![]() ![]() It’s based in the post Yellow Turban Rebellion time period and goes up to the infamous “Battle of Red Cliffs”, though mysteriously you face Lu Bu as the final boss who was neither a member of Wei nor alive at that point in time… That could be a manga thing though, or a game thing for that matter. That being said, the Warriors franchise was quick to get away from the book’s extreme bias towards the Shu side of the period, framing the Wei army as the villains and the Wu as inferior, but this game keeps it to the book with Wei as the straight up evil villains to the heroic Shu army’s … erm, heroism. The story is based on a manga called “Tenchi wo Kurau”, which uses the fictionalised accounts of the Three Kingdoms Era of China from the book “Romance of the Three Kingdoms” as its base, like the Dynasty Warriors series. Something about his picture is making it hard to believe he’s actually all that bothered about it… Throw in a classic “tap as fast as you can” mini game surrounding eating and that’s about your lot! It’s just nine stages of satisfying CAPCOM scrolling beat ‘em up action, so… nothing to complain about, but not a lot to write about.Īs for genre clichés it has overweight enemies (that don’t breathe fire…) and… that’s about it, but given its set in the Three Kingdoms era of China, it’s not a shocker its lacking in lifts, ninjas and female warriors (don’t always believe what Dynasty Warriors tells you!) ![]() There are still weapons and health pick-ups as well, for the record! It’s fun and more in-keeping with the mood the game is going for. The unique selling point of this game is the old health-draining special moves being replaced by the ability to summon your horse and then fight enemies of horseback until you take damage. ![]() ![]() Up to three players can fight using traditional CAPCOM beat ‘em up controls of moving to the right of the screen with one button being attack and the other jump, plus walk into an enemy and you can throw them with a rather period-inaccurate wrestling move. I like the “people in the foreground” effect on some of the battlefield stages. ![]()
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