Part 41

Dynasty Warriors 3: Complete Edition Remastered Part 41 covers Dong Zhuo's Side, Surprise Attack on Liu Biao, and Battle at Wan Castle. Protect Diao Chan to avoid Lu Bu's defection.

Dong Zhuo's Side: This side can only be played in Free mode (a mode where you can replay any unlocked stage). You get to have Lu Bu on your side. There's no really special strategy, since Dong Zhuo is pretty well fortified, you can simply cut your way through the ranks, and make your way up to Yuan Shao and beat him down. One other thing to watch out for is that Dong Zhuo will order Diao Chan to the front lines to fight. Be very careful at this point, because if she dies, Lu Bu will turn on you. This is a VERY bad thing, so try your best to protect her. Also Diao Chan will defect to the enemy if all of your generals besides her and Lu Bu are beaten. Of course, she’s weak, and you should have little trouble beating her up. This event is a requirement to unlock Dong Zhuo’s fourth weapon. If Lu Bu happens to defect during the battle, although your captain doesn’t change to the enemy’s side, enemy soldiers will still come out of it. Since you can’t reclaim the gate, you can sit and rack up kills, which will waste Lu Bu’s morale.

Snacks and Wines (Dong Zhuo's Side):

• Snack: pot near the stairs up the Hu Lao Gate
• Wine: pot near the stairs up the Fan Shui Gate

192 AD: Surprise Attack on Liu Biao – Sun Jian vs Liu Biao

Played By: WU: Sun Jian, Taishi Ci, Huang Gai, Da Qiao

This is a pretty straight forward level. If you are playing Sun Jian, you become the target of attack, otherwise, it's Sun Ce. Also, if you are not playing Sun Jian, there will be a cutscene (a non-interactive scene that advances the story) where he gets crushed by rocks and killed. Early on in the stage, sweep all the way across the front and take out both gate captains and whoever else gets in your way, but beware of the archers. There are a couple routes you can take here to get to the boss, each having a couple enemy officers to knock off. Beat them down quickly, and get to the boss. Liu Biao isn't that tough a boss so take him out quickly.

Liu Biao's Side: For this side, Sun Jian is the target. There's not a whole lot of strategy to this stage, simply find Sun Jian and take him out. You may also have to fight Sun Ce and Huang Gai, so be ready for these guys.

Snacks and Wines (Surprise Attack on Liu Biao):

• Snack: center of map (the minimap (the small circular map in the bottom-left corner of your screen) shows a small overview of the battlefield), area of Zhang Hu's initial position where 3 pots stand next to each other
• Wine: tents lined up by the beach, in a pot by the farthest left tent

197 AD: Battle at Wan Castle – Cao Cao vs Zhang Xiu

Played By: WEI: Cao Cao, Dian Wei, Xu Huang

Wei's Side: This is a basic short stage. You will get to fight a lot of enemy generals here, mostly no name officers, thus you can find a fair number of power ups here. The final boss, Zhang Xiu is relatively easy and you should be able to take him down with little problem. If you manage to clear a path for Cao Cao, he can escape and you'll win the stage that way. Later on in the stage, some reinforcements will appear for you. Due to the number of enemy generals, this is a good stage for powering up lower level characters.

Zhang Xiu's Side: This side is tougher to play, because you have to go through two of Cao Cao's top officers, ending with the man himself. However, Cao Cao does not have any gates to bring out more soldiers, although he will get a reinforcement troop at some point. Dian Wei is the first guy you'll have to fight through, watch out for his power. You'll have to beat him to clear the first gate. As you get closer, the reinforcements will appear in the form of Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan. If you want, you can go deal with them or continue to get to Cao Cao. The man is backed up by Xu Huang, Xu Zhu, and a bunch of other guys though, so watch out. If you continue north, you will be assaulted by a couple of ambush parties. You have to take these guys out fast, Cao Cao will escape if you give him a clear path to do so.

Snacks and Wines (Battle at Wan Castle):

• Snack: from the gate of Hu Che Er's castle, go right along the castle wall until you reach the pot
• Wine: from the castle gate at the bottom right of map, go left up, in the shadow of the house there

197 AD: Assault on the Wu Territory – Sun Ce vs Allies

Played By: WU: Sun Jian, Sun Ce, Zhou Yu, Da Qiao

This stage is pretty easy. There are 3 generals you have to defeat to clear the stage, but none of them are very tough. The only powerful enemy that you will fight is Taishi Ci. However, if you defeat Liu Yong, on the bottom left first, Taishi Ci will defect to your side and you won't have to fight him. You will also unlock him as a character. If you fight and defeat him, he leaves a nice power up usually. Be careful if you go this route, as Taishi Ci is very strong. Go to the right at the start of the stage and fight your way through, taking out the gate captain. From there, you can pretty much choose your path through the stage, but make sure to take out the gate captains as you go. Also on the right side, especially as you near Wang Lang, there are a lot of watchtowers with archers. All in all though, this is an easy stage, and you should blow through it with no serious trouble.

Allies Side: This is just a basic "Kill all the enemy generals" type level. Basically you have to defend your 3 leaders, while beating up all the enemy generals (Both Sun Ce and Zhou Yu have about 4 subordinates each). Once you've cleaned out the rabble, you can make your way to Sun Ce and finish him off. Along with Zhou Yu and Sun Ce, you also will get to deal with the Qiao sisters (one for each main general) and Huang Gai on this stage. Watch out for the archer towers when you fight Zhou Yu.

Snacks and Wines (Assault on the Wu Territory):

• Snack: at the corner of the troop entry point just past the first gate
• Wine: North of Yian Bai Hu's position, behind the left of the 2 towers

200 AD: Battle at Guan Du – Cao Cao vs Yuan Shao

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