What romance games are best?

[Skyheart]

I am a somewhat newer person to the romance of the three kingdoms games and have thus far played both 4 and 9 which i enjoyed both

My research online tells me that there are 2 "flavors" of RTK games where you either play as a force or as a officer

Having only played 4 and 9, im struggling on where to go next as i want to enjoy more of the series, i own a ps2, steam obv, and snes

any recommendations?

Edit: both "flavors" of game sound good to me, i just want some guidance on which are good vs bad, one part in particular i liked about 9 was how you could not just be a ruler, but could (become emperor) and have your own country

[Eut]

10 and 13 are good play as officer ones (which are my favorite). Though 13 is only good with puk, base it is just average. For ruler games, try 11. 12 is bad without the puk while 11 is amazing at base. Just stay away from this game this is honestly the worst of all the series. 11 stomps this game at every facet of gameplay and only loses to graphics (which is not a big deal in games like these anyway) It feels like they spent all their budget animating cao cao's hands

[Caprontos]

I think 11 also loses to this game at large scale combat and AI. 11 was very easy to just leapfrog around and had almost no threat outside the player making mistakes.

That said I agree 11, 10, 13 are all worth playing.. I don't think 12 had an English release and didn't look very fun so I have no idea on that.

I also agree its fine to skip this one till its cheap enough. Personally I think it's good but doesn't appear good intially. But I've found a lot more to like about it as I've played through it a few times. If they made the domestics less shallow, it'd easily be my favorite faction based ROTK game. But its very pricey and you have plenty of older games that you could try that are much cheaper.

Also you can look into the Nobunaga's Ambition series. Sphere of Influence is one of KOEI's best works, for these kinds of games. It has the best domestics imo.

[Eut]

11 and this game's combat has different appeals. You can't really say one wins over the other since they are very different systems (i forgot how good the combat in this gamr was). The combat in this game is actually its strongest point for me but it is still a hit or miss for people. The thing i absolutely dread about this game is how sluggish it feels. Had to play on 3x speed to make it feel normal paced. That and the lack of content for the price and koei butchering the game for more profit. If they included all the season passes and the puk with the price of the base game then that's the only time this game will be worth full price.

I highly suggest getting 13 and its PUK since you get both types of games in one. You can still be a ruler but with the added bonus of having officer play too. Not to mention you can make custom events there.

[Saeko]

My favorite is 11 !

9 & 10 & 13 is good too. but i would choice a second i would go in the nobunaga series like caprontos said !

[Caprontos]

Originally posted by Eut:

11 and this game's combat has different appeals.

Is fair, 11's appeal is pretty different to 14's. 11 is probably my favorite ROTK as I prefer faction to RPG generally - I think if KOEI bothered they could of made this one better. But short of PUK2, it doesn't seem they plan to. That I would pay even more to try and get what you expect out of the box feels bad.

The single indie ROTK has far more content for a lower price and made by a small team. There is no real excuse KOEI can't offer a lot more then they do other then they don't need to.

[Skyheart]

so basically im reading 14 is garbo stay away, 11 def worth trying, and 13 likely worth trying, what about older ones since i do have a ps2 and collect retro games? are any older than 9 worth playing

[Eut]

I cant comment on older rotk games since 9 was the oldest one i played but i recommend the nobunaga games on ps2. Its iron triangle and rise to power iirc.

[Ger]

14 is good enough and the traits gives more personality to the officers. It is by far the best ruler based game with more customization options. Looking back, i would also count with 9, another great ruler title, the best in 2D if you ask me and one of the pillars of RTK 14 gameplay.

[BloodyPork]

I played rtk 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14.

I think 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14 are all worth trying for sure, they all excel in different aspect. 14 is above average imho, definitely worth trying if you like 9 and 11.

The problem with this game genre is, it is very very niche. It's hard to find games that satisfy the craving for this kind of game, especially if you can't read japanese/chinese.

[Skyheart]

Originally posted by BloodyPork:

I played rtk 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14.

I think 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14 are all worth trying for sure, they all excel in different aspect. 14 is above average imho, definitely worth trying if you like 9 and 11.

The problem with this game genre is, it is very very niche. It's hard to find games that satisfy the craving for this kind of game, especially if you can't read japanese/chinese.

well i did get 13 on steam and am actively checking that one out, and i also got a ps2 disc of 11 i will try soon, but thanks for the recommendations, i will likely give them all a try at some point here, and yes being unable to read japanese or chinese is a pain

[BloodyPork]

Originally posted by ϟḱ¥ђ℮αґт:

Originally posted by BloodyPork:

I played rtk 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14.

I think 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14 are all worth trying for sure, they all excel in different aspect. 14 is above average imho, definitely worth trying if you like 9 and 11.

The problem with this game genre is, it is very very niche. It's hard to find games that satisfy the craving for this kind of game, especially if you can't read japanese/chinese.

well i did get 13 on steam and am actively checking that one out, and i also got a ps2 disc of 11 i will try soon, but thanks for the recommendations, i will likely give them all a try at some point here, and yes being unable to read japanese or chinese is a pain

11 is much much improved with PUK, probably the rtk that has the best PUK because it massively improves the AI (all the english ver just never get updated to the other language PC ai). Highly recommended to play the PC version with PUK, there's english patch somewhere out there.

The ps2 version AI of 11 is abysmal.

[Skyheart]

Originally posted by BloodyPork:

Originally posted by ϟḱ¥ђ℮αґт:

well i did get 13 on steam and am actively checking that one out, and i also got a ps2 disc of 11 i will try soon, but thanks for the recommendations, i will likely give them all a try at some point here, and yes being unable to read japanese or chinese is a pain

11 is much much improved with PUK, probably the rtk that has the best PUK because it massively improves the AI (all the english ver just never get updated to the other language PC ai). Highly recommended to play the PC version with PUK, there's english patch somewhere out there.

The ps2 version AI of 11 is abysmal.

i remember trying to find a version of 9 on pc with puk in english once upon a time but could never find such, might look at puk version later for 11. Maybe i will stumble upon where the patch and such is at some point when i am looking

[2much]

ROTK 3 is still one of my favorites.

[Len's]

ROTK 3 is the best