<s>
Dynasty	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
known	O
in	O
Japan	O
as	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
crowd-combat	O
sequel	O
to	O
the	O
fighting	O
game	O
Dynasty	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
second	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Dynasty	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
series	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
first	O
in	O
the	O
Shin	B-Application
Sangokumusō	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
other	O
countries	O
as	O
Dynasty	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
leading	O
to	O
the	O
discrepancy	O
in	O
title	O
numbers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
North	O
America	O
and	O
Europe	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
launch	O
title	O
for	O
the	O
PS2	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
this	O
game	O
is	O
not	O
a	O
one-on-one	O
fighting	O
game	O
like	O
the	O
original	O
Dynasty	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
,	O
but	O
a	O
beat	B-Application
'	I-Application
em	I-Application
up	I-Application
hack	B-Application
and	I-Application
slash	I-Application
fighting	O
game	O
in	O
full	O
3D	O
,	O
similar	O
in	O
genre	O
to	O
Fighting	B-Application
Force	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
previous	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
beat	B-Application
'	I-Application
em	I-Application
up	I-Application
genre	O
,	O
Dynasty	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
2	I-Application
allowed	O
players	O
the	O
freedom	O
to	O
roam	O
to	O
any	O
point	O
within	O
the	O
limits	O
of	O
the	O
current	O
stage	O
being	O
played	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
fixed	O
in	O
Dynasty	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
3	I-Application
,	O
as	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
missing	O
battles	O
were	O
added	O
there	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
of	O
the	O
stages	O
are	O
recreations	O
of	O
notable	O
battles	O
present	O
historically	O
or	O
from	O
the	O
novel	O
Romance	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Three	I-Application
Kingdoms	I-Application
,	O
while	O
original	O
creations	O
became	O
more	O
common	O
with	O
the	O
newer	O
installments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
stages	O
in	O
Dynasty	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
"	O
generally	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
"	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Daniel	O
Erickson	O
of	O
NextGen	O
said	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
"	O
While	O
it	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
third-person	O
,	O
3D	O
action	B-Application
game	I-Application
to	O
feature	O
a	O
real-time	O
battlefield	O
,	O
the	O
gameplay	O
is	O
strictly	O
old-school	O
.	O
</s>
