評論

• gamedeal user

  Sep 7, 2022

  Compare with the new nobunaga ambition just release recently, i more prefer this version where you can control most of the economic and decision. For me, i more like to build more castle and farm more soldier before attack that why i still recommend this version. Hope KOEI able to refer this version to come out more interesting function in future.
• gamedeal user

  Jul 28, 2016

  Way better then sol, Dont be turned off by the negative reviews 90% of them were from lunch issues which have been corrected and there have been major patchs that have added a ton of nice things such as a event editor which lets you create your own events ( which is awesome).
• gamedeal user

  Oct 30, 2016

  Ascension is the kind of update that feels as large and game changing as Mount & Blade is to Mount & Blade: Warband. Whatever complexity was missing in Sphere of Influence was added to this expansion. I am completely engrossed in the management and strategizing in my small, six castle realm. Not to mention even being able to choose to play as retainers, making the game that much more satisfying as you climb the political ladder from officer to Shogun. Another great addition was the new officer view in battle phases. An amount of realism is now a part of the battles with so many conditions and formations you can deploy. Not to mention the simplistic yet fun siege battles added in Ascension. I feel a lot more invested in my retainers when I can befriend them and acknowlede their accomplishments with rewards, I can feel myself playing this game for hundred of hours as I do with most grand strategy games I enjoy. Recommend this game as much as possible for strategy lovers and people who enjoy games like ROTK, Crusader Kings, and Total War.
• gamedeal user

  Nov 4, 2016

  This does some nice things to the original SOI but it also does some not so nice things. PROS - Naval and Siege battles. - Battles have more depth. - Addition of Lumber and Iron resources to manage. - Playing as a retainer. - Event Editor. CONS - Can only use "Charge" and "Loose" battle commands on your own officer now. - Guns are bugged and weaker than Bows when all the in-game help says they are supposed to be stronger. - Playing as a retainer breaks your clan due to bug(s). Your daimyo will never create any new houses or ever expand his castles lands. - Bugged AI will not buy Iron or Lumber like the player. If an AI lord doesn't not have the resources at their base(s) they never upgrade their holdings. - Removed Horses and Firearms resources. - Event Editor doesn't let you directly target your custom officers. - Regents and their management have been simplified. You just assign them a base, a target and a "attack people besides your target" toggle. - Your Regents can no longer send/receive resources, and you can't issue them any orders at all. Until the bugs I cannot recommend this game. Buy the original Sphere of Influence instead.
• gamedeal user

  Nov 13, 2016

  Do not buy this game and buy the original Sphere of Influence instead! I'm a big fan of Koei's historical simulation game and have spent countless hours on them, but this is literally one of the most buggy product. This game is a big step back compared to ascension, let me explain some of the bugs. - AI lords and daimyo does NOT trade resources, what this means is 90% of the daimyo and lords do NOT develop their land AT ALL because they are lacking wood and/or iron. So you can wait 50 in game years and some fief will have exactly the same facilities as what they started with in the beginning. - AI lords and daimyo spend most of their gold income at policies. Like if they have income of 800 they spend 750 on policies... coupled with the problem above, they literally do not develop anything. - If you are a retainer/chamberlain/lord/regent, your AI daimyo does not create other lords, which means your daimyo can conquer whole of Japan and the only lords are yourself and the lords that exist at the start of the scenario. - Bow and Gun stats are reversed. Imagine how broken and stupid this is. - The game looks fun at the beginning, playing as retainer, until you realized that all other retainer does not have a domain like yourself. Literally zero immersion once you realized this. Once you know the ropes of this game, it is really stupidly easy compared to the original Sphere of Influence. For example you can try playing as the Uesugi in this game and compare it with the experience playing in the original game. Takeda in this game has no iron income, and therefore does not develop their fiefs whatsoever, so soon you have so much more troops and resources and conquer them easily. Also you can unrealistically entice Masayuki Sanada to defect immediately to your clan from the beginning of the game, because apparently he is unhappy to serve his dad Yukitaka because "he is weaker" according to the loyalty modifier. This basically sums up the incompetent AI and broken game mechanics of Ascension. In the original game, Takeda develop their fiefs and actually provide a challenge, and you can't steal his historically loyal officers easily. Would recommend this game if the major bugs above are fixed in the future.
• gamedeal user

  Dec 9, 2016

  Overall a very good game, but very hard. The game takes a lot of time, and a lot of patience, even when using created officers. I gave this game an A+ rating because of how indepth the game is, the realism, the gameplay, the graphics, and the music (oh god the music is outstanding). If you're looking for a game that will give even the best strategic and tactical minds a workout, this is it. A few things to consider: 1) This game, even if you're playing an officer in a large force like the Hojo, Takeda, Uesugi, etc.. revolves heavily around diplomacy and proper fief/force administration. 2) Using strategy is a key component to surviving and force expansion (enticing officers, appeasing tribes, forming strategic alliances) 3) Even small forces can compete in this game if you choose an officer from that force. You just have to have patience and take your time to develop your territory and controlling officer. 4) The story progression (historical) is great and I highly recommend playing all the scenarios just to see the historical cut-scenes, especially if you play a famous historical officer (example: Oda Nobunaga). The only drawback to the game, speaking from a feminine point of view, is the lack of being able to marry yourself off playing a female character and not being able to have children. However, this is just a minor thing and shouldn't stop anyone from buying and playing this. NOTE: If you want an easy game, this is NOT it. With that said, I am enjoying every aspect of this game top to bottom.
• gamedeal user

  Dec 19, 2016

  For those who are struggling whether to get NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Sphere of Influence or this game : I recommend this game if you like to create your own character, or clan, and do "roleplay" stuff. + Play as your selected character instead of the whole clan. If your clan is 'destroyed', you can still continue playing, serving the clan that destroyed yours. If your character dies, you can continue the game by selecting one of his/her relatives to play as next. + Improved combat. Some event battle are also 'improved', The most noticable one being the Battle of Nagashino (playing as the Oda). + Siege Battle. Unlike in SoI, the siege battle here is more detailed, to capture a castle you have to break in by force or you can also try to be 'sneaky', and finally surround the Tenshu (the fancy looking building). + You can upgrade any castle to a max level. Yes, ANY castles. + Friendship system. If you're friendly enough with someone, they will 'help' you in various ways. They will offer you some resources, gift, assist you in clan business such as constructions, reinforcements, and even offers you to marry their daugther. + Event Creator. If you like to mess around and create alternate history or something then this is for you. + All DLC scenario (From Sphere of Influence) are available. Now, the 'not good' things : - No Event Gallery. - Some BGMs and Extra Characters from SOI are not available. - You can't create events involving custom characters (besides the one you're playing as). Come on man... - A certain fictional scenario is not available in the EN version. - The AI is. . .lame, I guess? specificaly in resource management, they barely even upgrade their castles! Because of this most siege battles are kinda boring. I know there's an In-Game Editor but come on. . . *Note that if you want to do Historical Events/Quests prior to Siege of Osaka (1614), I recommend getting the The Sphere of Influence version. Because in this version, the 'Betrayal/Defection' system is so overpowered that it often makes the conditions for the Events messed up, making you unable to do the Events/Quests. Plus in Sphere of Influence, you can view any events you've seen in the Event Gallery.
• gamedeal user

  Feb 15, 2017

  A much improved version of NA: SoI, but have bigger flaw especially in AI department. What's better: + Improved "civic improvement" gameplay + More thing to do and develop + Battle is more engaging (new siege battle and naval battle) + There is an option to make unit regenaration become slower What's worse: - AI can't develop area without iron resource - Can't request resource from Lords controlled area Officer play is welcome, but feel limited. I think RoTK13 officer play is much better than this. All in all, this one is still a great game for NA fans and people that likes complex gameplay For newcomer, I recommend to start with SoI, because of the simple nature of it, SoI is easier to learn and master than this game.
• gamedeal user

  Aug 25, 2017

  Dont understand the negative reviews at all for this game. Im starting to question whether any of you have actually played a KOEI game before. This is exactly what you would expect from a historical simulation. KOEI is by far the best at this genre. Play anything else and you sell yourself short. I guess some people who bought Sphere of Influence might be disappointed if they thought that the interface or game maps appearance would change drastically and that this would be an entirely new game. Its not. However the improvements in AI, revamped battles adding siege and naval, and the "start as an officer" play mode option makes this by far a better option to purchase. Especially considering original SOI and Ascension were the same price at the time i purchased. I played every other KOEI game on console (playstation1-3) and was concerned that on the computer controls would be janky or just not as easy to manuever. No worries. Still easily accessed menus and overall control of the interface. I would suggest KOEI include controller compatibility in future games considering they already have the games mapped for that on console. I mean why not include controller function if its the code is already there? IDK maybe there is a legitimate reason but i cant figure out why. In summary this is a great game and exactly what i come to expect from KOEI over the years. Anyone familar with KOEI or this genre of games should buy regardless of $60 price. Worth every bit of money.
• gamedeal user

  Dec 4, 2017

  Don't get confused by the most reviews here, they were written before the game actually got updated. It has more features than SOI + you don't have to buy extra dlc's, they are included in this game. You could say this game is a mix of Civilization and Total War in the Sengoku period. If you are really into the "Time of the Warring States" (sengoku jidai), you should totally buy this game. (Just get it in a sale for 50% or even less) If you expect a game like TW: Shogun 2 you are wrong. This game has a lot of in-depth strategy when it comes to building, council your city, bringing prosperity to your domain, keeping your officers at bay with gifts, fiefs or just victorious battles, preparing for war, diplomacy and colluding/enticing with officers from other factions, where you can go from just pacifying for some months to defecting with their whole castle/s. I really liked the video sequences and the ingame scenes, because they give you a short view on many of the historical characters involved in this game, if you already know them or don't like them, you can either skip the video or fast forward the scene. You can also add your own officers and create your own events or, if you like to, you can become an independent clan leader. What's new to this game is, the "Officers Play" which is actually interesting and fun, but can be quite repetitive after some time. I actually liked to be just a substitute to a chamberlain/lord, where you have your own "playing field" to build on while accomplishing goals for the missions your Lord gave you. This game has a lot of historical information you can obtain, which is great, but it is also easy to block you out on a lot of events, because you expand your territory too fast or marry one of your children to some retainer or lord. I played multiple clans in different times/scenarios and always learned some new things I missed out before, because of my gameplay or the AI doing uncalculated moves, which i actually liked, because it never got boring. It falls kind of flat when it comes to combat, not comparable to a total war game, but i would say it's average and if you really play the battles like they are meant to be, also challenging on higher AI levels. The game becomes a bit boring later on when you rule like half of the map, because it's literally just sending armies to the castles you want to conquer, while you have more than enough ressources. All in all it's more than an average game when you are interested in this time period, if you are not interested at all, i don't think you should play it, but you should keep an eye on this game series in the future. With some optimizations to the series in the coming years, it could turn into a game like TW Shogun 2 or probably better and I would highly welcome that.