Important points
- Dynasty Warriors: Origins aims to have 10,000 soldiers on screen, pushing the boundaries of the genre.
- The programming team faced challenges in achieving this goal. But their hard work paid off.
- Today's technology allows the game to return to its roots. It focuses on tactical action in large-scale battles.
Musou games are famous for having a large number of enemies on screen at any given time. It is one of the main features of the genre, however, the upcoming game Dynasty Warriors: Origins. Slated for release in January 2025, it's about to take things to the next level.
In an interview with TheGamer, series producer/director Tomohiko Sho shared that the team aims to have 10,000 soldiers on screen at any given time.
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During my conversation with Sho-san, I asked the producer if pushing the PlayStation 5 to its limits was difficult. To which he jokingly responded, “For me, it's easy, but I'm just a game director.” He said the challenge fell to the programming team, who set lofty goals.
“I think programmers are probably the ones who are challenged. They wanted to show at least 10,000 soldiers on screen, that was also their ambition. It might be difficult for them to do that. But they work really hard, and I think you can see that with how they look on screen.”
They wanted to show at least 10,000 soldiers on screen, that was also their ambition.
Shozan tells me that the team has always had such big ambitions, but “the genesis is something that can only be achieved in this era.” He adds that the team has been limited by technology in the past, but “with the console and PC generations, current So we can really explore this.”
Having so many soldiers on screen brings Dynasty Warriors: Origins back to its roots. This was something Shozan had been hoping for for some time. “What we wanted to do was get back to the basics of the series – tactical operations,” acknowledging that it was “Slightly below” in the latest entry
Dynasty Warriors: Origins continues the long-running hack-and-slash series from Koei Tecmo, featuring 1v1,000 battles and offering a new perspective on the War of the Three Kingdoms.
