Dynasty Warriors 6

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This is the 8th or 9th KOEI game for the Xbox 360 by my count. Dynasty Warriors 6 doesn't deviate much from its predecessors, except unlike in previous Dynasty Warriors games you now have achievements! I played my first Dynasty Warrior (DW 4 Empires) game for the PS2, and have been hooked ever since. KOEI games have a very unique style of play that will some how remind you of strategic game of RISK. More than just a hack and slash button masher, there is also a strategy of divide and conquer, and building your military might! So now, on to the review:

Story 5/10

The story doesn't deviate or do anything new from the previous Dynasty Warriors games. The game has a very large character selection, which most of them must be unlocked. There are 52 characters total. The moves and "Musou" are somewhat identical to previous games also. A lot is left to be desired with the horribly cheesy script and terrible Japanese to English translations which remind you of a 1970's Bruce Lee movie! I'm a die hard Dynasty Warriors franchise fan, and so I find enjoyment where most would not in this game. The story mode consists of the usual Risk style gameplay of taking over bases, building your military force through base conquering, moving from one side of the map to the other, and killing all or most enemy generals. Each character can be leveled up from 0-50 with an xp system. You can obtain better weapons and horses on the battlefield. As you progress through each level, completing objectives will net you skill points. After each level you spend those points on leveling up your character.

Online Multiplayer 0/10

There isn't one! Which is huge contributing factor on why this game didn't do anything special for the franchise. With all the officers in each battle, this game could have made a lot of progress breaking into XBL industry!

Graphics 5/10

Graphics are nothing special. Bright, Vibrant, Flashy, and about 2-3 years behind the 8 Ball! There is really not much difference visually from the Dynasty Warriors 5 for Xbox and Dynasty Warriors 6 for Xbox 360. Hopefully graphics have improved with the sequels. Also there is zero blood in Dynasty Warriors games, and no limb removed or decapitation. These things would greatly improve the sales of this franchise; it would show a step forward in gameplay and visuals.

Gameplay Controls 10/10

You can't go wrong with the button mashing of Dynasty Warriors game! Very fluid, cool moves, and lots of Hack and Slashing! On the other hand, you have 6 other buttons and a D+pad unutilized on your controller. The game is very fast paced and fairly glitch proof, even when you have some 150 people on the screen. You can make swift work of 100's to 1000's of enemies per match.

Other types of Gameplay 2/10

There are 4 or 5 scenarios missions and that is it! They are extremely easy and wouldn't take you more than 40 min to complete all 4-5 of them. There is also Free Mode. Which is the exact same missions of the Story Mode. Basically just used to level up your characters! There is also Co-op mode for all story missions as well, which can be fun for a little while, but gets old quick. You can't fight another player and Co-op has to be split-screen on the same console. In XBL age, that is very, very dissappointing!

Achievements / Difficulty 10/10

Difficulty can get very hard on Chaos Difficulty! You get an achievement for completing the game on Chaos, which is a huge grind. For a serious grind out achievement, you can try and get all 52 characters up to a level 50! Most Achievements consist of you trying to complete certain mission objective to unlock characters. There are a few others for beating those 4-5 scenarios I previously listed. There are 48 achievements in all. 46 of them have decent TA ratio's of around1.5 or so. The last two, which I mentioned before, will take you a very, very, very long time, and some serious DW skill!

Conclusion

As said before there are many other KOEI games for the Xbox 360. There have been two sequels for DW 6 since its release. DW 6 Empires and DW Strikeforce. I wouldn't recommend this game unless your have previously play DW games and are a KOEI fan!

I originally posted this to Trueachievments.com
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