Video by Matt S. Dynasty Warriors 9 Empires is a spectacular return to form, for anyone that found the original Dynasty Warriors 9 to be disappointing. More than that, though, it’s perhaps the most thematically true adaptation of the classic novel that all these things are based on. In this…
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My spouse (Lady Sun Shangxiang, no less!), who I had been wooing for years before finally tying the knot, was in trouble. A large force led by Cao Cao had attacked one of my more remote territories, and the task of holding down an entire flank was left on her.…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. As one of the very few fans of Dynasty Warriors 9, and as someone who favours the Empires sub-series of Dynasty Warriors, let me tell you just how much I am looking forward to the upcoming Dynasty Warriors 9: a whole, whole lot. Looking at this…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. I’ll admit that I didn’t watch much of TGS 2020’s final day – the major announcements and streams had already happened and Bandai Namco, which was the major stream yesterday, was just showing off yet more of Scarlet Nexus; a game I know everything I need…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. It’s not quite the announcement of a new Dynasty Warriors that I think all of us fans are itching for right now, but Koei Tecmo has produced a really neat trailer that gives us a flashback to all the Dynasty Warriors series… right back to those…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” That famous quote from philosopher George Santayana is of particular relevance to the video game industry. As the world’s most popular and widespread form of entertainment, video games have impact and shape how people view…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. It must be difficult making one of those “1 vs 1,000” action games, in the vein of Koei Tecmo’s Dynasty Warriors series. They obviously sell well enough (because Koei keeps making them), but so few developers even try, much less approach the quality of what Koei…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. What a Christmas gift Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends Definitive Edition (hereafter DW8:XL) was from Koei Tecmo. Series fans that didn’t enjoy what Koei did with Dynasty Warriors 9 got a reminder that just one edition before, the developer produced one of the finest action games…
Read MoreNews by Matt C. Every week, there are approximately 1391121182112519 announcements for Switch ports of previously-released games. That’s great news for Switch owners, bad news for our wallets, and awful news for Lindsay, DDNet’s news editor. This week’s list is huge, and this isn’t even the result of some sort…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Just yesterday in the Monday morning catch-up coffee news wrap, I wrote about Koei Tecmo’s announcement that Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends Definitive Edition was coming to Nintendo Switch. A complete port of the first Warriors game to launch on PlayStation 4, this is one well…
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