Dynasty Warriors Origins ChinaJoy Footage Shows the New Game

Koei Tecmo has published the first direct gameplay footage of Dynasty Warriors Origins at ChinaJoy 2024. It showed how the new entry in the strategic hack-and-slash action game series will look like.

The game’s producer Tomohiko Sho was present on the stage, and he mentioned that Dynasty Warriors Origins will have a deeper storytelling of the Chinese Three Kingdoms era. While most of the series entries started with the Han forces subjugating the Yellow Turbans in 184 AD, the story in Origins will start earlier in 183 AD. The player-controlled original protagonist will witness the Han officials oppressing the villagers and Zhang Jiao establishing the Yellow Turbans.

Dynasty Warriors Origins will also have a 3D world map. But unlike Dynasty Warriors 9‘s open-world setting, the world map in this game will only let players access battles, shops, and character interactions. Battles in Origins will take place on limited-area maps like Dynasty Warriors 8 and earlier titles. While the player will mostly control the original protagonist, they will also be able to temporarily access other existing characters like Guan Yu at certain points in the stage.

In addition, the footage also confirmed that Koei Tecmo will bring back several tracks from prior series entries. The company used “Eve” for the prologue stage and “The Wall of Fate” for the Battle of Sishui Gate, both of which appeared first in Dynasty Warriors 4.

The Dynasty Warriors Origins ChinaJoy 2024 stream originally appeared on BiliBili. However, the direct feed gameplay footage from the stream has also been made available on YouTube:

Dynasty Warriors Origins will be available worldwide on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and PC in 2025.

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