I’m all in on checking out Dynasty Warriors: Origins when it launches in January after having a fantastic time with its newly released demo.
Koei Tecmo’s Dynasty Warriors series is one of gaming’s definitive action franchises. Its style of gameplay, known as Musou, centers around players acting as a powerful force on a battlefield.
Players constantly use massive attacks and abilities to kill hundreds or thousands of enemies that can barely leave a scratch on them.
The Musou’s maximalist approach to combat is quite endearing, and as a result, it has spawned tons of games. Outside of the nine previous mainline Dynasty Warriors titles, there are spinoff franchises likeSamurai Warriors and Warriors Orochi in addition to licensed Musou games for everything from The Legend of Zelda to Persona to One Piece.
I particularly enjoy the Nintendo-published Hyrule Warriors and Fire Emblem Warriors games, but I have only occasionally dabbled in the mainline Dynasty Warriors games, which are responsible for moving the series forward.