Dynasty Warriors 4: Empires

Dynasty Warriors 4
North America PS2 Game Cover
Developer(s)	Omega Force
Publisher(s)	Koei
Series	Dynasty Warriors
Platform(s)	PlayStation 2, Xbox, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation Network
Release date(s)	PlayStation 2 JP: February 27, 2003 NA: March 25, 2003 PAL: May 27, 2003 Xbox JP: September 4, 2003 NA: September 30, 2003 PAL: November 14, 2003 Microsoft Windows INT: March 30, 2005 PlayStation Network JP: April 17, 2013 PAL: January 30, 2013
Genre(s)	Hack and Slash Tactical action
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer

Dynasty Warriors 4 (真・三國無双3, Shin Sangokumusō 3^?, Shin Sangokumusou 3 in Japan) is a hack and slash video game and the fourth installment in the popular Dynasty Warriors series. Dynasty Warriors 4 was developed by Omega Force and published by Koei. The game is available on PlayStation 2 (PS2) and Xbox and is based on a series of books called Romance of the Three Kingdoms, written by Luo Guanzhong. As the series has progressed, it has strayed further from the actual plot of Romance of the Three Kingdoms but instead has given the user more input on how the storyline progresses. When it was released in Japan as Shin Sangokumusou 3, it topped the sales charts, sold over one million copies within nine days, and received an average of 78 out of 100 on Metacritics reviews.

Originally released on the PS2 in March 2003, it was later ported to the Xbox in September of the same year and, in 2005, ported to the PC under the name Dynasty Warriors 4 Hyper. Two expansions were released for the PS2 version of the game, Xtreme Legends and Empires. Whereas Xtreme Legends requires the player to use the original Dynasty Warriors 4 disc to access all of its features, Empires is a stand-alone game and can be played with all of its content without the use of the original disk. The game is the first in the Dynasty Warriors series to introduce an Empires expansion pack and the second to include an Xtreme Legends title. These expansions are not available for the Xbox version of the game.

Dynasty Warriors 4 expands on its predecessors by adding new characters, new modes of play and a completely new 'Edit Mode.' Instead of having strict routines to follow during battle, officers, to some extent, will have a greater reaction to the events taking place on the battlefield in the game and may react to things more often.