Once a character is created, the player enters the world of Dynasty Warriors, defeating opposing armies for experience points.

It also poses the introduction of free roam, of which a player can move around their factions city talking to various non-player characters.

Campaign battles occurs weekly, where the 3 Kingdoms (Wu, Wei, and Shu) and other possible factions (Such as Dong Zhuo or Yuan Shao) fight for cities and territory.

In melee, there are five modes: The game was originally announced for Microsoft Windows in 2004 as Shin Sangoku Musou BB (Dynasty Warriors Broadband), with a release in Japan in early 2006.

[2] The PS3 version was later confirmed, with a worldwide release date of February 18, 2010.,[3] but was instead brought exclusive only to Japan.