[Multiplatform] Dynasty Warriors 6

Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Dynasty Warriors releases aren't even remotely similar. RotTK sees a release, what-- once a year at the most? Usually once every two, three years. And besides that, they also change the fundamentals and work from the ground up with every new installment. Look at the huge difference between IX and X, for example.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

The only person to have any real significance in the novel was Jiang Wei. Everyone else has maybe two or three chapters involving them (and I'm not even sure if Xing Cai was in it).

Zuo Ci was only around for a little while, mainly to taunt Cao Cao and then predict his death after being executed.

The Qiaos have little importance. Honestly, the most important role they played was in reference. Namely, the claim that Cao Cao would take them to a tower he was building specifically for them as his most prized concubines, which was meant to infuriate Zhou Yu and spur him to action prior to Red Cliffs/Chibi. But why are they dumping just one? It seems like they're supposed to be in a pair.

Pang De was only significant for his loyalty to Cao Cao by attempting to bring his own coffin with him when he went to do battle with Guan Yu. Aside from that, all he did was die.

The southern campaign in the novel was just about quelling a small uprising in the southern territories of Shu; not a large-scale invasion Dynasty Warriors portrays it as. Meng Huo was repeatedly captured and eventually gave up, becoming the governor of... wherever it was. Zhu Rong appears very briefly to capture some general and engage in an officer exchange.

Xing Cai only just appeared in Dynasty Warriors 5, yes. Along with Pang De and Zuo Ci (Cao Pi, Ling Tong and Guan Ping all made the cut this time around). She was likely removed because of strongly negative fan reaction and perhaps a lack of battles late into the Three Kingdoms period.

Jiang Wei, however, is a very significant character in the novel. I don't know why they'd remove him, but my only guess is that they have no battles where his presence would make a whole lot of sense. Wu Zhang Plains, which really marks the beginning of Jiang Wei's prominence in Shu, is usually the last battle in Dynasty Warriors games.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Actually, the history says that won't happen. They've never added new characters into the Dynasty Warriors expansions, with the closest thing being Musou modes for Other Forces characters in Xtreme Legends: Dynasty Warriors 3.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.