<s>
is	O
a	O
hack	B-Application
and	I-Application
slash	I-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Omega	O
Force	O
(ω-	O
force	O
)	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Koei	O
(	O
with	O
distribution	O
handled	O
by	O
THQ	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
in	O
PAL	O
regions	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
third	O
in	O
the	O
Dynasty	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
series	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
and	O
the	O
second	O
in	O
the	O
Shin	B-Application
Sangokumusou	I-Application
series	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
spin-off	O
from	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
Romance	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Three	I-Application
Kingdoms	I-Application
and	O
based	O
around	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
books	O
by	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
,	O
written	O
by	O
Luo	O
Guanzhong	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
contains	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
fictional	O
and	O
non-fictional	O
elements	O
from	O
the	O
same	O
era	O
in	O
Chinese	O
history	O
that	O
Romance	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Three	I-Application
Kingdoms	I-Application
is	O
set	O
but	O
follows	O
the	O
main	O
events	O
of	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
story	O
which	O
is	O
to	O
unify	O
China	O
under	O
the	O
single	O
rule	O
of	O
a	O
kingdom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dynasty	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
3	I-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
to	O
introduce	O
a	O
two	O
player	O
mode	O
and	O
numerous	O
other	O
improvements	O
over	O
Dynasty	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
stages	O
,	O
characters	O
,	O
weapons	O
,	O
attacks	O
and	O
music	O
are	O
introduced	O
providing	O
a	O
completely	O
new	O
experience	O
to	O
a	O
player	O
that	O
has	O
played	O
Dynasty	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
2	I-Application
before	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Only	O
one	O
expansion	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
Dynasty	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
3	I-Application
:	O
Xtreme	O
Legends	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
in	O
the	O
Xtreme	O
Legends	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Dynasty	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
3	I-Application
the	O
player	O
takes	O
control	O
of	O
an	O
officer	O
and	O
must	O
attempt	O
to	O
defeat	O
the	O
enemy	O
commander	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
play	O
mode	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
Musou	O
mode	O
,	O
the	O
story	O
mode	O
of	O
the	O
Dynasty	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
playable	O
character	O
of	O
the	O
three	O
main	O
nations	O
have	O
their	O
own	O
Musou	O
mode	O
which	O
consists	O
of	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
stages	O
that	O
resemble	O
events	O
in	O
Romance	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Three	I-Application
Kingdoms	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
story	O
progression	O
for	O
Cao	O
Cao	O
,	O
Liu	O
Bei	O
and	O
Sun	O
Jian	O
and	O
officers	O
from	O
their	O
respective	O
kingdoms	O
have	O
the	O
closest	O
relation	O
to	O
the	O
Romance	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Three	I-Application
Kingdoms	I-Application
story	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dynasty	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
3	I-Application
has	O
an	O
RPG	O
element	O
to	O
it	O
where	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
increase	O
the	O
attack	O
,	O
defence	O
,	O
life	O
bar	O
or	O
Musou	O
bar	O
of	O
the	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
two	O
player	O
mode	O
(	O
new	O
to	O
Dynasty	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
3	I-Application
)	O
allows	O
players	O
to	O
either	O
go	O
head-to-head	O
in	O
one-on-one	O
fights	O
or	O
play	O
co-operatively	O
in	O
any	O
of	O
the	O
stages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dynasty	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
3	I-Application
is	O
set	O
across	O
ancient	O
China	O
in	O
the	O
Three	O
Kingdoms	O
era	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
story	O
in	O
Dynasty	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
is	O
not	O
perfect	O
in	O
the	O
sense	O
that	O
it	O
does	O
not	O
accurately	O
follow	O
the	O
historical	O
events	O
,	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
changed	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
game	O
more	O
playable	O
and	O
less	O
repetitive	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>
The	O
characters	O
in	O
Dynasty	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
3	I-Application
are	O
based	O
around	O
real	O
and	O
semi-fictional	O
characters	O
from	O
Romance	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Three	I-Application
Kingdoms	I-Application
and	O
that	O
era	O
,	O
where	O
some	O
characters	O
personalities	O
and	O
traits	O
have	O
been	O
exaggerated	O
and	O
where	O
some	O
remain	O
fairly	O
true	O
to	O
the	O
novel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Afterwards	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
met	O
with	O
positive	O
to	O
average	O
reception	O
upon	O
release	O
;	O
GameRankings	O
and	O
Metacritic	O
gave	O
it	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
77%	O
and	O
78	O
out	O
of	O
100	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
version	O
,	O
and	O
76%	O
and	O
70	O
out	O
of	O
100	O
for	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
just	O
under	O
four	O
months	O
,	O
over	O
1	O
million	O
copies	O
of	O
Dynasty	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
3	I-Application
had	O
been	O
sold	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
and	O
Japan	O
combined	O
and	O
made	O
it	O
the	O
first	O
of	O
Koei	O
's	O
games	O
to	O
pass	O
one	O
million	O
sales	O
on	O
a	O
single	O
platform	O
and	O
making	O
it	O
a	O
platinum	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dynasty	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
3	I-Application
still	O
retains	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
the	O
bad	O
features	O
that	O
were	O
in	O
the	O
previous	O
game	O
such	O
as	O
fogging	O
and	O
low	O
quality	O
English	O
voice	O
actors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGN	O
strongly	O
criticized	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
version	O
over	O
the	O
sound	O
,	O
both	O
music	O
and	O
the	O
voice	O
acting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Famitsu	O
gave	O
the	O
PS2	B-Device
version	O
34	O
out	O
of	O
40	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
gave	O
high	O
praise	O
to	O
how	O
much	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
original	O
Romance	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Three	I-Application
Kingdoms	I-Application
story	O
and	O
even	O
went	O
as	O
far	O
as	O
saying	O
"	O
All	O
the	O
costuming	O
of	O
the	O
3D	O
models	O
is	O
ethnically	O
authentic	O
and	O
beautifully	O
lavished	O
"	O
whereas	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
reviews	O
described	O
the	O
graphical	O
quality	O
as	O
being	O
plain	O
and	O
blurry	O
(	O
Such	O
as	O
the	O
said	O
IGN	O
review	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
also	O
notable	O
that	O
the	O
IGN	O
review	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
PS2	B-Device
version	O
,	O
which	O
has	O
more	O
fog	O
and	O
slowdown	O
(	O
especially	O
in	O
multi-player	O
)	O
when	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
version	O
,	O
and	O
those	O
were	O
his	O
two	O
heaviest	O
faults	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
6	O
,	O
2003	O
,	O
Dynasty	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
3	I-Application
received	O
Animation	O
Magazine	O
"	O
Best	O
Overall	O
Game	O
Animation	O
"	O
award	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
Koei	O
's	O
first	O
award	O
for	O
a	O
Dynasty	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dynasty	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
3	I-Application
:	O
Xtreme	O
Legends	O
( 真・三國無双2	O
猛将伝	O
(	O
Shin	B-Application
Sangokumusou	I-Application
2	I-Application
Moushouden	O
)	O
in	O
Japan	O
)	O
)	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
Xtreme	O
Legends	O
installment	O
by	O
publisher	O
Koei	O
and	O
developer	O
Omega	O
Force	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
expansion	O
to	O
Dynasty	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
3	I-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
January	O
11	O
,	O
2003	O
,	O
within	O
the	O
US	O
and	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xtreme	O
Legends	O
added	O
several	O
new	O
features	O
to	O
Dynasty	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
3	I-Application
,	O
including	O
new	O
items	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
fully	O
customize	O
bodyguards	O
.	O
</s>
