Reviews for Dynasty Warriors 5: Empires

what the?

Strengths: charcters game play

Weakness: the same thing over time...

OK wtf man? i know i just recently became a HUGE dw fan win i rented dw5 so now i have dw2 dw5xl dw5e and i love these games! the characters don't take long to level up so thats really cool fun and ure edit characters are preety fun to play as in this game to. and the game plays really fun now the weaknesses when u command a nother unit the commands r aid ally aid base attack unit attack base k? i just wish koei could've made it so u couldve specified the command and u could see More troops it says u can command like 2000 but like u only see 20 following u! but it does get kinda boring after time.... so try and idk make a story mode in ure head on "a gathering of hero's but my review 9.0 outa 10.-battosai509

100% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful?

Even a strategy game needs a story

Strengths: none

Weakness: -slow pacing, no story, battles and some strategy parts are tedious

With Dynasty Warriors 5: Empires Koei has taken out the fun in the series.

The main problem I had with the game is that there's no story! And without a story the characters lacked personality or development. I'm use to the larger than life caricatures of real life Chinese warriors from the other Dynasty Warrior games so I was disappointed by Empires. There are no cutscenes and very little conversation between generals and such.

So what you end up with is controlling lifeless, empty shells of chinese characters in an average strategy game. While the strategy parts give you something else to do outside of battles, they aren't all that fun and some even slow down the pace of the game. For example: you can spend money to build up the technology and have your blacksmith create items. Sounds kind of cool but then if you use it, it disappears at the end of the battle. That means you'll have to have the blacksmith create the item again which wastes a turn.

I'm sticking with the core Dynasty Warriors series from now on.

100% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful?

Dynasty Warriors 5: Empires

Testseek.com has collected 2 expert reviews for Dynasty Warriors 5: Empires and the average expert rating is 69 of 100. The average score reflects the expert community’s view on this product. Click below and use Testseek.com to see all ratings, product awards and conclusions.

Read Full Review

Dynasty Warriors 5

Dynasty Warriors 5 receives an overall TopTenREVIEWS rating of 2.85 out of 4.00. It is ranked the #3,402 game of all time, #106 game of 2005 for the PlayStation 2 and #695 PlayStation 2 game of all time. The rating and ranking is based on an average of 54 critic scores, awards and other criteria. To see a breakdown of the game ranking, read individual critic reviews, or see how other games...

Read Full Review

Dynasty Warriors 5 Empires

Back in the 90s, I used to dream of games that merged the fighting genre with any other existing gameplay style. In particular I wanted an RPG with a fighting game engine. Long, arduous battles could then be replaced by 2-minute bouts. I felt the same way about adventure games. Whereas a punch here and a kick there could go a long way in most titles, I wanted a game that made hand-to-hand combat...

Read Full Review

Dynasty Warriors 5: Empires

While there really isn't all that much to get excited about, fans of the genre should find plenty to keep their button mashing buttons busy.

Read Full Review

Dynasty Warriors 5: Empires

As though Dynasty Warriors 5 wasn't enough to satisfy the hunger of fans, Koei brings yet another addition to that game: Dynasty Warriors 5: Empires. The object of the game is to build an enormous empire in China via force or diplomacy.

Read Full Review