The mindless and repetitive nature didn’t last long by itself, but for a co-op venture it was a great way to kill time on those days when you just didn’t want to deal with the outside world or utilize higher brain functions.ĭynasty Warriors 3 was one of several games that used the Romance of the Three Kingdoms as source material, with the earliest example of a game that got into the Three Kingdoms was the RPG Destiny of an Emperor on the NES, at least from personal experience. The co-op mode in Dynasty Warriors 3 resulted in whittling away several days of playtime over several months with friends. As a strictly solo outing, Dynasty Warriors 2 was quickly forgotten after only a couple playthroughs. The initial excitement I felt with the demo wore off quickly and I kept thinking this would be so much better if it had a co-op mode.Ī year later Dynasty Warriors 3 was released, which was basically the same game with some minor upgrades and one major upgrade: the two player split screen co-op mode. I had fun playing through the story a couple times, but its repetitive nature didn’t hold my attention as long as I thought it would. It was basically old fashioned arcade action that felt contemporary and Dynasty Warriors 2 was the first PlayStation 2 game I purchased. The graphics, while not mind blowing, were a noticeable step up from the original PlayStation, but what stuck out was how much fun I had with the demo, since this was also before 23.7 percent of all games developed were Warriors spin offs or sequels. On this disc was a game called Dynasty Warriors 2, which I was fairly impressed with.

My very first hands-on experience with the PlayStation 2 was on a demo disc at a local Funcoland which had recently changed its name to GameStop. We even have a beige computer with a floppy disk drive. All the classic systems are down there collecting dust, so in an effort to improve the cleanliness of our work space, we dust off these old consoles every so often and put an old game through its paces, just to make sure everything stays in working order. The basement at the Hardcore Gamer office has a section known as the Crust Room, with an old grey couch and a big old CRT TV.

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