Was fun until i discovered my actions had no consequence on the world and having conquered all of china before completing the main objective was nullified the next cutscene. Also, The open world is helluva barren with little to no activities besides the "Hurr durr fishing" "Hurr durr material gathering" Got boring fast after beating the first characters storyline. Something that would bring my interest back to the game is if they added "Empires" to the series with the open world concept and not just a "Xtreme legends" disguised as empires. Put all the concepts from DWE8 such as "Vagabond units" "Betrayals" "Marriage" "Children" "Prefects" add new strategies for marshals and strategists & add more playability to being a bandit instead of trying to be a ruler. That would be a worthwhile game instead of this crapheap. If you're looking for a good game in the DW series go to DWE8 or XTreme Legends 8 cause they both offer more replayability when compared to DW9 a year after its release.
The only thing they've done since its release is added weapons and a metric ton of DLC cosmetics for the female characters which are fap bait so they sell.
TLDR: Koei Tecmo make DWE9 already.