Dynasty Warriors 6 Demo

Just like every other country in the world, China had its own fair share of war and conflict throughout its history, the most bloody of which can be considered to be the Three Kingdoms period. During it, the entire land was split between three major states, all of which battled each other to gain the supremacy and establish themselves as the the rulers of China.

Dynasty Warriors 6 is a third-person action game with RPG elements that allows you to take part in these battles and put down as many enemies as possible, all while unleashing powerful combos and special abilities. Naturally, realism does not enter the equation, since most of these combos involve super-human strength, magic powers and various other gimmicks that should technically explain what takes place on the screen.

To accentuate on the battles and the combo diversity, the game features an overwhelming 41 playable characters, around twenty of which have their own background stories and a role in the actual campaign, while the others are just available in other game modes. However, the action can still become a bit repetitive, since it takes a while until you unlock each character's powerful abilities.

Unlike other games that are based on your ability do defeat certain enemies by any means necessary in order to gain experience, Dynasty Warriors 6 uses a different set of mechanics to handle your advancement. Thus, your experience bar is constantly charging, as long as you keep attacking at all times. In case you stop attacking, it stops rising, or even go down, if you don't resume the action quickly enough.

Graphically, the game is not terrible, but it could have offered a lot more, especially since the technology was within its reach. The large number of characters that are on the screen at the same time might have caused a bit of lag, although it already does even so, due to optimization problems. Other than that, you barely have time to notice the graphics anyway, due to the constant fighting that goes on around you.

Although a hack-and-slash is repetitive by nature, good titles reward the patience with better gear and experience points, while Dynasty Warriors 6 just improves your attack combos, as long as you can maintain the same rhythm for long periods of time. Hence, you quickly run out of patience and reasons to keep on playing.