Dynasty Warriors: Origins Open World? Mystery Solved

The Dynasty Warriors series has largely been a linear hack-and-slash experience, but recent entries like Dynasty Warriors 9 experimented with an open world. This raises the question: Does Dynasty Warriors: Origins also feature an open world?

Does Dynasty Warriors: Origins Have an Open World?

No, Dynasty Warriors: Origins does not have an open world. The trend of including open worlds in AAA titles doesn't always enhance gameplay. Dynasty Warriors 9's open world, for example, was widely criticized for its emptiness and negatively impacted the scale of battles. This proved that open worlds aren't always beneficial.

Dynasty Warriors: Origins avoids this pitfall. Instead of a vast open world, it offers a condensed overworld map of ancient China. Players navigate this smaller map to visit towns, purchase items, rest at inns, and interact with NPCs to trigger side quests, discover items (like Pyroxene and Old Coins), engage in optional battles, and progress the storyline via cutscenes. While this overworld might seem rudimentary, it's a far more streamlined and effective approach than the largely empty open world of Dynasty Warriors 9.

Dynasty Warriors: Origins is currently available on PS5, PC, and Xbox Series X/S.