You'll grow attached to the diverse cast and their struggles without being pulled from the action for significant periods of time.Īnd there's plenty of action doled out in the many battles that range across Japan's scattered and contentious shogunates. Everything unfolds in short, manageable cutscenes between major and minor conflicts as you progress, and as a result, the game never gets bogged down in ponderous, self-important storytelling. The tale is based loosely on historical fact, but there's plenty of romance, mysticism, and some ham-fisted comedy to spice up what might otherwise be textbook battles. Japan has been thrown into wild disarray, and Nobunaga Oda seeks to bring peace to the land by jamming a polearm into the face of every general he sees.īased on the Warring States period of Japanese history, Kessen III follows the story of a brash young nobleman named Oda Nobunaga as he sets about unifying a turbulent Japan by dominating the nation through military might. Kessen III delivers a good balance of tactical decision making and up-close action that will be most appealing to existing fans of Koei's other beat-'em-up works, but it's simple recipe for mass warfare can create an armchair general out of anyone. Battle commences when friendly and enemy units encounter one another and unit health is measured by the number of troops remaining in the unit.Koei's Kessen games are strategy-action hybrids that serve to bridge the gap between the company's statistics-dense strategy titles and the pure hack-and-slash swordfests that characterize its Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors series. During the battle itself, the player is in control of an individual unit and can switch between friendly units at any time, while the other units are controlled.
After being briefed on the mission's details, the player then selects which units to bring into the battle before issuing basic marching orders. The flow of the game begins with the player selecting a mission from those available on the map. His unlikely charisma inspires his troops after he is wrongly told of Nobunaga's death, which leads his friend to comment, 'Maybe he would be the one to unite Japan, if Lord Oda was dead.' The game also allows battles against other notable, such as and.There is a certain level of inaccuracy, due not only to the fantasy element, but also due to the appearance of, who had not yet been born when Nobunaga committed.Gameplay mechanics Kessen III refines the mechanics of the previous games even further while introducing new core elements. It describes Nobunaga regaining his power base, and then defeating forces led by the and other clans of Western Japan on the shores of, with Nobunaga presumably becoming the new leader.is in this game, presented as Nobunaga's mild-mannered and dedicated ally, but is shown flying into a rage when he learns that Nobunaga survives his betrayal, believing that he was going to carry out Nobunaga's destiny. For example, the existence of the and Nobunaga's relationship is covered herein but completely omitted from the Samurai Warriors games.The game paints a positive picture on Nobunaga's life, and then enters a 'what if' scenario showing what might have happened if he had survived the betrayal.
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It is a heavily fantasized and romanticized depiction of his life, although unlike games such as the series it goes into more specific historical details. Contrary to many stories and portrayals that depict him as a villain or demon, is depicted in a more virtuous and ultimately tragic light, making Kessen III rather unusual in relation to other video games based in the same era. Contents.Historical background The game's time frame is roughly between the years 1550 to 1590.
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