This thread being made for RTK series discussion. Hope everyone who're in love wif RTK series will find this thread useful for conquering China!!

Romance of The Three Kingdoms Series

Romance of The Three Kingdoms I



Year Release: 1986

Platform: Amiga, DOS, J2ME, MSX, NES, SNES, WonderSwan

Never had a chance to play the 1st RTK series yet. Hope to play it on English Version!! (in my dream..) Still remember my 1st encounter of the
series; while playing Emulator King where 1 of the series are there. Tot a hentai game actually..

Romance of The Three Kingdoms II



Year Release: 1990

Platform: Amiga, DOS, Genesis, MSX, NES, SNES

2nd ugliest cover for RTK series, and my 1st vote for the fugliest cover is RTK I ....No Doubt.. Never yet played.

Romance of the Three Kingdoms III: Dragon of Destiny



Year Release: 1992

Platform: DOS, Genesis, SEGA CD, SNES, TurboGrafx CD

I believed that this series I had stumble while playing Emulator King back then. If not mistaken, it's in Jap/Chinesse Language..

Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV: Wall of Fire



Year Release: 1994

Platform: PlayStation, SEGA 32X, SEGA Saturn, SNES, Wii, Windows, Windows 3.x

Back on year 2000, just owned my 1st PSOne.. So late compare to other people. Stumble with this game but never bought it as the cover
pretty darn ugly.. lost appetite to play oledi...

Romance of the Three Kingdoms V



Year Release: 1996

Platform: DOS, Genesis, PlayStation, SEGA Saturn, Windows

Ive never seen this game sold for PSone version..and one more thing, it in Chinesse. Ought to play it on PSP but no English version..

Romance of the Three Kingdoms VI: Awakening of the Dragon



Year Release: 1999

Platform: Dreamcast, PlayStation

My 1st 'Enchilada' of RTK for sure.. Playing it in on my PSOne. Enjoyed it much but too little command available. Wish that more
feature included. A bit dull but satisfied my lust for the game

Romance of the Three Kingdoms VII



Year Release: 2000

Platform: PlayStation 2, Windows

One of my favourite RTK games. Eventhough the graphic a tad dull but, I love the skills available when battling. Skills like TRAMPLE, ARROWSTORM
SPEARWALL, BERSERK and etc had me love battle so much!! I prefer battling rather than sitting cowardly in cities. Most of the time, my Character will have
high WAR and LDR. Also, when you caught yourself battling some Tiger outside city, then if you re worthy you will get summoning creature.

Romance of the Three Kingdoms VIII



Year Release: 2002

Platform: PlayStation 2, Windows

My all time favourite RTK game. Much of the skills are easily acquired by observing particular working ground. The best part when you get married,
and your spouse give you the Seven Star Sword with skill WAR +10!! Thats the best part when you become the most powerful being ever in RTK8!!!

Romance of the Three Kingdoms IX



Year Release: 2003

Platform: PlayStation 2, Windows

This is the worst RTK game for me. I didnt like the game play ala red alert or any strategies game. Eventhough not liking it much, still manage to complete
the game 2 times..

Romance of the Three Kingdoms X



Year Release: 2005

Platform: PlayStation 2

A same game play like RTK8... Love the 10th series so much. For me, this is the easiest RTK series as you can easily winning battle without a scrath on your
armies. The secret is to equipped TOWER on each of your officer while battling your foe...

Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI



Year Release: 2008

Platform: PlayStation 2, Windows

Another copy of RTK 9... Had me yawning this time bought the game like a year ago but still never complete the game ever.. Rite now trying to complete
it but lost my focus a bit due to FF7 and DMC4 on the shelf... But hope to complete it at least once..

My Preferrence While Playing RTK:

- Not much thrilled to be one of the main Heroes in RTK (Liu Bei, Cao Cao or Sun Ce).
- Prefer to play as New Officer with Hi-LDR/WAR/INT/CHR
- Admired Character: Zhao Yun (my avatar ), Zhang Liao, Ma Chao, Lu Bu, Xiang Ji(Bonus Char), Zhao Yu, Lu Xun and much more!!
- Wish that RTK series for PS3 will be realize.

Everyone with any Question @ Tips @ News for RTK series, pls do post here.

Info courtesy of www.mobygames.com

Romance of The Three Kingdoms Series - all time top list in my gaming history.. had my social life and work performance screwed many times because of this.. especially ROTK XI..

unlimited replay value.. conquered china countless times..

bro arc_archive, you should put urself more onto ROTK XI (there r 2 versions, latest one is an upgraded version).. the best in the series..

ROTK series usually release their new game after 1 and half year, but it has been 3 years since the XI series, i wonder KOEI would continue to develop this..

Long Live SanGuoZhi!!

P/S: I must say i am surprise to see this thread here..

Complicated game mechanic, very tough to pick up.
But once got it, it is endless fun. Yeah, consumes lot of time, and addictive.

I've bought VIII, IX and X, but only manage to play IX. The others just seem not able to learn up the game.

it is very nice game though. Excellent.

This game was so old..... my first ROTK was ROTKIII, then follow on ROTK IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, and XI.

Personal favourite would be VII and VIII becoz the ability to play as a normal general. Although the X does has the similar thing but still it is no match for VII and VIII u can even bloordy get married in the game.

XII will be out sooner or later since the Nobunaga game is releasing later this year. A improve system over ROTK IX and XI.

Wow, old classic game
I remember playing ROTK2 till 4...liked 3 the best

ROTK2 had the zhuge liang bug where whatever he says WILL come true

Good times....

ive tried to play RTK11 but seems not too much fun juz being the ruler all the time..i want to be an officer and climb up the ranks till become viceroy...and being the most
influenced advisor to my liege..that only happen on RTK7, RTK8 and RTK10..hope the next upcoming RTK will be the same game play like 7 8 n 10...

i love the officer combination while battling on RTK11..most useful character is Guan Yu (God's Command).hell..he can do a lot of damage with normal attack!!and always,ive partner him with
Wei Yan (Chain Attack)...it can do a major damage to the foe!!

bro..its quite easy while playing 8 n 10 as you can be an officer rather than a ruler..being a ruler is pain in the a** if your powerful character being captive or employed by other force ..

yeah..i believed 7 n 8 are being the best game in the series..in RTK8, you can easily gain money by just pillaging other cities..but make sure you save b4 doing that...in case your pillaging
not succesful, you can always divert back...ive completed the RTK8 several times as its being so addictive...still remember back then when im too obsessed playing RTK8,my PS2 turn on almost
3 days without rest..bcoz of this game...

7, 8 and 10 was base on the sysyem of Koei another top selling game. But i can recall its english name.

i have original eight, but PAL version if anyone's interested

I onli got PC version. PS version eye sakit looking at those small text

ahhhh the good old ROTK... cause me many sleepless nights... I usually play on the computer because i cant wait for it to be ported to PS. I end up looking all over the net for translations. Its my favourite game of all time next to total war series

when i cant tahan i will straight play JP PC version..... and this game is full of kanji making it easy if u know chinese but most of the time i still play chinese version.

PS2 version so far onli see no play before.

i remember playing RTK on the PC. Its quite nice. its just too bad they didnt really improve on the series and bring it to the next level

Erm, is this thread is the right place???

I mean, the game had its roots on the PC which is where it really should be.

Stuff like DW and so forth really doesn't do it any justice.

This post has been edited by ferricide: Sep 25 2009, 03:38 PM

ur improve is referring to wat?
Almost each episode they will do some major changes... graphics are being upgraded too.

I still remember playing the very first RTK on my XT computer with green monochrome monitor!! It came on 2 pieces of 5.25" floppry disks...

can play on ps3 asian ker??if can..i ought to get it!!

yup..but if you count it back..most of the ROTK series being release on Sony platform..thats y i brought it on playstation thread..

really??the 1st RTK huh?? gud for you...that was old school... dunno wut the price of the game back then with the floppy disk as the media...

I also enjoyed RTK based games like Dynasty Tactics 1 and Dynasty Tactics 2...also Dynasty Warrior Empire (PS2) and Dynasty Warrior Empire 2 (PS3)..but still cannot go
playing Nobunaga Ambition...much like RTK9 & 11..but much more complicated duh...

anyway,will be post up several tips for each series that i could find...dunno who else play the game now..huhuhuhu

For DW fan...

RTK2 (on pc) is the game that i spent most time playing ever.. more than any console game...

I still play it every 2-3 years, love it.. few things i like to do :

1) conquer the few provinces around Province 10, make a big circle with a AI-ruler trapped in it. Force the AI to move to province 10, invade Province 10 , capture the treasure, then withdraw, then force the AI to move to it again.... repeat and repeat to get the women, weapons, books... was so fun.

2) use Zhuge Liang to advise on the "false letter" , keep trying and trying until he say its a good idea, then send the messenger to reduce the opponent's general's loyalty.. then either recruit or make him betray during battle.

3) put those useless generals (with extremely low stats) on the battlefield (with no soliders assigned to), burn them to death.

maybe i am too obsesses with RTK2, i never liked the rest of the series. but I am thinking of getting a PSP version (chinese preferred). anyone wanna let go?

Huge RTK fan...played VII the most...from VIII onwards less d cos of the battle system. I prefer VII where u can choose to fight or get instant results. Can VIII onwards get instant results from battles as well? Kinda lazy to go through the battle system.

Liked VII too cos I can choose to be an officer, resign, and take up a new province and slowly conquer China..hahahaha

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Added on October 6, 2009, 3:21 pmAlso not to forget, Dynasty Tactics...interesting gameplay once you get the flow...one of a few games which I've played 5-6 years ago and still can play it today...

This post has been edited by joefacker: Oct 6 2009, 03:21 PM

Very tempted to get RTK4 for Sega Saturn.. is that a good game to start with? I haven't played a single RTK before