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Yeah, I know, I've already reviewed this game but I'm back.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 36 / 45
Date: November 23, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Some would claim that Koei's Dynasty Warriors 3 doesn't advance all that far beyond its predecessor. They point to the similar action-oriented gameplay, and graphical presentation that's fairly familiar. I dismiss their arguments with a wave of my hand, pointing my finger firmly toward the sight of Liu Bei striking down the ranks of his foes atop an elephant. Yes, you can now ride elephants in Dynasty Warriors. This is extremely cool.

There are more additions to go along with that, naturally, although the overwhelming coolness of the elephants dwarfs most other improvements -- even the new two-player split-screen mode. There are new characters, including Meng Huo and Princess Zhen (who is looking exceedingly fine, thank you), and much longer combo strings for taking out large groups of enemies. Basic combos now stretch out to as many as six hits, and you can chain the triangle-button charge attacks into regular combos for as many as eight or more. Other special attacks include passive maneuvers (indirect defensive attacks like the back-elbow in Double Dragon), and the "Power Guard" technique, which responds to attacks with a strong riposte. The key to victory is still teamwork, though, relying on support troops to back you up as you charge through the bad guys.

The environments are more varied and interactive in the sequel, to go along with the improved graphics. Textures and effects are brighter, especially when heroes finish off combos with big special moves (Zhen cuts loose an explosive energy halo), and the new attacks mean a wider variety of character animations. The battlefields are presumably bigger, although that kind of scale is difficult to judge, and there's much more variation in terms of scenery and elevation levels. There are more constructions like walls and bridges, trees and other background elements filling space, and more different landscape themes -- the effect is to provide both greater variation in strategies and more interesting backgrounds to look at.

The new split-screen multiplayer mode allows cooperative play in the main Musou mode and the kill-everything-that-stands Free Mode, as well as a variety of one-on-one Vs. modes. The Musou mode has also been spruced up with a variety of character development elements, whereby players can earn new items and weaponry for their characters. Defeat an enemy general who wields a famous sword and you can take it for your own, earning an attack bonus in future battles. Other items improve speed, defense, and the like. Items can also evidently effect your luck in finding and using a mount, be it equine or pachyderm.

New characters take the field as part of an entirely new army, although it will take someone with a bit more familiarity with the Three Kingdoms cast to peg them precisely. Sun Shang Xiang is one of them, though, and like the other characters, she's sporting at least two different costumes and weapons options (in this case, a long sword to go along with her old weapons from Dynasty Warriors 2).

The cast is likely to greatly exceed the original game, and there will be plenty of fighting to set them all to, especially in the multiplayer mode. Dynasty Warriors is still about the kind of fun you can have as a one-man army -- or perhaps a one man, one elephant army. Later this year, we'll be sure to make some time for a little more stomping across the battlefields of third-century China.

Highly recommended!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 9
Date: February 10, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I purchased this game about a month ago, and I still enjoy it. With more than 40 characters and 20 maps, it has very high replay value. This game is based on famouse old Chinese story "Three Kingdoms", and if you read that novel, it will be easier to understand storyline and whom each characters are. It would still be fun to play without knowing story, because game itself is very fun and storyline in the game is good enough. For graphic, it's better than average although not on par with games like MGS2 and Final Fantasy X. Since this game usually displays about 20 characters on one screen, better grahic would cause more slowdown, or it might be impossible. Although not amazing, you will be satisfied with it's graphic. Cutscenes are very clean and real-like. Most fun part of this game is Musou mode, which is basically a storyline mode. You can enjoy it with variety of characters and it is also available with 2 players. Each character have different weapon and fighting style with different musou attacks. As you play more battles, you will get more powerful weapon, items, and your characters will become more powerful. I also have some part that I don't like in this game. It's voice acting is horrible, and some missions are as long as 90 minutes!!
Overally, I would recommend this game to anyone, especially for those who want different style of action/fighting game.

Gameplay: 10
Fun-factor: 10
Graphic: 8
Sound: 8
Value: 10

Overall: A-

One of the Best Games Ever!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 9
Date: December 04, 2002
Author: Amazon User

First of all, this game deserves more than five stars. It is a fun, highly addictive game. It is literally possible to play it for very long amounts of time without realizing it.

Anyways, enough about the fact that it is good, let's get into why. If you've played Dynasty Warriors 2, nothing major has changed, it has only gotten better. For those of you that haven't played it, I will try my best to describe the game. This is a game where you enter battle in campagin (Musou) or one mission at a time (Free) modes then you choose from a list of historical generals from China's Three Kingdom era.

Before entering battle you can choose what your bodyguards are equipped with and you can equip your general with better weapons and items that increase have special effects, including raising your stats.

During the real-time battles, on a variety of battlefields, you fight hundreds, or if you choose, thousands of enemies with your primary weapon, bow, and special move. Your special move has a bar below your health that charges when you grab items, defeat enemies, and get damaged yourself. When you defeat gate captains (enemies who allow an infinite amount of enemies to spawn until they are killed) and enemy generals, you can gather objects that turn out to be weapons, equipable items, objects that permanently raise your attack, defense, max health, and max musou.

After battle your general calculates the experience he gained increasing the number and strengths of your bodyguards.

Other interesting points to this games including new additions from the previous include: you can ride a horse and an elephant, a new multiplayer function, more generals and if you use a memory card with old DW2 saved games, it transfers over some of your unlocked generals. The last good thing about the game I am going to say is that it is virtually only violence.

The bad parts about the game are small. First and foremost it starts harder than DW2, almost impossible, even on easy difficulty. Once you get better weapons it becomes easier. Another downside is you can only unlock generals and best weapons on hard mode. This can take hours, for hard is nearly impossible, even with maxed out characters.

A third one, eh?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 10
Date: November 06, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Well, All I can say right now is "WoW".... I own the second Dynasty Warriors and I absolutely love it! But now that the third one is on it's way to the U.S, I might just have to cancel my date with MGS2. Although this game seems pretty interesting, there could be some flaws, such as the same amount of levels. The second DW was interesting knowing that different characters could go to some different levels, but the last level was always the same......kinda depressing if you ask me. But now that I know that you can ride wicked @$$ elephants, I'm most likely to buy this game, and I hope you all do too:)

Nice. Real nice.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 9
Date: November 30, 2001
Author: Amazon User

(...) I went to the local Gamestop yesterday where I like to hang out because the guys who work there are awesome. Anyhow, they just recently received DW3. I played the 2nd one a bit and thought it was a little above average. Well my friend, who played DW2 before, and I gave this game a try. He tried a little of the 1P mode. Then we tried the VS mode which was pretty cool. We weren't totally positive if there was a co-op but when I found out there was we figured out how. This game is fantastic. I personally enjoy multiplayer in any video game and this one does it very nicely. There were a few "bugs," but what can one expect from a game that is so huge and running on the limits of the PS2. "Bugs" you say? Well actually I noticed one bug and two annoyances. The one bug was the spawning and de-spawning of characters on screen basically randomly. Enemies would just appear in the middle of the screen randomly. And they would disappear just the same. One annoyance was that the game REALLY slowed down, probably 10 FPS (frames per second), when at one point there was too much going on the screen. The other annoyance was the "fog." I don't mean programmed weather fog, like rain or snow or fog. I mean the system cannot handle all the polygons, so it fills outside a small radius of the player "game fog" - where one cannot see because it's just grey. Many other games experience this, especially console games. If you ever played Turok... bad fog too. Other than all that, this game is so darn awesome. It's fun running around just smashing opponents and watching them fly across the screen. The 2P "Mosou" mode is just great. Get this game now!!!

Fans of the Dynasty Warriors 2 will Love this sequel.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: February 14, 2002
Author: Amazon User

If you have played Dynasty Warriors 2, then you have a basic idea of what this game is about. Choose one of the famous generals from the Three Kingdoms era, and fight your way to total supremacy. Every character has its own animations and fighting style, as well as special attacks and combinations, to use against the countless enemy warriors you will encounter.

Using these skills you must fight your way around the battlefield helping out where and when your force is in trouble. Fans of Dynasty Warriors 2 will note that there is a nice increase in the number of generals that are playable, as well as a HUGE increase in the number of playable levels.

One of the neatest features of this installment are all the in-battle additions. Fans of this historical period will take heart at some of these mini cinemas. One that comes to mind is the fight between Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Lu Bu. If you, as the player, are in the right place during the Battle for Hu Lao Gate, you will see these 4 generals engage. As a fan of this series, as well as the Romance of the Three Kingdoms games, touches like this bring a tear to my eye.

So, if you loved the first one or are looking to get into the series, this game pulls through with hours of button mashing fun. Take out your frustrations by beating up a few hundred soldiers, or even better, a general or ten.

nice game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: December 05, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The japanese have been crazy about this game since its release it held on to the #1 sales position out east for four weeks, selling over half a million copies, and for good reason. IT's the best action oriented war game on the planet, flaws and all. While just a hack and slash combo fest at heart, Dynasty Warriors 3 distinguishes itself by probiding players with incredibly detailed and totally immersive environments. As you navigae through the game's war torn fields, you'll really feel as if you're fighting for your life, struggling desperately against never ending hordes of enemy soldiers. The countless bad guys are as detailed and well animated as your central character, and they crowd the entire screen during combat, brave heartstyle. The cool battles are all well and good for those who are new to the series, but fans should note that part 3 offers little that wasn't present in last year's offering. The new two player split screen mode is almost too foggy to play, and while it's easier to save your progress than before you don't need to hunt down memory card icons any more, load times are still way too long. Despite these problems, plus a tricky camera and voice acting that stands as some of the worst in the buisness, i'll still be buying this disc when it hits store shelves. And with replay boosted by over 40 playable characters, each entering the fray with a unique fighting style and personalized weaponry, i'll be playing DW3 till my fingers bleed.

Fun but Hard Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 9
Date: December 28, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I gave this game 5 stars because I enjoyed this game and actually thought this game was hard. I even got my gf to play co-op with me and she actually enjoys herself. She'll be pleased with herself and say "Wow, I actually killed 300+ ppl!". I pre-ordered this game a month before it came it because I was contemplating on buying DW2 after playing it at my cousins house. I've always been a big fan of the Romance of the Three Kindgoms saga but have never played a 1st person beat-em-style until DW2. Let me first point out that after playing DW2 I thought DW3 would be an easy "i'm invincible kill'em all" type of game. Boy was I wrong, you can kill most of the normal enemy soldiers with ease but when it came to the famous generals (such as Lu Bu) it was extremely difficult to kill them. Plus you have the enemy bowmen aiming and shooting at you. There were many times where I had to run from a battle because my health had been drained not by the normal foot soldiers I was fighting but by enemy bowmen shooting at me from a distance. Sometimes the bowmen would even shoot me in the back while I was running away! I felt that the gameplay was great and different musou moves for the different characters are pretty cool. You could also move pretty much anywhere on the map. One lesson I learned was you had to help out your ally generals instead of the macho rambo style let me kill these hundred soldiers first then I'll come help approach. Eventually when your ally generals die the enemy soldiers move onto the next general until they get to the Grand General (such as Liu Bei, Cao Cao, Zhuge Liang, etc.). If the Grand General is killed then the game is over and you have to restart. Another thing I learned was to quit during the game in order to save the game in progress which was quite annoying.

Super cool

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: January 11, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I absolutely loved dynasty warriors 2. I thought is was the bees knees. This game is easily twice as good. The concept is the same and the game style is the same. The graphics are better The other people in the battles will actually do a few things. You have more characters, weapons to choose from, and lots of very cool hidden items. You also have about 20 battles to choose from once you've unlocked them all. This is the most addictive game I've played. The action is non-stop and because you are always looking for a special weapon of secret item, the game does not as boring. Also you can trample soilders with elephants, a nice plus. I've unlocked about 65% of the games, and I still enjoy it. When you play mission on hard mode, they are really super-hard so there is always a challenge. I highly recommned this game, you won't go wrong. Your girlfriend/boyfirend/wife/husband (significant other) will most likely not like the game since you will spend lots of time killing chinese soilders and not with them. Get out plenty of lubrication for your thumb, this game will entertain you for hours.

"Don't Pursue Lu Bu!"

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: July 01, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The Three Kingdoms era of China is brought to life in this game. I haven't heard anything about Dynasty Warriors 3 until my cousin showed me it. At first, I thought the characters and battles were made-up. However, my cousin has told me he has read about some of the men who lived back then.
In the game, you can play up to 40 different characters, each with a different weapon and so on. Most people are unlocked and you have to do something special to unlock them. Doing a "Musou Mode" usually unlocks some new people and get thier 2nd and 3rd level weapon. You also get bodyguards, starting with only 2, but you get more bodyguards as you level up.
The toughest guy in the game is Lu Bu and he is very dangerous to low-level characters. So, take the advice someone gives you: "Don't Pursue Lu Bu!"

This game is highly addictive and a lot of fun!

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