Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI Demo

Strategy games can get quite complicated, especially those which allow you to build a base, manage the income, and train an army at the same time. However, a lot of effort usually goes into making all of these mechanics accessible and rather simple-to-use, in order to let the player concentrate on the bigger picture. Hence, game series like WarCraft and C&C got to be insanely popular over the years, mainly because they are relatively easy to learn, yet difficult to master.

Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI doesn’t make it very easy on you, since it includes a staggering amount of options and possibilities, especially when it comes to expanding cities, training troops, or dealing with income issues. Even if the game has a rather relaxed attitude and you may think it’s all fun and games from one end to the other, you are soon left to fetch for yourself and you learn that things are much more difficult than they appear.

To begin with, the tutorial can take you a few hours to complete, especially if you really want to get familiar with everything there is to master in the game. Thankfully, it is split into multiple parts and they are intuitively named, so you can choose the ones you are interested and go back to review them whenever you happen to forget things. There are also a variety of other modes, including duels and debates.

Running the cities is no walk in the park either, because it’s not all about making more money. The town folk needs food and supplies in order to survive and provide you with taxes, so you need to build farms and granaries. Markets can also be built, in order to attract more merchants and make more money. Many other buildings are available, most of which you won’t even get to use in a single session.

Another important aspect is the fact that some of the buildings can only be positioned in certain areas, so you must be careful when you arrange the whole thing. It is entirely possible to run out of place at some point, so you do not want that to happen before you have everything you need. Thankfully, the graphics are quite nice and it is easy to organize yourself out on the map and visualize the layout beforehand.

All things considered, Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI is probably one of the most intricate and exhaustive strategy games out there. Not only that, but the replayability level is through the roof, so you can also replay the said content multiple times without getting bored.