Total War: Three Kingdoms doesn't need a new game to finish what it started
There's so much potential still left in Three Kingdoms, and the recent decision to end support is a cutting blow to the community
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There's so much potential still left in Three Kingdoms, and the recent decision to end support is a cutting blow to the community
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I would’ve gotten away with it too, if it wasn’t for that pesky Mengde When it was announced that Three Kingdoms’ next expansion would focus on the war between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao and the Battle of Guandu, I had one question: are they going to recreate that scene from the TV show? You know, the one where Cao Cao laughs in Yuan Shao’s face and then runs off waving his arms and snickering, like the pantomime villain he is? I figured the answer would be no (fair enough: I’m pretty sure that never actually happened in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms novel), but even without it thi...
10/03/21 Perhaps it’s just me returning to Three Kingdoms after a long absence, but Fates Divided feels like the most immediately gripping chapter pack yet. This may even be due to my time away, because if I had to choose an entry point for new players, the freshly boiled-over conflict of this 200 CE start would be it. Both Cao Cao and Yuan Shao’s opening turns are long and decision-rich. Both begin with sizable territory and several armies positioned to ignite or resolve conflict on multiple fronts. Starting these campaigns feels like being handed someone else’s save file just as thing...
We play Total War: Three Kingdoms' latest expansion without raising a single army Total War games are not supposed to be played peacefully. It’s right there in the name. Though many other large-scale strategy games offer non-violent victory conditions or playstyles, this series has always been about crushing opponents in the theatre of war. But Three Kingdoms is a slightly different creature. Ever since the game launched a couple of years ago, players have been trying – and sometimes even succeeding – to play pacifist campaigns. They’re possible for the first time in the series thanks...