So where is the actual "three kingdoms campaign" WU SHU AND WEI

[Leo Major]

You know the whole 3 kingdoms under CAO CAO (CAO PI), LIU BEI, AND SUN QUAN

WEi SHU AND WU

How is that not even in this game?!?!?!?!?

This makes no sense to me...

Does CA even know what the THREE KINGDOMS stood for??

[Mopei_ECO200Y]

This is why it is false marketing to call this game "Total War Three Kingdoms" because the game's last starting date is 200, and the actual three kingdoms period from 220 onwards is not included in the game. Someone should really take CA to court and sue them for this gross false marketing practice to mislead consumers creating the false perception that this game is supposed to take place during the Three Kingdoms period, which it doesn't. The correct and more honest title for this game would be "Total War end of Eastern Han" and not "Three Kingdoms", because the game does not take place during the actual Three Kingdoms period, shame on CA for it's deceitful and misleading business practices, I hope they go bankrupt and collapse.

[Leo Major]

Yup It's disgusting

[Zoey]

For me personally I don't mind that this starting scenario doesn't exist. Creating an alternate history through your own actions that leads to a three kingdoms event is more appealing to me personally. Though I do respect the thoughts and desires of others.

However, I am curious whenever this topic is brought up no one seems to have any idea on how to balance it. With the way the game works Wei is going to be capable of spilling out much more armies due to the higher income. It will also control all of the minor settlements that reduce the costs of cavalry making them extremely cheap and easy to spam to support a more typically functional army.

You can't expect Shu and Wu to work together forever just as their relations declined and war was waged between them historically. Once this occurs in game Wei can just stomp on them both in game as the Jing Province was a contested area between the two from the start of the TK formation.

Has anyone here ever lost in this game when they already have as much land as conquered as Wei historically? At this point in the game even if the other kingdoms still have their capital it's just a mass army grouping and drill straight into the capital away from winning. The AI just isn't bright enough to solve these major disadvantage issues.

I know some will object here and say they'd rather play as Shu and Wu anyways. The AI is easy enough to beat in these starting positions as well. Let's say you're playing Shu. Reinforce your northern border with Wei and use your other half of the forces bunched up and just drill straight into Wu, when Wu surrenders just drill into Wei and ignore everything along the way. This game's end game has always been severely flawed and starting in the 3K period would have made for the worst piece of DLC this game would have ever had.

[Ryan]

There was a huge discussion about this when the game ended support. It seemed the player base at the time didn't want this because it was a stale mate and rise of the warlord period is what three kingdom is known for.

I would enjoy it for the new generation of characters and maybe a historical ending cut scene. People at that time would argue that the next generation of character are boring.

[Smisloff]

Its not to hard to mod to make this happen (without events), but its not fun as you lose the whole diplomacy aspect

[eee]

are there any mods out there that change the map like this?

[Smisloff]

No, I dont think so. It's not hard but it takes a lot of time so I guess thats why it doesn't exist

[Raymond]

smart move by CA. The actual Three Kingdom period barely took up the second half of the second book in a 2-volume romance. and it was the most boring part of the story. CA would have receive a lot more backlash than what they went through with the Eight Prince and SoC DLCs if they were stupid enough to release the 3K DLC.