Dynasty Warriors Origins: Choosing the Right Difficulty Setting

Despite their hack-and-slash nature, Dynasty Warriors games demand a certain level of skill, and Dynasty Warriors: Origins acknowledges this by offering four different difficulty settings. This allows players to customize the game's challenge according to their skill level and experience. As a reboot, Dynasty Warriors: Origins caters to both new and returning players, but selecting the optimal difficulty setting can be tricky. The ideal choice depends on the player's skill level and desired level of challenge.

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• All Dynasty Warriors: Origins Difficulty Settings

• Which Dynasty Warriors: Origins Difficulty Setting is Best?

• Difficulty Mode Differences in Dynasty Warriors: Origins

All Dynasty Warriors: Origins Difficulty Settings

Dynasty Warriors: Origins features four difficulty settings, though only three are initially available. Upon starting the game, players can choose between Historian (easy), Wayfarer (normal), and Hero (hard). The Ultimate Warrior (very hard) setting unlocks after completing one of the three factions' main scenarios.

While there's a Trophy/Achievement for completing a single battle on Ultimate Warrior, no difficulty-specific Trophies/Achievements are tied to completing the main campaign.

Which Dynasty Warriors: Origins Difficulty Setting is Best?

Historian is ideal for newcomers to the action-adventure genre or those who want to focus on the story without much challenge. Wayfarer is suitable for most players, including those with limited experience in Musou/Warriors games. Fans of the series might opt for Hero, while Musou game masters should consider stepping up to Ultimate Warrior once it's unlocked, to maintain a high level of challenge while completing remaining missions, requests, and scenarios.

Players can adjust the difficulty setting between battles through the config menu without affecting the story, allowing them to find the perfect balance of challenge and enjoyment.

Difficulty Mode Differences in Dynasty Warriors: Origins

On Historian, all enemy attacks are blockable, and it's easier to stagger enemies, gain bravery, and fill the Musou Gauge. In contrast, Hero increases enemy strength and aggression, shortens the window for parries and perfect evades, and removes Meat Buns from enemy drops. Blocking depletes bravery, and players have less time to influence battles between allied and enemy armies, with slightly reduced Skill Points and gold earned. Ultimate Warrior amplifies these effects, with even tighter parry and evade windows and significantly decreased battle earnings.