A port of Dynasty Warriors 7, Shin Sangokumusou 6: Special was released in 2011 for PSP, based on the Xtreme Legends expansion but without including the three new characters added for the. The glorious open world they promised ended up feeling barren, the game never manages to play at over 30fps and the graphics are underwhelming. The PS2 version of Dynasty Warriors 6, Dynasty Warriors 6: Special was also ported to the PSP, which was soon followed by the Empires expansion in 2010. Perhaps it was precisely this grand ambition that brought the game down. It’s always sad to see the latest entry in such a long-running series make the bottom of the ranking, especially when they were as hyped and ambitious as Dynasty Warriors 9. Whether you’ve been cutting down enemies like grass for years or just found out about the franchise and want to really get into it, here’s my ranking of the entire main titles in the Dynasty Warriors series. Omega Force has since gone on to bring the gift of Musou to several other IPs, as seen in Hyrule Warriors and Dragon Quest Heroes, but their main title is still the golden standard against which each of these games is measured.
And even less can claim to have remained its most successful proponent. Loosely based on the 14th-century Chinese historical novel “Romance of the Three Kingdoms” by Luo Guangzhong, Dynasty Warriors has become one of gaming’s most influential franchises.įew games can say they created a genre as Dynasty Warriors did with the hack’n’slash crowd-combat extravaganza that is the “Musou” genre.
