Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Dynasty Warriors: Origins?

Right now, I'm somewhere between a strong 7 and a light 8. I love the way the game is structured and the tweaks to combat are really fun, but the battles themselves range from too straightforward to too involved and rarely find a sweet spot. For a game that can render this many enemies on screen it's rare to get a KO cout in quadruple digits due to how quickly your moved from one officer to another. It's the same problem I had with Afe of Calamity; it wants so bad to get to the more involved fights, it rarely gives you a moment to mow down fodder which was always the main appeal of the series to me.

Im still pretty early in the game so we'll see how my opinion changes, but for right now, I think it's pretty good to great, but I'm not sure if it's amazing yet.

Absolutely loving this game—it's a brilliant blueprint for the future of DW titles.

• The new warzone map is excellent, especially during those intense clashes with massive armies.
• Combat animations are incredibly fluid, and the combat arts for each weapon are among the best I’ve seen in the series.
• On that note, The Wanderer’s ability to use multiple weapons feels seamless. Each weapon type is distinct enough that having just one playable character doesn’t feel like a drawback. In fact, it fits perfectly with the story's focus on The Wanderer.
• The new Musou and True Musou attacks are phenomenal. Even after countless uses, the adrenaline rush hits every time that cinematic plays. The close-up face shots add a real weight to the attack.
• The officer bond mechanic is vastly improved, with dialogue that adds depth and context to the war and the state of China during that era. For the first time in a DW game, I actually struggled to choose a faction to serve. The emotional weight is real, and the RPG elements here shines - I wished they gave your character choice more impact though.
• The one-on-one duels are a standout, now featuring perfect parries and dodges. The combat system strikes a great balance—easy to learn but deeply satisfying to master. Parrying Lu Bu’s halberd strike and countering with your own well-choreographed martial arts never gets old.
• On my PS5, the game runs buttery smooth at 60+ FPS. I’m using a TCL TV with a 144Hz refresh rate, and even in Chapter 4 where the combat starts to involve more and more massive armies clashes, I haven’t noticed any frame drops.

Now, a niche detail I personally loved: the "Bromance of the Three Kingdoms" vibes. Almost every warrior seems either determined to keep The Wanderer or marry him after the war. Some of the max bond dialogue had me blushing, especially Lu Bu’s... less-than-subtle interest.

If there’s one downside, it’s that the mini-battles can get repetitive, and the medium skirmishes are too rare. But overall, this game is a return to the classic DW 1 v Many experience that I love with an added narrative depth, and I couldn’t be happier they released it.

Quality over quantity, and good Technical standards sets this over the recent crop of DW games imo.

I think it’s about time PS/PX let us click on the score and it brings up the users who are trolling with a 1 etc.

Never actually played a DW game, but was curious about this one. Do you need to have played previous titles before this?

So obvious that the 1 and 3 scores have come from people who haven't played it and just don't like the look of it. There is no way any objective scoring could be that low for it.

The only negative is the voice acting.

@Dyomun I wasn't going to rate the game low because I haven't played it, but then I read your post. Because of what you said, it gets a four. I hope you are happy.

@LikelySatan all you've actually done there is show yourself to be a child. Enjoy that sub-70 IQ.

@Dyomun ohhhh man, I was kidding! Not about voting for a low score, or about having not played it...but I don't actually hope you are happy.
Can you tell that THIS comment was sarcasm? Didn't do so hot on the last.
I'm kidding bud. It's games, chill out.