The Three Kingdoms era of China is one of the most celebrated and romanticized parts of history. It's been popularized in books, stage plays, film and today's topic: video games. Based on the fictionalized account in Luo Guanzhong's novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, many developers and publishers have used the history and its heroes to create countless games of all genres. Hack n slash, beat em ups, RPGs, strategy whether real time or turn-based. This video is dissecting them all... mostly.
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Purchase some of the games here:
Twin Blades of the Three Kingdoms https://www.play-asia.com/search/twin+blades+of+the+three+kingdoms?tagid=3093235
River City Saga Three Kingdoms https://www.play-asia.com/river-city-saga-three-kingdoms-english-cover/13/70eyud?tagid=3093235
Dynasty Warriors https://videogamesplus.ca/GnFnmk
Three Kingdoms Games https://videogamesplus.ca/sSRB0S
00:00 Introduction to the Three Kingdoms Video Game Retrospective
07:55 Three Kingdoms Story/history overview
10:31 Koei Tecmo
12:38 Dynasty Warriors 1 (the fighting game)
17:34 Dynasty Warriors 2
26:09 Dynasty Warriors 3
32:48 Dynasty Warriors 4
36:04 Dynasty Warriors 5
39:40 Dynasty Warriors 6 (PS2 version)
45:07 Why Dynasty Warriors isn't as good as it used to be
50:35 Dynasty Warriors Advance (GBA)
52:57 Dynasty Warriors PSP
55:32 Dynasty Tactics 1
01:14:29 Dynasty Tactics 2
01:22:36 Kessen II
01:34:36 Romance of the Three Kingdoms series
01:45:59 Wo Long Fallen Dynasty
01:54:40 Destiny of an Emperor
02:01:31 Dynasty Wars
02:07:23 Warriors of Fate
02:12:16 Knights of Valour series
02:18:02 Twin Blades of the Three Kingdoms
02:25:55 River City Saga Three Kingdoms
02:30:59 Total War Three Kingdoms
02:37:56 Outro