Romance Of The Three Kingdoms (Koei) series

Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires

Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires is the second expansion of Dynasty Warriors 8. An additional PlayStation Vita port, which includes all previously released DLC, has also been announced to be released. Like previous…

65 20 November 2014 ESRB T

Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Strategy Action Fantasy Historical

Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Omega Force, released 20 November 2014 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita and Xbox One.

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What Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires is

Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Omega Force and released in 2014. It was published by Koei Tecmo. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, PlayStation 3 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Katana Engine. It carries an ESRB T age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires is the second expansion of Dynasty Warriors 8. An additional PlayStation Vita port, which includes all previously released DLC, has also been announced to be released. Like previous Empires expansions, focuses more on strategical and tactical battle system. It allows players to modify the player force's flags, horses, and soldiers, as well as featuring large-scale strategems, enhanced from Dynasty Warriors 7: Empires. In addition to the marriage system, players' officers can have children with their spouses. A new playable character, Xun Yu was also added in Empires.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and historical. It supports multiplayer for up to 2 players online. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen. There are 48 achievements to unlock.

Where it sits in the Romance Of The Three Kingdoms (Koei) series

Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires is the 48th of 71 entries we hold in the Romance Of The Three Kingdoms (Koei) series. It arrived 2 years after Romance of the Three Kingdoms XII with Power Up Kit. The next entry was Romance of the Three Kingdoms Maker in 2015. Its critic score of 65 is 3 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 8: Empires holds a critic score of 65 out of 100. That places it above 29% of the 1,125 rated hack and slash/beat 'em up games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored 4 points below the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Core2 DUO 2.4 GHz or better, 512 MB RAM and 640*480 pixel over. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 10GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires launched on 20 November 2014, within three weeks of Dragon Age: Inquisition, Far Cry 4, The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth and Tales from the Borderlands. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Dragon Age: Inquisition, Far Cry 4, The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, Tales from the Borderlands.

Official trailer

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel. See all 2 videos →

Screenshots

All media

Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires gameplay screenshot

Dlc

Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires - Castle and Scenario Pack

TBA

Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires - Castle Pack

TBA

Parents

Dynasty Warriors 8

28 February 2013

Quick answers

Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires — frequently asked questions

When did Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires come out?

Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires was released on 20 November 2014 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, PlayStation 3 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires?

At minimum, Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires needs Core2 DUO 2.4 GHz or better, 512 MB RAM, 640*480 pixel over graphics, 10 GB available space of storage.

Does Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires have multiplayer?

Yes. Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires supports multiplayer for up to 2 players online.

How many GB is Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires?

The PC version needs about 10 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("10 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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