Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends

Thanks lớn its continued success, Switch now plays host to lớn even the most niche of genres. In fact, less than two years into its lifecycle, the debut of the Dynasty Warriors franchise on the platform isn’t even the first ‘Musou’ trò chơi to appear in hybrid form; everything from The Legend of Zelda lớn One Piece has been given the large-scale melee combat makeover. With the recent Dynasty Warriors 9 having embraced a less than popular open-world setup, it falls lớn heavily re-released entry number eight to vì chưng the series justice on Nintendo hardware.

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With a title that’s likely to lớn put a mid-tier Kingdom Hearts spin-off into fits of jealousy, Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends Definitive Edition brings together the entire original trò chơi from 2013, including many of the graphical improvements made when it arrived on PS4 and Xbox One & all the DLC and expansion nội dung released with và around the Empires và Legends versions. If you’re familiar with the franchise, that will make some sense to lớn you, but if you’re completely new khổng lồ Dynasty Warriors then all you need to lớn know is this version is about complete as you’ll ever need it to be.

Ever since the first trò chơi began unleashing hell back on PS1 over 20 years ago, the Dynasty Warriors series has followed and re-enacted famous battles from the era of the Three Kingdoms – a period of time during China’s history where the country descended into civil war with various regions and territories locked in a perpetual feud for control of the country và the throne. You can select from over 80 characters, each with their own weapons, fighting style và special ‘Musou’ moves for clearing large numbers of enemies at once. Once you arrive on the battlefield, you’ll need khổng lồ hack-and-slash your way around a sandbox map, killing enemy generals lớn earn XP, slaying gatekeepers to lớn unlock gates and, well, obliterating everything that moves.

It’s an incredibly simple concept, offering a pleasing cross between tactical combat và button-bashing melee. While it’s had a few helpful technical improvements since the series embraced this formula with Dynasty Warriors 2 on PS2, Dynasty Warriors 8 is pretty much the same experience you may have played countless times before. That’s not a bad thing, because Dynasty Warriors 8 is still one of the best entries in the series and this edition comes absolutely overflowing with content. The rich Story mode is here in full, including all the additional missions introduced in the Xtreme Legends expansion.

Alongside the vast Story mode content, there’s a generous helping of game modes to thử nghiệm out. Ambition mode is all about building the most impressive camp in order to gain the tư vấn of the emperor himself, while Challenge mode forces you to lớn meet certain objectives within a strict time limit and with distinct debuffs & characters. Không tính tiền mode, as its name suggests, enables you lớn simply roam a large bản đồ and fight for control of the region without any objectives clouding your mind. If you just want to lớn launch 30 goons into the air with your halberd ad infinitum, this is the Dynasty Warriors time-sink for you. Add in a Gallery and Encyclopedia for all you history buffs và there’s a frightening amount of content to unlock. You could sink over 100 hours into this title and still barely scratch the surface.

As far as porting goes, Omega Force and co have done wonders – the framerate holds together surprisingly well. In fact, it performs better on the whole than the versions first released on PS3 & Xbox 360 almost six years ago. The assets used are clearly mostly based on those versions, but with a smoother approach to optimisation & a handful of visual improvements from the Xtreme Legends expansions, the Switch port is far from inferior. With barely any knocks lớn performance when playing in handheld mode – especially when compared lớn other handheld-based Dynasty Warriors releases – this is the franchise’s best outing in Switch yet.

If you have played Dynasty Warriors 8 before in any of its various versions, this Switch version won’t surprise you with any new content. You can play through most of its modes in local co-op and there’s all the DLC the trò chơi has received thus far; you can also choose between Japanese & English voiceovers. It’s nothing particularly new, but it’s brilliant khổng lồ finally see the series make the jump lớn handheld without sacrificing either nội dung or performance.

Conclusion

While it might seem odd for Omega Force to lớn opt lớn port the five-year-old Dynasty Warriors 8 over the more recent Dynasty Warriors 9, it’s by & far the right decision for Nintendo Switch owners. Not only is Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends Definitive Edition the best version since Dynasty Warriors 5, it comes lớn the hybrid platform offering more stable performance than the versions that once graced PS3 & Xbox 360. Even when its framerate takes a knock when playing co-op, it’s a remarkably robust port boasting an obscene amount of content fresh out of the box.

Great 8/10

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Mon 7th Jan 2019

In answer khổng lồ your original question on FB, Yes you should bother.

Especially after what they DID, lớn Zhang He in DW9.

Mon 7th Jan 2019

"While it might seem odd for Omega Force lớn opt khổng lồ port the five-year-old Dynasty Warriors 8 over the more recent Dynasty Warriors 9, "

Because Dynasty Warriors 9 is a mess on all fronts, & performance wise it even has issues on PS4 Pro và Xbox One X.

Mon 7th Jan 2019

Not played this game yet not a huge tín đồ of the series though I loved what they did with Fire Emblem Warriors by far my favorite trò chơi of this type.

Mon 7th Jan 2019

I don"t really have any interest in the ordinary Dynasty Warriors series, if I want that type of game play I will go for Hyrule Warriors since it has characters I care about.

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Spectra In fairness it includes over £100"s worth of DLC.. Though most are the overpriced costumes but still. It isn"t bad bang for your buck - và it isn"t full price, it"s £34.99/$39.99.

Spectra The lack of physical is shoddy, but that is how little KT thinks of the Western market. The PS4 version doesn"t include all the content the Switch version does however. If you added up all the content to that £10, you"ll be looking at £70 odd.

The DLC is very much overpriced (especially the costumes), but it is valued well in comparison khổng lồ their pricing.

EDIT - Jebus, the DLC is £42 odd on Steam right now, và that"s with everything 70% off.

Mon 7th Jan 2019

Oh well at least Koei tried. Since I don"t have any space left I may had to lớn take a pass on this one unless they decided to lớn bring a phyiscal version down the road.

Mon 7th Jan 2019

Wait, this version contains all additional nội dung from Empires as well?Is that a mistake or am I misunderstanding the sentence?

Empires is techincally not even the same game, it would surprise me a lot if that was included.

Mon 7th Jan 2019

Having spent a significant chunk of last year playing either Hyrule Warriors or Fire Emblem Warriors (over 400 hours between the two of them), I"ve been looking into giving a mainline Musou a shot. Would this be a good entry point?

Kirgo - Only content from DW8, DW8XL và DW8 Complete Edition (and DLCs). No Empires content, so Xun Yu is still a generic officer.

SwitchForce - You can get the physical from Play-Asia, Amazon JP etc. It"s digital only in the West, so you are stuck with a Japanese import. Can"t say for sure if the Asian version has English tư vấn however. EDIT: Having looked into it, seems the Asian version only adds additional Chinese Subs as an option, no English.
HikaruKitsune - It"s unlocked 60FPS, but have seen it can drop khổng lồ as low as 25FPS at rare times. But often is above 30.

Mon 7th Jan 2019

think about the joycons those poor joycons. But i have khổng lồ admit I do like the occasional DW game.

XenoShaun "The lack of physical is shoddy, but that is how little KT thinks of the Western market."

Or, it shows how little the Western market thinks of the very Japanese-centric Dynasty Warriors series. If they thought they could make a profit releasing a physical version in the West, then it"s a given that they would have done so, but this has always been a low-selling niche franchise outside of Japan.

alpha5099 - same here - while I didn"t lượt thích Hyrule Warriors, I was and am in LOVE with fe Warriors. I"m worried that"s a unique game in the Mushou/Warriors genre (gameplay-wise - felt lượt thích a frantic turn-based tactical rpg brought "to life."

Spectra No, it is completely fair. It"s $20 less & not full price. & it includes all previous DLC. Would you prefer they price it at $20 & sell you the DLC lượt thích the PS4 too?

Mon 7th Jan 2019

"boasting an obscene amount of nội dung fresh out of the box."Out of the box... Which box? No way I"m buying this as a digital only title.

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Dang69 I was the same way. I had Hyrule Warriors on the Wii U & I never really got into it, but I could really get into sắt Warriors on the Switch. There is just something about the Fire Emblem theme that seems lớn work a lot better with this type of game. After that I feel set as far as these games go though.

Mon 7th Jan 2019

Instead of the dynasty games, can we get some ninja Gaiden games on Switch. I will even settle for remasters

XenoShaun the post in which you answered about half a dozen people’s different questions was awesome