Originally an action spinoff of developer Koei’s turn-based strategy Romance of the Three Kingdom games based on the Chinese novel of the same name, the Dynasty Warriors series would establish its own genre of action, musou, in which a single character faces masses of opponents. Dynasty Warriors: Origins is the first mainline entry since 2018’s disappointing Dynasty Warriors 9 and seeks to return to the franchise’s roots, adapting the first half of the original Romance of the Three Kingdoms novel. Here, the player takes the role of an amnesic lone wanderer who becomes pivotal in the war for the kingdoms fighting for control of China, while trying to rediscover his identity and reconnect with history.
As a musou game, Origins is a spectacular technical achievement that takes full advantage of modern hardware to present amazing large-scale feudal battles from a boots-on-the-ground perspective. The Warriors series, including its spinoffs (from...
As a musou game, Origins is a spectacular technical achievement that takes full advantage of modern hardware to present amazing large-scale feudal battles from a boots-on-the-ground perspective. The Warriors series, including its spinoffs (from...
- 1/15/2025
- by Ryan Aston
- Slant Magazine
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