Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Thon · Post by **Thon** » Tue May 16, 2006 12:48 pm

here's the rom site, i was wondering which is the best of the series to play? which system, and which #. confined to snes or sega

i've heard a lot about the series, and want to give it a try. but since they seem to make a new one every other year, i dunno where the hell to start :dunno:

Post by **Tossica** » Tue May 16, 2006 12:58 pm

I loved the one for the Saturn... not sure which it was, IV maybe?

Tikker · Post by **Tikker** » Tue May 16, 2006 1:12 pm

the Genesis ones were the best imo

altho, some of the newer PS2 ones were really good too

ask Durothil, he played the shit out of all of them

Durothil Skyreaver · Post by **Durothil Skyreaver** » Tue May 16, 2006 2:03 pm

If you are looking for a good one to play I'd say try ROTK7. It was the first in the series where you could play as the ruler, or just as an officer and work your way up through the ranks. It also has the character improvement portion that allows you to build up your guys stats and skills.

You could also play ROTK10. It is perhaps the most open of the games as you can do everything you can in 7 as well as form a free army with no allegiance and attack castles and join in on battles in progress kind of like mercs and be paid for your help. They also introduced the abilitiy to have sworn brothers ala Zhang Fei, Liu Bei and Guan Yu. You can also have a rival and it is possible to get married as well. I don't believe children can be born but it is easy enough to create children in the character creator and assign them to be your children.

10sun · Post by **10sun** » Tue May 16, 2006 2:13 pm

Durothil Skyreaver wrote:If you are looking for a good one to play I'd say try ROTK7. It was the first in the series where you could play as the ruler, or just as an officer and work your way up through the ranks. It also has the character improvement portion that allows you to build up your guys stats and skills.

You could also play ROTK10. It is perhaps the most open of the games as you can do everything you can in 7 as well as form a free army with no allegiance and attack castles and join in on battles in progress kind of like mercs and be paid for your help. They also introduced the abilitiy to have sworn brothers ala Zhang Fei, Liu Bei and Guan Yu. You can also have a rival and it is possible to get married as well. I don't believe children can be born but it is easy enough to create children in the character creator and assign them to be your children.

I take it this is the precursor to the Samurai Warriors / Dynasty Warriors series?

Tikker · Post by **Tikker** » Tue May 16, 2006 2:17 pm

10sun wrote:
Durothil Skyreaver wrote:If you are looking for a good one to play I'd say try ROTK7. It was the first in the series where you could play as the ruler, or just as an officer and work your way up through the ranks. It also has the character improvement portion that allows you to build up your guys stats and skills.

You could also play ROTK10. It is perhaps the most open of the games as you can do everything you can in 7 as well as form a free army with no allegiance and attack castles and join in on battles in progress kind of like mercs and be paid for your help. They also introduced the abilitiy to have sworn brothers ala Zhang Fei, Liu Bei and Guan Yu. You can also have a rival and it is possible to get married as well. I don't believe children can be born but it is easy enough to create children in the character creator and assign them to be your children.

I take it this is the precursor to the Samurai Warriors / Dynasty Warriors series?

nope, not really

koei made a whole string of games involving all the same characters

Destiny of an Emperor is probably the best 2d RPG of all time

there's i think 5 games set in 2nd centuty china with all the same cast of characters

Rotj · Post by **Rotj** » Tue May 16, 2006 3:13 pm

i used to play their rts game for a bit.. can't remember the name.. damn it. was on my amiga or something i think.

Tikker · Post by **Tikker** » Tue May 16, 2006 3:26 pm

fate of the dragon, or at least that's the name of the RTS for windows

Alphonso · Post by **Alphonso** » Tue May 16, 2006 4:51 pm

ive probably played rotk II almost as much as ive played EQ and im not even joking, but then I got ahold of rotk III and its even better imo. The thing I like about the older ones is they are less complex as the new ones and you get to play as entire kingdoms instead of just one dude.

I've tried the newer ones but just couldnt get into them, but my Snes is still hooked up just for these games which I have seriously played daily for like 14 years.

this is the best series of games ever made imo.. I got hooked on the story when i was like 8 years old when I beat destiny of an emperor for the first time which is a very very good rpg and you are missing out if you have never completed it.

ps another good game just liked these which is a bit easier is gemfire. its from koei and is for the genesis/snes(different characters though) also so you can get a rom of it.

Rotj · Post by **Rotj** » Wed May 17, 2006 1:52 pm

hah money link there tikker.. that's it