How I Met A Dynasty Warrior: Season 8.5 . Dynasty Warriors has become a TV series at this point. For a popular video game franchise that started in 1997, it has spawned nine different spin-offs while continuing with its main cast of characters with Dynasty Warriors 8 released last year.

Five new characters from the five main kingdoms; New level cap

Annoying dialogue; Series feels old and outdated; Tags

There are three certainties you can count on in life: death, taxes, and Dynasty Warriors. The famous button-mashing hack-n-slasher is k...

A wealth of stuff to do and unlock; Mowing down the opposition in droves

Combat is repetitive as ever; PS4 version doesnt take advantage of the more powerful hardware; Not enough new content to justify a double dip

How is this for a name: Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends Complete Edition? That mouthful of words represents the newest release in the seemingly immortal (as in "this sucker won't ever die") Dynasty Warriors franchise from Omega Force and Koei; a PS4/Vita cross play-optimized version of 2013's...

Positives Cross-play for those with a PS4 and a Vita; looks great on Vita but dated on PS4

Negatives Cross-play but NOT cross-buy; repetitive; long-winded dialogue (in text

Fantastic game. The graphics are immense for a Dynasty Warriors game. Gameplay is surprisingly refreshing and fun to play at all times. Great entry in the series that shows just how good Dynasty Warriors games are.

Soon after the launch of Dynasty Warriors 8 last year, Tecmo KOEI predictably announced that an Xtreme Legends expansion would follow. For those who don't follow the Three Kingdoms hack ‘n' slash franchise, each numbered instalment tends to spawn one or two standalone expansions, the first usually...

Visual improvements; New characters; stages; Hours upon hours of content; A good port overall

Ambition Mode is plain dull; XL has no stand-out features

A new addition to Koei's long running Dynasty Warriors series will most likely either make a reasonably seasoned gamer cringe or giggle with delight like a child on their way to Disney World. There honestly isn't much of a gray area.