Dynasty Warriors 3 is the third entry in the Dynasty Warriors series for Xbox, and the second in the Shin Sangoku Musou series in Japan. Drawing from the historical narrative of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, it combines both fictional and historical elements. Players engage in large-scale battles, aiming to unify China under a single rule while experiencing key events from the era.
Dynasty Warriors 3 is the third installment of the Dynasty Warriors series in North America and the second within the Shin Sangoku Musou series in Japan. It is a spin-off from the video game Romance of the Three Kingdoms and based around a series of books by the same name, written by Luo Guanzhong.
The game contains a number of fictional and non-fictional elements from the same era in Chinese history that Romance of the Three Kingdoms is set. However, it follows the main events of part of the story which is to unify China under the single rule of a kingdom.