The base game has been on my wish list and I was planning on holding off for a bit to work on my backlog. But, on a recent 3MA podcast, most rated it as their game of the year. So, I will pick it up soon.
On a side note, steam tells me that this just launched:
English translation to come next month. Looks like it’s an iteration on IX and XI, so it’s not an officer RPG like X or XIII, but probably better mechanics and AI.
But will it have $1000+ of DLC like other Koei Tecmo games?
Probably at least a PUK to come, and 100s of officer portrait DLCs.
She seems popular.
Another day, another micro Total War Three Kingdoms expansion.
I’d like to see Eastern Jin and the Battle of Fei river… one day. That day will be some very distant time in the future though.
Hmmm I just noticed that three kingdoms --a total war game that I have avoided so far --has the “this is total war” achievement. An achievement I spent countless hours on in Rome 2 and Atillla… looks like it may be time to try again. (Atilla was easier because of the eastern empire interest rate).
I wonder which faction would be a good one for that?
Well thematically it should be done as Cao Cao.
Which is pronounced Saoh-Saoh, not cow-cow!
This is a Saoh-Saoh. (They are dangerous bastards despite looking so cute)
RH I’ll let you know when I start that… Bactria was pretty good in Rome 2. Eastern Roman empire in Attilla… but I can’t make heads or tails about strengths in this game yet.
I’m tempted to try it myself. You can make peace with them afterwards right? If so, it is kind of classic Cao Cao.
no, that’s Chow Chow, you’re thinking of an Italian saying goodbye.
RH they’ll be no peace --there will be only total war. The total war chievo is only if you are war with every encountered enemy every turn. All the way.
BTW it is hard to start this whole “this is total war” achievement without grabbing every dlc… sigh… looks like I will have to go big on this. Any hints at the best faction to start are welcome.
Whelp. That sounds hard.
Probably a corner faction. Sun Jian, Gonsun Zan, or Ma Teng (although Ma Teng is only a “potential” corner faction, you need to take the corners first).
In the main camapaign, you can turn Gong Du, the Yellow Turban, into a corner faction, with a lot of head bashing.
If playing the Eight Princes, Sima Ying is stuck over in Sichuan and can kind of hole up there.
Thinking about it a bit more Gong Du might actually make sense for this sort of playthrough because everyone already hates the Yellow Turbans, or are actually at war with them at the start. You probably only have to declare on the couple Yellow Turban buddies you start with - but for Gong Du, they’re on the other side of the map. I like Gong Du’s civilization bonuses as well. So it would hardly be different than just the usual Yellow Turban campaign.
I started as Sun Jian on the original campaign start, and it seems super doable. He has half of China to himself.