What makes this one so different?,
What makes this game so different to Dynasty Warriors and Romance of the three kingdoms some people might say? Well it has a completely original new story line, and different game functions and different game play, which make it much different to the other games. There is a battle system on this game and a strategy system, you get to do both, and have special abilities within the game. Makes the game what it is, gives it it’s originality.

The Officers
The are three kingdoms in this game, which is SHU, WEI and WU. You get to control SHU at the start of the game. SHU is the innocent empire that starts up because the leader of WEI whom is called Cao Cao kidnapped his girl friend Diao Chan. During the game you get to hire new officers, if the opportunity accurse. There are other ways that you can get new officers which sometimes you just get a new one which is part of the story line, and also if you fight certain battles you win the trust of other officers that have their own small army. You get to control WEI once you have completed the SHU campaign, and it will have a different story line to SHU, pretty much the opposite, Cao Cao’s ambitions is to take over China and rule it himself, but Cao Cao is really up tight sometimes as he kills peasants and anything in his way to gain his goal.

Is their strategy to this game?
There is 2 parts of this game, there is the battle portion of it and then there is the strategy part. The strategy part is the long one to do, but sometimes it has to be done. You can change the route your unit is going in the strategy map, so you can get out of danger, or tell them to charge into the opponent, so you will fight them. For each unit, they will have so much morale, which can increase before each battle. Before each battle, you will have to decide what to do, your officers will say like you can recruit more troops, hire this certain officer etc etc. Then after you have decided that, you will go to the strategy tent, where you will decide your battle strategy. So many of your officers will make their decisions, then you will pick one of their options that will be more convenient for you. You can edit some strategies within battle, like changing your unit formation, which could give you the advantage of battle, or loose the advantage, depending how you use this. You can also do other things which can make your battling better, but it can take a while to win a battle, so you will need some patience.

The Battles
In battle mode, you will be able to control your officer of choice, depending what unit you choose is depending on what officer you control. Each officer has certain special abilities, which can bring advantage to the game. Like some have ones that will increase the morale of your troops, which will make them, fight for longer and harder. When you control an officer, you will be able to move him/her around on their horse, and attack other troops with their spear. Sorcerer officers have no weapon, and don’t ride a horse; they float around and punch enemy troops. The only way you can loose a battle is if your leader looses his entire morale, and looses the fight, or sometimes is if your leader is resorted to retreating, which can happen in some battles, depending on the rules of battle. There are two types of battle, there is the ground battling, which is the basic of battles, then there are water battles, which are much harder. The water battles means that your morale can go down much faster, because you fight on boats, and you can get surrounded which means you cant escape without being pushed back into battle, and enemy officers can start attacking you with their arrows, which shoots your morale right down, which means you have probably lost the battle, so watch out for them. The land battles are easy to do; there is a good chance you will win the battle.

Other
The playability of this game is not bad; it can get boring after a while, as most battles are extremely long. The game can get repetitive also, which puts disappointment into the game. But it is good for a while, if you like the whole strategy aspect of it like I do, then you will like this game. The game is not really addictive, but it is certainly playable, you will want to play it, but only like 1 – 2 missions a day, as it takes up a lot of your time, which means you could be doing better things with your life. The game is very original, It is the first game that is like this, with the strategy, the battles, the strategy within the battles, very good for you hardcore strategists out there! The graphics for this game is very good, but not the best, it have good detail when you are on the battlefield with all of the enemy troops, and your troops, with the officers, looks very real. The background music for this game is good, it is mainly oriental music, as that is the kind of music you would expect in that period of time. The game is done in English, it is done with voices which makes the game better, also you will have subtitles, which you can change the language of in the options section of the game. The game is quite difficult, because you will need quite a lot of patience and also need to have the mind to do the strategy of it all, so I would say this is suitable to people who have the mind for strategy and can wait. The game gets harder the further you get into the game. Overall this game is worth getting, the graphics are fairly decent, the comical gameplay is fun and the story is in-depth and fun for everyone.

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