


The Combat has now been scaled down to only include Castle sieges which take place outside of a castle, with different features depending on the castle’s location with one team attacking and another defending, instead of just wiping out the enemy you are not tasked with capturing important strategic points.

Specifically, the changes from nine are that the open-world design has been discarded for a more traditional approach, with new systems that reward more activities outside of combat like the country conquering sim, and as mentioned before combat more focused on tactics and strategy but the thrilling 1 vs 1000 is still there albeit a bit more toned down. Return to the ever-expansive world of “Romance of the Three Kingdoms” in Dynasty Warriors 9 Empires the stand-alone expansion of Dynasty Warriors 9 made by KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD., Empires leans more on strategy and tactics rather than the hack and slash Musou type of game that the franchise is known for.
