Romance Of The Three Kingdoms (Koei) series
Dynasty Warriors 2
An Age of Legends brought alive with the thrill and speed of action and the depth of simulation. The age of true battle is about to begin!
Dynasty Warriors 2 is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Omega Force, released 3 August 2000 on PlayStation 2.
What Dynasty Warriors 2 is
Dynasty Warriors 2 is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Omega Force and released in 2000. It was published by Koei. It is available on PlayStation 2 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
From this game onward, the player chooses a playable character general, and plays through a number of levels representing particular conflicts in the time of the three kingdoms, eventually defeating both of the other kingdoms and becoming the ruler of a unified China. However this game is not a one-on-one fighting game like the original Dynasty Warriors, but a beat 'em up hack and slash fighting game in full 3D, similar in genre to Fighting Force. Unlike previous games in the beat 'em up genre, Dynasty Warriors 2 allowed players the freedom to roam to any point within the limits of the current stage being played.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Romance Of The Three Kingdoms (Koei) series
Dynasty Warriors 2 is the 28th of 71 entries we hold in the Romance Of The Three Kingdoms (Koei) series. The next entry was Three Kingdoms: Fate of the Dragon in 2001. Its critic score of 66 is 4 points above the series average of 62. The highest-rated entry is Romance of the Three Kingdoms VIII at 89.
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How it was received
Dynasty Warriors 2 holds a critic score of 66 out of 100. That places it above 32% of the 1,125 rated hack and slash/beat 'em up games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2000 averaged 72, so it scored 6 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Dynasty Warriors 2 launched on 3 August 2000, within three weeks of Paper Mario, Grandia II, Kiss: Psycho Circus - The Nightmare Child and Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Paper Mario, Grandia II, Kiss: Psycho Circus - The Nightmare Child, Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Dynasty Warriors 2 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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