Another Title Another Upgrade
posted by ecco3benwa (Southaven, MS) Apr 17, 2006
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If your a fan of the series then you already know what this game is about, if not then strap yourself into the couch, grab plenty of beverages of your choice and a pizza because brother your not going anywhere for a while. What I've found this year is that the game is a lot less like RTK 8 and a lot more like RTK 5, now while not necessarily a bad thing because its a nice change of pace, it can cause some headaches from time to time due to the strategists challenge ahead of you. Basically as with ALL RTK games you pick an officer from the hundreds of historical chinese figures, and choose to play on a certain force or start your own in a conquest to unite all of China. Along the way you'll encounter duels, castle sieges, discover friendships, and bitter rivalries, in what comes out to be a satisfying strategy game experience. What you might not like is the repetition, it is not uncommon to spend hours raising your cities domestics, like farming, trading, or repairing the castles defense without battling at all. If you stick it out though you'll find the benefits to be very rewarding as you watch a million super nintendo era graphical warriors battle it out to the sounds of war drums and chinese themed instrumentals. Its like playing a living game of Chess. Now after you've mastered this challenging game with all of its original officers, and still feel like more than feel free to create your own kick butt chinese warrior and hit the battle map as yourself with a legion of created maniacs to slaughter the all intimidating likes of Lu Bu, Guan Yu, or Zhang Fei. All in All while yes its the ninth edition of the series, it still has enough juice in it to satisfy the strategist craving in you. Enjoy.
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