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Developer(s) | Tecmo Koei |
Publisher(s) | Tecmo Koei |
Distributor(s) | Tecmo Koei, Aeria Games |
Series | Dynasty Warriors |
Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows PlayStation 3 |
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Microsoft Windows PlayStation 3
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Genre(s) | MMOG |
Mode(s) | Multiplayer |
Dynasty Warriors Online, known as Shin Sangoku Musou Online (真・三國無双Online Shin SangokuMusō Online?) in Japan, was a massively-multiplayer online game originally released for Microsoft Windows in Japan in Spring 2006, and for PlayStation 3 on February 18, 2010. The game belongs to Tecmo Koei's Dynasty Warriors video game series, as well as the larger Romance of the Three Kingdoms meta series, which is based on the Great Classical Novel of the same name.
Dynasty Warriors Online allows players to create their own character and choose a weapon from existing playable characters. Once a character is created, the player enters the world of Dynasty Warriors, defeating opposing armies for experience points. Players can also see other players that they can battle. It also poses the introduction of free roam, of which a player can move around their factions city talking to various non-player characters.
The gameplay of Dynasty Warriors Online is similar to its console counterparts. It composes of two main parts, campaign battles and melee battles. Campaign battles occurs weekly, where the 3 Kingdoms (Wu, Wei, and Shu) and other possible factions (Such as Dong Zhuo or Yuan Shao) fight for cities and territory. If there's no campaign scheduled, then a large 24 player Showdown battle will be held. The goal of the game is to complete the objective specified for the type of battle. In melee, there are five modes: