Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce for Xbox 360 Reviews by Gamers

Yeah, it's another Dynasty Warriors game. Yeah, all the ol' gang is here. Yep, you'll have to chase Lu Bu again. All in all I should hate this game but I found it, once I got the hang of the mechanics, pretty enjoyable.

Firstly, the newest "innovation" to this series is the multiplayer aspect. It's done pretty well, seamless and without much problem, but truth be told hardly anyone is playing this online right now. I've logged on during the day, on weekends and weekdays, at night, late and early evening, and at most I've seen 4 different games to choose from, and that is after refreshing the screen over and over. If you don't care about multiplayer, or you have friends who play it, it's worth it. Otherwise, don't count on multiplayer if deciding whether or not to buy this.

Secondly, the ability to gain allied officers and swap between them during the campaign was pretty cool. They really focus on weapons in this game and each style of weapon is basically a rock-paper-scissors choice for each enemy,so having a team of mixed weapons works best. There's extensive upgrade options, almost exhaustive, and you find yourself becoming more and more powerful as your levels increase.

The level design has been changed from one big map to small maps that you travel to and from through portals. I would imagine this was done to both simply travel and provide faster performance when playing multiplayer. At first I wasn't a fan of this. I'm actually still not a fan of it. I loved the big open spaces, jumping on a horse and leaving one part of the battle for another. It makes it all feel shallow and small.

Basically take every Dynasty Warriors game you've ever played, add more character upgrades and online multiplayer, and you've got Strikeforce. If you've hated past DW games, don't bother. If you kinda sort like them, rent it and try it out.