Origins players will need to defeat Cao Cao at the Battle of Changban if they want to unlock the true ending for Shu.

Origins players will need to decide whether to side with Cao Cao, Liu Bei, or the Sun clan by the end of the game's third chapter.

In Dynasty Warriors Origins, the Escape from Xiaopei mission thrusts you into the chaos of Xu Province, where Liu Bei calls for Cao Cao’s reinforcements to fend off Lu Bu’s relentless assault.

In the first two chapters of Dynasty Warriors: Origins, Ziluan is getting to know the soon-to-be major officers in the coming Three Kingdoms era. He is free to converse with everyone, as well as fight alongside anyone he chooses.

Origins, players will have to choose between one of the game's three major factions: Cao Cao and the kingdom of Wei, the Sun family and the kingdom of Wu, or Liu Bei and the kingdom of Shu. These are the titular three kingdoms in Romance of the Three Kingdoms,

Origins evolves the long-running series, meshing its hack-and-slash core with an action-oriented slant that enhances its extravagant warfare.

Dynasty Warriors Origins is a far more successful attempt at reformating the series’ action-based gameplay, but it sacrifices much of its uniqueness in the process.

Long-time series players will wonder whether Dynasty Warriors has a Free Mode that lets them play all battles with any characters.

Ever 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 Warriors has become rather stale,

Origins has many quirks for both series newbies and longtime fans to learn. And while I never felt that any of the game’s underlying mechanics were especially obtuse as a hyper-casual Musou fan, I did have to learn some basic lessons the hard way.