Dynasty Warriors 5: Empires (2006)

- Developer
- Omega Force
- Publisher
- Koei
- Platforms
- Xbox 360, PlayStation 2
- Genres
- Tactical, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
- Rating
- 3.8 of 5, 8 player ratings
- Main story
- about 56 hours
- Completionist
- about 117 hours
- Where to get it
- Website
How it feels
A satisfying loop of mowing down hundreds of enemies on the battlefield while managing alliances and territory between fights, making you feel like an unstoppable warlord slowly conquering ancient China.
repetitivepower fantasystrategiclarge-scalemethodicalrewardinghistoricalaccessible
About
Dynasty Warriors 5 Empires (真・三國無双4 Empires) is the second expansion for Dynasty Warriors 5. Like the previous Empires expansion, the game focuses on the player's ability to simulate a leader taking and controlling territory, eventually becoming a powerful leader controlling China. They can form helpful alliances with other factions, recruit powerful officers to their side, use tactics to gain the upper hand against foes, etc.
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