Delterius
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Vapourware Is there a single Romance of the Three Kingdoms that is any good?
- Thread starter Delterius
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Goddammit, you shouldn't trick me into clicking on a thread like this and getting my hopes up.
Burning Bridges
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I really enjoyed VII, IX and XI... I'd say VII was my favorite, but I am a bit biased since it was the first one I played, it was a kinda of a novel experience for me at the time.
Recently I put about 15 hours into the XIII (Steam version) and found it to be a downgrade in almost every aspect.
dehimos
Augur
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Yes, I agree:
- VII and VIII I think they were very similar and improved the classic line. In this style you can find similar games made in China (for example, Three Kingdoms The Last Warlord).
- X gives weight to the characters, this RPG component is hated by a lot but I liked.
- XI more strategy and tactics. The last good game with interesting mechanics.
- XII and others: nice graphics.
Over the years many have tried to create mods but it is very complicated: modifying any RotK is a lot of work and adapting The Romance of the Three Kingdoms to other games requires a lot of resources.
Not forgetting that KOEI has dead games with good things (Napoleon, Celtic Tales: Balor of the Evil Eye, Genghis Khan Saga) that all used a similar Rotk-style engine. This kind of games is still alive in independent games:
- Of Gods and Men: The Daybreak Empire https://store.steampowered.com/app/936610/Of_Gods_and_Men_The_Daybreak_Empire/
- Chaos Galaxy https://store.steampowered.com/app/1184840/Chaos_Galaxy/
- VII and VIII I think they were very similar and improved the classic line. In this style you can find similar games made in China (for example, Three Kingdoms The Last Warlord).
- X gives weight to the characters, this RPG component is hated by a lot but I liked.
- XI more strategy and tactics. The last good game with interesting mechanics.
- XII and others: nice graphics.
Over the years many have tried to create mods but it is very complicated: modifying any RotK is a lot of work and adapting The Romance of the Three Kingdoms to other games requires a lot of resources.
Not forgetting that KOEI has dead games with good things (Napoleon, Celtic Tales: Balor of the Evil Eye, Genghis Khan Saga) that all used a similar Rotk-style engine. This kind of games is still alive in independent games:
- Of Gods and Men: The Daybreak Empire https://store.steampowered.com/app/936610/Of_Gods_and_Men_The_Daybreak_Empire/
- Chaos Galaxy https://store.steampowered.com/app/1184840/Chaos_Galaxy/
Kalin
Unwanted
Stop being sub-human and play Bandit Kings of Ancient China.
Tigranes
Arcane
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- Jan 8, 2009
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- 10,350
2, 3 and 4 are superb in their own way. They all share the DNA of a solid old school strategic map-painter formula. 2 was my first and there's a nice soft spot for how you can play it entirely on the keyboard very snappily and with a hex-grid combat. 4 is probably the "best" entry to the series given its stylish presentation and relative balance in complexity of systems.
5 is kind of similar to 4 and could be enjoyed, esp. for its tactical 'formations'.
11, as dehimos says, is the last actually good game - it can be wearisome with too much makework but does provide the benefit of integrating strategic and battle map creating some interesting chokepoint fights.
The series essentially started doing 'spinoff' games within the mainline series, and 7 is perhaps the pinnacle of that focused on the life of a single character going through various stages of the hierarchy. It is fun to try.
Most of the later iterations are weak from actual gameplay perspective, and unfortunately it looks like 11 was the one last hurrah before total dumpster fire.
5 is kind of similar to 4 and could be enjoyed, esp. for its tactical 'formations'.
11, as dehimos says, is the last actually good game - it can be wearisome with too much makework but does provide the benefit of integrating strategic and battle map creating some interesting chokepoint fights.
The series essentially started doing 'spinoff' games within the mainline series, and 7 is perhaps the pinnacle of that focused on the life of a single character going through various stages of the hierarchy. It is fun to try.
Most of the later iterations are weak from actual gameplay perspective, and unfortunately it looks like 11 was the one last hurrah before total dumpster fire.
Most of them I never played since they weren't translated into English for the PC, but RTK 11 is definitely my favorite. I really like the combat in it. But it does have the problem that you see so often where they made a really good game but they couldn't make an AI that knew how to play it well. It's a bit disappointing when you go up against Cao Cao and he's not even on your level.
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