https://www.pcgamer.com/dynasty-warriors-9-reveals-army-slaughtering-opening-cinematic/

Not only did The OC's Seth Cohen popularise geek culture in the mid '00s, he made Dynasty Warriors look cool. In practice, PS2-era Dynasty Warriors was not cool. Or at least not as cool as it looked on the telly. Perhaps the allure of playing in a beach house in sunny California failed to translate to my perpetually overcast Glasgow.

What does look cool, I reckon, is Dynasty Warriors 9—a so-called open-world "rebirth" of the series, according to producer Akihiro Suzuki. Due on PC two weeks from yesterday, we've so far seen how its combat and scrolls systems work and have heard from five of its main characters.