Dynasty Warriors 8

Shin Sangoku Musou 7 (真・三國無双7) is the eighth installment of the Dynasty Warriors series. The game's swift development was due to it being based on the seventh title's system.

Gameplay

 * Story Mode is still divided between four factions and has seamless cutscenes like in the previous game.
 * Some characters (like Cao Cao) will be given new weapons.
 * The weapon switch system from Dynasty Warriors 7 makes a return.
 * New to the game are weapon affinities that provide different effects depending on what type of weapon the opponent has and how they correspond to the player's own.
 * Storm Rush - Enables player to break enemy guard as well as increase attack speed and hits so long as the opponent's weapon affinity is worse. However, the hit speed bonus gradually fades every time the player attacks.
 * Variable Counter - When up against an opponent with better weapon affinity, the player does a counterattack that blows surrounding enemies away while switching weapons.
 * Awakening - Activated after meeting specific conditions, this effect greatly increases the player's stats and allows them to perform an Awakening Musou attack. In turn, using this attack to defeat multiple enemies will evolve it into a True Awakening Musou which causes defeated officers to drop better stat-increasing items.

Characters
Two new characters have been revealed so far.
 * Yue Jin
 * Li Dian