Omega Force is at it again, churning out yet another retelling of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Koei has published Dynasty Warriors 6 with hopes that they can still see commercial success with this iteration, even though they've glutted the market with essentially the same game every other...

If you like Japanese hack-and-slash games, this is a good one. From a visual perspective, arguably the best ever released for a next gen console. However, it is still ultimately a button masher, and the strategic additions are not yet significant enough to change this.

It goes without saying that the series has been in a rut for at least 3 iterations now (Dynasty Warriors 3 Xtreme Legends is the last time I remember this formula ever working). What's such a shame is that it wouldn't take a whole lot to build this franchise into something relevant.

Certain things in life are what you can consider as being reliable, and Koei producing another Dynasty Warriors game, certainly falls into the area of

Genre: Action/RPG Publisher: Koei Developer: Omega Force Release Date: February 24, 2008 Koei's Dynasty Warriors series' arcade-styled take on Chinese history continues to button-mash its way onto consoles with every new iteration, blending together the pageantry of its characters with the chaos of...

A sequel too far for Koei's hack and slash series?

Dynasty Warriors 6 is a years-old game masquerading as a new one. Old gameplay and old visuals mean that if we want some crowd-mashing fun, we'll be digging out a previous iteration before this one.

‘A change is as good as a rest', or so the saying goes. What then, for the Dynasty Warriors, a series that has changed little from one instalment to the next? Although massively successful in their native Japan, Dynasty Warriors titles have been criticised for their lack of progression, poor AI and...

That's right, kids: there's a full moon in the sky, so it must be time for yet another Samurai/Dynasty Warriors game! But wait; after numerous identical sequels, all of which looked and played like something that had oozed out of both ends of a hungover PS2, Koei has finally got round to updating...

Improvements in key areas; Decent; logical skill tree

Monstrously monotonous

Another action filled and entertaining Dynasty Warrior title arrives on the XBox 360 that once again transforms the gamers into legendary battlefield commanders based in the tale of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.