Dynasty Warriors 4 takes battlefield action games to the next level, allowing players to experience the thrill of taking on multiple opponents at once and fighting anst impossible odds. A host of new features add greater depth to the gameplay, as well as more insight into the characters and turbulent events of the Three Kingdoms era. The concepts of Honor and Loyalty in the face of adversity serve as the main theme for the game. The obligations of generals to their Lords and Allies guide the paths of these warriors as the fight to unify a divided empire.
The greatest new achievement in Dynasty Warriors 4 is the addition of large-scale war machines including catapults, battering rams, and bridge layers. The new weapons function in real-time and will be essential to victory. Like the horse and elephant troops that were introduced in Dynasty Warriors 3 , the inclusion of war machines adds a new level of excitement to the tactical action series.
Although based on Luo Guanzhong’s novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms the latest installment of the series takes a more open-ended approach to the narrative in order to create a more involving atmosphere for the gamer. Two new play modes including Campaign mode and Kingdom play are introduced. In Campaign mode, players can select a character, and then select a strategic campaign. Previous games in the series required the player to progress through each of the game’s stages in a linear path. With Kingdom play, players select one of the three kingdoms, Wu, Shu or Wei. As the game progresses through the storyline, players will be able to use any of the characters from that kingdom. Together, these two modes combine to provide even more freedom and replay value over the progressive single story paths of previous Dynasty Warriors games. Additionally, there will be even more stages than Dynasty Warriors 3 .
No two games will be the same. Using a multiple scenario system, new victory conditions will emerge and different events will occur as each battle unfolds. New AI allows enemy and allied units to react to actual battlefield conditions, rather than to a set pattern. With constantly changing scenarios and new, more reactive enemy and ally AI, Dynasty Warriors 4 presents the most realistic battlefield action yet. Battlefield action game allowing players to take-on multiple opponents at once and fight anst impossible odds.
