Game:

Dynasty Warriors 3 (2001)

Category:

Let's Play

Duration: 3:59:52

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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)

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Getting close to the end now and only the faction leaders remain. Well, technically Sun Jian historically died quite early so he isn't quite the faction 'leader' per se, but these old games treat him as the main guy.

A thing specific to the leaders is that their Story Mode stage lists are longer, totalling ten stages instead of the seven others have, and they have no fillers. Seven of the stages are 90-minute ones, and three are 30-minute ones.
Due to the increased amount of stages, Sun Jian basically goes through every stage that has a Wu faction (except for Fan Castle)

Sun Jian's moveset is based on the same basic sword moveset that a few other characters have (Sun Quan, Liu Bei, Yuan Shao, Dong Zhuo)
The normal attacks are solid. The charge attacks have a few drawbacks, C2 has a jump, C4 is extremely narrow and so not really worth using, and C5 is too slow so the enemy can block it at will. The C6 narrow shockwave is now aimable and thus can be fun to use.
The musou attack is a solid seven hits, and the low health version doesn't throw the enemy in the air either, so it doesn't lose damage potential at all like they usually do by forcing the enemy airborne.

The unique weapon is a simple boost to all four main stats and a fire element on C5, which I don't use much because the enemy blocks it way too often.

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YTR ended up weird, with the final assault destroying most of the allied force for some reason and He Jin very barely made it through.

Hu Lao Gate is the usual affair, apart from the part where I didn't get a third weapon still at this point.

Surprise Attack on Liu Biao naturally goes by without Sun Jian dying since we're playing as him. Even if you run into the cutscene there is no damage done.
The unique weapon is here as well, with a simple requirement of defeating Lü Gong (who normally lures Sun Jian into the ambush)

After this, Sun Jian is turned into the main Wu commander, displacing Sun Quan/Sun Ce. Sun Quan is still completely gone from Story Mode, and Sun Ce loses most of his appearances, save for Assault on Wu Territory and Fan Castle (he replaces Gan Ning in the reinforcement group there)
Sun Jian, just like Sun Ce will have his versions of all the commander lines.

At He Fei, the usual retreat and Zhang Liao ambush events won't trigger as we're playing Sun Jian. (By the way, even in Free Mode where Sun Jian isn't the commander, if you play as him, the events won't trigger)

During Shiting it seems my recording froze for a moment and there's three and a half minutes of the screen not moving. (From 03:07:27 to 03:10:57)

Overall, once you get past the first stage, it's no problem, as thanks to having ten stages instead of seven, the difficulty curve is less steep from stage to stage.

The reason Cao Cao and Liu Bei show up in the last save screen is because I first did the first nine stages of each of the faction leaders, then the Others characters, and then I came back to finish them up, so that I could have a save where Sun Ce can still be the commander.


At this point:
30/32 Characters Done
12/12 Rare Items Obtained
13/13 Regular Items are at or above 75% of their maximum value

Chapters:
00:00 Start
00:18 Yellow Turban Rebellion
24:44 The Battle at Hu Lao Gate
49:48 Surprise Attack on Liu Biao
01:07:43 Assault on Wu Territory
01:24:37 The Battle at Chi Bi
01:48:17 The Battle at He Fei
02:07:18 The Battle at Yi Ling
02:34:15 Nanman Campaign
03:02:23 The Battle at Shi Ting
03:18:34 The Siege of He Fei Castle
03:55:20 Ending (Text)
03:56:47 Ending (Cutscenes)

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