Deals matter and each diplomatic action reverberates throughout the factions in the game more so than any other Total War game before it in my opinion. In fact, this might be the first Total War game where I’ve felt diplomacy was key to surviving and navigating your way to total victory. Total War: Three Kingdoms expertly depicts the chaos and struggle of this period in history, both through the battlefield as well as through the political arena. Romance is the play mode where the flavor of the source material shines through, and though I did try out the Records playmode and enjoyed it as I would any other Total War game, Romance mode is really what kept my interest.
There is something awesome about watching Cao Cao and Lu Bu duke it out on the battlefield – it transported me to my middle-school days, navigating Cao Cao through the piles and piles of enemies in Dynasty Warriors to do the same thing. Generals will challenge each other to duels mid-battle, and the rest of your army will not interfere, allowing the two titans to duke it out for supremacy on the battlefield. Generals are the dynamic heroes of ancient legends who seem incapable of falling in the battlefield.
Romance is the more interesting playmode and adds a ton of flavor to the gameplay. Each general has its own retinue to guard them in battle, and more importantly, each one is simply a mere mortal – capable of easily dying if a strategy falls through. The latter is the more realistic, traditional Total War gameplay. Three Kingdoms has two distinct playmodes: Romance and Records. However, each faction has one goal in mind: total domination of the Middle Kingdom. You can play as major leaders such as the strategist Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Sun Jian, or lesser known rulers like Kong Rong, Liu Baio and more. Set during the turmoil of the late Han Dynasty period, the Total War: Three Kingdoms sets you as a major warlord in Ancient China seeking to be named Emperor and rule over the land. But one setting I’ve romanticized seeing in a Total War game has seen incarnations from strategy games to hack-and-slash action games: The Three Kingdoms period in ancient China.Įnter Total War: Three Kingdoms. We returned to Sengoku Japan a few years back, explored the New World and conquered as Napoleon. We’ve been to Rome twice, as well as Medieval Europe. Since the days of Shogun: Total War over a decade ago, I’ve dreamt of the time periods and settings future Total War titles would explore.
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