Dynasty Warriors 6: Empires for Xbox 360 Reviews by Gamers

Many people will cry and say how the game gets old, and that the story never changes. Which is true, the story is based off a historical fiction book, meaning it's based off historical facts. This classic, in-depth story won't change, ever. Read the book, or try playing Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Don't believe what people say on how this edition of DW6: Empires copies the rest.

Gameplay - 8/10
While there can be some improvements, Dynasty Warriors 6, and Empires, takes a huge step away from the last 5. The battle system carries on from Dynasty Warriors 6, with the renbu/skills system. But the Musou mode allows you to refine your weapon, boosting damage and adding skills and more special abilities, as a ruler, and added to this edition of Empires, you can also be an officer under a ruler, or just a freelance soldier. In Musou mode you can create friendship oaths, switch forces at any time, and even marry. Edit mode was added so you can design your own character, picking any weapon you want, and adding several different skills.

Story - 3/10
Dynasty Warriors 6: Empires doesn't focus on the story as much as KOEI's other series, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", you'll often find yourself wondering why you're doing what you're doing. Which is why I've given it a 3. I've fallen in love with the story, after having read the book and playing Three Kingdoms. It's a timeless story and will never get old.

Graphics - 7/10
The graphics are great, but don't match other high-end games such as Gears of War 2.

Replay Value - 6/10
This is based on what you find fun, you either like killing hundreds of soldiers, or you get bored of it easily.

Overall - 8/10
As other reviews would say, the story doesn't change and the gameplay is repetitive but it's also fun. The game does change a lot from the last 5, so don't listen to other reviewers crying about the game didn't change, as they probably didn't even play it. It's worth at least a try.

They made some improvements to DW. There are three modes: Vagrant, Officer, and Ruler. Vagrant your more or less a mercenary that fights for money and to level up. Officer is like Vagrant except you server under a Ruler, fighting for him/her and you still can do mercenary missions to level up and get gold. Ruler mode you attack/defend and try to conquer nearby territories. Ruler mode you use cards to improve your attack/defense or give you other bonuses. There are loads of characters to choose from and you can create your own as well. The graphics are very good and the game runs quite smooth even with a lot of enemies on screen. There were very few slow down issues, not enough to mark the game any. Each character has their own weapons like the other DW games, except in this one you visit a forge to level up your weapon, a trainer to advance your skills, a store to buy materials to add bonuses to your weapons, and a stable to buy horses. Although strengthening your weapon allows for more damage, it really isn't that noticeable. Fighting is the same, simply hack and slash and musou attack your way through the ranks. You aquire friends at times, which you can later choose to fight with you during battles. As an officer you can only have 4 friends though which seemed a bit cheap. Bases are captured the same way, defeat enemies until the counter reaches zero. You can also use sneak attacks to capture some bases faster, although you only have a limited time to pull it off. Unfortunately the game play does drain after several play throughs. I finished as an officer and ruler several times through and it does get a bit tedious after about 7 or so. Still, a great game to pass time and enjoy the graphics.

THE GOOD
Loads of characters.
Create your own fighter.
Three game modes.
Great graphics

THE BAD
Tedious after several plays.

THE UGLY
Nothing.