I really really wanted to love this game but I just can't recommend it. it feels hollow. the officer combat system is a great change but that gets very boring and repetitive. your contingent of soldiers don't really do anything. yes you have special abilities but they take so long to use again you may only use one or two once in a big fight. every fight is the same. run through everything kill the officer. the minimap is horrendous. your teammates are incredibly incompetent and the battle doesn't feel dynamic at all like it did back in #6 i think it was? so many ideas that have potential but just seem half assed and crammed in there to make it feel like there's something to the game. like the over world map, making choices in the 20 min long dialog cutscenes. none of that matters. there are no secrets, no hidden objectives like in previous games. it all looks great on paper but its really an empty shell

I am a massive fan of Dynasty Warriors playing them all from 2 to now.

It's had its up and downs, but I always knew the gameplay had so much potential but after 9 (which was really bad) I was worried about the future.

Luckily this game knocked it out of the park, the combat, visuals, progression, music is so good and I think most new players will really enjoy these aspects of the game when compared to the older games.

Pros:

• The combat is really responsive and quick, it feels great, and officers are a good challenge.
  
• The music just works whether it be in the missions or in the map the tunes are great.
  
• The new open world map you navigate around for the story is such a good edition, it is well designed, evolves as you go through the story and pretty to look at.
  
• There are some really great cut scenes in the story.
  
• Lu Bu is epic!, one of the hardest fights ever.
  
• The game offers loads of hours of gameplay by offering a long campaign where you can go back to play through the other factions missions and then the highest difficulty challenges which reward you well.

Cons:

• The main character kinda sucks, I wish you could make your own, he doesn't talk and everyone falls in love with him which is a little creepy at times.
  
• Can only play as a few of the original characters from previous games and only for a limited time, although this hurts at first, I don't mind it too much now.
  
• The story drags on with the talking scenes which i think most could find boring (I enjoy it though being a fan), you can skip most things though.
  
• The voice acting is good but still feels off for some characters, but id rather have it than not

Overall I love the game and i can't wait to see where they go next, I hope for a sequel rather than an expansion as the story only got to half way.

This Dynasty Warriors game has a excellent mix of story, combat, character building and is not a pain to 100% (which I did)

To start with the story is told in a very cool way, with very motivated characters who are mostly very likeable having to come into conflict with each other over their ideals and what they what the future kingdom to be. It is just plain cool.

The cut-scenes surprised me with how good they were and there was clearly a focus on the characters as they look really good with great and very different skin texture, outfits, hair style etc. The only flaw I could see people having, though I don't, is that the set locations for the cut-scenes are very much reused, but I don't mind it personally and I don't think it is a true flaw given that it would not have added much for the cost and time it would take to make varied set locations.

The only other point of contention is the mysterious amnesiac MC. I personally don't think it is a issue as it allows the player to have a perspective character to all the other interesting characters from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. The MC's story does not feel like it is to the detriment of the main story.

I personally have a hard time describing action gameplay, but I can say it is fun and the variety of weapons, battle arts and figting style with each weapon makes so there are many ways to play it, but ultimatly it does boil down to parry/dodge enemies while dealing damage. Reminds me of fighting games more then anything.

Character wise there are a lot of characters and you can have interaction with almost all of the none generic characters. It is interesting and fun to find out about them, though the type of language used could make a yaoi fangirl blush if you look at it outside of the platonic lens.

Achievement wise it was fun to do, feels like the pacing is very good and no ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ achievement.

all in all very good game