Dynasty Warriors 9
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Dynasty Warriors 9 is an adventure developed by Omega Force, released 8 February 2018 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Dynasty Warriors 9 is
Dynasty Warriors 9 is an adventure game developed by Omega Force and released in 2018. It was published by Koei Tecmo. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Katana Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The story retells the sweeping saga of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, chronicling one of the most turbulent and legendary eras in ancient China. Spanning thirteen chapters, the tale begins with the chaos of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, as a corrupt and crumbling dynasty gives way to widespread uprising, and follows the long struggle for supremacy that engulfs the land in its wake. Ambitious warlords, cunning strategists, and mighty warriors rise to carve out their own destinies, their fates woven through the founding and clashing of three rival kingdoms. Players experience these events through the eyes of the many historical figures who shaped them, each with their own path set within…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, historical and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen. There are 44 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Dynasty Warriors series
Dynasty Warriors 9 is the 48th of 58 entries we hold in the Dynasty Warriors series. It arrived 10 months after Warriors All-Stars. The next entry was Warriors Orochi 4 in 2018. Its critic score of 65 is almost exactly the series average of 66. The highest-rated entry is Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends Definitive Edition at 85.
How it was received
Dynasty Warriors 9 holds a critic score of 65 out of 100. That places it above 24% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2018 averaged 69, so it scored 4 points below the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Core i5 2400 or over, 6 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or over. An 6GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 50GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Dynasty Warriors 9 launched on 8 February 2018, within three weeks of Kingdom Come: Deliverance, Monster Hunter: World, Celeste and Shadow of the Colossus. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Kingdom Come: Deliverance, Monster Hunter: World, Celeste, Shadow of the Colossus.
Official trailer
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