Dynasty Warriors 6 (X360)

“Before someone even throws a hissy fit at me for rating low I will say the following. I liked the game, I actually like the series of games and it's honestly this reason alone is why it has two stars instead of one. What I overall like about...”

“Before someone even throws a hissy fit at me for rating low I will say the following. I liked the game, I actually like the series of games and it's honestly this reason alone is why it has two stars instead of one.

What I overall like about the game is how it has continued to keep true to it's purpose; hawk on the slight popularity of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms while providing the gamer with mind numbing hack 'n slash action that makes people feel like god on a battlefield full of insects. All that is still here and that's what I love about it. However it is the details of the game that makes me wonder why I still stick around if that's all I want.

I'm not going to be like others and complain about "why did they change the fighting styles" or even "why do weapons like that"?! There's nothing wrong with the changes and the game is still playable regardless of those points. No my gripe is this; what was going through the minds of the people who made this game when they thought "Eh, we only need to have some of the characters have musou modes". One of the reasons the game had so much to play with was the fact that each character had their own individual story that you could play through. And there wasn't even enough of a return for their not being additional musou modes. We got some very snappy looking cutscenes, that play like wu xia movie and in my opinion are nice, but are certainly not worth having several musou modes cut.

And then to discover that some characters are just "styled clones" of others as well. Which leads me to feel that the developers were basically saying "we just don't really want you to level up all the characters anyways". And I realize that my gripe is somewhat moot when other Dynasty Warriors game had characters that were clones of other characters, but it wasn't so evident as it is in this one. Even with all it's nice features (i.e. Fire Ability, Renbu Guage, all which I DO LIKE) it still feels like a step-back when considering how minimal this game feels when compared to the games before it. Were it not for the fact that it didn't deliver me hack 'n slash action on my 360 I would have brought it in for store credit.

And to be completely honest if there is not a DLC that changes this (which would be so much better then a whole new disc) of if the sequel is not any different then I'm honestly going to have say "This is enough for me". Without doubt buy it if you're a die hard fan of Romance of the Three Kingdoms or Hack 'n Slash Action, otherwise hold out and wait for a better sequel to show up. ”

“My absolute favorite Hack and Slash game. Nothing like taking my horse off a cliff into a mob of enemies and mowing them down with my skills. Except for Lu Bu. Tact is always needed for that dude, lol.”

“My absolute favorite Hack and Slash game. Nothing like taking my horse off a cliff into a mob of enemies and mowing them down with my skills. Except for Lu Bu. Tact is always needed for that dude, lol.”

“As a long-time fan of the series, I found myself initally skeptical about some of the new officer designs, but after a while they do grow on you and some of them are just plain better than before. The gameplay has seen many improvements, too...”

“As a long-time fan of the series, I found myself initally skeptical about some of the new officer designs, but after a while they do grow on you and some of them are just plain better than before. The gameplay has seen many improvements, too...”