Dynasty Warriors 5 is a fun game, nothing else. Even with non-stop Button mashing and hack and slash gameplay.
First off, the gameplay has hack and slash style, along with button mashing, and strategy. While the hack and slash gameply may not be so great, the strategy is. You can command your troops, reinforce armies before battles, help the locals, hire officers after capture, and so on. So mainly, its got a good chunk of content.
The graphics really aren't that good. The creators mainly put the PS2 version's graphics on to the 360, which was a bad idea, but who cares. Its still a fun game.
The voice action in the game is just plain bland. One, its Americans acting as them, which isn't good at all, especially since its based in China. Two, the actors act poorly. They say stuff like, "Fool, you stay there and wait for me to crush you," or stuff like that and it really sounds bad. Sound effecs are OK though.
If you like these types of strategy, hack and slash, button-mashing, or any of that stuff, check this out. If you don't, still give this a try, i know other magazines have given this bad reviews, but play them and see how you like them. It is at least worth renting.
If the creators really took advantage of the Xbox 360 and improved the voice-acting a lot, this would've been a lot better. Not to mention Xbox Live support, like battling other people online. But it still gives a 2 player co-op so you can play with a friend. But overall, Dynasty Warrirors 5: Empires is still a fun game.
Dynasty Warriors 5, hack, hack, hack, hack, hack, hack, hack, hack, hack, hack, hack, and slash gets a 7.8 out of 10