Can Dynasty Warriors 9 Really Turn Things Around For The Series?

If what Koei Tecmo are saying is true, Dynasty Warriors 9 could be the much-needed shake up fans of the series have been waiting for. For the past few years the publisher has continued to experiment with various sequels, spin-offs, and remixes, though each one derives from the same core Warriors template. That formula – which debuted in 2000’s Dynasty Warriors 2 – has evolved over time, but after seventeen years it’s truly starting to show its age. To combat this long-running fatigue, developer Omega Force is proposing some fundamental changes to its flagship franchise.

[Majin-vegeta]

I.hope this installment innovates the DW series just like DW2.

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[madforaday]

I hope so to because I think it's time for a new DW because I know I will buy this day 1 just for the fact it is open world and it looks like they are keeping the same formula wile adding some new features in it which is what I personally want. I love playing and finding new weapons and new armor so when I do see Lu Bu I can try and take him. It was fun first meeting Lu Bu and you were too weak to beat him. Once you get some good gear and than having that 30 minute fight with him and taking him out. The solely reason you do that so you can see the look of the face of the officers when you take him out and see their moral DROP!.

[Majin-vegeta]

Dude I think a gear system would work great for Dynasty warriors.like RPGS

[madforaday]

I thought DW games did have a gear system. I could be totally wrong because its been a while but I thought armor can be dropped and picked up?

[2pacalypsenow]

Man DW 2 was good

[madforaday]

I got into the series with DW 3 and I was hooked ever since!

[Bushwick]

Me too. Seems like forever ago!

[Razzer]

Are these games stand alone like Persona and Final Fantasy?

[ripper_roo]

Nope, each one tells the same story, albeit with an updated roster of characters.

It's a very strange way of doing a game series to be honest. For example, there's a level called The Battle For Hu Lao Gate which has featured in every Dynasty Warriors games but is a little different each time.

[bacrec1]

DW 8 was loaded with features. Probably my favorite since 4. Looking forward to the new one.

[andrewsquall]

The series needs to turn things around? Since when? If its not broke don't fix it. Now if its Mass Effect Andromeda then.......................... http://i647.photobucket.com... fix it.

[Fishy Fingers]

Since the last 3 or 4 games have been mediocre at best....?

[shaun mcwayne]

Agreed the last few have been meh.

[ripper_roo]

While not exactly broken, the past couple of mainline games have done very little to advance the core Warriors template.

[ThatGuyDart]

Been a Dynasty Warriors fan ever since I played DW3 on the OG Xbox. Last one I bough was DW8 Empires. I've really been more into the Empires series over the years than the main games, hopefully there's some elements from Empires in DW9. Either way what we have seen so far looks great and I'll be getting this at launch

[ChipChipperson]

I just hope they don't pull a Dynasty Warriors 6 with this one. I enjoyed it for what it was, but DW6 was the first game in a while that actually really changed some of the game mechanics, but the new mechanics, e.g., the Renbu system, just wasn't as fun as the old style button combinations we were doing. It looked stylish to look at, but it just wasn't as fun. And of course can't forget the absolutely unforgivable act of making a good number of the character roster clones of each other, depending on what weapon they had. That really cut the replayability down.