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By: Ozzymadeo
| Platform |
Playstation 2 |
| Company |
Koei |
| Game Time |
N/A |
| Completion Time |
N/A |
Lu Bu is my bitch.
Anybody who played Dynasty Warriors 2 or 3 for
that matter can certainly appreciate that sentiment.
Hardest bastard in the game, and wouldn't you
know, they put him on an early level.
Lu Bu aside, Dynasty Warriors 3 is a challenge
in both tolerance and gameplay. While there is
a LOT of repetition, there is also a lot of fun.
Though many of the levels you play over and over
again, the character selection is varied enough
to where you don't really mind.
DW2 was fun but with only a single player mode,
those who were unfortunate enough to get stuck
watching the game be played got bored really quick
and did other things, myself included. This was
possibly the largest reason why I wasn't too thrilled
with the second game of the series. But with part
3, the simple inclusion of a two player mode adds
to the gameplay and fun factor ten fold. I've
cleared the game or assisted in the clearing with
ten or so of the characters and its still fun.
But generally only if you've got the two player
mode going. Tag team ass kicking tends to be more
fun for me.
Level wise, there isn't a big variety. When you're
going through the multitude of characters, there's
only so many times you can squash the Yellow Turban
Rebellion without wanting to rebel yourself. And
Hu Lao Gate is simply a formality. Show up, kill
Lu Bu after the top general tells you not to and
then go forth and beat some ass. It doesn't really
help that most of these levels we saw in Dynasty
Warriors 2. I for one would like to see something
new.
Character wise, you get plenty to choose from.
And that's before you start unlocking people.
Upon playing this game, you're likely to find
a character you can call your own. My character
would be "Pang Tong" though we rarely
called him by his name. After slaughtering a couple
thousand people, we started to refer to him as
the "Fountain of Death".
"Drink from the fountain" we would say.
You'll find yourself talking a lot of trash.
Still this is a fun game despite the narrow selection
of levels. I would recommend that you rent it
or borrow it first to make sure you want to spend
the 50 bucks on it though. But if you're the type
who likes running around ancient China racking
up insanely large body counts, well wait no more.
You want this game.
"Come hither, drink from the fountain of
Death"
Die Lu Bu. Die.
GRADE: B-
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