Feature: A Brief History Of Romance Of The Three Kingdoms, The Series That Spawned Dynasty Warriors

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It is the third century AD and war rages across the region that would one day become China. To the north, the Cao Wei state has been founded, led by Cao Pi after the death of his father. In the west, Shu Han’s founder, Liu Bei, considers himself the rightful ruler of all of China in the wake of the Han Dynasty’s collapse. Meanwhile, the Wu state controls much of the region’s eastern coastline.

The Three Kingdoms period is one of the most fascinating and dramatic in recorded history and has become fodder for countless stories and games over the years. Koei Tecmo’s Romance of the Three Kingdoms series, named after the 14th-century Chinese novel about the events, puts players in control of these warring states, tasked with uniting a fractured China through a combination of political, economic, and military campaigns.

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