ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS XIV

Love this game! I like the freedom to move around the map and not being restricted to route like previous version. This allows innovative movement to isolate enemies.

If you like ruler based ROTK games then Koei did a good job here overall. The most important parts like AI aggressiveness, battles and UI are all in a good state. The game suffers from a high degree of balance issues mid-late game as you'll have so much gold you wont know what to do with it as well as some trivialization of diplomacy and difficulty by forcing compliance with other AI factions via that surplus. I can see where some players may not enjoy the direction battles went due to the lack of control. However after spending some time with it I enjoy the streamlined speed efficiency as well as a bit of immersion factor like how things didn't always go according to plan in the novels. The biggest con for me is the price point being so high still and a ton of base level content being locked behind DLC.

Fun RPG war game.

If you like officer play, this is not the game for you. This is more in the vein of RTK 9 and 11. (I think 9 was the one where you controlled the rulers with castles all over the map... it has been a long time.)

You of course will need the DLC to make full use of the game, Koei Tecmo being Koei Tecmo, however it is a solid game overall. The turns are broken down into 10 days per cycle which I think was a bit of a mistake. They should have followed the awakening bit where you can manually pause after tasks are done and went for more of a real time system in this one. If they had done that, I think this would have been viewed as one of the better RTKs they made. The pause every 10 days kind of takes away from that and makes the game seem very slow especially when you can have battles raging all across the map.

The supply line system is a new addition and I am not sure if they will keep it going forward, but I think that including things like logistics is very important in any war. How easy it is to cut off can potentially be an issue but I do understand the logic and rationale behind it. Also having generals with both good and bad traits makes for interesting game play. For instance, in my play I had Yu Jin and Xiahou Yuan move to cut off Yuan Shao's forces. Due to the personality of Xiahou Yuan he just ran right into the forces and engaged when they got too close due to personality, where Yu Jin carried out orders and saved the rather suicidal general.

Buildings also play a major impact. An arrow tower with walls in the right spot can really hurt enemy forces and give you enough time to come to the rescue of your territory and destroy what is left of the enemy, as well as building morale boosting buildings and camps near big cities you are going to attack. If you like ruler play this is a good title that could have been great if they had went real time instead of the 10 day per turn cycle. There are just too many pauses and imagine battles playing out with you only pausing to give new commands or to make changes. You could keep the limits of actions, but again take a play from the Nobunaga Awakening playbook in how you handle the month to month transitions... just not all the way as that game has its own issues.

Overall not a bad RTK title. Is it worth full price? Probably not. On sale it might be a gem to pick up because due to it being ruler only, the usual people are going to snowball in the main scenarios. I have yet to try Liu Bei in the Guan Du scenario to see if it is possible to not only survive but to win as him, as he has two cities and sandwiched between three super powers, but it might be doable by someone with the skills and planning. It's just a shame that Koei Tecmo always comes < > close to making a great game only to give up on it... or go make a disaster that is RTK 8 and then release patches that do not even fix what the main issue is. (AKA the AI never attacks each other at a certain point.)

This and 13 have the opposite issue. The AI can and will attack you. You can also really be punished hard if you launch an attack and do not plan it through, I once suffered a defeat as a snowballing Cao Cao because I attacked a city and did not bother securing the supply lines, only to have my armies wiped out and to be hit pretty hard. Did not cause a game over, but it was more than enough to put me on the edge of my seat for a while. Maybe one day they will get the formula down for the ruler based games. I really think they should look into making them real time with manual pauses to address civil issues, as in to do city stuff every month etc, then watching as battles unfold rather than seeing it start, pause, issue more commands, pause, and you be waiting for the results 5 turns later. Missed opportunity there.

I love this Game

除了貴，還是貴，一個游戲要拆那麽多次分開來賣，韭菜搾乾了變成了韭菜乾再繼續搾。。。光榮就是厲害把收入最大化！不過還是要推薦下，UI確實好看！

If you played RTK 11 before. This is not as good as RTK 11. Otherwise this game is good. Very easy to get into the game.

I thought this game would be fun, but it isn't what I thought it would be, and the price is way too high for this game.

I wish there was a middle thumb for a meh rating. If you want to play a better version of this game go buy the remake of number 8. Somehow the quality of life in a remade game is better than this, it also doesn't have the awful DLC problem this game seems to have.

it's a fun look into the rotk landscape and resource management

back to the older styles of more strategy, some parts of battles are a bit silly but otherwise doesnt detract from a ROTK that is back to the older style of sim

Finally got this during the KOEI sale, was surprised how much I enjoyed it after seeing the mixed reviews. It may just be my favorite ROTK ever as someone who's previous favorites are IX and XI.

Pros:
-Grid system means every piece of land is important
-Combat is addictive, I personally love giving orders and watching it play out (not for everyone I understand)
-Domestics is simple, but still has depth if you want to min max
-Ability to randomize force placement, increasing re-playability
-Administration system is a cool new addition that allows new strategy adjustments mid-game

Mixed:
-Tactics not having enough explanation, not sure which are the strongest or how much damage they will do
-Overall slow pace of the game is a turn-off at first, but I feel this is just part of the game
-Honestly, this is the strongest AI I have seen in an ROTK game, but they have major issues when it comes to attacking and defending gates.
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Bad:
-Duels are extremely unbalanced, rarely do you see a duel where the War between officers is even. You can't decline duels or outright avoid them like how you could by placing an officer in the back of the formation in IX. Luckily you can turn off duels which I highly recommend, it just makes the overall playing experience more enjoyable.
-Some translations in English seem not clear or broken, I had to figure out for myself what it meant just through playing the game what some of the text meant

Overall, if you're a fan of past ruler based ROTK gameplay this one is a must if you haven't given this one a shot.

The AI just keeps stealing your villages with plots and spawning bandits thats the whole game its amazing

Great game! Although it took a few sessions to get the interface which has changed from earlier versions as well as other KOEI games, still the same great strategy game. Highly recommend.

good game

Bought this after buying 8 remake... I needed my rotk XI fix, this is it. the battle are different, people described it best as chess. you cant react to what your enemy did. you can only react to what your enemy is going to do, because its a blend of turned base and real time (you decide by turns but the whole game moves at the same time), you have the predict where and what your opponent is going to do and react to that. sometime you get it right and sometime you get it wrong. its addicting.

I recommend the following;
*disable the duels, too much rpg magic for me, and you re only watching them so nothing lost anyway.

* set the tactics "power" to low

There is a depth to this title that is not obvious but makes it a one of a kind game.

A phenomenal strategy game that more than lives up to the rich legacy of Koei's series of grand strategy wargames. ROTKXIV demands a significant amount of management skills (both on the macro and micro level) and thus may not be best suited for newcomers to the genre. However, once the player is able to grasp a hold of its many complex systems, it can provide one of the most satisfying and addicting strategic gameplay in the market.

good game

Fuck KOEI

Good Classic style game.

cool game

Complex but fun turn-based strategy

GOOD GAME

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good for a fan.

I didnt feel anyone was being particularly romantic towards me so :C