: Dynasty Warriors 9: Empires (PS5) – Fun Empires Formula Can’t Hide Lasting Dynasty Warriors 9 Damage

Fallen empires.

After the disappointment of Dynasty Warriors 9 and its cardboard open world, we desperately wanted Dynasty Warriors 9: Empires to be good — to finally get Koei Tecmo’s flaship franchise back on track. And while Empires is easily a better game than its predecessor, it still suffers from many of the issues that Dynasty Warriors 9 introduced.

Reversing the series’ fortunes was always going to be a tall order when Empires is built on the same foundations as Dynasty Warriors 9 — both in terms of gameplay and technical performance. Empires’ injection of slightly strategic warfare can only paper over the cracks so much, and it isn’t long until you’re reminded of why 9 was such a stinker.

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