Update: September 14, 2005
Enter expansive battlefields once again where powerful warriors rally troops against legions of enemy soldiers. Eighteen generals are featured in the game but more leaders may be generated through the character creator where a customized general may be molded. As is common with SSM games, sometimes the masses of foes stand around looking at their shoes while the killing rages on around them. When riding on a horse, it is possible to slash downwards left and right to split open heads and kill soldier pedestrians. Enemies may rush up but once they're close, they don't press the attack en masse. We've wanted a berserker routine for a long time where enemy soldiers just go crazy and attack all at once like a pack of rabid dogs. To take care of the masses of enemies, sword slashes are okay but it's the multi-hit combos that clear the way. In the character creator, the general selection screen includes one face mod that looks like Brad Pitt. Another character creation feature is the ability to bequeath a massive afro to a soldier or slap a bowl haircut on another. Players may create a male or female character and equip him/her with the appropriate or inappropriate body type. Ten face and hair styles are available along with a variety of bodies. When stalking the battlefield, the camera keeps close tabs from behind the hero and aims from a little higher to give a sense of depth to the battlefield. Special attacks are available to generals including innate abilities such as calling forth blasts which level a local area. The number of solders on the battlefield at any one time have increased for crowded and chaotic battles. There are a number if new game modes including a Destiny Mode where the player starts as a lowly grunt and rises through the ranks all the way to general. Experience the drama and social interactions as a soldier. New challenges are also playable where certain conditions such as earning as many kills within a few minutes. There's also another challenge that charges the player with stopping a siege by soldiers in an allocated amount of time. View the back cover and screenshots.
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