Dynasty Warriors 4, known as Shin Sangokumusou 3 in Japan, is a hack and slash video game and the fourth installment in the popular Dynasty Warriors series. Dynasty Warriors 4 was developed by Omega Force and published by Koei. The game is available on PlayStation 2 (PS2) and Xbox and is based on a series of books called Romance of the Three Kingdoms, written by Luo Guanzhong. As the series has progressed, it has strayed further from the actual plot of Romance of the Three Kingdoms but instead has given the user more input on how the storyline progresses. When it was released in Japan as Shin Sangokumusou 3, it topped the sales charts, sold over one million copies within nine days, and received an average of 78 out of 100 on Metacritics reviews.

Originally released on the PS2 in March 2003, it was later ported to the Xbox in September of the same year and, in 2005, ported to the PC under the name Dynasty Warriors 4 Hyper. Two expansions were released for the PS2 version of the game, Xtreme Legends and Empires. Whereas Xtreme Legends requires the player to use the original Dynasty Warriors 4 disc to access all of its features, Empires is a stand-alone game and can be played with all of its content without the use of the original disk. The game is the first in the Dynasty Warriors series to introduce an Empires expansion pack and the second to include an Xtreme Legends title. These expansions are not available for the Xbox version of the game...


System Requirements Minimum Requirements Recommended
CPU Pentium 4, 1.6GHz or higher Pentium 4, 2.6GHz or higher
OS Windows 2000/XP --
Memory 256MB or more of installed memory 512MB or more of installed memory
Hard Disk 2.4GB or more of free hard disk space 2.9GB or more of free hard disk space
CD/DVD Drive DVD-ROM drive --
Display 640x480, True Color enabled 1024x768, True Color enabled
Video Card :
+Minimum : 64MB or more of VRAM DirectX 8.0 or higher compliant 3D accelerator card supporting hardware shader functionality +Recommended128MB or more of VRAM DirectX 9.0 or higher compliant 3D accelerator card supporting hardware shader functionality
Sound Card DirectX 9.0 or higher compatible --
Middleware DirectX 9.0 or higher

Windows Media Format 9 or higher --



(Note: DirectX 9.0 compatible 12-button gamepad recommended.)