When I started my first battle, I was blown away at the amount of enemies the game could render on screen, it’s really amazing since it’s running off a hand held! It’s great that the game can handle so many enemy character on screen at the same time but the game does indeed suffer from frame rate issues because of it. After selecting which empire you want to attack, you’re given the chance to allocate a specific amount of troops to each officer that you’re taking into battle with you.Īfter setting up your troops for battle, you’re greeted with the invasion menu, here you can fortify your base, set stratagems and use different items. I personally jumped straight into fighting enemy empires! This can be done by selecting the invade option within the strategy menu. The sheer amount of activities you’re able to perform with Empire mode is amazing, it really does a great job in giving you full control over everything. Empire mode allows you to play whichever way you want, if you want to start attacking nearby empires from the start, you can do that but you also have the option of playing the game passively. All actions you take within Empire mode will be handled within the Strategy menu, things like recruiting additional troops, handing out promotions, training, forging alliances and starting battles with enemy empires. Empire mode allows you to pick a warrior from the games huge roster of characters and I’m not joking when I say huge, there’s over 800 different characters to choose from, which is staggering!Īfter selecting your warrior, the real fun begins. The available modes are as follows: Empire Mode, Free Mode, Edit Mode and Online Play.Īfter I looked over the game modes available, I decided to hop into Empire Mode first. I’ve spent close to 50 hours on Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires so far and my experience has been largely positive! When you first boot the game up on the Vita you’ll be greeted with several different game modes to choose from.

I’ve been playing Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires on my PlayStation Vita for a while now, so it’s time to review it! First off, I want to thank Koei Tecmo for providing me with a copy of Dynasty Warriors 8 for review.

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