Romance of the Three Kingdoms VIII

Romance of the Three Kingdoms VIII
PAL version cover art
Developer(s)Koei
Publisher(s)Koei
Director(s)Kazuhiro Fujishige
Designer(s)Tadayuki Irie
Daichi Akiyama
Tatsuya Ishikawa
Hisatsugu Ishikawa
SeriesRomance of the Three Kingdoms
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, PSP, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5
ReleasePC
  • JP: 29 June 2001
Mac
  • JP: 22 February 2002
PlayStation Portable
  • JP: 29 March 2007
PlayStation 2
  • JP: 24 January 2002
  • NA: 13 August 2003
  • EU: 26 March 2004
Remake
PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Steam
  • WW: 24 October 2024
Genre(s)Turn-based strategy
Mode(s)Single Player, multi-player (max 8)

Romance of the Three Kingdoms VIII (三國志VIII) is the eighth installment in Koei's Romance of the Three Kingdoms series.

Power up kit

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Power up kit includes following features:

  • Marriage between generals, which can create offspring for married parties.
  • New tactical scenario campaign mode. This mode consists of battles and event surrounding Cao Cao, Lu Xun, or Zhuge Liang. The stories change depending on how to win a given scenario.
  • 3 new scenarios added after the death of Zhuge Liang. In addition, there are 60 more generals.
  • Editor can change data of general and city.
  • Logs for players activities.
  • Improved AI.

Power up kit features are not incorporated into PlayStation 2 version of the game.

Reception

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On release, Famitsu magazine scored the PlayStation 2 version of the game a 32 out of 40.[1]

References

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  1. ^ プレイステーション2 - 三國志VIII. Weekly Famitsu. No.915 Pt.2. Pg.71. 30 June 2006.
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