In previous installments in the series, combos were affected by the quality of weapon the character was wielding, with more powerful weapons allowing characters longer, more elaborate and often more powerful consecutive attacks. One of the game's key additions is the Renbu system, a new way for characters to build up their attack combos.
This installment varies greatly from past games in the series. An expansion, titled Dynasty Warriors 6: Empires was unveiled at the 2008 Tokyo Game Show and released in May 2009. A version for PlayStation 2 was released on October and November 2008 in Japan and North America respectively. Dynasty Warriors 6 was also released for Windows in July 2008. A version of the game was bundled with the 40GB PlayStation 3 in Japan. The game was released on Novemin Japan the North American release was Februwhile the Europe release date was March 7, 2008. This game is the sixth official installment in the Dynasty Warriors series, developed by Omega Force and published by Koei. Dynasty Warriors 6 ( 真・三國無双5, Shin Sangoku Musōu 5) is a hack and slash video game set in Ancient China, during a period called Three Kingdoms (around 200AD).