In the doldrums of winter, I’ve reached for comfort media — which, for me, means Chinese historical dramas. And while the elaborate costumes and overly sweet romances are enjoyable, sometimes a girl wants something with a little more teeth. Dynasty Warriors: Origins has given me exactly what I needed.

Horses are your mounts in Dynasty Warriors: Origins and you can unlock multiple new horses with their own unique looks by completing specific challenges. Your starting horse is unlocked by default, while other horses are only available by increasing the Peace Level is different provinces.

Origins, can quickly turn the tide of battle as you use them to strike down enemy officers or quickly clear a field of peons. Origins offers dozens upon dozens of different Battle Arts to equip and use,

Origins players will need to decide whether to side with Cao Cao, Liu Bei, or the Sun clan by the end of the game's third chapter.

Origins is a classic Musou game through and through, featuring high-energy rock music, and legions of grunts to cut down as easily as blades of grass. That said, Origins is far from a by-the-books Dynasty Warriors game.

Origins can get pretty tricky in some of the later missions, especially if you've accepted the challenge of playing on one of the higher difficulty settings. Winning battles takes a lot more than just flashy Battle Arts and big Musou Attacks,

Those unsure about which difficulty setting to choose in Dynasty Warriors: Origins will need to consider the pros and cons of each of the four modes. Completing every battle in Dynasty Warriors: Origins will require multiple playthroughs,

If you’d like to know what awaits you in the postgame and beyond, here’re all the juicy details you have to look forward to. The information below will avoid specific story spoilers, but if you want to be completely surprised by Dynasty Warriors: Origins,