The downfall is that, from the very start, Dynasty Warriors 9 tries too hard to cater to too many types of gamers without doing any one thing particular thing well. Turning off my brain to just cut through swaths of literally hundreds of enemies on screen at any given time taps into a very special type of power-fantasy fun like few things can. Despite the changes to the combat system it all still boils down to button mashing, but even so, it certainly does make a strong case for why mindless murder can be a ton of fun. “If you’ve never liked how repetitive the combat is then Dynasty Warriors 9, unfortunately, won’t do anything to sway that feeling.
The shouts of enemies in agony, my allies supporting me, and the sounds of my attacks rampaging through the battlefield meld together with the rocking soundtrack. I’ve even created a vortex of electric storms that erupted all around me during a flurry of sword slashes. I’ve rained ice and fire from the sky with the point of my finger. I’ve shot tornadoes out of swords that wrecked an entire battlefield, juggling dozens of enemies in the air. But if this is the vision of what a modern Dynasty Warriors game is, then I’d prefer a flashback to the series’ more focused and co-op friendly past instead.Combat in Dynasty Warriors 9 is its simplest joy, and at its height it’s like a ballet of beautiful, high-flying violence. For the first time, the developers have retired the tried-and-true segmented mission structure in favor of a large, open-world map with missions, points of interest, and random activities scattered sparsely about. Multiple 20th anniversary games, perhaps? Or games celebrating multiple anniversaries? Suzuki is playing his cards close to his vest – the way you might expect Zhuge Liang to do, come to think of it.Koei Tecmo and Omega Force’s 21-year-old Dynasty Warriors series has never been a series known to step outside its comfort zone, but Dynasty Warriors 9 is not your typical Dynasty Warriors game. He’s being a bit cagey about things here so it’s difficult to know exactly what he means. “By the way, there is not only one anniversary title.” “I hope to be able to announce a 20th anniversary title in the near future,” he said. In an interview in the latest issue of Weekly Famitsu (as translated by Gematsu), Suzuki talks about the Dynasty Warriors series 20 years in, and drops a couple of teases about what’s next.
Now, series producer Akihio Suzuki is talking about what may be the next game in the series, 20 years after the first Dynasty Warriors game debuted. Dynasty Warriors 9 didn’t go over particularly well, despite – or perhaps, because of – its move to an open world format. It’s been a good two and a half years since the last Dynasty Warriors game came out, and many long-time series fans would like to forget that one anyway.
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