![]() Lu Lingqi utilizes the crossed pike launching wind based attacks. Lu Bu gets Chen Gong and Lu Bu’s historically unnamed daughter Lu Lingqi. Yu Jin brings his war trident to the Wei and is more a traditional character in terms of his attacks. Zhu Ran’s attacks center around launching flaming arrows which is both challenging and satisfying. The Wu faction adds Zhu Ran to their ranks along with his flaming bow. Fa Zheng utilizes the cloth to slam airborne targets and perform a whirlwind like aoe attack. Shu gets Fa Zheng which is unique in the fact that he can teleport around in combat thanks to a big of magical woven cloth as his default weapon. As one of the five new characters to Dynasty Warriors 8, Chen Gong provides unique gameplay with his art of war scroll that summons soldiers to fight in his place. Past games have suffered from a bit of a clone issue but there is an obvious effort to make sure every fighter is a bit different in their move set and weapons. The 5 new characters are spread out among the 3 kingdoms and Lu Bu’s faction bringing the total playable characters in Dynasty Warriors 8 to 82. New chapters are added to the existing storylines from the base game of Dynasty Warriors 8 for several other characters adding around 8-10 hours of additional campaign time when combined with the Lu Bu campaign to an already lengthy game. ![]() Historically, Lu Bu was a bit of a paranoid bad ass that met a very gruesome end and the campaign allows players to follow that path but there are also some more what if-ish styled stages that branch off the main campaign. Lu Bu’s new campaign is a bit shorter than the campaigns for the main kingdoms with its focus on the singular antagonist. The new Lu Bu campaign follows the popular yet treacherous villain to his grim end. Dynasty Warriors 8 is no different as Omega Force loads up the game with a quite a bit of new content such as a whole new campaign for the villainous Lu Bu, a challenge mode, a new difficulty, an extended Ambition mode, five new character to play, and a few gameplay tweaks. Starting with Dynasty Warriors 3, a Xtreme Legends expansion pack would follow with additional characters and features. There are of course historical ties for this Chinese novel dramatizing the 2nd and 3rd century era following the fall of the Han Dynasty in China but overall Dynasty Warriors is a loose interpretation of a novel that is a loose interpretation of history. Each game in the series is essentially a retelling of the same story, The Romance of Three Kingdoms. Review Copy Provided By: Tecmo Koei Americaĭynasty Warriors is a strange series. ![]()
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