A good expansion on the amazing Dynasty Warrios 5.
DW5:XL allows you to play all musou mode & free mode under DW5 by having the DW5 game disc. It has added more free mode stages for you to play. DW5:XL allows you to upgrade your normal weapon (not the ultimate unique weapon) by collecting different books in each battle. All stats can be increased up to a maximum limit. DW5:XL also offers more unique items that can be equipped by the characters. However those items can only be obtained by fulfilling special requirements.
Other than Legend mode, DW5:XL introduces the Extreme mode where you can use any of the character to start a campaign to unit the whole land of China. However, the difficulty level is set at Extreme so it is pretty tough. You can recruit officers in the mission and bring them to battlefield to help you. You can also ask a friend to control one of the officers served under you, which means play in co-mode. Once you united the land at around mission No.40. You can still play on other missions and it never end.
The graphic and music and sound of this game are almost the same with DW5 which are quite nicely done. Overall, DW5:XL has added a lot of value on DW5 and they can be treated as one game or two different games. If you like DW5, then you must not miss this game. I recommend those who owned DW5 to buy this game because you can carry forward your DW5 save file to DW5:XL to continue the great game.