Amazon Maximum Age: 20 years Amazon Minimum Age: 60 months Binding: Video Game EAN: 0040198001151 ESRB Age Rating: Everyone Label: Sony Manufacturer: Sony Model: 040198001151 Platform: PlayStation2 Publisher: Sony Sales Rank: 9237 Studio: Sony
Features:
This 7th chapter in the acclaimed Three Kingdoms series offers players 10 scenarios with multiple endings
Players can choose to play any of China's 535 historical officers who lived during that period
Amazon.com Product Description: Romance of the Three Kingdoms VII, the seventh title of the series, invites you to live your own Three Kingdoms experience. You will travel back to ancient China and play as any of 535 possible characters. Features new to this installment include multiplayer modes and quicker gameplay. The game has 10 scenarios, each with multiple endings.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Top of the line.
As a big fan of this series, I've tried out most of the games bearing the tilte of 'Three Kingdoms', and this one is my favorite. It offers the most freedom and independence for the player to develop their character(s), and I find its graphics the most enjoyabel as well.
Rating: - Ancient Chinese History Can Be Exciting.
I admit that when I first started playing this game, it wasn't exactly what I thought it would be. Nevertheless, I got addicted for a short time once I figured out how to play the game. This game is pretty much a decision-making, strategy game, kind of like SimCity. It takes place during the the first 500 years of Chinese history. A "game" ends either when your character dies without an heir or when all three kingdoms of China are united under one ruler. You can choose to just be a warlord or plain officer or a wandering ronin with no allegiance to anyone or a liege in charge of a 3rd of China. Out of all the options, I found the liege option to be the most rewarding. You have to make the most decisions, but it's the only way you have total control over how the outcome of the game will end (in all the other choices, the game can end without you rising as far in status and power as you would like). Not everyone will enjoy this game, but it can be rewarding. It's a great way to learn a bunch of names from ancient Chinese history.
Rating: - The crown jewel of the series!
To me, this was when the Romance of the three kingdoms series hit it's high point. Romance 8 expanded upon it but I still like this one a little better. For one thing the combat is slighly easier to get into. You don't have to wait three months before you can engage in warfare. The gameplay is hard but not so hard that you go crazy unlike Romance IX. If you want you can just forget about trying to conquer China at all and just live as a ronin and build your characters stats which is cool.
The music in the game is some of the best in the series. It is worth playing through the game just to hear the majestic score at the end of the game. Multiple endings are good of course although it can be hard to get the 'good' endings. I always became a tyrant and then got conquered by the Xianbei. I hate them so much.
Anyway, this game is a great strategy game but is not for beginners or people who like fast paced games although with this series that goes without saying.
Rating: - Yawn. Almost Like A Board Game
This game is based on stats. Which means, you get a menu after choosing who you want to be, and pick a command like, "Visit" You never see a visit, just see a talking bubble and a faceset of a character pop-up thanking you for visiting them. Then your stats are raised. This goes on and on for all of the commands. Nothing big happens, just a message telling you what happened after selecting it. I'm a big fan of "Show not tell" I don't want to be told defense went up in my region, I want to place my men accordingly and watch them defend. I want to go up to the person I visit, see them, press X, and then talk. Not see them pop up in my menu screen and thank me for visiting them. I do have to say that once you get farther into the game, it gets more involving with battles and taking over regions. It still, however was not a game for me. It reminds me of a really complex game of Risk, which again, reminds me of "the board game" aspect of it only turned into a video game. The music is great, but repititive. And multiple endings to the game adds a ton of replay value which is always a plus! I suggest rent before buying...and read reviews before even renting. :)
Rating: - I am romanced by rotk 7
I recently rented the game and i am compelled to buy it. I will soon by it and found my self romanced by the three kingdoms. It has the addictive qualities of games such as sim city but with the plt of the book. The feature that allows you to create your own liege amd his vassals is very inovative in addition you get to choose the area you desire your characters dynasty to be located.The graphics are not going to aw anyone and the soundtrack is something that takes getting used to. However reguardless of this inperfects i still give this game two thumbs up and 5 stars.
- Top of the line.
- Ancient Chinese History Can Be Exciting.
- Yawn. Almost Like A Board Game
