As a critic with significant experience of the Warriors series, I often face questions from my peers about my fondness for it. It's too simplistic, claim its detractors, too repetitive. There's no depth. You just have to press the square button over and over to win. These are the most common criticisms, and they're hard to completely dismiss. On the lowest difficulties, there's a strong element of truth to those complaints. But that ignores a huge part of its appeal. It's the empowering, escapist joy of being a badass warrior from Three Kingdoms-era China carrying a weapon almost as big as you. If you ever need to de-stress or unwind, try playing a Warriors game on Easy for a couple of hours – there are few games more therapeutic. It's not designed to be played over long stretches, and that's why the review process rarely does a series like this any favours.
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