Awful 3D fighter that probably felt dated the day it came out.

The idea of a weapon fighter was good, but the controls are too stiff.

Good thing the Warriors franchise went in another direction.

This is a bad 3D fighting game. The moves feel very stiff and in a sense realistic, but that makes it less fun to play. There are multiple modes but all of them boil down to 1v1 fights between the characters.

The good:
The music and stages are great.
The idea of a fighting game with weapons is cool.
More "realistic" fighting in which some moves are satisfying to pull off.

The bad:
The controls feel very stiff. The game is not responsive enough. I feel like faster characters have an advantage.
The game has no story except for some menu text and ending cutscenes for each character.

Conclusion: I'm not that into fighting games so I can't fully determine the game's quality, but it was not fun to play for me. If you're looking to get into Dynasty Warriors, I suggest to skip this entry, as it's not really relevant to the series and not a good game.

First Dynasty Warriors to stream! I hope to get to the rest in due course, but for the moment, this is the first one to try out and it's very different from the rest.

Unlike the big fighting fun of taking on hundreds of soldiers at once, we instead go for the one-on-one fighter which has the added difference of having weapons and the characters being based on the five-kingdoms much like they are in later games.

Beyond that, there wasn't much else that was pulling me to this game. It was certainly fun, but it did suffer from controls being a bit odd, though the hilarious cut-scenes after each character wins more than make up for it!

Especially the one I got where this woman seduces the lord and then runs around with flowers and such sprouting everywhere.

It's a bit of a weird one, but I much prefer the more recognisable type of Dynasty Warriors games out there.

Gameplay + Stream