Ranking The Dynasty Warriors Games from Worst to Most Popular
Dynasty Warriors is a hack-and-slash franchise that has been around for more than twenty years. It’s not called Devil May Cry. The series was almost always created by Omega Force and published by Koei Tecmo.
The series is based on the Chinese classic literary novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Each main game has the same story of telling the tales of the key scenes and battles.
Each installment introduces new characters and depth to each conflict’s hundred-year history while largely repeating the same buttons. The Empire’s sub-series adds layers of strategy to all sorties.
There are many games that the Dynasty Warriors brand refers to, but somebody has to cut through them all and compare them. That’s what we’ve sworn to.
Before we leave for the vanguard, here are some ground rules: Every game in the series is almost identical in storytelling, characters, and gameplay. The criticism of them being repetitive or “button mashing” will not be applied unless there is a significant difference. Many critics are nitpicky because many Dynasty Warriors games have almost identical critical review scores.
A final set of conditions: Every game that bears the “Dynasty Warriors” name must have significant gameplay differences from the main numbered installments. It also needs to include a cast of characters who contain all or most of the Dynasty Warriors champions. The Warriors Orochi crossover games are eligible, but not Warriors All-Stars or Dynasty Warriors Advanced, or the Dynasty Warriors: Gundam.
Instead of following Lu Bu, feel the power and magic of our magic as you rank the twenty-three Dynasty Warriors game from worst to most.
Dynasty Warriors 6
Dynasty Warriors 6, the most hated and poorly reviewed game in the franchise’s history, begins with the sinful act of subtracting characters.
It did not keep any characters, but it had to make some changes in design, which was a problem for fans who were used to the five previous iterations’ methods.
The game’s combat system and weapon overhaul to the “Renbu System” is the biggest problem. This made hack-and-slash combat a tedious chore that has never been properly implemented. To make the obvious conclusion of “press one button repeatedly and you win” to be a mistake, the Renbu System forces players to tap and not stop – a difficult task considering the hundreds of officers and mooks surrounding them.
Notably, this game is the first in the series since the creators started creating expansions and season passes.
Dynasty Warriors DS – Fighter’s Battle
Dynasty Warriors Fighter’s Battle is a turn-based card battle game that gives you a unique look at Ancient China’s legendary warriors.
Fighter’s Battle, from an aesthetic standpoint, is the closest Dynasty Warriors has ever been to appealing to a younger audience. The game’s art style and character designs seem right at home in Saturday morning cartoons or the Pokemon anime.
The game’s mechanics and story are not solid, but it lacks the charm that is the main attraction to the series. Although card battles are an alternative to mowing down large armies, it doesn’t make the game any more satisfying.
Dynasty Warriors 9 Empires
The latest game in this list, Dynasty Warriors 9 Emperors, takes the open-world concept from the base Dynasty Warriors 9 but makes it worse. The main game’s emptiness returns, with unbelievably even more in it. The lifelessness of the models is back as well, and the graphical issues and problems that plagued the original Dynasty Warriors 9 are again a problem.
Hiding in the rubble are the addictive Empires-style strategic territory battles. However, every Empire’s title does it better than this one and isn’t as insulting.
Dynasty Warriors 9
Dynasty Warriors 9 introduced the series to the open-world genre. However, the world isn’t full of interesting content, if any at all. The weapons system also fell prey to DW6’s fatal flaw and was reworked to allow everyone to have their movesets, removing individuality from the 90+ characters.
Although the game lacks some of the fun things that make these games enjoyable, it has improved over time with multiple patches. However, this does not excuse KoeiTecmo from giving it three inexplicable season passes.
Dynasty Warriors
The original Dynasty Warriors was not a game about large-scale battles but was a nice weapon-based fighting game similar to Soulcalibur. This game, like its sequel, received positive attention because it was different from the norm.
The graphics are very similar to those of the PlayStation era Tekken games. Also, the fighting system is still quite good. This ranking has a unique spot because it is in a different genre from everything else. The game isn’t bad even by modern standards, but it is outclassed.
Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce
Every character can power up to “Awakened,” which gives them a glow and huge stat boosts. It also changes their design to look like something from Gundam x Dragon Ball Z, where they can fly. The game was not everyone’s cup due to the muddy visuals and the lack of single-player focus. It would be not easy to go back to the game today, as the servers are still active but don’t have much activity.
