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Viewpoint before anything will actually happen. Once you have laid your plans you need to switch back to the 3D While you're looking at the 2D battle map the game is paused, so If Kessen II is to be believed, ancient Chinese battles consisted of lots of guys milling around hitting each other, while a guy in a gaudy costume levitated himself into the air to rain fire and lightning on his enemies The special abilities of nearby generals more rapidly, andĬonversely destroying your enemy's supplies can dent their will to Others include storehouses which replenish Terrain features such as hills, mountains, forests and bridges canīe used to your advantage, and in some missions you even get toįight from boats in river battles, or besiege cities usingīattering rams to knock down the vast gates and ladders to clamber Units and stop the enemy from bringing his whole army into play. Plenty of room for crafty tactics as you try to gang up on stray The interface and controls might be rather basic, but there's The destination is another friendly unit they will support it. Individual units can be given new destinations using the D-pad. That looks like something from a History Channel documentary. Here youĬan view the lay of the land and the locations of your own unitsĪnd any enemy forces within your sight, using a simple interface Point to discard or adjust your plan from the battle map. The battlefield, but although they start out with preset ordersĭictated by your choice of battle plan, you can interrupt at any Once you've selected a plan your units are lined up accordingly on The storehouse, other times you have wildly differing plans toĬhoose from, with the opportunity to set an ambush, lay mines or Sometimes it's simply a case of deciding who stays behind to defend Battles begin with a warĬouncil where your generals will offer you one or more plans. The results are always a joy to behold, and can oftenīefore you can unleash lightning storms and meteor showers on yourįoe, you must first find and engage them. Sucking up enemy troops and then dropping their remains from a Giant balls of fire fall from the sky andīounce through a fight, fissures open up in the ground and swallowĪnybody in their path, and tornados sweep across the battlefield Their ranks to awe inspiring elemental attacks that can severelyĭemoralize your foe. Volley of arrows or leading a charge through the enemy to disrupt Generals have special abilities which vary from simply firing a Win the earlier battles without worrying too much about whatįormation each of your units is in, magic plays a vital role rightįrom the start, and knowing how and where to use it is the key to Spectacular new spells being unlocked as your generals gainĮxperience from one battle to the next. Tactical possibilities, with more complex unit formations and Gradually throughout the campaign, and a helpful voice-overĮxplains what's going on between battles as your armies advance andĪ similar approach is taken to introducing you to the game's Koei's impenetrable Dynasty Warriors III, here the plot actually It might all sound a little bewildering, but in stark contrast to Story forwards or simply leaving you staring at the screen in utter With the sometimes frankly surreal cutscenes either carrying the Sheer silliness pervading the whole game makes it a joy to play, Ladies who act like giddy schoolgirls most of the time. More than he can chew, while many of his generals are buxom young Zhang Fei is a brave but drunken fool with a tendency to bite off Reality a middle aged general) comes across as a typical Finalįantasy style whining teenager, who leads his people to war becauseĬao Cao kidnapped a dancing girl he fancied. The characters themselves are reduced to caricatures, but like theĬostumes they wear they're colourful and distincitive. New armies appearing just in the nick of time, and spectacular With generals switching sides, alliances being forged and broken, The plot has more twists and turns than your average soap opera,

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Series of massive battles against the tyrant Cao Cao.

Shu leader Liu Bei, you must lead your armies to victory in a

Tiger, but in its own strange way just as much fun. Though - Kessen II is about as historically accurate as Crouching Ruins and the rival kingdoms of Wu, Shu and Wei battling it out forĪny similarity to persons living or dead is purely coincidental This was a time of war and chaos, with the Han dynasty in Games (very) loosely based on the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese Kessen II is the latest in a seemingly endless succession of Koei The rather eccentric Zhang Fei, one of your closest allies

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