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Dynasty Warriors 6 (真・三國無双5, Shin Sangoku Musou 5) is the sixth title in the Dynasty Warriors series. Koei's revamped game resembles an old kung-fu action movie, with real-life martial artist-captured attacks.

Though the game was designed to be released exclusively for next-gen consoles, the company decided to release a PlayStation 2 version of the title.

Tomohiko Sho is director and Kenji Tanigaki is the opening movie director.

Gameplay

Battle System

Koei's game rebuild introduces new features and removes some. The Renbu system replaces previous attack chains, allowing more powerful attacks with a meter called the Renbu Gauge. The gauge ranges from One to Infinite, with higher levels allowing longer range and more powerful attacks. Characters can execute infinite attack strings, but only up to Level 2 without unlocking Renbu Level 3 and Infinite.

  • The branching attack system has been removed. For example, attack strings were previously Triangle; Square, Triangle; Square, Square, Triangle; etc. This has been replaced by one-button strings, such as Square, Square, Square, Square, or Triangle, Triangle, Triangle, Triangle.
  • For the first time in the series, characters can perform a running Triangle attack.
  • A brief wind effect during running indicates the possibility of a running attack, similar to how long-lasting horseback movement indicates a running horse jump.
  • Like Samurai Warriors, characters can evade and perform unique attack animations when they win deadlocks.
  • All characters can now perform an unblockable grab/grapple akin to Samurai Warriors 2 (refined from the grab-physics in Dynasty Warriors 4), done by pressing Square or Triangle while the character is blocking.
  • Special Attacks, received from the Tome item drop, allows characters to use a devastating skill to defeat enemies and help out the player. The drop can usually be found off of defeated Guard Captains of bases. There are five attack types - Swift Attack, Volley, Fire, True Speed, and Rockfall.
  • Swift Attack: immediately boosts the user's Renbu gauge up to the Infinite Renbu, and grants higher attack and defense power. When used when the player is at low, red health, the effects of Swift Attack increase.
  • Volley: releases waves of arrows surrounding the player to annihilate enemies. Element may be added.
  • Fire: unleashes fire when used on a base, causing damage to all opposing base forces within it.
  • True Speed: greatly boosts the character's speed and are given unique attacks whilst running. When used on a horse, the Tome Attack also boosts the horse's traveling speed. Also increases range and/or adds an extra attack to the strong dashing attack.
  • Rockfall: lets loose giant boulders of land on the enemy and, when used near a cliff or an area with elevation differences, the rocks fall down and slide on the ground.
  • Dueling returns from Dynasty Warriors 4, with an opposing officer challenging players. Officers and foot soldiers form a circle around the duelists, with foot soldiers attacking players and enemies. Officers can join the fray, and duels can be prematurely ended.

Officers defeated in duels lose 200 EXP points. Duels are usually executed with equal forces, but surrounded enemies increase attack. Horses may enter arenas, waiting between allied troops.

Character Growth

  • Dynasty Warriors 6 sports a Skill Tree unique to all characters. Each branch is attained by gaining a level and it will be complete by level 50. With it, players can unlock many items, ranging from stat-boosting or add-on skills. Also available is a special ability which allows wild animals to refrain from attacking and movement-quickening skills, such as swimming and running.
  • Weapons are no longer quality-based ranks and unique Fourth Weapons have been removed. The weapons' capabilities and attack strengths are randomly chosen. Characters with Musou Modes have three different-looking weapons while characters without stories all retain one weapon's design. Each weapon is now divided into three categories - Strength, Standard, and Skill.
  • Strength - usually have a higher attack power, at the cost of Renbu Chains being kept for a smaller amount of time. They also increase the likelihood of breaking enemies' guards as the Renbu Gauge increases. The noting color background is red.
  • Standard - the default weapon type; increases range as the Renbu Gauge increases and keeps Renbu Chains at a medium amount of time. Noted by the color green.
  • Skill - grants greater attack speeds when powered up by the Renbu Gauge. Icons will have a blue background.
  • Saddles are now found randomly. They can be found after breaking a crate or jar or as a random drop from an officer. At the end of a stage, like weapons, found horses can be kept or rejected as a player can only have a maximum eight horses.
Horses can be leveled up to level five, and a horse also has four attributes that can go up to five hundred. The attributes are Speed, Jump, Destruction, and Attack. Like weapons, saddles can also have special abilities attached to them, such as Water Spirit (exclusive to Hex King), Renbu Gait, Find Weapon, Find Saddle, etc. They can also be called to the players' side by pressing the down button on the direction pad. Pressing R1 (PS3) / RB (360) on a horse also causes the horse to jump.
There are six unique horses, three which are historical. The historical steeds are Shadow Runner, Hex King (Hex Mark), Red Hare King (Red Hare).

Battlefield

  • In Dynasty Warriors 6, players can now swim, climb ladders, jump off cliffs, bridges, and land on lower ground, potentially surprising enemy units if they land near them.
  • Bases have been revamped, requiring players to attack gates to open them. Players can enter bases using fast horses or unconventional methods. To capture a base, they must K.O enemies and defeat a Guard Captain. Inactive bases can restore health during inactivity.
  • Units now consist of around twenty foot soldiers and a bannerman, who raises the army's banner to boost morale and temporarily boost ally's abilities.
  • Engineers play a crucial role in the battlefield, building catapults, ladders, and rams to attack gates, while Captains of Gates defend and attack anyone nearby.
  • Base Captains, who previously guarded exits to the battlefield, have been removed.

Modes

Musou Mode

Like the previous title, individual characters have their own Musou Modes. Out of all the playable characters, only seventeen are given unique stories. No extra story stages or alternative paths are available.

Free Mode

In Dynasty Warriors 6, players can play in Free Mode with any unlocked character, with only 9 available at the start. Additional characters unlock through Musou Modes and specific objectives.

Challenge Mode

Set challenges that use characters' base stats and automatically assigned weapons. The five modes are:

  • Rampage - Defeat as many enemies as possible in the allotted time
  • Sudden Death - The objective is to defeat as many enemies as possible without losing any, with both players and AI capable of being defeated in one hit
  • Speed Run - Reach all fortresses as quickly as possible
  • Havoc - Destroy as many items as possible
  • Gauntlet - Gather EXP to get the highest score

Encyclopedia

Known as "Data Base" in the Japanese version, this section summarizes the entire Three Kingdoms era, includes terminology from the time period, a consolidated timeline, and brief bios of all the characters in the game (playable and NPCs). The data combines history and information found in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms novel. Similar historical entries can also been found in Romance of the Three Kingdoms series.

Camp

Essentially the gallery mode in the game. Allows players to view and rotate character models, scan through skill trees, and watch movies found in characters' Musou Modes. Horses and weapons can also be viewed. If the character reaches level 50, a voice gallery will also be unlocked.

Characters

See also Dynasty Warriors 6/Weapon Movesets

Forty one playable characters are in this game with no new characters being introduced into the series.

The selection is based on the Dynasty Warriors 5 character list with the omissions of Pang De, Xing Cai, Jiang Wei, Da Qiao, Zhu Rong, Meng Huo, and Zuo Ci. Removed characters are excluded throughout the majority of the game, though "the daughter of Zhang Fei" is mentioned in Lu Bu's Musou mode. The Encyclopedia mentions Da Qiao in Xiao Qiao's biography and Meng Huo is mentioned in any Nanman-related entries.

Characters without Musou modes are clones in terms of movesets, save for Xiao Qiao who retains twin fans as her weapon.

Shu Wei Wu Other
Guan Ping Cao Cao Gan Ning Diao Chan
Guan Yu Cao Pi Huang Gai Dong Zhuo
Huang Zhong Cao Ren Ling Tong Lu Bu
Liu Bei Dian Wei Lu Meng Yuan Shao
Ma Chao Sima Yi Lu Xun Zhang Jiao
Pang Tong Xiahou Dun Sun Ce
Wei Yan Xiahou Yuan Sun Jian
Yue Ying Xu Huang Sun Quan
Zhang Fei Xu Zhu Sun Shang Xiang
Zhao Yun Zhang He Taishi Ci
Zhuge Liang Zhang Liao Xiao Qiao
Zhen Ji Zhou Tai
Zhou Yu

Achievements

Icon Name Unlock Method Xbox Points
DW6 Achievement 1 First in Rampage Rank 1st (Personal Best) in Rampage. 10
DW6 Achievement 2 First in Sudden Death Rank 1st (Personal Best) in Sudden Death. 10
DW6 Achievement 3 First in Speed Run Rank 1st (Personal Best) in Speed Run. 10
DW6 Achievement 4 First in Havoc Rank 1st (Personal Best) in Havoc. 10
DW6 Achievement 5 First in Gauntlet Rank 1st (Personal Best) in Gauntlet. 10
DW6 Achievement 6 The Splendid One Ma Chao has been unlocked. 10
DW6 Achievement 7 The Tiger General Huang Zhong has been unlocked. 10
DW6 Achievement 8 The Barbarian Lord Wei Yan has been unlocked. 10
DW6 Achievement 9 The Fledgling Phoenix Pang Tong has been unlocked. 10
DW6 Achievement 10 The Wise Lady Yue Ying has been unlocked. 10
DW6 Achievement 11 The Son of Guan Yu Guan Ping has been unlocked. 10
DW6 Achievement 12 The Raging Tiger Xu Zhu has been unlocked. 10
DW6 Achievement 13 The Courageous Lord Xu Huang has been unlocked. 10
DW6 Achievement 14 The Arm of Cao Cao Xiahou Yuan has been unlocked. 10
DW6 Achievement 15 The Lord of Beauty Zhang He has been unlocked. 10
DW6 Achievement 16 The Lady of Wei Zhen Ji has been unlocked. 10
DW6 Achievement 17 The Stalwart Defender Cao Ren has been unlocked. 10
DW6 Achievement 18 The Emperor to Be Cao Pi has been unlocked. 10
DW6 Achievement 19 The Ferocious Warrior Taishi Ci has been unlocked. 10
DW6 Achievement 20 The Lord of Wu Sun Quan has been unlocked. 10
DW6 Achievement 21 The Veteran General Huang Gai has been unlocked. 10
DW6 Achievement 22 The Master General Lu Meng has been unlocked. 10
DW6 Achievement 23 The Little Conqueror Sun Ce has been unlocked. 10
DW6 Achievement 24 The Great Beauty Xiao Qiao has been unlocked. 10
DW6 Achievement 25 The Loyal Warrior Zhou Tai has been unlocked. 10
DW6 Achievement 26 The Spirited General Ling Tong has been unlocked. 10
DW6 Achievement 27 The General of Heaven Zhang Jiao has been unlocked. 10
DW6 Achievement 28 The Usurper Dong Zhuo has been unlocked. 10
DW6 Achievement 29 The Patriarch Of Yuan Yuan Shao has been unlocked. 10
DW6 Achievement 30 The Sleeping Dragon Zhuge Liang has been unlocked. 30
DW6 Achievement 31 The King of Shu Liu Bei has been unlocked. 30
DW6 Achievement 32 The Forthright Lord Zhang Liao has been unlocked. 30
DW6 Achievement 33 The King of Wei Cao Cao has been unlocked. 30
DW6 Achievement 34 The Reckless Pirate Gan Ning has been unlocked. 30
DW6 Achievement 35 The Tiger of Jiang Dong Sun Jian has been unlocked. 30
DW6 Achievement 36 The Beautiful Dancer Diao Chan has been unlocked. 30
DW6 Achievement 37 The God of War Lu Bu has been unlocked. 30
DW6 Achievement 38 Target Private 50 or more targets achieved. 30
DW6 Achievement 39 Target Corporal 75 or more targets achieved. 40
DW6 Achievement 40 Target Captain 100 or more targets achieved. 50
DW6 Achievement 41 Target General All targets achieved. 60
DW6 Achievement 42 Scenario Private 10 or more scenarios cleared. 20
DW6 Achievement 43 Scenario Corporal 20 or more scenarios cleared. 30
DW6 Achievement 44 Scenario Captain 30 or more scenarios cleared. 40
DW6 Achievement 45 Scenario General All scenarios cleared. 50
DW6 Achievement 46 Musou Mode Master All Musou Modes cleared. 50
DW6 Achievement 47 Master of Chaos All scenarios cleared at chaos difficulty. 50
DW6 Achievement 48 Completist All officers advanced to level 50. 50


Expansions

  • Dynasty Warriors 6: Special is an update of the game exclusive to the PS2 and PSP. It downscales the graphics and removes features such as swimming and dueling, but gains new stages, Musou Modes, cutscenes, and individualizes six other characters' weapons and movesets.
  • Dynasty Warriors 6: Empires continues the line of Empires Expansions, where the player can play generic and unique characters to conquer all of China. A Create-a-Warrior system has also been added. It features Special's roster but without the cut features and downscaled graphics. Meng Huo also returns with a new weapon and design, as well as new maps and features.
  • Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce, avilable on the PSP, PS3 and Xbox 360. It introduces "Fury" forms, mythical transformations of the characters with exaggerated features and new abilities.

Related Media

Meister Japan created figurines and replicas of the game's characters and weapons.

Aside from the guide books and character illustrations book, Koei officially funded the following publications for this game:

  • Comic Shin Sangoku Musou 5 ~ Rumble Mission Vol. 1 - collection of four panel parody comics created and illustrated by fans. ISBN: 978-4-7758-0642-5
  • Comic Shin Sangoku Musou 5 ~ Rumble Mission Vol. 2 - ISBN: 978-4-7758-0643-2
  • Comic Shin Sangoku Musou 5 ~ Rumble Mission Vol. 3 - ISBN: 978-4-7758-0644-9

Free samples of these books -as well as the previously mentioned fan comic books for this series- can be seen here.

Trivia

  • This is the first Dynasty Warriors title to have the characters correctly pronounce Cao Cao's name (tsao tsao rather than "cow cow"). The first English dub from a Koei title to do the same -other than Romance of the Three Kingdoms- was the Warriors Orochi series.
  • The character looks in this game later appear as alternate costumes in Warriors Orochi Z. However, a few of them have been slightly altered.
  • Some of the battlefield items introduced in this game are later integrated in the series' online game.
  • Zhao Yun, Diao Chan, and Sun Shang Xiang's costumes from this game appear as extra content in Ninja Gaiden Sigma II.
  • One of the game's music tracks "Spring Of The East" was played during the swimming competition of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.
  • This is the first Dynasty Warriors to not have new characters being introduced into the series.
  • TROPICAL WARS was supposed to play Nanman stage, Ultimately This soundtrack used Battle of He Fei instead. Presumably, The lack of Meng Huo being playable in 6.

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