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Chinese Version of Final Fantasy Tactics
If you like tactical RPG type of games like Ogre Battle, Final Fantasy Tactics, Tactics Ogre, Vandal Hearts, and so forth, PLUS you like Chinese themed games, you will LOVE this one. Basically, you can choose to be either Liu Bei, Cao Cao, or Sun Ce. I wonder why Sun Ce, since technically the Three Kingdoms period do not begin until Sun Quan became king of the Wu Kingdom. Nevertheless, you get to strategically manuever your units on the battlefields by moving them through boxed grids. You could build numerous combos, and if you can build them in consecutive orders successfully, the opponent unit will take more damages and you may recover your special attack (called tactics in the game, hence the name "Dynasty Tactics").
If you are a fan of Dynasty Warriors but you do not like tactical games like Ogre Battle, Final Fantasy Tactics, etc, you may lose patience on this game since in this game you have to plan your moves carefully.
Overall, a really great game with really cool graphics and strategy elements!

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Solid, but repetitive
Like the various iterations of the Dynasty Warriors and Romance of the Three Kingdoms series, this game is based on the Romance of the Three Kingdoms story. Game mechanics-wise, however, this title bears little similarity to those other games. I can't think of a game that's remotely like this one. Ostensibly a tactical game (like Final Fantasy Tactics), your main goal in each battle is to position your troops in such a fashion as to unleash a successive number of special moves (tactics) on one or more opposing units.

The game requires a certain degree of patience to play effectively, and is probably not for more action-oriented gamers. For those who aren't bored by this type of game, there's a fair amount of replay potential thanks to the scenario system (somewhat similar to Onimusha 2). Each kingdom (Wu, Shu, and Wei) has 4 different scenario endings, which can vary greatly in terms of how much of China you end up with. However, battles can be repetitive, as they only really differ by terrain and the generals involved. Also, although not strictly necessary, trying to recruit as many generals as possible through the use of diplomats also tends to really slow down the game.

Overall, KOEI has developed a solid and relatively unique game which can use a little more variety during battles, and a little less trying to send diplomats all over China to recruit new generals. Hopefully some of these annoyances will be addressed in Dynasty Tactics 2.