Before I would have said this is the weakest in the Dynasty warriors series, but after 9 came out i can safely say that dw6 isn't the problem child anymore.

The game itself is prettier than most of the games in the series, the character designs are vibrant , the music is fantastic, and the fighting animations are very fluid and satisfying... HOWEVER..

The renbu system exists. Taking the joy from its previous games chaining multiple combos together to slaughter... I mean knock out your foes, you are reduced to spamming the hell out of one button with occasionally pressing another to break the opponents guard. With a maxed renbu gauge your combo gets longer and yes the animation looks great, but chances are the enemy will be already blocking your fanciful combo causing you to break it with a tap or (gasp) even two of a heavy attack. And thus the chain repeats over and over again.

I can’t say I hate this game, nor did I ever really. But when it came out I knew it was the weakest in the series. Koei needs to learn that if it ain’t broke don’t fix it... But they didn’t and DW9 came out.. *sigh