console exclusive: Nobunaga's Ambition 82 on metacritic

[Kagerow]

JWeinCom said:

Kagerow said:

JWeinCom said:
I only played the one with Pokemon, but it was a pretty solid strategy game. Is this coming to the US?

 

That game and this game is not going to be similar.

Remember Civilization V? Remove technological progression, complex construction / unit management and such from it. Then in that place, put Hero management simulator.

Entire game's difficulty hinges on having more skilled and talented officers under your boots than having better resource pool. So you will spent majority of game play on micro managing what your officers are supposed to do, their happiness, training, and loyalty. (Depending on the game.)

Also, they will allow you to create custom officer that you can use to become a new power, or just added as an extra officer you could use.

Depending on which entry in the series you play, it has different focus. Sphere of Influence focuses on Diplomacy, and nerfed management and combat aspect. Kinda forces on you though. On higher difficulty, enemies will cheat blatantly, like gaining twice as more resource than you do - making direct combat very difficult. (I didn't exactly played it, but I know someone who does. But this opinion is based on version without PK.)

Bummer.  Doesn't seem like my kind of thing.  Thanks for the description.

That said, some games (Sotensoku / RoTK 10, or 13 that is coming to the west) directly focuses on heroes. Allowing you to play individual hero (Or custom hero) like RPG. (You can even automate or skip regional management and/or combat) Completing quest, build relationship with famous people, learn new skill, improve stats, search for items and even marriage. (It does support 1v1 combat)

Of course, historical accuracy goes out of the window in this case.