Dynasty Warriors 3 (2001) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Dynasty Warriors 3

Dynasty Warriors 3 is the third installment of the Dynasty Warriors series in North America and the second within the Shin Sangoku Musou series in Japan. It is a spin-off from the video game Romance of the…

20 September 2001

What Dynasty Warriors 3 is

Dynasty Warriors 3 is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Omega Force and released in 2001. It was published by Koei. It is available on PlayStation 2 and Xbox.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Dynasty Warriors 3 is set across Ancient China in the time of the Three Kingdoms era. The game begins at the fall of the Han Dynasty shortly after the death of the Emperor Ling when the leader of the Way of Peace, Zhang Jiao, led an uprising against the Empire. The game features a strong mix of fact and fiction from Chinese History and often exaggerates characters and their personalities, for example Lu Bu is portrayed as a virtually unbeatable, violent maniac. Most of the events and stages are reported to have occurred in the Three Kingdoms era during the struggle of power. The three kingdoms primarily involved, Shu, Wu and Wei, each sought power enough to overthrow the other two and unify…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and historical. It supports multiplayer and includes co-op. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.