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The third PS2 installment of KOEI's everlasting strategy franchise ditches the RPG elements and gets back to basics. Will hardened veterans dig the retro gameplay? Read Review
With Ancient China as the backdrop, the ninth installment in the franchise chronicles the dramatic events of the 2nd and 3rd centuries when the once grand empire fell into civil war. While retaining many of the features that have become hallmarks of the Romance series, RTK IX is vastly different. Most notable is that players immediately take the rank of a Ruler. Traditionally reserved as the highest rank in the series, the role of Ruler will test any player's leadership, management and strategy skills. Combat has also evolved and takes place at a much higher tempo. The game features 20 historical and fictional scenarios with multiple story endings and epilogues, additional challenges, 34 special event sequences, and over 30 different tactics and 12 military formations.
I was an Asian warlord in a previous life, so I was dismayed at the anachronistic inclusion of laser cannons and rap music in Romance of the Three Kingdoms IX. Okay, the statements of the preceding sentence aren't strictly true, but reviewing the ninth game in a video-game franchise is like telling your life story for the ninth time; you're so desperate to make it interesting for both yourself and your audience that you start making stuff up. Read More »
Also known as: Romance of the Three Kingdoms 9, Sangokushi IX, San Goku Shi IX
Release Region: United States
Release Date: February 24, 2004
Publisher: KOEI
E for Everyone Mild Language, ViolenceRelease Region: Japan
Release Date: December 20, 2003
Publisher: KOEI
Release Region: Japan
Release Date: December 20, 2003
Publisher: KOEI
926 KB
1 DVD
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