW9-E) I admit DW4 was my starting point (parents actually picked it and surprised me too!) then I kind of went up from there, couldn't get everything but had a sharp eye on Empires series since I was able to fit myself into the game and interact with the peeps.

[@goranisacson2502]

While I'm interested in seeing what kind of gameplay changed they've brought to the Musou formula, a part of me feels irationally sad we play as General Generic instead of one of the actual officers, and the lack of the previous games exaggarations and excentricities. I get that toning it down and having a more serious approach is deliberate on their part, but I guess I'm just wondering how engaging the story really gets when they cut out all the over-the-top mannerisms. Are people discussing war strategies and such really fun and interesting on their own, or do I need stuff like grunting barbarian Wei Yan, or yellow turbans calling on the miiiight of the heavveeeennnnnnssss...sss in order to go along? Is there really something to CARE about in the plot, if it isn't gonna be fun and wacky, is what I wonder... but I'm not sure I can find an answer to that except for playing the game.