Dynasty Warriors 9: Empires - Trailer

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Published on January 8, 2023 4:00:19 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4yiJu_sxCA

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00:00 -Channel intro Trailer
00:08 - Teaser Trailer
01:09 - Release Date Trailer
03:08 - Gameplay Features Trailer
06:31 - Launch Trailer

Dynasty Warriors 9 is a hack and slash video game developed by Omega Force and published by Koei Tecmo. It was released in February 2018 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Microsoft Windows. It received mixed reviews from critics.

A strategy-focused expansion, titled Dynasty Warriors 9: Empires, was released in December 2021 in Japan, and worldwide in February 2022 for the PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Stadia, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and Microsoft Windows.

All 83 characters from Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires returned. New characters also were introduced, one of whom made his first appearance in the spin-off Warriors All-Stars. Other than playable characters, there are four non-playable characters (NPCs) who have unique designs but wield generic weapons common to other NPCs.

Story mode
Story Mode in Dynasty Warriors 9 retells the story of Romance of the Three Kingdoms in a series of 13 chapters, from the Yellow Turban Rebellion to the fall of Shu in the final chapter. Each playable character has a story set within a subset of these chapters, corresponding roughly to the time in history where they were historically relevant; no character has a story that spans the full 13 chapters, and some characters will have longer stories than others. Each character has their own individual ending, roughly corresponding to their historical death or the point in which they were no longer historically relevant.

At the start of the game, the player may only select the patriarchs of the three kingdoms: Liu Bei, Cao Cao, and Sun Jian; additional characters are unlocked for the most part by completing the first chapter a character is playable in with a different character. The progression of each character in their own story is kept separately, allowing the player to switch between different characters at any time. All characters share a common pool of acquired weapons, items, and map knowledge, but must be leveled separately.

Free mode
Free Mode in Dynasty Warriors 9, unlocked once the story of any character is complete, allows the player to play as any character in any chapter that has been previously completed by any character, without regard to historical context. The player may only have either a Story Mode save or a Free Mode save for a particular character; if a character has a Free Mode save, they must replay their Story Mode from the beginning if a new Story Mode game is started with that character.

Development
The game was revealed later in the year in December during a "Greatest Games Lineup in History" broadcast, with Sony Computer Entertainment Japan Asia (SCEJA) president Atsushi Morita introducing the title; Koei Tecmo's western branches followed and announced the game alongside Japan. For the first time in the series, Dynasty Warriors 9 featured an open world environment, allowing players to enter and exit towns and freely explore the map of mainland China with considerable differences in elevation.

In September 2017, Koei Tecmo declared that the game was scheduled to be released in early 2018. Later announcements confirmed that the game would be released in Japan on February 8, 2018, and in the West on February 13, 2018.

The game's localization was handled by VOXX Studios rather than VoiceGroup, with all returning characters being voiced by different English-speaking actors, albeit now being credited for the first time in the series.

Reception
Dynasty Warriors 9 received "mixed or average" reviews from critics, according to review aggregator Metacritic.

David Jagneaux of IGN criticized the game, noting its cookie-cutter missions, lack of multiplayer, lifeless open world, lack of substantial story content, unenthusiastic voice acting, repetitive content, and lack of good AI pathfinding.
The game was also praised for the newfound spectacle of battle, character swapping, and the mindless fun the game was able to provide. GameSpot praised the game for its empowering melee combat, epic story, peaceful open world, and character designs, while lamenting the presence of several graphical and technical issues, lack of combat depth, and the need to repeat missions when swapping characters.

The Japanese magazine Famitsu was more positive and scored the game 9/9/9/8, for a total of 35/40.

Sales
Dynasty Warriors 9 sold 117,495 copies on PlayStation 4 within its first week on sale in Japan, which placed it at number 2 on the all format sales chart.