Romance of Three Kingdom XIII Power Up Kit Announced

[Asch999]

http://gematsu.com/2016/08/romance-three-kingdoms-xiii-power-kit-announced-ps4-ps3-pc

I hope more interaction, event will be added, kinda bored with the same conversation when visiting spouse or officer

Update, translation of new features by Featherine

Messaggio originale di Featherine~:

For something more complete, easy to read, from top to bottom:
~ Sorry in advance for typos and whatnot, English's not my first language ~

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http://www.gamecity.ne.jp/sangokushi13/wpk/features.html

- "Fame" will be introduced, a system to show the World your way of living, it is how the World will recognize you and your actions.
- Multiple paths possible in the Fame system.
For instance you can be known as a chivalrous officer who formed up his own unit and competes for the domination of the land, or be known as a "merchant" type financial power who supports other factions with your wealth, more playstyles introduced.
- Moreover, you can be known as a peerless strategist whose abilities to move men and capture fortresses spreads throughout the land, this would bring you much more influence and choices available when you enter a government/get a place of importance in the ministry.
- Example given with Sun Ce's picture:
He could either lead the life of a general at the head of an army, or fade into the darkness of history and live as an assassin who targets generals' lives.

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- There are various conditions to acquire Fame, depending on what exactly your officer accomplishes, the Fame you earned will be different. If you later keep on distinguishing yourself, a divergence in Fame can be reached. At high levels of Fame you will be introduced to plenty of "powerful & attractive" options.
- Example given with Sun Ce's picture:
If you lead a virtuous path the first Fame you can earn is "遊侠" (Knight). After reaching that point, the path can diverge between "侠者" (Man of the people, fight for the weak) or "賊徒" (Rebel/Bandit) depending on whether you continue working for the good of the people or bring chaos to the World.

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- When you acquire certain Fames, you will be able to use unique actions corresponding to the path you took. Moreover, various events related to your Fame will be generated.
- Examples given in the picture:
Pic1 ~ Using [Recruit] to enlist soldiers and form a private army, you will be able to spearhead an attack on another power/faction and liberate their city, for instance.
Pic2 ~ As a "Knight" you will be able to undertake requests from powerful factions and gain even more Fame.
Pic3 ~ As a "Bandit" you will be able to plunder a city and steal their food and money.
Pic4 ~ If you live the life of a chivalrous Knight, the common people might come to you for help and create various events.

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http://www.gamecity.ne.jp/sangokushi13/wpk/features3.html

- To put more emphasis on the strategic nature of the country's map, the troops' morale will now gradually decrease while marching.
- Long marches will weaken both the unit's strength as well as it's morale. However, by standing on a strategic location, a unit's morale and strength will recover.
- Whether you decide to give your soldiers some rest and allow them to get their strength back, thus giving the opponent a chance to prepare, or force them to march continuously, the choice is yours. It will greatly increase this feeling of "taking a gamble" as should be in warfare.
- Evidently, aiming for exhausted troops with low morale will give you a powerful advantage.
- Examples in the pictures:
Pic1 ~ The unit's morale can be checked right under their number. From best conditions to worst Green > Yellow > Red > Grey.
Pic2 ~ Liu Bei leading regular troops and Sun Ce leading his independent private troops team up to attack Jianye. Due to the march and combat, you can see the difference in morale.

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http://www.gamecity.ne.jp/sangokushi13/wpk/features2.html

- What is the War Concil ? A meeting with the various commanders to decide which tactics to employ before the battle.
- Which strategy to go with as well as tactical spots can be proposed and decided beforehand.
- The Supreme Commander decides who to invite to the War Council and who will take part in the battle, the participating armies will then decide the course of action. It is even possible for the Supreme Commander himself to join the fray.
- Moreover, depending on what strategy you propose it is possible that other commander will disagree, turning into a verbal warfare where you will have to convince them that your plan is the best (Debate then).
- Examples in pictures:
Pic1 ~ The strategy can be set during the War council. Depending on how you plan to fight, your forces' disposition can greatly change. Some of the strategies I can see there
# 陥穽戦術 / Trap Strategy (maybe pitfalls and the likes)
# 落石戦術 / Falling Rocks Strategy (Like an avalanche I guess)
# 操兵戦術 / Not really sure, definitely a buff but I don't know what exactly.
# 軍楽陣戦術 / Military Music/Drums Camp, probably a base/camp buff
# 医療陣戦術 / Medical Treatment Camp
# 祈祷戦術 / Prayer
Strategies cost points, right column, you can also see which terrain is required for each strategy (you can see grass icon, mountain/rocky icon, forest, base etc...)
Pic2 ~ To improve the strategy's effectiveness, arrange your forces carefully ! The route and place to execute the strategy must be decided, plan accordingly.
Pic3 ~ Siege battle, such is the arrangement on the defensive side. It was spread out inside and out of the castle to make the best use of the time the strategy will go in effect.

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- The strategies will trigger when you gain total control of the required area and the associated base.
- If you can gain control of the mountains, a critical blow can be dealt to the enemy using the Falling Rocks Strategy and overwhelm their formation, with the Medical Treatment Camp strategy you can heal the wounded soldiers, by mastering those various strategies it will bring another factor than troop count to decide who wins the battle. You could even overturn a desperate situation in some cases !
- Examples in pictures:
Pic1 ~ The forces of Liu Bei in the middle of the screen use the Military Music Camp strategy. This increases in a wide area the morale of all allied units. Rousing the various units, they all seek to overcome this dire situation.
Pic2 ~ Sun Jian's army and Zhang Jiao's army clash in the field. Will Sun Jian face them directly or try to capture the base on the hill and unleash a devastating strategy... ?

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- All the battlefield areas have been expanded 4 times over.
- With the introduction of the War Council the fights will take place over an even larger area as well. Will you secure the bases and strategic points to use strategies ? And with the larger areas involved, how will you dispatch your troops to secure areas and attack the opponent ? Your battle smarts will be tested like never before.
- Examples in pictures:
Pic1 ~ Yuan Shao's army is en route to capture Cao Cao's castle. The defending side in a siege battles occupies the bases, forcing a huge strategic and field disadvantage on the opponent.
Pic2 ~ Yuan Shao's army having made it to the castle gate, the forces of Cao Cao put up a strong defense, turning this into a heated battle !




And that's it. IIRC they said it was 60% done so maybe they'll update the site at a later date with more stuff, or maybe this is all that's planned.

[ggsimmonds]

Messaggio originale di erobotan:

Messaggio originale di ggsimmonds:

Did someone just attempt to turn this into a political thing? I don't know whether to be impressed or depressed

well, it's the reality, it's fact, it's all over the news. It might not fun for some people, but fact is fact. Do not get triggered over a fact, it's mean you deny reality.

Edit: Vikingr is misinformed and calling my race xenophobic, i believe i have a right for self defense here & point out the true culprits.

Its all over the news that they won't release games over here because of the left wing?? Hmph, must of missed it.
I think you may just be misinformed

[Guess5050]

Messaggio originale di Víkingr:

Messaggio originale di Nox:

Given koeis behavior lately I would be shocked if it did not release soon after it came out of japan maybe 3-5 monuths after?

I really hope so. It's rather annoying that they keep so much stuff for themselfs while we have to wait months or years for certain things thats if they even make it to the West in the first place. Does Koei hate the West or something? I just don't understand why you would limit your product to a certain region only. Does it cost them more vs profit to ship their games to the West? I've seen the excuse that its because these games are "Asian heritage" which is a reason why we dont see some of these games or the PUK versions but honestly that strikes me as racist and xenophobic if that is the case. Games like CKII or EUIV should then be region locked because those are largely "Europeon heritage". Idk... Maybe I see it the wrong way but this is just based off my observations. Koei is not the only Asian developer to do these things either.

Are you trolling? The wait is due to translation. It has nothing to do with region lock. You're free to purchase the Asian PUK on release but just don't expect to understand it.

It has nothing to do with Asian hating the West. As far as I know, CKII doesn't officially support any Asian language.

Edit: Furthermore, it's basic economics. They are going to release Asian version first because ROTK 13's largest market is in Asia. It's the same reason why CKII doesn't bother translating their games into Japanese, Chinese etc.

[erobotan]

Messaggio originale di ggsimmonds:

Messaggio originale di erobotan:

well, it's the reality, it's fact, it's all over the news. It might not fun for some people, but fact is fact. Do not get triggered over a fact, it's mean you deny reality.

Edit: Vikingr is misinformed and calling my race xenophobic, i believe i have a right for self defense here & point out the true culprits.

Its all over the news that they won't release games over here because of the left wing?? Hmph, must of missed it.
I think you may just be misinformed

Me misinformed? Lol! You're the guy who says that Konami makes Romance of the Three Kingdoms series lol

[Blahto Blahtoto]

Eyy!! who is the officer/s do you think needs a new portrait? civil and battle,
mine would be Liao Hua, Cheng Pu and Huang Gai

[erobotan]

Messaggio originale di Blahto Blahtoto:

Eyy!! who is the officer/s do you think needs a new portrait? civil and battle,
mine would be Liao Hua, Cheng Pu and Huang Gai

I'm curious to see Meng Huo and Sha Moke in civil officer's clothing! But more than that i wan't to see Dong Zhuo's fat 3D model, seeing him buff & athletic feels wrong!

[Sandiko]

I think the thing we need added mostly is later on scenarios to stop at 214 is quite sad really. So much more happened after that time period that is missed so i would really like to see something else added.

Also i hate the fact there is no event for Yuan Shu declaring himself as emperor. As this was the chain of events that led to Sun Ce declaring independence from him not the other way around

[КрснК]

Messaggio originale di ggsimmonds:

Messaggio originale di erobotan:

well, it's the reality, it's fact, it's all over the news. It might not fun for some people, but fact is fact. Do not get triggered over a fact, it's mean you deny reality.

Edit: Vikingr is misinformed and calling my race xenophobic, i believe i have a right for self defense here & point out the true culprits.

Its all over the news that they won't release games over here because of the left wing?? Hmph, must of missed it.
I think you may just be misinformed

Before speaking about others, at least google it. You shall see that some asian games (like DOA, for example) have been getting through controversy in the west due feminist blabbering. Just google it, it's not hard.

Anyway, I've been waiting for updates and the PUK for this game to see if it's worth. Almost made a mistake thinking about getting NA:SOI Ascension too that is a bugfest comparing to its predecessor (and with no support whatsoever), so I want to avoid a mistake about this one as well.

[Nox]

Messaggio originale di Княз.Славук:

Messaggio originale di ggsimmonds:

Its all over the news that they won't release games over here because of the left wing?? Hmph, must of missed it.
I think you may just be misinformed

Before speaking about others, at least google it. You shall see that some asian games (like DOA, for example) have been getting through controversy in the west due feminist blabbering. Just google it, it's not hard.

Anyway, I've been waiting for updates and the PUK for this game to see if it's worth. Almost made a mistake thinking about getting NA:SOI Ascension too that is a bugfest comparing to its predecessor (and with no support whatsoever), so I want to avoid a mistake about this one as well.

Sorry, but what how is NA;SOL Ascension a bugfest?

[Havamal]

Messaggio originale di Guess5050:

Messaggio originale di Víkingr:

I really hope so. It's rather annoying that they keep so much stuff for themselfs while we have to wait months or years for certain things thats if they even make it to the West in the first place. Does Koei hate the West or something? I just don't understand why you would limit your product to a certain region only. Does it cost them more vs profit to ship their games to the West? I've seen the excuse that its because these games are "Asian heritage" which is a reason why we dont see some of these games or the PUK versions but honestly that strikes me as racist and xenophobic if that is the case. Games like CKII or EUIV should then be region locked because those are largely "Europeon heritage". Idk... Maybe I see it the wrong way but this is just based off my observations. Koei is not the only Asian developer to do these things either.

Are you trolling? The wait is due to translation. It has nothing to do with region lock. You're free to purchase the Asian PUK on release but just don't expect to understand it.

It has nothing to do with Asian hating the West. As far as I know, CKII doesn't officially support any Asian language.

Edit: Furthermore, it's basic economics. They are going to release Asian version first because ROTK 13's largest market is in Asia. It's the same reason why CKII doesn't bother translating their games into Japanese, Chinese etc.

My post was not exactly well thought out, I had no intentions triggering peoples. I should have known better using the words racist and xenophobic would stir up trouble. My post was from frustration over the years of many games that are East exclusive, quite a few of the ROTK series and NA that the West never gets to have, same with the PUK versions, not all have came to the West. I don't expect the West to have it before Asia, as stated many times above Asia is their main market so I understand they will have it first. But again, as stated above we are in the digital era now and there should be no excuse for any of these games not coming to the West ( and vice versa) gaming compainies from the East and West alike should take more time to translate their games for everybody, or at least the major , most spoken languages..

There is clearly is a market in the West for these types of games, and yes I'm sure it is no where near the same compared ro Asia but I can't help but think when they keep pulling stuff like Asia exclusives, and PUK only for Asia that they loose what they do have in the West piece by piece.

[ggsimmonds]

Messaggio originale di Княз.Славук:

Messaggio originale di ggsimmonds:

Its all over the news that they won't release games over here because of the left wing?? Hmph, must of missed it.
I think you may just be misinformed

Before speaking about others, at least google it. You shall see that some asian games (like DOA, for example) have been getting through controversy in the west due feminist blabbering. Just google it, it's not hard.

Anyway, I've been waiting for updates and the PUK for this game to see if it's worth. Almost made a mistake thinking about getting NA:SOI Ascension too that is a bugfest comparing to its predecessor (and with no support whatsoever), so I want to avoid a mistake about this one as well.

Every genre of videogames and nearly every game company at one point faces controversy.

And the guy is explicitly blaming the left wing for some games not being released in the West, then said it was in the news. DOA being criticzed is not the same thing. My google skills apparently are lacking. Provide a news source that demonstrates the left wing blocking release of any Asian made game.

[Sandiko]

To be honest i couldnt care less lets keep it focused on the expansion and what it brings. Let's keep it away from some petty arguement that achieves nothing

[Havamal]

Messaggio originale di ggsimmonds:

Messaggio originale di Княз.Славук:

Before speaking about others, at least google it. You shall see that some asian games (like DOA, for example) have been getting through controversy in the west due feminist blabbering. Just google it, it's not hard.

Anyway, I've been waiting for updates and the PUK for this game to see if it's worth. Almost made a mistake thinking about getting NA:SOI Ascension too that is a bugfest comparing to its predecessor (and with no support whatsoever), so I want to avoid a mistake about this one as well.

Every genre of videogames and nearly every game company at one point faces controversy.

And the guy is explicitly blaming the left wing for some games not being released in the West, then said it was in the news. DOA being criticzed is not the same thing. My google skills apparently are lacking. Provide a news source that demonstrates the left wing blocking release of any Asian made game.

i think his news & left wing comment was sarcasm... at least I hope so lol

[roninking322]

so can we get back to talking about about this PUK and for once no waste time in a game forum flaming each other for having different views. any updates on release asian or western? (ill admit i dont feel like scrolling up to see if i missed one so if anyones wishes to tell me great if not thats cool too)

[nhy7bgt6]

Messaggio originale di roninking322:

so can we get back to talking about about this PUK and for once no waste time in a game forum flaming each other for having different views. any updates on release asian or western? (ill admit i dont feel like scrolling up to see if i missed one so if anyones wishes to tell me great if not thats cool too)

RoTK13 was released on 27th Jan, and then English version on 5th July. So do expect to wait for about half a year for English version PUK.

[erobotan]

it might sounds unlikely but i'm still betting on same day release for the PUK