Dynasty Warriors 8, known in Japan as Shin Sangokumusou 7 is a beat 'em up video game and the eighth official installment of the Dynasty Warriors series.
It is developed by Omega Force and published by Koei. The story is based on the Chinese writer Luo Guanzhong's historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
The option of English and Japanese voice overs also return, where there is also an option to change the subtitles to English, French or German.

Having more than 82 characters featured in the game, the game largely based its system from Dynasty Warriors 7 and instead focused on adding more content for replayability as well as several tweaks in the combat system.

The story mode retains the same faction-based storyline and returns with seamless cutscenes.
In addition, each of the characters of the "Other" faction has one scenario dedicated to them, forming a loose "Other" faction story mode, in a first for the series.
Stages now have more freedom of progression for the player, unlike the previous installment, which was strongly preset in means of stage routes.
A selection of up to four characters will be offered for each stages in Story Mode, instead of controlling a pre-defined character; the mission objectives in each level differ based on the character chosen.
The story has been entirely rewritten, with each of the four factions' stories dividing into a historical path and a hypothetical path at a critical portion of their stories.
Each mission may have a number of optional objectives which unlock additional side story missions or alter the course of history; in order to unlock the hypothetical path, players must complete all of the optional objectives in both the main and side stories prior to the critical point of the storyline.

Xtreme Legends adds an additional storyline for Lü Bu's forces, primarily focused on Lü, Chen Gong, and Zhang Liao.
In addition, a series of hypothetical missions are added to the four main kingdoms' storylines, mostly recreating historical events with a slight hypothetical twist (for example, one Wei mission is premised on Cao Cao sparing Lü Bu after the Battle of Xiapi and utilizing him in the Battle of Guandu, while a Shu scenario has Liu Bei turning to Sun Ce rather than Cao Cao after the Battle of Xiaopei).
Each of the three main kingdoms contains a two-part "mini-campaign" centered around the new character introduced to their respective factions (Yu Jin, Zhu Ran, and Fa Zheng), while the Jin faction, having no new characters,
has a three-part mini-campaign featuring a fictional version of Zhong Hui's Rebellion.
Each campaign concludes with a whimsical side-story mission, not set to any particular timeline. Additional "Other" scenarios are also included for the Other faction.


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