New Dynasty Warriors Origins Footage Shows Off Gameplay

Koei Tecmo has uploaded the official Dynasty Warriors Origins action gameplay footage which premiered at ChinaJoy 2024 on its YouTube channels. The videos uploaded on the company’s American and European channels also include English subtitles for the audio explanations in Japanese by Tomohiko Sho, the game’s producer.

The company split the footage into two separate videos. The first one shows the tutorial stage that takes place in 183 AD, which was around the time Zhang Jiao established the Yellow Turbans.

The second video shows a more general view of the gameplay flow, as the protagonist moves out from a camp on the world map to access the Battle of Sishui Gate in 190 AD.

The above videos feature Chinese voiceovers, but Tomohiko Sho has confirmed that the full game will also have Japanese and English voice options. In addition, the game will have subtitle support in nine languages.

Japanese interviews with Famitsu and 4Gamer also revealed more details about the action gameplay system in Dynasty Warriors Origins. The game will stray away from Dynasty Warriors 9‘s State Combo system and stay closer to the charge attack chains from earlier entries. However, each weapon type will have a more varied moveset instead of adhering to an established template. In prior Dynasty Warriors games, □□△ / XXY would let players launch a stun attack with most weapons.

In addition, the interviews revealed how Sho’s development team in Omega Force decided to name the new game Dynasty Warriors Origins instead of Dynasty Warriors 10, as they want to return to the series’ roots. This game will have features that appeared in the series’ early PS2-era entries, such as the more aggressive enemy archers and a personalized bodyguard unit for the player character.

However, Tomohiko Sho noted that the game’s original protagonist will have a fixed personality without any customization features beyond changing his name. While the protagonist can wield multiple weapons, the players must use him most of the time, as the access to control existing series characters like Guan Yu will only be available at certain points during battles.

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