Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.
It's at its lowest recorded price, $26.99.
- Story and characters: 93 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 52 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 36 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Combat: 43 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Bugs: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 619 player reviews · updated 6 days ago
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Essentially, you choose one of several scenarios and choose one of hundreds of different playable characters (not counting the ones you can create yourself) and attempt to unite Japan during the Sengoku Jidai period.
Spheres of Influence add a sense of fuedalism, speeds up gameplay, and are a satisfying display of power (Spheres of Influence can be set to unlimited for those who want full control of every aspect of their realm)
Difficulty settings can be tweaked, Japanese voices are available (and recommended) The graphics, while not ultra-realistic or amazing in today's standards, are beautiful to behold and I found myself looking at the map and taking it all in, the officer portraits are also well done and it is easy to recognize someone from their portrait.
No mp3s for the amazing soundtrack, not even as dlc
It has more of a casual board game feel to it if that makes sense and the AI is good enough that they almost can feel like friends playing online.
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Currently $26.99 (−55%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.
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