Maligned, misunderstood, and yet oh-so-fun.įrom the outside, there’s little to recommend the Dynasty Warriors games. Dynasty WarriorsĪh, the Dynasty Warriors series. But that’s the cycle of Heaven and Earth for you. If Creative Assembly sticks the landing, Koei Tecmo may have to pull something incredible out of the bag for their next instalment. Just a single glance at Steam is enough to show you that Eastern fans of the Three Kingdoms are as invested in CA’s success as their Western counterparts. Of all the games on this list, it’s the Romance of the Three Kingdoms series that is most threatened by Total War: Three Kingdoms. A spotty English-language release record hasn’t helped their reception in the West.įor my money, Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI is the best entry – but opinions vary. Sometimes they’ll lean more toward the macro-strategy view, while others will hone in on the life of an officer, lending an air of the RPG.Īs a result, reception of the games tends to fluctuate, with the most recent entry sitting at Mixed reviews on Steam. To give some credit to Koei, the RTK games have continued to evolve, shifting focus with each new entry. If you thought Dynasty Warriors had exhausted the well of the Three Kingdoms, then you should know the RTK series is up to its 13th entry. Each one is a strategy game that combines empire building and people management–a refrain that may sound familiar if you’re up to date on Total War: Three Kingdoms. These games hew closely to the essence of the Three Kingdoms. If there’s a definitive take on the Three Kingdoms in gaming, then it’s the Romance of the Three Kingdoms series that shares its name with the novel on which it’s based.
Let’s take a look at some of their offerings to start us off.
No studio has come as close to turning the Three Kingdoms into an annual sports-style franchise as Koei (now Koei Tecmo).īut for better or worse, Koei Tecmo helped put the Three Kingdoms on the map of the Western gaming world. To celebrate, let’s dive into the weird and wonderful history of the Three Kingdoms as told by video games, and take a look at some of the best Romance of the Three Kingdoms games available. With Total War: Three Kingdoms on its way, it may be time for that to happen again – to a new generation. So let’s not pretend that video games don’t expand our horizons. As a teenager with nary a glimmering of Chinese heritage to my name, I found myself suddenly swept up into an alien culture and an all-too-familiar political landscape. It was an…interesting way to become acquainted with a novel (and period of history) that, to Eastern audiences, has all the cultural weight of the works of Shakespeare with all the pop-cultural appeal of Game of Thrones. Like many gamers my age, I discovered the tumultuous disintegration of the Han Dynasty and the rise of the Three Kingdoms via the literary classic known as Dynasty Warriors 2.
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