Dynasty Warriors Origins: Choosing the Right Difficulty Setting

Despite their hack-and-slash combat, Dynasty Warriors games demand a certain degree of skill from their players. Dynasty Warriors: Origins acknowledges this by offering four distinct difficulty settings, enabling players to customize the challenge according to their skill level and experience. As a reboot, both new and returning players might be uncertain about the best difficulty setting in Dynasty Warriors: Origins. The ideal setting varies based on the player's skill and the 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 initially, only three are accessible. 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, there are no difficulty-specific Trophies/Achievements for finishing the main campaign.

Which Dynasty Warriors: Origins Difficulty Setting is Best?

For newcomers to the action-adventure genre or those primarily interested in the story, Historian is the ideal choice. Most players, even those with limited experience in Musou/Warriors games, should opt for Wayfarer. Series veterans might find Hero to be the right fit, while Musou masters should consider stepping up to Ultimate Warrior upon unlocking it, to maintain a challenging experience as they tackle remaining missions, requests, and scenarios.

Players can adjust the difficulty between battles through the config menu without affecting the story, allowing them to fine-tune their gameplay experience.

Difficulty Mode Differences in Dynasty Warriors: Origins

In Historian mode, all enemy attacks are blockable, and it's easier to stagger enemies, gain bravery, and fill the Musou Gauge. In contrast, Hero mode features stronger and more aggressive enemies, with shorter windows for parries and perfect evades, and no Meat Buns dropped by enemies. Blocking depletes bravery, players have less time to influence battles, and earnings of Skill Points and gold are slightly reduced. Ultimate Warrior mode intensifies these challenges, with even tighter windows for parries and evades, and significantly reduced battle earnings.