Total War: Three Kingdoms lets you wrest control of ancient China in a multitude of ways. From bringing down empires from within with the new espionage system, to manipulating the game’s complex and dynamic social structure to create a web of diplomatic allies. As this is Total War, however, you can of course take control at the point of a spear, capturing provinces and besieging settlements in the largest and
Total War: Three Kingdoms lets you wrest control of ancient China in a multitude of ways. From bringing down empires from within with the new espionage system, to manipulating the game’s complex and dynamic social structure to create a web of diplomatic allies. As this is Total War, however, you can of course take control at the point of a spear, capturing provinces and besieging settlements in the largest and most beautiful battles to grace a Total War game yet.
This latter point is particularly important. The Creative Assembly’s depiction of Ancient China is inspired in large part by the historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Romance is famous for its intensely detailed descriptions of characters, particularly when it comes down to what they are wearing. The novel paints the heroes and generals of the Three Kingdoms period as larger than life figures, who wore vibrant and ostentatious clothing and armour as a mark of their prestige.
In Total War: Three Kingdoms, the Creative Assembly bring some of that colour to the battlefield. Every unit in Three Kingdoms looks dramatically different compared to others, boasting unique colours and distinctive armour sets, while the warlords who lead Three Kingdoms’ armies stand out through their extravagant uniforms and unique equipment sets, which can be looted by the player if that warlord is defeated in battle.
