Story mode is where Xtreme Legends shines, as it makes the player feels as if they are experiencing the battles as if they occurred in real life.
Then as your character walks into the battlefield, all hell breaks lose. The character can use this time to talk to NPCs, or buy weapons at the shop. Each mission starts off in a small closed off area. The missions take place within some very famous battles that really did happen a long time ago, as well as multiple hypothetical scenarios.
I don’t think I could coherently put into words how much fun each of the missions are in this game. And considering this is the first time I have ever played a full Dynasty Warriors game, I found it to be quite an enjoyable romp through the historical fiction Romance of the Three Kingdoms book. There’s something sadistically enjoyable about killing thousands of warriors on the battlefield.