![]() But from what I can ascertain, it's definitely possible to specify troop placement and alternate enemy targets. ![]() Unfortunately, due to the Japanese version's heavy use of Japanese text I wasn't able to use several of the more tactical options just yet - it would require a much broader knowledge of the language than I currently possess. The better an officer does while slaughtering enemies in this mini-game, the better the special items, power-ups, or advantages your team receives once the skirmish is over. Selecting "Support," for example, will allow your guys to create a favorable situation for nearby allies, while selecting "Samurai" allows you to send an officer into a group alone to participate in "Rampage Mode." Rampage mode is the most action-oriented segment of the entire game as it requires you to go up against the enemy forces in one-on-two hundred Dynasty Warriors combat. ![]() Officer Skills are unique to each commander at your disposal and enable you to attack or manipulate large groups of enemies at once. Triangle brings up the Troop Skills menu, which allows your group to use specialty attacks like Ninja Strikes, Katana Deathwheels, Spear Walls, and Cavalry charges for a more powerful blow to your enemy's forces, and Circle offers one of the most important techniques, the Officer Skills. Pressing X at any time, for example, commands your units to retreat from their current positions, while a tap of the L1 key tightens the formation of your group to improve their defense (indicated by a dynamic nine-slot grid positioned next to your troop count). As the story progresses, however, the tactical benefits become more apparent. At first, this kind of approach gives the illusion that Kessen III is an all-out action title - especially since the first few levels rarely ask more from you than the annihilation of your enemies. An easy to use Samurai Warriors-like mapping system illustrates where you are on the map, where your party is, and where your enemies are, so getting from point A to point B shouldn't be a problem. Accompanied by the traditional "R-Stick Camera" controls, these few commands are pretty much all you'll need in the early parts of the game to succeed. This ragtag army can then be moved together with the left analog stick while the Square button hacks and slashes at anything that gets in their way. Once the introduction is over, players are armed with 2500 soldiers represented by 21 horse-mounted warriors. Veterans of Omega Force's Dynasty Warriors series should instantly feel at home here since the control scheme and physics are almost completely identical to those titles (or to any other 3D actioner, for that matter). It all begins with the franchise's usual abundance of story-based CGI (and a few in-game videos), followed by the relatively short battles of the Kira Seashore and Inuyama. Essentially a memoir of the life and times of the great Japanese leader, Kessen III tells a story that spans 13 different chapters and more than 50 different levels. ![]() Beginning with the death of Nobunaga Oda, the game goes back in time to the beginning of Nobunaga's ascent up the military ladder. Needless to say, the changes are immediately noticeable and depending on your opinion of the second installment and the strategy genre in general, is either a grand improvement or a terrible disaster. I had the opportunity to sit down with the final Japanese version of Kessen III today so that I could see just how different it is from its predecessors.
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