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April 11, 2006 at 2:58 pm #3981Zhuge LiangParticipant
Does anyone here have a full version of "Fate Of the Dragon" series?
(After a long absence from my broken finger injured, it’s nice to back here…)
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April 15, 2006 at 2:07 am #15691CommieCatGirlParticipantIs that the one with the focus on Liu Bang and Xiang Yu? Maybe that’s Rise of the Phoenix…
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April 17, 2006 at 3:07 am #15692Perhong_AngtongParticipantFate of the Dragon is a game in almost the same style as Age of Empires, but with better graphics, chinese voices, and also the two screens gameplay (Town screen and map screen). Unfortunately, I can’t find the full version anymore, but I have the demo version, which is still great, even though you can only play as Sun Quan (Tutorial) or Liu Bei (Scenario in Jing Zhou). Also, in the Skirmishes (They are only two maps, but oh well…) there is a possibility you will get Emperor Xian as an officer! He has incredible stats at level 1 (99 everywhere, except loyalty if you didn’t pay him…) and at level 2 they are maxed out! I sure would like a copy of the original version…
EDIT: Oops, sorry, I gave the description of Dragon Throne: Battle of Red Cliffs, sorry, I don’t know anything about Fate of the dragon, except that it seems like a great game.
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May 9, 2006 at 2:51 pm #15693Wo LongParticipantUgh, I can’t wait! I ordered it last night from the Eidos Interactive site. From the looks of it, it’s an RTS with incredible graphics. It seems pretty cool, especially with the various buildings and siege equipment. I’m actually using this to compile the Avatars for Kongming’s Archives in that section of the site.
May 20, 2006 at 11:00 pm #15694Wo LongParticipantI’m double posting because I’m cool like that.
This game is incredible. As mentioned above, there are two maps. One is the battlefield map which displays all of the cities and counties, the other is the city map which displays the town you’re in. The troop drafting is very unique. You have to train laborers (equivalant to Age of Empires’ villagers) to become either Swordsmen, Pikemen, or Archers. Granted, it’s not a lot of variety, but they each have their advantages and a well balanced army with many from each is quite powerful (plus there are plenty of upgrades for them). You can even breed horses for use for your troops or for officers (which can be hired from the Inn provided you’ve built one). On the topic of officers, you have the ability to reward your officers at any time with up to 1000 gold and/or an increase of rank. This raises their loyalty towards you and lessens chances of defections (or so I’ve heard as I’ve never experienced a defection). There are a whole slew of buildings you can make, you can appoint various officers to special positions such as Officer of Sacrifice which allows you to perform sacrifices, Officer of Science which allows for further research and upgrades, and more. The only problem I’ve ever encountered is the lack of room. Unlike AoE, you can’t build buildings right next to each other, they require some space in between. Adding that factor in with the lack of space already (you can only build on half the map for the city map), you usually don’t have much room to build. I personally reccommend setting up tents from supply wagons outside your city limits and stationing troops their to save room.
Ok, besides the gameplay aspects, the game itself is enormous. Every officer, minor or major, has a custom portrait and biography. There is quite a bit of customizability in Skirmishes (which are like Free campaigns for fun) and roughly 50 maps (I haven’t counted, but there are a TON). You can play as one of the three kingdoms, each led by their most prominant leader (ie: Wu is led by Sun Quan, not Jian or Ce, Wei by Cao Cao, and Shu by Liu Bei). The voice acting is excellent since it is done by actual Chinese voice actors. This really adds some flavor and ensures proper pronounciation (it’s Soon Chuen, not Soon Kwan!). The music is interesting. There isn’t very much, but it fits the theme. Various important officers have speaking parts (like Guan Yu) and so do many of the NPC’s. The cutscene graphics aren’t the greatest, but the in-game buildings look beautiful. They tell the story of the Three Kingdoms in between battles and allow you to reinact the most important ones. The level of realism in this game is so immense, that it is actually harder than most games. Easy being like Normal, Normal like Hard, and Hard like Hell/Chaos. But that’s minor and who doesn’t like a challenge in their games?
All that said, I’ve yet to tell you the best part. Yes, for this incredible game, you have to pay a measely $10. Ten Dollars. With shipping and possibly tax, it adds up to about $17 or $18, but that’s still a damn good deal and oh-so worth it. I reccommend it to ANY fans of RTS’s and Three Kingdoms games.
May 21, 2006 at 1:25 am #15695Perhong_AngtongParticipantOh, so that IS Dragon Throne? I didn’t know that. Yes, great game.
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May 21, 2006 at 1:57 am #15696Wo LongParticipantPerhong_Angtong said:
Oh, so that IS Dragon Throne? I didn’t know that. Yes, great game.
Truly, it is. I haven’t played Dragon Throne, but I’ve been thinking about getting it (since it’s just an expansion). But for $20, I hardly think it’s worth it.
May 21, 2006 at 2:15 am #15697Perhong_AngtongParticipantSadly, I don’t have any money for it, but if I had, I’d buy it right away. I have the demo at home. Even if there is only the take jingzhou scenario, it’s still great!
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May 21, 2006 at 2:20 am #15698CommieCatGirlParticipantNext time I obtain money I’ll purchase this. It looks really nifty and my lousy computer can run it!
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May 21, 2006 at 2:55 am #15699Perhong_AngtongParticipantYeah, I had a pentium 3, 450 Mhz with 196 MB of RAm and I could run it!
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May 21, 2006 at 3:06 am #15700CommieCatGirlParticipantI have 64MB of RAM, most things tend to point and laugh at my computer when I consider playing with them.
You have to remember, though; the very thing that makes you a nerd is that your enthusiasms are totally unrelatable and non-marketable to most of the world. For example, anime and celibacy. - Seanbaby
May 21, 2006 at 3:19 am #15701Wo LongParticipantYeah, the great part is that this is such an awesome game, but it’s old so even the worst computers can run it. Even my piece of crap! :-D
August 22, 2006 at 3:24 pm #15702masamuneParticipantas the looks of it the game ssseems nice..
but unfortunately i cant seem to find any sites to DLL the full version free.. T.T
August 27, 2006 at 12:14 am #15703Perhong_AngtongParticipantFull version? Might as well forget it… except if you e-mail me.
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January 18, 2007 at 10:43 am #15704chase710ParticipantBack when Kazaa was worth having, I managed to "obtain" a copy…never played beyond the tutorial, though…
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