If they truly went back to basics, they would’ve made a fighting game again with Dynasty Warriors characters which is exactly how the series began before it became the button-mashing mobfest of a series it later became.

But I digress. As someone else had said, the series has just become a repetitive series. A lot of it’s fans seem to say that DW5, DW7 and DW8 are really the best the series has had to offer. You aren’t missing out if you skip a few entries than maybe the story slightly changing or a character looks different or acts different, different effects .etc

I’ll be honest, I didn’t think they put a whole lot of thought into the series… it’s a solid formula that has changed very little in decades.