Infuriating because the abysmal camera makes it virtually impossible to face the enemy for any prolonged period, meaning you're soon being flanked faster than a bitch on heat in an all-male dog sanctuary. Exhilarating because you're tasked with turning the tide of the conflict by hacking through scores of enemies with an array of combos, projectile attacks (including bows and bombs) and some superb special Musou moves that first need to be powered up. This is where DW4 becomes both infuriating and exhilarating in near equal measures. With no time to admire your surroundings, you're left with little choice but to wade into the fray with your given weapon - sword, staff, halberd and so on -and start turning your enemies into easily digestible treats for wild dogs and wandering Peperami lovers. Suddenly, you're transported into a warzone, where hordes of enemy and ally warriors are charging at each other, bellowing fearsome war cries and carving each other up. Then, after a beautifully rendered cut-scene replete with unintentionally comical non lip-synched dialogue, it's straight out into the battlefield. Things kick off fairly promisingly (despite the lazy consoley front-end), as you select from one of nine warriors and equip them with an array of weaponry. Sure, the epic battles - in which you hack through hordes of enemies with an upgradeable warrior - are visually impressive, but despite the game's merits, it's impossible to escape its dumbed-down nature. It's tribute to the big grey box that one of the console world's big-hitting titles fails to raise more than a cursory eyebrow, despite a faithful translation. 'Hah, that's seven and a half you twat!' you might be thinking and you'd be right - because Dynasty Warriors 4, an epic oriental hack-and-slasher that fared so well on the PS2 and Xbox has actually translated into a half-decent PC game. I Could Probably count on the digits of one-and-a-half hands the amount of decent console conversions I've played on the PC.

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