Dynasty Warriors 4 vs Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires
Dynasty Warriors 4
Dynasty Warriors 4 sees you thrust into a 3 way war for the crown of Emperor of China, the 3 great families of Shu, Wei and Wu are fighting it out for control. Here you can play through the story of each family, as well as some of the smaller clans and organizations too. As you fight your way through a series of great battles, based on the Romance of the Three Kingdoms story you are thrown into the action, in a very stylized and exciting way where you are a powerful hero bent on winning each battle that stands before you and defeating any enemies who dare to face you.THis hack and slash adventure gives you a list of different characters, each with unique fighting styles and weapons. Develop a character and build up combos and improve your gear through each battle. Use other items to boost your power and even unlock horses to ride around the field on. Complete objectives and fight for your lord to bring peace to the realm under your family banner.
Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires
Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires is another Empires spin-off from the main Dynasty Warriors franchise. It combines the repetitive hack and slash that the series is so famous for with a more strategic, Risk-like gameplay where you'll not only need to get your hands dirty in actual combat, but also make important military decisions based on your role as a leader of an army.However, many players have said that this game is definitely a step down from the 7th installment. Not to mention, like Dynasty Warriors 8, this PC port is plagued with the same control issues if you use the mouse and keyboard combo, but the problems go away once you switched over to using a controller. So, if you plan on buying this game, make sure you have a controller ready.
That being said, Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires is definitely the sort of game that caters to fans of the game series and may also appeal to some fans of strategy games, but as mentioned, despite being the newest, it's certainly not the best game in the spin-off series - it is merely a somewhat decent one.