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The next in a great line

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 12
Date: August 04, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I have been waiting anxiously for the next installment in the Dynasty Warriors series for a long time now and I'm glad that my wait is almost over. From what I understand, DW4 Empires will be somewhat of a combination between a regular DW game and Dynasty Tactics. You will be able to chose where you want to move an army like in Dynasty Tactics and fight the battles like you would in Dynasty Warriors. You will also be able to form a treaty with whomever you like, and go to war with whomever you'd like as well, but with an overall objective. That's pretty much all that I know for sure, but I speculate that you could do everything else that you could do in Dynasty Tactics or Warriors. With the best of both worlds, this is a promissing game for DW fans and newcomers alike.

AWESOME! Best Dynasty Warriors Game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: February 06, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game blends the action of Dynasty Warriors series with strategy from Romance of The Three Kingdoms game. The in-game graphic is excellent, maybe the best on PS2. The cut scenes were disappointing, its not real CGI but the game engine's graphic, Grrrrrrrr. The Chinese style music is nice. The action is awesome, true hack & slash heaven!

Unlike previous DW games which had you playing fixed stages one after another, the only cool part was beefing up the weapons but you still play the same levels if you start a new game, which gets old rather quick. Empires gives the option of playing 'free' stages due to the map of China design. Here you try to unify the whole China province/state by province, 25 total. So you can choose where to attack, each province's battle field are all different and nicely designed. During each turn your officers will propose different actions(two from each officers), these actions are basically everything a ROTK's menu would have EXCEPT they are made into a CARD game style, the officers' proposals are completely random. IMO this part is well designed, it gets to the point, most cards have healing troops which allows you to invade after 1 or 2 turns.

The action part is totally awesome. Fighting hundreds and hundreds of ancient Chinese armies. There are cool units like Juggernut(A wheeled wooden tank with fire spiting tiger head), wooden carts(Used by the famous Zhuge Liang), witches, and more. The AI is smart in battle, much better than previous DWs. The AI is smart on the main map too.

Koei did a really good job on this game. Its better than all previous DWs and its only $30. Can't wait for DW 5.

Update: This game is WAY better than Dynasty Warriors 5.

Dynastywarriors4:empires

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 8
Date: August 25, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is one of the coolest Dynasty games I have ever seen.
Y ou cammand your own Empire and use Edited charactes in your empire.Overall its a great game, I just Pre-ordered it today.
The only downside is that you can only have two players in versus
mode.But that just means that Dynasty Warriors 5 will be even better.So even though co-op stinks,
B_U_Y_ T_H_I_S_ G_A_M_E_
Period..........................

The BEST Dynasty Warriors game until Dynasty Warriors 5!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: March 08, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is the best Dynasty Warriors game I`ve played!! Taking over regions makes the levels sooooo much more CHALLENGING! And instead of just going and killing the leader you have to take over part of the region to make the leader come out and fight.And the new endings are cool but some of them are hard to unlock.Its cool how when you take over a region you get to hire the officers from the enemies team and make them be on your team but you need gold Its like money to hire the officers some officers are like 3200 tokens of gold while some other officers are as cheap as 1200 tokens of gold.The cheap ones are the worst,their weapon may be high in attack but there not that great.In this game its like a real war you can form an alliance with the enemy for up to 8 turns and they will help you in attack or defense.When you make a game you can choose a fictional or historical game,In fictional mode you can choose who want to be your leader like Lubu or Sunce but on historical mode you have to choose a certain force to be on like Dong Zhou or Sun Jian.On fictional mode when you choose a region you get 2 other warriors on your team beside the leader you have to choose a good region with good peeps if you dont you may have a hard time beating the game but thats okay the more challenging the better the more experience the better so you can be ready for DYNASTY WARRIORS 5!!.Dynaty Warriors 5 comes out soon I hope. I cant wait for this game I hear its going to be sooo cool!!With tones of new features its bound to be GREATEST GAME EVER!!! Dynasty Warriors 4 Empires is much more fun then Dynasty Warriors 4 Extreme Legends I didnt find this game as fun as Dynasty Warrior 4 Empires plus on this game you can play different peeps lik Cao Pi or Zhang Lu those kind of peeps,its cool being new peeps instead of being the same peeps over and over again. Once again this is the BEST Dynasty Warriors game I`ve played..........Until Dynasty Warriors 5 finally comes out and we all will be playing our PS2 for hours upon hours upon hours. Cant wait for DYNASTY WARRIORS 5 It will be the coolest game ever yeah!!! :) :) :)

Perhaps early, but certain review

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 12
Date: July 22, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I know that one generally waits until the game has come out before reviewing, but I am so certain that Dynasty Warriors: Empires is going to be a great game that I am giving it 5 stars all the way down the board before I even play it. Every single Dynasty warriors game that I have ever played has been awesome. The KOEI company has never let me down and I have no doubt that this will be another battlefield-addictive addition to DW4. I will be buying this game on the first day that it comes out and I recommend that everyone do the same. Even if you have never played Dynasty warriors before, Buy the original DW4 and the Empires expansion. You'll be glad you did. I have never seen a more fun and expansive battlefield game and I would say to the KOEI company: "Keep up the God-like work."

Better than DD4 original

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 12
Date: November 12, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I collect all Dynasty warrior games...yes, I do have PS1 DD1 game also.
Out of all DD games, This is the Best.

One of the funnest games I own

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: June 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Dynasty Warriors 4: Empires (DW4E) is one of the funnest if not the funnest PS2 game that I own. It takes a number of the characters from the Chinese book "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and allows you to play them and fight out epic battles. The style of gameplay during battles in DW4E is the same as all of the games in the Dynasty Warriors series - hack n slash, meaning that you basically run around tapping your attack buttons and killing hordes of enemies and finding powerups on the battlefield. After each battle, depending on how many enemy soldiers you've killed and how many "worthy opponents"(opposing generals) you've defeated and how many casualties your force took your warrior will level up. Here is where DW4E is different than the rest: Outside of battle there is a map of ancient China and it is divided into territories controlled by different generals. From here you will choose which region to invade or defend and also your generals will present policies to you to act out. Policies range from healing armies, recruiting local generals, forming alliances, building new items, trading items, building smiths to improve your weapon levels and so on. One of the best features is that you can choose to play any of the generals in your force during battle, which means you can play every general in your force during every different battle or just stick to powering one up. The entire Empire element adds alot to the original DW4 and in my opinion, makes DW4E a better game entirely. There is also an advanced character edit mode -- you can create your own general using quite a few different models and fighting styles. Also, if you've played DW4 and have used the character edit option, you'll notice that your created character will only have a silouhette for a portrait. Not so in DW4E. The created characters look and act just like the real generals (although they don't have as cool of outfits as the real generals IMO). There is also a VS. mode allowing you to play head to head with a human or CPU player with 4 different modes (to be honest I haven't really played the VS. mode much). And like all Dynasty games there is an Archives that will allow you to view artwork and backgrounds of each general. If you are a fan of addicting hack n slash action with a mild strategic element involved (believe me it is MILD, not hard to figure out at all and DOES NOT affect gameplay if you're not one who likes that sort of thing), then pick this game up and give it a try. If you are a fan of the Dynasty Series, this is a must have!

Pros:
-Empires mode adds a whole new spin on gameplay
-Advanced character edit gives you more options and makes you feel more a part of the game due to character portraits
-Archive mode allows you to identify more with each General
-Replay value is high due to being able to conquer the map using lots of different combinations of Generals
-Graphics are good and the soundtrack is even better - never gets annoying and doesn't overpower the gameplay
-Play as any general in your force at any time - even the generic looking men (the ones you will most likely use as liutenats)
-Recruit your favorite generals to create an army full of favorites

Cons:
-Too many generic looking generals/liutenants - there are only 3 different character styles for the generic (not main) generals

ANOTHER DW GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 11
Date: August 21, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I can't wait till this game comes out. My mom said she is already going to get me that game when it comes out. Keep up the good work KOEI.

Dynasty Warriors 4: Empires review

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 7
Date: August 17, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game was so awsome that I could not keep my hands of the controller. This game is way better than Dynasty Warriors 2, 3, 4 and 4XL(extreme legends)

FINALLY

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 6
Date: August 29, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I have been witing for a game like this since i started playing dynasty warriors, and dynasty tactics, and ROTK, and Kessen2.HOORAAAA!!!! I am going to buy this game the day it comes out.i have played all of the most recent koei games and i have never been this excited about one since ...ever! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYY!!!!!!

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