Romance of the Three Kingdoms 8 Remake Review
Romance of the Three Kingdoms 8 Remake presents one of the series’ strongest instalments for both a new generation of strategy gamer and long-time fans, supercharging the PS2 original with new content and features. For those completely new to ROTK, it’s a grand strategy series that’s been around since the 1980s and takes place during the Three Kingdoms era in Ancient China – around the third century CE – in a time of nationwide turmoil that gives rise to stoic heroes and treacherous villains all vying for power.
Publisher Koei Tecmo has a well-established affinity for this historic setting. Dynasty Warriors – arguably the company’s flagship franchise – is also based on the somewhat fictionalised Romance of the Kingdoms, though it couldn’t be any more different than Koei’s strategy games. Where Dynasty Warriors focuses purely on high octane, button-bashing action, ROTK immerses players in a dense web of menus and dialogue exchanges that steer you on the path to conquest and unification.
In Romance of the Three Kingdoms 8 Remake, you can tackle a number of historic campaigns, selecting from a host of different factions, ranks, and characters to play as. At one end of the scale you can act as a ruler, with full military and political control. At the other end, you can become a free officer who, as the name implies, is free to wander Ancient China, aligning with whoever they wish, or potentially gathering their own army and territories. There are plenty of officer roles that fall in between the two, offering different privileges based on your rank and influence within a faction.
Romance of the Three Kingdoms 8 Remake is menu-heavy from the word go. That’s pretty much a staple for any game that falls under the grand strategy banner, though thankfully there are plenty of helpful tutorials on hand and Koei does a great job of easing players in without completely bombarding them, gently gesturing in the right direction without any obnoxious guard rails. There are a myriad of
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