Dynasty Warriors 3: Xtreme Legends

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• ASIN: B00007KQEA
• Item Weight: 8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
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Dynasty Warriors 3: Xtreme Legends delves deeper into the game world of Dynasty Warriors, taking in opinions and suggestions from users and fans. Discover the story of Lu Bu, assign other playable characters as your bodyguards, and test the limits of your tactical action skills. All these things and more are available in this new addition to the Dynasty Warriors universe.

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This is the game Dynasty Warriors 3: Xtreme Legends for the Playstation 2. This game may not come with the original case and instructions. We stand by our products and offer a 60 day guarantee. If a game does not work within 60 days from the time you receive it we will gladly exchange it for you.

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars DW3: Xtremely Different, March 4, 2003

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T. Burns - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dynasty Warriors 3: Xtreme Legends (Video Game)

If you have Dynasty Warriors 3, you are in luck. Dynasty Warriors 3: Xtreme Legends, among many things, gives you access to 7 unique Mosou Modes for Lu Bu, Diao Chan, Dong Zhuo, Meng Huo, Zhu Rong, Yuan Shao, and Zhang Jiao. These new scenarios include situations from Zhang Jiao and the Yellow Turbans travelling to Nanman territory to Lu Bu turning on Dong Zhuo at Chi Bi. Here's a low-down of what this game is like:

(1) Expansion: This game is basically an expansion pack to the already existing DW3. You need the original DW3 disk to get access to the following:
a) Mosou Mode for characters from the Wu, Wei, or Shu kingdoms
b) Free Mode stages and scenarios on the original DW3
c) VS Mode
d) Challenge Mode scenarios from the original DW3
e) The new difficulty levels Novice (easier than Easy) and Very Hard (harder than Hard)
f) 4th and possibly 5th level weapons
g) unique items (Red Hare Saddle, Bodyguard Manual, etc.) found in the original DW3

If you have data from the original DW3 saved on a memory card, you can load it and have the character statistics and items you have recieved from playing the original DW3.

Also, in order to have access to letters (a) through (d), you need to have the original DW3 disk every time you start playing DW3:XL to load the original stage data. This can get somewhat annoying at times.

(2) New Mosou Modes and Free Mode scenarios: All of the "Other Forces" characters except Fu Xi and Nu Wa now have a unique Mosou Mode. Along with this comes new Free Mode scenarios in existing stages (no new stages.)

(3) 5th Level Weapons and New Items: While playing Very Hard mode under certain conditions, you can find new 5th level weapons. Also, there is a large number of new items in this game.

(4) Customizible Bodyguards and Bodyguard Weapons and Items: You can now customize your bodyguards' stats and the way they look. Also, you can now find weapons and items to equip to the bodyguards.

The only disadvantage to this is that the strength of the bodyguards is no longer determined by how many points the officer you are playing as has accumulated. Instead, the bodyguards' experience is determined by how well the bodyguards fare in battle, thus making it somewhat hard to level up the bodyguards.

(5) New Challenge Mode Scenarios: You can now participate in 4 new scenarios: a race to the finish line, a challenge to stay on a bridge while fighting officers, a test on how well you can execute combos, and a rush through all of the previous three.

*: The only big problem in DW3:XL is that the graphics in this game are worse than the graphics in DW3. How did that happen?

All in all, I would recommend this game, especially if you have the original DW3.

31 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a must buy, December 23, 2002

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M. A Jenkins "southerndudeman" (Manhattan, KS) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dynasty Warriors 3: Xtreme Legends (Video Game)

I have never done this before, but it seems that the time is right. Usually, I curse the fools who write a review before the game even comes out, but in this case, in some sense, the game has already come out, so I don't mind.
Last year, one of the best games to grace the PS2 console was released. I am speaking of course of Dynasty Warriors 3. I already reviewed that game, so I won't speak of it here. However, KOEI has decided to release a sort-of expansion to the game. Playable in and of itself, the real fun comes when you play this in conjunction with DW3. Some of the features (from least to greatest):
1) More music and video sequences have been added to the game (ho hum on the music - it was pretty bad in the first on, but the new videos should be pretty cool).
2) New configuration on each stage level (This should be nice, as I am finally beginning to tire of the levels themselves).
3) You can now use developed characters in the challenge mode, and 4 new modes have been added (this is quite exciting, as the challenge mode was totally inconsequential in the first game).
4) New player outfits (pretty nice from an asthetic point of view; I hope they throw in a few stupid ones, like maybe Zhang Fei in a tutu)
5) Bodyguards can now be altered (you can choose from various folks, including Nanman male and those ever-loving, thong-wearing Nanman females!)
6) 15 new equippable items to discover (this is fantastic)
7) Level 5 weapons for 39 of the 41 characters (Fu Xi and Nu Wa are out - you'll see why in a sec!)
8) Two new difficulty levels (beginner isn't so exciting, but an expert level? It was already hard as hell at the top level!)
9) New Musou stories for Lu Bu, Diao Chan, Dong Zhuo, Meng Huo, Zhu Rong, Yuan Shao and Zhang Jiao (This is great; I was unhappy that they weren't included before, since they are integral characters of the novel, particularly Lu Bu and Yuan Shao).
No, there are no new levels (that is too bad), but this seems like quite a game to hold people over until DW$ is released. SO, for those of you who haven't played DW3, this is the perfect time to get acquainted, and for those who have, get ready to load up for more action!

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Could've been better (really worth 3.5 stars), January 26, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Dynasty Warriors 3: Xtreme Legends (Video Game)

Dynasty Warrior games are mindless addictive hack and slash fun. In Dynasty Warriors 3 I wanted musou modes for Lu Bu, Zhu Rong, and all those other people along with more customization for body guards, so naturally this game, despite a horrendously stupid title, seemed like a good buy. I just wish it was $20, or at least came with a coupon for Dynasty Warriors 4. Fu Xi and Na Wu or whatever their names are still do not have musou modes, which is annoying. Free mode I rarely play, and when I do it's usually leveling up generals for musou. The new bodyguard is cool except for the fact they never get any stronger. If body guards die in one battle (which they most likely will) they don't get any points, so when you bring them to the next (harder) battle they die even quicker. This was such a cool idea for bodygaurds but the execution of the new system is terrible. Plus the archers seem to be even cheaper this time around. If you are a hardcore DW3 fan and want to expand it buy this game. I actually did think the story for Lu Bu's musou mode was pretty good. Unfortunately, most people are probably better off just waiting for DW4.