Developer Omega Force has revealed that work on the upcoming Dynasty Warriors: Origins started as recently as 2021. In an interview with Japanese publication 4Gamer, producer Tomohiko Sho, director Mitsuhiro Oshima and programmer Masamichi Oba spoke about the development of Dynasty Warriors: Origins.
In the interview, Sho revealed that work on the game started at around the same time as work on Dynasty Warriors 9: Empires was coming to an end. Part of the design decisions made for the upcoming game revolved around bringing the franchise back to its roots with a “back to basics” approach.
Interestingly, the studio also revealed that Dynasty Warriors: Origins was the latest in a number of games that were in development. Oba stated that he worked with Oshima on a new numbered entry in the Dynasty Warriors franchise.
Among other things, the now-cancelled project would have had similar features as Dynasty Warriors 7, including a big roster of playable characters. Some of the ideas from these games made it into Dynasty Warriors: Origins, however, including a more approachable story that still manages to keep its depth, as well as its world map.
“It was a little disappointing to stop development, but it doesn’t mean that the ideas we had at that time were completely wasted,” said Oba, according to a DeepL translation. “For example, the direction of “making people who are not familiar with [Romance of the Three Kingdoms] understand the story” and “delving deeper into the story” were carried over to “ORIGINS,” and the “continental map,” an overall map that the main character can move around freely, was something we had in mind when we were working on the [the working title].”
Dynasty Warriors: Origins was originally announced back in 2024, and has been developed to be the perfect entry point to the franchise and its overarching storyline for new players. The game also got a demo back in November allowing players to get some hands-on experience with its gameplay.
Dynasty Warriors: Origins is coming to PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S on January 17. For more details, check out our review. And here is everything you should know about the game.
