Dynasty Warriors: Origins – Here’s What Comes in Each Edition

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Preorder a the standard edition, and you’ll receive the game itself, plus the preorder bonus DLC costumes (see below).

Dynasty Warriors: Origins – Digital Deluxe Edition

The digital deluxe edition gets you the following:

• 72 hours of early access (starting January 14)
• Official Book & Original Soundtrack (Digital Edition): The Official Book & Original Soundtrack can be accessed in game. The Official Book is full of original illustrations of major events in the Three Kingdoms period, along with never-before-seen information about characters and charts depicting their relationships to one another, all centered around the grand story of the new “Dynasty Warriors,” told from the perspective of a single protagonist. The Original Soundtrack includes the 20 original tracks that have been arranged for this title.
• Letters: Letters provide gold for buying things like weapons and portable items, and pyroxene for creating gems. When you select “New Game” and play through the story, letters will be delivered to you at Inns. The letter that provide pyroxene will only be delivered after you reach the point in the game where it becomes possible to create gems.

Dynasty Warriors: Origins Preorder Bonuses

The preorder bonus situation for Dynasty Warriors: Origins is a bit complicated, so bear with me here. You get different stuff depending on which edition you preorder, and whether you preorder a physical or digital copy. Here’s the breakdown:

Preorder a physical copy of the game, and you’ll receive the following protagonist DLC costumes:

• “Garb of the Azure Bird”
• “Garb of the Crimson Bird”
• “Garb of the Emerald Bird”
• “Garb of the Violet Bird”

Preorder a digital copy of the standard edition, and you’ll get the following DLC costume:

• Protagonist’s costume “Nameless Warrior Garb”, a Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty collaboration costume that can be worn in the game

Preorder the digital deluxe edition, and you’ll get the following:

• 72 hour early access (January 14)
• Early Works Soundtrack Collection (Digital Edition): A soundtrack featuring a total of 191 original music tracks from the series, including background music from titles spanning from “Dynasty Warriors 2” to “Dynasty Warriors 5 Empires,” as well Omega Force’s first title, “Dynasty Warriors.” The soundtrack can be played by accessing the main menu, Special Content, and then Music, and selecting “Early Works Soundtrack Collection.”
• Protagonist’s costume “Nameless Warrior Garb”, a Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty collaboration costume that can be worn in the game

Additionally, Best Buy is offering a preorder bonus of its own:

• Best Buy – $10 digital gift card

Phew.

Dynasty Warriors: Origins Demo

Not sure if you want to put your money down for this one? You can try a demo of the game for free.

What Is Dynasty Warriors: Origins?

Dynasty Warriors: Origins is a hack-and-slash game that features a new “nameless hero” protagonist, which is meant to act as an on-ramp for anyone who’s never tried the series before. This installment is billed as having “the most exhilarating action in the series’ history,” Dynasty Warriors: Origins also harnesses the power of modern gaming hardware to pit your character against the most onscreen enemies ever.

And if you want to know why it’s so good, in IGN’s Dynasty Warriors: Origins review, critic Jada Griffin wrote:

If Dynasty Warriors: Origins is meant to be a new beginning, it’s one that gets off to a masterful start. It doesn’t just have the largest amount of enemies the series has thrown on screen at once, it also deepens its combat, improves its storytelling without getting in the way of the action, and provides a healthy amount of replayability and postgame content – all while looking better than ever. Your amnesiac hero is a bit too much of a blank slate at times, but the impressive ensemble cast made this story sing as I grew to care about the characters around him, big and small. Origins is both a great entry point for newcomers and a triumphant return for veterans like me who felt the last few entries had become stale or missed the mark. It feels like the series I once loved is finally back.

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