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Dynasty Warriors 3 for PlayStation 2
Dynasty Warriors 3 for PlayStation 2 sends an officer from Wei, Wu, Shu or another faction through large battlefields. Normal and strong attacks form combos, while Musou turns a full meter into a powerful sequence. A True Musou attack becomes available at low health. You defeat captains, open routes and support allies, but a mission can fail immediately if an essential commander falls.
Musou Mode gives major officers their own sequence of battles and develops their attributes. Weapons and items alter attacks or statistics, bodyguards support the player and Free Mode opens completed battles for another choice. A second player can join locally on a horizontally split screen. Both officers share the battlefield and must consider mission objectives and each other's position; a second DualShock 2 is required.
The action remains local and saves progress to a PlayStation 2 memory card. This product page describes the standard version of Dynasty Warriors 3. The separate Xtreme Legends expansion later added stories for extra officers, weapons, difficulties and customisable bodyguards; that content is not on this disc. Modern remaster features likewise do not belong to the offered PS2 version.
Region and language
Our PlayStation 2 games are PAL editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Manual
Dynasty Warriors 3 for PlayStation 2 includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of Dynasty Warriors 3
Omega Force developed Dynasty Warriors 3 and Koei released the European PlayStation 2 version in March 2002. In Japan the game was called Shin Sangoku Musou 2, but Europe followed the existing Dynasty Warriors numbering. The developers built directly on Dynasty Warriors 2's large-scale action and added systems that remained recognisable for years.
For the first time in the series, two players could fight simultaneously on one battlefield. True Musou attacks, developing officers and more characters added progression. Musou Mode linked scenes and battles for each officer to the heavily fictionalised history of Romance of the Three Kingdoms. The player remained both warrior and emergency responder for allies coming under pressure on the map.
Dynasty Warriors 3: Xtreme Legends appeared later as a separate disc and could work with the base game through MixJoy. Because second-hand product titles list that expansion separately, its content must not be attributed to the standard version. Dynasty Warriors 3 itself is the complete base game with local co-op, officer development and the original campaigns that consolidated the early Musou formula. Different factions make replays worthwhile because allies, objectives and the direction of a familiar battle can change with the chosen officer.
Similar games for PlayStation 2
Dynasty Warriors 2 introduces open 3D battlefields but remains a single-player game with simpler development. Dynasty Warriors 3 adds simultaneous two-player action, True Musou, bodyguards and officer growth. Both follow the Three Kingdoms, but the third offers more characters and reasons to replay battles from another faction.
Xtreme Legends is a separate expansion with Musou stories for seven extra officers, a fifth weapon, Very Hard and customisable bodyguards. The standard game contains the main characters, campaigns and local co-op. MixJoy can combine discs, but without the expansion the extra stories and systems remain absent.
Dynasty Warriors 4 expands the formula with duels, a different campaign structure and deeper weapon growth. Dynasty Warriors 3 has more direct character-specific stories and an earlier implementation of co-op. The fourth refines control and progression; the third is the step on which those later systems were built.
Kessen II commands complete units and uses magical tactics within a cinematic army story. Dynasty Warriors 3 has one or two officers fight personally among the soldiers. Kessen II demands more attention to formations and timing orders; Dynasty Warriors 3 to combos, individual objectives and quickly reaching threatened allies.
Samurai Warriors moves crowd combat to Japan's Warring States and adds castle missions and its own heroes. Dynasty Warriors 3 uses Chinese factions and the Three Kingdoms. Both support local co-op and officer development, but Samurai Warriors came later and builds on systems DW3 helped establish.
