Dynasty Warriorsis ten years old today! Tecmo Koei is celebrating the tenth anniversary of a game that has single-handedly sold systems in Japan, and single-handedly done very little everywhere else.

TheDynasty Warriorsseries is still one of my favorite franchises, despite the fact that everybody hates it, so I thought I’d celebrate a decade of hacking and slashing in the only way I know how — a top ten list!

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Celebrate the past ten years of medieval Chinese button mashing as we look at the top tenDynasty Warriorsgames of all time!

10: Dynasty Warriors 2

In this game, you battle endless hordes of enemies by frantically bashing buttons in a unique battlefield scenario. Two huge armies go head-to-head, and you take on a single warrior to destroy them all with intense combos such as Square + Triangle or Square + Square + Triangle.

Featuring a deep leveling system, dozens of playable characters and sprawling battlefields full of hapless soldiers and flamboyant enemy generals, this is truly a fantastic and unique entry to theDynasty Warriorsseries. It’s got Lu Bu in it!

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In this game, you battle endless hordes of enemies by frantically bashing buttons in a unique battlefield scenario. Two huge armies go head-to-head, and you take on a single warrior to destroy them all with intense combos such as Square + Square or Triangle + Triangle.

In this game, you battle endless hordes of enemies by frantically bashing buttons in a unique battlefield scenario. Several small icons go head-to-head, and you take on a single warrior to destroy them all with intense combos such as X + Y or X + X + Y.

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Featuring a deep leveling system, a few playable characters and small battlefields full of hapless soldiers and flamboyant enemy generals, this is truly a fantastic and unique entry to theDynasty Warriorsseries. It’s got Lu Bu in it!

In this game, you battle endless hordes of demons by frantically bashing buttons in a unique demon scenario. Two huge armies with demons go head-to-head, and you take on a single warrior to destroy demons with intense combos such as Square + Triangle or Square + Square + Triangle.

Tekken Tag Tournament 2: a black and white Jin and Heihachi stand back-to-back.

Featuring a deep leveling system, dozens of playable characters and sprawling battlefields full of hapless demons and flamboyant enemy demons, this is truly a fantastic and unique entry to theDynasty Warriorsseries. It’s got Lu Bu in it!

3: Dynasty Warriors 5

2: Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce

In this game, you battle endless rooms of enemies by frantically bashing buttons in a unique battlefield scenario broken up into rooms. No huge armies go head-to-head, and you take on a single warrior to destroy them some magicians n’ shit with intense combos such as Square + Triangle or Square + Square + Triangle.

Featuring a deep leveling system, dozens of playable characters and sprawling rooms half-full of hapless soldiers and flamboyant enemy generals, this is truly a fantastic and unique entry to theDynasty Warriorsseries. It’s got a giant unicorn in it!

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Several men standing and watching at an explosion in the distance in Battlefield 6.

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