Dynasty Warriors 2

Dynasty Warriors 2
Developer(s)	Omega Force
Publisher(s)	Koei
Series	NA Dynasty Warriors JP Shin Sangokumusou
Platform(s)	PlayStation 2
Release date	JP August 3, 2000 NA October 26, 2000 EU November 24, 2000
Genre(s)	Hack and slash Tactical action
Mode(s)	Single Player, Multiplayer
Rating(s)	ESRB: Teen (T)

Dynasty Warriors 2 (真・三國無双, Shin Sangokumusō^?) is a crowd-combat fighting spin-off of the versus fighting game Dynasty Warriors (Sangokumusō). It is the first game in the Shin Sangokumusō series. The game was released in other countries as Dynasty Warriors 2, leading to the discrepancy in title numbers.

Gameplay

From this game onward, the player chooses a playable character general, and plays through a number of levels representing particular conflicts in the time of the three kingdoms, eventually defeating both of the other kingdoms and becoming the ruler of a unified China. However this game is not a one-on-one fighting game like the original Dynasty Warriors, but a beat 'em up hack and slash fighting game in full 3D, similar in genre to Fighting Force. Unlike previous games in the beat 'em up genre, Dynasty Warriors 2 allowed players the freedom to roam to any point within the limits of the current stage being played.

This game was the first to introduce Free Mode and Musou Mode to the series. The Free Mode allowed the player to replay any missions that they have already completed in Musou Mode. The Musou Mode is the character's main story, where you play as the officer until the kingdom you are fighting for has unified China. However, due to the small scale of the game at the time, many important battles were missing. This was fixed in Dynasty Warriors 3, as many of the missing battles were added there.

Characters

This game brings all the characters from the original except for Oda Nobunaga and Toukichi, while some new characters are added.

Returning Characters:

• Zhao Yun
• Guan Yu
• Zhang Fei
• Xiahou Dun
• Dian Wei
• Xu Zhu
• Zhou Yu
• Lu Xun
• Taishi Ci
• Diao Chan
• Zhuge Liang
• Cao Cao
• Lu Bu
• Sun Shang Xiang

New Characters:

• Zhang Jiao
• Yuan Shao
• Liu Bei
• Dong Zhuo
• Sun Quan
• Gan Ning
• Sima Yi
• Xiahou Yuan
• Zhang Liao
• Huang Zhong
• Ma Chao
• Jiang Wei
• Sun Jian
• Lu Meng

Stages

This is a list of stages in Dynasty Warriors 2 which has battles present historically, or from the Chinese novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

• Yellow Turban Rebellion (184)
• Battle of Hu Lao Gate (191)
• Battle at Guan Du (200)
• Battle of Chang Ban (208)
• Battle of Chi Bi (208)
• Battle of He Fei (215)
• Battle of Yi Ling (222)
• Battle of Wu Zhang Plains (234)

References

External links

• Koei's Official Site
• Official Dynasty Warriors 2 Site (Japanese)