There's an old saying that nothing can ever compare to the original. While this isn't necessarily true (especially these days and regarding advances in the capability of media technology), the old proverb holds weight in many circumstances when the topic involves video games. Going as far back as 1997, the Dynasty Warriors series developed by Koei Tecmo and Omega Force has touched millions of players' hands and influenced just as many passing and active gaming concepts, including and especially the now trendy 1-vs-1000 hack 'n' slash action fighting game genre. The long-running fantastical re-imagining of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms series almost single-handedly carved a new genre into being, and we have since seen scores of clones in various other games and franchises borrowing the formula to emulate its success yet often failing to fully capture the appeal of the original series' titles.