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rolltide101x said:
Muffin31190 said:
Try Kessen and Kessen 2, literally based directly from RotTK


I never played Kessen 1 and 2. I have Kessen 3. Is 1 and 2 way different?

Yes.  Kessen 3 is different as that's more like Dynasty Warriors except you control the armies together.  You can also have the AI control some armies, but when youu're controlling them it's like Dynasty Warriors.  Kessen 3 is also based on Nobunaga's Ambition, not Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Kessen 2 is Romance of the Three Kingdoms based storyline.  The first two games have where you have a large tactical map and you can move your characters to them, have them attack other units, etc.  You can control the leader in Kessen 2, and change the odds in your favor a little bit, but not like in Kessen 3 or Dynasty Warriors.  The battles in Kessen also last a longer period of time.

If you've played specifically a Romance of the Three Kingdoms game, turn based month by month, or three turns a month in Romance of the Three Kingdoms 9, then like someone else mentioned, play Nobunaga's Ambition.  The PS2 Nobunaga's Ambition games Rise to Power and Iron Triangle were released in the US and have a real time system when attacking, and use the classic Romance of the Three Kingdoms style rather than the Romance of the Three Kingdoms 7 style which seems to be developed to make everything take a lot longer to do the same stuff. 

My favorite game of all time is Brigandine Legend of Forsena and its remake Brigandine Grand Edition.  These games are also like Romance of the Three Kingdoms but you don't have to deal with increasing morale, loyalty, etc, etc.  You send allies on quests, you move them to different cities, or you attack.  It's world map is similar to the world map of a Romance of the Three Kingdoms games where each area has a border and you have multiple countries fighting for domination.  It's an amazing game.  Read my review.  http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=176224&page=1

If you want a game that is somewhat like Kessen 2 and 3 mixed together, but a little bit closer to Kessen 3, then you will probably like Bladestorm the 100 Year War.  It's made by Koei for the PS360 and it's pretty much Kessen except it's based in  France during the late middle ages.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UCCA4XZVDI