Dynasty Warriors 3

In Dynasty Warriors 3 the player takes control of an officer and must attempt to defeat the enemy commander. To make this possible, officers and commanders have superhuman abilities and have the capability to kill hundreds of enemy soldiers per stage. The player must make their way through the stage defeating soldiers and enemy officers while trying to keep their commander alive. As well as hundreds of soldiers in each stage, there are stage specific events to complete that can help the player's army and raise their morale. A higher morale means allied soldiers will attack more frequently and will be more likely to follow through with their combination attacks.


The main play mode of the game is Musou mode, the story mode of the Dynasty Warriorsseries. Each playable character of the three main nations have their own Musou mode which consists of a number of stages that resemble events in Romance of the Three Kingdoms. The Musou mode for each character is a linear story where the user cannot change the how the story progresses. The story progression for Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Sun Jian and officers from their respective kingdoms have the closest relation to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms story.
Initially there are 9 available characters to play as and new characters can be unlocked by performing special events during battle or simply meeting them during battle. When the next level of weapon is obtained, its strength is greater than the level below it and adds one extra attack to the player's maximum number of attacks.Each playable character has their own unique weapon that can be upgraded and allows for a maximum of 4 levels of weapon.