My little empire.

Plenty of depth; Satisfying combat; Seriously a lot of depth

Horrifically difficult to penetrate; Vague tutorials

I have been playing the Warriors series now for at least 6 years enjoying Dynasty Warriors , Samurai Warriors , Warriors Orochi , even Warriors: Legends of Troy . Somehow I have skipped playing the Empires games, which is a tragedy as I have learned to enjoy the strategy involved in them now with...

Family Friendly Gaming routinely explains why physical copies of games are better than digital downloads. If you download Dynasty Warriors 8 Xtreme Legends, you will need 23 gigs of room on your Playstation 3. And you will need to make sure you are not going over the download limit with your ISP.

Ever since 2004, the Dynasty Warriors franchise has regularly received two spin-offs for its numbered main entries - Xtreme Legends and Empires . Xtreme Legends can be considered a more standard expansion pack, generally including new characters, weapons, moves, and game modes.

Strategic, fast-paced, and incredibly wacky.

This was my first "Empires" entry I have ever played. I admit the lack of English dub affected my want of purchase but I decided to give it a chance. The new warrior Xun Yu is a fun and interesting character and I'm eager to see more of him in Dynasty Warriors 9, I played with my favorite character...

Pros: - Enhanced customization features for the CAWs - Ability to make your own flag - Ability to choose what your soldiers look like - Ability to create your own scenarios - The "Rock, Paper, Scissors" weapon element system (I liked it) - FREE MODE!

Almost exactly the same features as Dynasty Warriors 7 Empires, and although it's still more entertaining than the main game the lack of effort put in is downright insulting.

The strategy elements help to make the core game a lot more interesting, and at the ruler level the options are fairly involved; Edit mode is quite powerful

The strategy elements are the same as the last game and Dynasty Warriors 8 is a poor foundation for any spin-off, with shallow combat and last gen visuals; Only one new character

Nothing much has changed since I bought DW6 which was the last game (until now) that I bought from the series. Well the graphics haven't really improved from other games in the series.

Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires is a predictable expansion that ingrains deep strategy and customisation into the main game's hack and slash combat. It's overwhelming for the uninitiated, but the vast customisation ensures fans will get out what they put in – but that in itself is a point of contention.

+ Heaps of customisation; + Decent strategy elements; + Up to the player to make a good experience for him/herself

- Hideous presentation/visuals; - Boring combat that lacks impact; - Still too repetitive; - Overwhelming introduction; - Same old stuff