Want to destroy whole armies of people without breaking a sweat? Then this game is for you.
The game puts you into the role of a legendary Chinese warrior of your choice, and drops you into the Three Kingdoms era, having you re-enact famous battles.
The three kingdoms of Wei, Wu, and Shu don't have very many characters to choose from at first, but once you begin to play Musou Mode, you can unlock characters fairly quickly, including Lu Bu, the strongest character in the game.
The basic premise of the game is the same as the ones in the past. Tear through the opposing force and slay its commander. The number of kills you get and defeating officers factors into the exp. points you get after the battle is over, helping you to level up and become stronger, and also levelling up your weapon so that you can do more hits and more damage.
The game also has many cutscenes, which mostly play before and during battle. One of these introduces you to the duel feature.
An enemy officer will challenge you to a duel. You can choose whether or not to accept. Accepting the duel will take you and your opponent off the battlefield and into a special duel arena. Your only goal here is to defeat your opponent, which can be pretty hard at times, depending on who you are facing off with.
The game's music is a good mix of rock and more traditional music. A few of the tracks might get annoying if you play on the same stage for a long time, but other than that you will enjoy them.
The graphics sometimes leave something to be desired, but they are overall pretty good. An example would be, after you defeat an enemy general and they fall to the ground dead, the ground jumps beneath them. This is really the only glitching that I have seen.
Overall I give this game a 9.5 because it is a very good game and has great entertainment value, it just falls a bit short in a couple of areas.