![]() ![]() Then after taking over these bases you can use a grappling hook to scale the wall, open the castle gates from the inside and only then attack the main enemy general. To do this, the normal way is to capture catapult bases around the map, so the catapults can attack the lookouts. There are several methods to do this, but one is by capturing all lookout bases on the castle walls. The management element is fairly self-explanatory, but battles involve taking down certain types of bases and doing things in specific orders.įor example, when invading a territory you need to get into the main castle. While just rushing in and hitting things is an option, it’s often not a great one. ![]() The first couple of hours playing Dynasty Warriors 9 Empires felt like an overwhelming wave of tutorials. It didn’t seem that there was any reason to exclude this. I did find it a pity that event battles don’t happen when in charge of your own country. Who and how China is conquered only follows the script that you create. Outside of that though, you will conquer what territories you (or the ruler you serve) like, recruit whichever officers you can convince, and ally with whoever you need to. If serving under a ruler, you will occasionally be invited to special event battles. It comes with 8 scenarios (and 3 more in the DLC), with familiar situations such as the Yellow Turban Rebellion and the Battle of Chibi, but you can go your own way from there. Unlike the mainline titles, Dynasty Warriors 9 Empires has a more strategic element where you manage your kingdom or perform duties for a ruler to try and conquer China. Play as one of the well-known characters from Romance of the Three Kingdoms or create your own custom character and take your place in the world. The battles take the form of Castle Sieges this time around, and there are certain objectives that you have to achieve in order to first of all break into the castle, and then defeat all the defenders in order to complete the captures.Will you be the one to end the chaos? Dynasty Warriors 9 Empires places you in ancient times, giving you the chance to bring China under your rule. Luckily, once the decision has been made to go to war with a neighbouring kingdom, things pick up. Sometimes you can get officers to join, sometimes not, and there doesn’t seem to be any rhyme or reason to whether someone will join or not. Once your points are spent, you have to go back to the palace and another month passes. ![]() Walking around the city is another choice you can pick, and while this is a bit better, you have a certain number of action points to spend by talking to people (these points aren’t shown anywhere, by the way). With the best will in the world, and even trying my best to stay engaged, it is pretty dull. What this translates to is the taking of choices through a menu, basically, each selection you choose will take a month of in-game time. These range from recruiting officers from other kingdoms over to our side, right down to increasing food production from a certain part of the kingdom. What this entails was that at a six monthly meeting, the ruler gives a series of tasks that have to be performed before the next meeting. I initially picked a female character who was the wife of the ruler of our land, and so she was treated as a General of the kingdom. It handles all of the chaos on screen beautifully, and this is where the game shines.īut what do you actually have to do with the two halves of Dynasty Warriors 9 Empires? Well, starting with the duller side, the management of the kingdom, depending on who you choose, this affects how the game plays out. In the battle screen, when you are fighting the world, pulling off special moves and magic attacks, Dynasty Warriors 9 Empires looks great. ![]() Now, as is probably befitting a game that is almost exactly split 50/50 between war and management, the visuals are also very much a game of two halves. Sounds dull? Well, strap in, you ain’t seen nothing yet. What there is an almost sandbox-like experience, where you are free to choose your own character from a gang, and then steer your country and armies through the political minefields of the ancient world, all while trying to conquer more territory and reinforce the territory you have taken. This time around, there isn’t actually a massive overarching story at all no invasions from other dimensions, not even any time travelling. The story found behind Dynasty Warriors 9 Empires is not the usual kind of overblown nonsense we have come to know and love (tolerate?) from these games in the past. ![]()
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