Cards on the table: I love Dynasty Warriors. I love its repetitive, therapeutic approach to action. I love that it claims to represent Chinese history, but still throws in people with magical powers or who use wolves’ heads as weapons. I love that its solution to getting bored of a character is to include 80 more to try. God, I love Dynasty Warriors.
Its spin-offs, however, are another story. With a few exceptions, the licensed side-series Koei Tecmo regularly creates have consistently disappointed, whether that’s because they’ve felt less well thought-out, dropped a core idea, or simply lacked the charm of developer Omega Force’s key franchise.
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Its spin-offs, however, are another story. With a few exceptions, the licensed side-series Koei Tecmo regularly creates have consistently disappointed, whether that’s because they’ve felt less well thought-out, dropped a core idea, or simply lacked the charm of developer Omega Force’s key franchise.
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