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Dynasty Warriors 6 in March News

Xbox 360 PlayStation 3 News by Robert Purchese

20 November, 2007

KOEI has trumpeted that its sparkly new Dynasty Warriors 6 will be available on 7th March for 360 and PS3.

Yes it has a larger number on the end of a familiar title, but this version boasts quite a few changes. Under its hood is a new engine, for starters, so it looks better and can handle more enemies on screen - useful for something like this.

Those baddies your are demolishing with your martial expertise should now be a bit brighter, too, presumably not the drunken oafs of the past as they respond with tactics of their own - adapting to your attacks and so challenging you to keep things fresh and imaginative or you die.

You will also be able to climb, swim, control boats, smash walls, and devastate armies with unlimited combo attacks using a new Renbu system. You can fight tigers and wolves, too. Essential.

For those of you who are unfamiliar with it all, Dynasty Warriors is based on an ancient Chinese book called Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which details the unification of the land after a series of big and bloody battles.

You take the role of a historically-famed hero and turn the tide of war in these various skirmishes, a bit like in that film Hero with Jet Li - demolishing literally hundreds of enemies single-handedly. It's all terribly good fun.

Anyway, pop over to our Dynasty Warriors 6 gallery to see how this revamped version is shaping up.

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Fudce
20/11/07 @ 11:18
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Really looking forward to this one
Triggerhappytel
20/11/07 @ 11:38
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I'll believe all these claims when I see them.
alimokrane
20/11/07 @ 11:40
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So the engine does better graphics. I see, is this why those screens still look like a PS2 game .... what a joke... it's obvious they havent spent time on the graphics which clearly means they didnt spend time on anything else.
kelly's_h
20/11/07 @ 11:41
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I thought Dynasty Warriors 8 was out already!
Grogmonkey
20/11/07 @ 11:43
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I have a soft spot for the ol' Koei hack-'em-ups. Mindless and repetitive, sure. But oh-so-much fun. In a 'Holy crap, I just killed 1000 people with my bare hands' kind of way.
LonesomeRoad
20/11/07 @ 11:58
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Yawn. Such a dull series. Let it die.
Machetazo
20/11/07 @ 12:01
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"control boats"

/starts pedaling furiously
Kuma
20/11/07 @ 12:08
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Can't wait for this as i have enjoyed all the other DW and SW games apart from Gundam.
Alimokrane you need your eyes tested if you think it looks like a PS2 game :-)
alimokrane
20/11/07 @ 12:29
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@ Kuma

Oh I very much doubt it Sir. it might be you perhaps :) The game Does indeed look lik e a PS2 game. Just look at this

http://images.eurogamer.net/assets/artic...

and this

http://images.eurogamer.net/assets/artic...

And this

http://images.eurogamer.net/assets/artic...

And th .... ah never mind, I think that's proof enough :)

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Riggers
20/11/07 @ 12:48
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Ooh, I like Xiahou Dun's choppy new haircut, it's very stylish.

"I have a soft spot for the ol' Koei hack-'em-ups. Mindless and repetitive, sure. But oh-so-much fun. In a 'Holy crap, I just killed 1000 people with my bare hands' kind of way."

Agreed, and two player cooperative is sooo much fun!
DFawkes
20/11/07 @ 15:38
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@ alimokrane

Just giving links to screenshots doesn't prove your point. They look good, certainly better than PS2 quality.

In fact the images are in HD, so that's already a step up, plus they show HDR lighting, and more detailed character models. it's clearly a better looking game.

That said, the environment in the background of the 3rd image you've linked to is barely PSone quality - big jagged rocks that belong in the original Tomb Raider! But the other images and videos show there are a range of environments, such as castles and naval battles, so it 's hardly reflective of the games quality.
hiddenranbir
20/11/07 @ 17:10
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Yawn. Hu Lao Gate 6.

Played it once, no need to buy it again to do exactly the same things in a different costume.

drxym
20/11/07 @ 19:05
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I don't understand why Dynasty Warriors / Gundam games are so popular in Japan. Every single one of them is the same crap over and over - button mash through hundreds of automatons and repeat over and over until the game ends. The Japanese probably have the same disdain of FPS titles and they'd be right to some extent too.
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20/11/07 @ 21:41
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Too right dryxm, and yes those three screens do look like a PS2 game, in a rose tinted nostalgic sorta way. I'm sure if we went back and had a look at one of the Ps2 installments we'd think "omg, that looks like doggie droppings," not that graphics matter but its still an indication of how little effort and imagination is put into these games.

Boycott em till they do it proper like guv'nor!
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imperial_seal
21/11/07 @ 17:41
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The Japanese just loves Chinese History games, especially Three Kingdoms period... I read the book, its actually pretty good.

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