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Warriors Orochi 3

Warriors Orochi 3, is a 2011 hack and slash video game. It is the fourth installment of the crossover series Warriors Orochi, a combination of the Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors series. Play as a range…

72 22 December 2011 ESRB T

Warriors Orochi 3 is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Omega Force, released 22 December 2011 on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

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What Warriors Orochi 3 is

Warriors Orochi 3 is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Omega Force and released in 2011. It was published by Koei Tecmo Games. It is available on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It carries an ESRB T age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Warriors Orochi 3, is a 2011 hack and slash video game. It is the fourth installment of the crossover series Warriors Orochi, a combination of the Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors series. Play as a range of characters across multiple modes.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, historical and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.

Where it sits in the Musou series

Warriors Orochi 3 is the second of 11 entries we hold in the Musou series. It arrived 2 years after Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage. The next entry was Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2 in 2012. Its critic score of 72 is almost exactly the series average of 72. The highest-rated entry is Dragon Quest Heroes II at 82.

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How it was received

Warriors Orochi 3 holds a critic score of 72 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 1,125 rated hack and slash/beat 'em up games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 4 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Warriors Orochi 3 launched on 22 December 2011, within three weeks of Mario Kart 7, Trine 2, Age of Empires III: Complete Collection and Star Wars: The Old Republic. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Mario Kart 7, Trine 2, Age of Empires III: Complete Collection, Star Wars: The Old Republic.

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When did Warriors Orochi 3 come out?
Warriors Orochi 3 was released on 22 December 2011 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

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