Nobunaga's Ambition: Rise to Power
Nobunaga's Ambition takes place during the Sengoku period of feudal Japan. As the title suggests, the player is tasked with achieving the ultimate goal of warlord Oda Nobunaga: the conquest and unification of…
Nobunaga's Ambition: Rise to Power is a strategy developed by Koei, released 5 March 2008 on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 2.
What Nobunaga's Ambition: Rise to Power is
Nobunaga's Ambition: Rise to Power is a strategy game developed by Koei and released in 2008. It is available on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 2.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Nobunaga's Ambition takes place during the Sengoku period of feudal Japan. As the title suggests, the player is tasked with achieving the ultimate goal of warlord Oda Nobunaga: the conquest and unification of Japan. Selecting Oda Nobunaga is optional, however, as the player is also able to choose from a variety of other regional daimyos of the time. This game introduced castle towns and unified castle sieges. The administration screens transitioned to full 3D.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are historical and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Nobunaga's Ambition series
Nobunaga's Ambition: Rise to Power is the 36th of 63 entries we hold in the Nobunaga's Ambition series. The next entry was Kunitori Zunou Battle: Nobunaga no Yabou in 2008. Its critic score of 70 is 4 points below the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Nobunaga's Ambition: Sphere of Influence at 80.
How it was received
Nobunaga's Ambition: Rise to Power holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 32% of the 3,250 rated strategy games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 5 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Nobunaga's Ambition: Rise to Power launched on 5 March 2008, within three weeks of God of War: Chains of Olympus, Audiosurf, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 and Condemned 2: Bloodshot. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: God of War: Chains of Olympus, Audiosurf, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2, Condemned 2: Bloodshot.
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