Holy shit, I am so hyped, probably more hyped than Battlefield 3. When I first heard of the news, I literally got nerd chills. ROTK games from KOEI are so much better than the shit Dynasty Warriors they mass produce for the Western market.
In news that very few Western people noticed with all the other madness happening in Japan, Tecmo Koei has announced Romance of the Three Kingdoms XII, a new entry in its micro-micromanagement sim set during an era of ancient Chinese civil war.
Due for a Japanese release in 2012 and designed for the PC, ROTK XII is going to feature real-time battles and will support touch-screen computer monitors. In addition, low-end PCs will be able to run it, which is hardly a surprise given the series' traditionally undemanding visual style.
I positively love Koei games from the 16 bit era like ROTK, Gemfire, New Horizons, etc and am interested in seeing this game come to the US. Even if it doesn't, expect a fan translation patch.
I'd really like to see a new version of the Uncharted Waters series, New Horizons was sick as fuck.
hermmm is there a really high learning curve to play these? I've never tried before, but I hated strategy games like hearts of iron where there was too much shit goingo n
These types of games are really all about micromanagement. There is combat, but oftentimes you can win the campaigns through several win mechanisms like alliances, espionage, etc.
They're not RTSes by any stretch, tend to be turn or tic based and are (AFIK) not multiplayer at all. They're more there to stroke your cerebrum and cerebellum with lots and lots of towns to manage, units to move around, political intrigue, etc.
I loved the older ones, took so long to finish couldn't believe my young attention span back then got through them. Going to be looking forward to this one!
Man, ROTK 5 was my favourite game when i was a kid. I remember playing it with my mates all the time.
I still play 10 and 11, and hopefully this new one is hero based like x. I felt that the battles in xi werent as fun as in the previous games. I'll defintely be grabbing a korean version of the game +puk if they ever make it. Half the fun of rotk was the puk.
Oh dear god. Words cannot explain how hyped I am for this shit. I hope they go for a rotk 8 feel because in my opinion that's the best rotk hands down.
I hope it gets localized because I am a huge fan of DW, ROTK both the game and the novel as well as Chinese Three Kingdoms Era History. This is gonna be pretty damn epic.
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