Koei Tecmo struck gold earlier this year with Dynasty Warriors: Origins, a more narratively-fixated spin than usual within Koei Tecmo's decades-old hack-and-slash franchise about millennia-old historical Chinese heroes. With its far more in-depth battle system, excellent usage of the series' traditionally vast maps, and an overall feeling of freshness, Dynasty Warriors: Origins has proven itself the partial reinvention that studio Omega Force has needed. Just look at that player count.
But 'Dynasty Warriors: Origins' is a bit of a misnomer. The subtitle speaks more to the game's departure from the sprawling rosters and multiple-kingdom perspectives of past entries; the titular origin concerns the distinctly fictional protagonist whose tale players will shape and experience throughout the game's campaign. There is, however, a game en route by an entirely unrelated developer that I might argue is more deserving of the 'Origins' moniker.
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If you ask ten people with mere passing familiarity with the Dynasty Warriors IP to describe its gameplay to you, all ten are going to remark that you take control of a legendary hero of China's Warring Kingdoms...
