In the doldrums of winter, I’ve reached for comfort media — which, for me, means Chinese historical dramas. And while the elaborate costumes and overly sweet romances are enjoyable, sometimes a girl wants something with a little more teeth. Dynasty Warriors: Origins has given me exactly what I needed.

As the name implies, Origins is a reboot, and an ideal entry point for both new and lapsed fans. At the same time, this latest Dynasty Warriors game feels like it was made for series diehards, revising and reworking just about every core aspect while layering on intriguing new gameplay systems.

E ver since Dynasty Warriors 2 launched alongside PlayStation 2 back in 2000, fans have enjoyed the exciting one versus one thousand battles across China. Unfortunately, Dynasty W

With this many great weapons, each with hundreds of thousands of KOs under their belt, it's natural for the question of “which weapon is the best to arise”. While each one has their worth and should be used often,

Origins is a fantastic game that, when I reviewed it, I would have raved about even more in my review had my editor let me. By far my favorite game in the series, Origins is a hack-and-slash RPG that takes place during the historic Chinese Three Kingdoms era.

Origins hit a peak concurrent player count of 69,483, according to SteamDB, a number that is wholly impressive for a single-player title. When taken in the conte

Origins has a different leveling-up system than most Musou games. It’s all tied to raising proficiencies with weapons like swords or spears. When a weapon levels up then players also gain a new rank.