Dynasty Warriors 9: Empires
Combining the 1 vs. 1,000 action of Dynasty Warriors with the addition of strategic elements, including unit command, Dynasty Warriors 9 Empires sets players on a quest to conquer ancient China by both sword…
Dynasty Warriors 9: Empires is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Omega Force, released 23 December 2021 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
What Dynasty Warriors 9: Empires is
Dynasty Warriors 9: Empires is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Omega Force and released in 2021. It was published by Koei Tecmo. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Google Stadia and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Combining the 1 vs. 1,000 action of Dynasty Warriors with the addition of strategic elements, including unit command, Dynasty Warriors 9 Empires sets players on a quest to conquer ancient China by both sword and strategy. Powerful Siege Battles enable commanders to deploy units to capture strategic points on the map like castles. Experiencing high-stakes fights at every turn, players can now take control of these central points on the battlefield through the use of fire attacks or other stratagem, siege weapons, and, at times, simply by force as commanders execute their strategies and attack enemy troops by issuing vital commands to units throughout the skirmish.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Dynasty Warriors 9: Empires holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 19% of the 1,124 rated hack and slash/beat 'em up games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2021 averaged 74, so it scored 14 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Dynasty Warriors 9: Empires launched on 23 December 2021, within three weeks of Halo Infinite, Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker, Solar Ash and GTFO. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Halo Infinite, Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker, Solar Ash, GTFO.
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