Romance Of The Three Kingdoms (Koei) series
Romance of the Three Kingdoms VIII
KOEI beckons PS2 strategy gamers to return to second-century China with this eighth full release in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms series. Following the style of the series, this edition is set amongst the…
Romance of the Three Kingdoms VIII is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Koei, released 29 June 2001 on PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 2, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Romance of the Three Kingdoms VIII is
Romance of the Three Kingdoms VIII is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Koei and released in 2001. It is available on PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 2, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a series of turn-based tactical role-playing simulation grand strategy wargames produced by Koei. Originating from Japan in 1985, fourteen installments of the game have been published in Japan, Taiwan, China, South Korea and North America to date. While the game's title as it was released in English refers to the 14th century historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms (三國演義) by Luo Guanzhong, the title as it was released in Japan and Chinese regions refers to the 3rd century historical text Records of the Three Kingdoms (三國志) by Chen Shou.
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 Romance Of The Three Kingdoms (Koei) series
Romance of the Three Kingdoms VIII is the 30th of 71 entries we hold in the Romance Of The Three Kingdoms (Koei) series. The next entry was Dynasty Warriors 3 in 2001. Its critic score of 89 is 27 points above the series average of 62. That makes it the highest-rated entry in the series.
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How it was received
Romance of the Three Kingdoms VIII holds a critic score of 89 out of 100. That places it above 91% of the 3,813 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2001 averaged 72, so it scored 17 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Romance of the Three Kingdoms VIII launched on 29 June 2001, within three weeks of Final Fantasy X, Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis, NBA Street and Sonic Adventure 2. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Final Fantasy X, Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis, NBA Street, Sonic Adventure 2.
Cheats and codes
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