Dynasty Warriors 4: Empires
Dynasty Warriors 4: Empires is a strategy-oriented variant of Dynasty Warriors 4, mixing it with gameplay similar to Romance of the Three Kingdoms. The heart of the game, campaign mode, begins by choosing any…
Dynasty Warriors 4: Empires is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Omega Force, released 18 March 2004 on PlayStation 2.
What Dynasty Warriors 4: Empires is
Dynasty Warriors 4: Empires is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Omega Force and released in 2004. It was published by Koei. It is available on PlayStation 2 only. It carries an ESRB T age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Dynasty Warriors 4: Empires is a strategy-oriented variant of Dynasty Warriors 4, mixing it with gameplay similar to Romance of the Three Kingdoms. The heart of the game, campaign mode, begins by choosing any of 24 regions and 42 rulers (custom characters can be created). Beginning with a small kingdom, the ultimate goal is the conquering of all others. Each turn, the player is given a choice from 4 different governing options (brought to your attention by your generals) followed by a single decision of action. These actions typically include the invasion or defense of a specific province or the option to aid an allied empire with those same actions.
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.
Where it sits in the Dynasty Warriors series
Dynasty Warriors 4: Empires is the sixth of 58 entries we hold in the Dynasty Warriors series. The next entry was Samurai Warriors: Xtreme Legends in 2004. Its critic score of 67 is almost exactly the series average of 66. The highest-rated entry is Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends Definitive Edition at 85.
How it was received
Dynasty Warriors 4: Empires holds a critic score of 67 out of 100. That places it above 34% of the 1,125 rated hack and slash/beat 'em up games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2004 averaged 70, so it scored 3 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Dynasty Warriors 4: Empires launched on 18 March 2004, within three weeks of Far Cry, Unreal Tournament 2004: Editor's Choice Edition, Syberia 2 and Unreal Tournament 2004. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Far Cry, Unreal Tournament 2004: Editor's Choice Edition, Syberia 2, Unreal Tournament 2004.
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