Romance of the Three Kingdoms IX

Gameplay

• The game comprises 15 historical scenarios, 5 challenge scenarios, and 5 "if" scenarios; each with the possibility of having multiple story endings based on the gameplay.
• With the Officer Development System points can be spent to increase officer abilities and skills as well as the option of gifting special items to raise officer stats.
• Game map outlines all the important capitals, ports, forts, troop movements, geography, and enemy strongholds.
• Personality Dependent System affects an officer's adherence to your commands or their decision making skills in battle.
• There are 30 different march formations to choose from when deploying troops or combat units.
• Through the Command Menu players can employ various war, political, or economic strategies.
• Players may use save data from Dynasty Warriors 4, , or Dynasty Tactics 2 to obtain new officers for the PlayStation 2 version.
• Up to 8 players can play on turn-based plays.

  Power up kit

• Trial story mode. In this stage attack game, story events change depending on how you play the game. It is available for each of the 3 kingdoms.
• Soldier scouting. A general can search for worthy soldiers to become generals during battles.
• Alliance system. When player's kingdom become more powerful, smaller kingdoms will ally against player.
• Improved AI.
• Expert mode. In this mode, general can be killed in battle, enemy's attack power is raised.
• When moving troops, player can set waypoints different from the ones set by computer.
• City tactics. When scaling cities, different tactics can affect the results of a battle.
• Editor can alter city and general's data.
• Logging feature.

• Item editor.

  Reception