Game:

Dynasty Warriors 3 (2001)

Category:

Let's Play

Duration: 3:50:36

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General info here: https://pastebin.com/9XVJyHV9
Link to playlist with all the playthroughs: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAP_HRkMmTI50Ms_tQ14MwPjP_ceTw5yY

Note: This playthrough uses a relatively recently discovered patch, which disables the auto lock-on system that normally locks the player onto the first enemy they hit with a normal attack, making it impossible to turn afterwards. (see here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHUzuyzu1k4)

Because of the reliance on the Musou Attack, in the later stages one more patch is added, to disable the pause and camera spin-around when using True Musou at low health. This makes it much less annoying to use, and the camera no longer screws me over by facing me away from the enemy.
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Sima Yi is quite similar to Zhuge Liang in general movement. A bunch of unusable attacks just like before, mainly the launchers.
The main difference is that C6 is no longer a nice shotgun attack, but on the other hand Sima Yi's Musou Attack is configured properly so it does juggle enemies as you'd expect it to. Same goes for True Musou.

The C3 laser feels slower/harder to aim than Zhuge Liang's.
C4 gets a nice upgrade by being able to turn it around now. There still is the problem of getting knocked into the air from any hit.
It is possible to get infinite combos by spamming the jumping attack - Sima Yi floats it in front of himself, so it has solid range and speed. I don't really attempt it much, but there is a showcase of it in Jie Ting against Jiang Wei.

Without the second patch to disable the camera turning, there's a horrible tendency around walls for the game stop the camera in a way where you can't hit anything with it - Sima Yi stays stationary so there is no way to turn the camera around manually.

Unique Weapon would be great, with Attack/Musou Charge/Range (and also Bow/Mounted Attack), plus a Lightning Element on C4, which doesn't really help with damage but it does make it flashy and fun to use. But unfortunately, the weapon is in the last stage, so random drops is all we get here.


First stage here isn't a filler like Zhuge Liang, but regular Guan Du, so we get to tickle enemies to death with a first weapon for much longer than Zhuge Liang had to. Still, thanks to the better True Musou you have a good relatively reliable attack, apart from the slow charging rate without items.

After Chang Ban I turn off the True Musou pause/camera turning, since there is a lot of reliance on the attack, and even without the constant pausing it takes long enough already, not to mention the amount of times the game screws the camera positioning up.

Sima Yi's has a unique stage for himself - Fan Castle (Wei Forces) - it's pretty much the same stage as the Wu version though. Apart from the different intro cutscene ("A dike? Oh no!") it's the same thing.

He Fei Castle is where the true pain starts - lots of archers, playable officers, and on top of that a good 40% of the attack bar was still missing at this point. Sima Yi however is the commander, so there's no risk of getting a game over there.

The tactic was to make use of the allied soldiers as distractions while the Wu army tries to advance inwards. After the reinforcements spawn, the Wu commander advances as well, so there's no need to go out of the castle at all.
Even then, it did take lots of resetting from the interim saves before things went my way.
(Of course, I could've just run to the commander right at the start, and defeated only him with True Musou, but that wouldn't be much fun)

At the end of the stage, I get a weapon with Musou Charge +16 (max would be +20) which makes for a great showcase just how strong that effect is. Wu Zhang Plains is much less of a problem when the Musou charging rate increases by that much.

The unique weapon requirements are - Before 20 minutes pass, defeat Zhang Bao (in the south). After 20 minutes pass, a supply team spawns in the center of the map. They don't drop anything, but upon defeating them, the weapon message triggers. The box with the weapon is next to the two Shu gates in the south.

At this point:
14/32 Characters Done
9/12 Rare Items Obtained
13/13 Regular Items

Chapters:
00:00 Start
00:19 The Battle at Guan Du
34:06 The Battle at Chang Ban
55:01 The Battle at Chi Bi
01:33:30 The Battle at Fan Castle
01:46:36 The Battle at Jie Ting
02:06:42 The Siege of He Fei Castle
02:51:29 The Battle at Wu Zhang Plains
03:46:00 Ending (Text)
03:47:28 Ending (Cutscenes)

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