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Why not Pre-Han, the Warring States period? I think nearly every between dynasty has potential for unification.
I've had the same experience. I answered Cao Cao because it's the only name I knew about at that point.
Pro-tip: Don't pronounce it "Cow Cow".
Yeah, I remember that. Guan You, Loo Boo and so forth. I suppose that's what I get for getting into the period by playing Dynasty Warriors 2.
Caused me to major in Sinology, too. Now it will never happen again, until I start debating Persian, Korean, Russian or Japanese history with someone...
More than China game I would love a game about Mongol conquests in Asia. There's already Romance of the Three Kingdoms series, but I don't think there are any (least modern) games that represent Mongol conquests well.
I'd say that's more likely going to be a TW game, you start as a small tribe in the steppes but after you united the Mongols you would sack China and train cavalries stacks of doom and troll everyone on the continent...
To be fair, the Koei series were basically always based on the same principles, and with the exception of the pure RPGs (RTK VIII & X), there was never much depth to the games. Considering Paradox's track record to build complex and deep games (Coupled with Koei's self-admitted withdrawal from producing any more RTK-strategy games), I believe Paradox can actually monopolize the era, which as already mentioned, it is VASTLY followed by at least the Chinese people, and thus might actually be a great way of Paradox to introduce itself to the wider Chinese markets (As I'm pretty much sure Vicky-Tibet & HoI-Tibet&Warlords don't do). Though from what I'm told, there is also endemic piracy problems with the Chinese, but since Koei trusted to release their games on PC on the Asian markets and did not on the Western ones, I guess there is a difference in the piracy problems between West and Asian markets, apart from shipping costs (Probably overall popularity on the period).
Regardless, I'm not aware of any major Chinese game developer, so if Paradox would be able to develop a high-quality RTK game, that is able to outcompete local small studio Chinese games on RTK, then Paradox could come to reap huge benefits commercially.
I completely agree with this. And don't forget the Dynasty Warriors/RotTK Series is also a huge in Japan/Korea. Same as Nobunagas Ambition and Samurai Warriors.
edit: I forgot the Kessen and Dynasty Tactics Series
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And if Paradox manage to strike a deal with the chinese gov to insert it in their education programs then Pdox could reap INFINITE PROFIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Seriously, it would be a thing to consider if Pdox decides to make a RTK game.
Rather then 'Three Kingdoms', i think Period of Spring, Autumn and Warring States would fit more with CK system.
800 warring states. What an epic.
800 warring states. What an epic.
When people say Three Kingdoms I'm assuming they refer to not just that particular period but the whole six dynasties era which is something like 220 AD to 400-something, which covers the Warring States as well.
edit: Nevermind, mixed up my ADs and BCs.
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At least in my case, I was just refering to the Three Kingdoms itself, from the Yellow Turban Rebellion up to unification by Jin. Also, the Warring States and Spring and Autumn periods is BC, not AD
Yeah, my mistake, I forgot what the Warring States actually referred to. XD
If it was a Ancient China game it could have both scenarios. The Warring States which finished with Qin conquest of all China (around 200BC). And the Three Kingdoms scenario, starting from the yellows Turban rebellion and later became Cao Cao, Liu Bei's and Sun Ce dynasties fight for China (around 200AD). I believe PI could do a great game on these scenarios. Who dont know them can watch some good movies made about those periods. "Hero" with Qin already in power after unifying China. And "battle of Chi bi" 1 and 2 about one of the greatest battles of the Romance of Three Kingdons period. Both are great movies. And the fact that both are Chinese productions destroys the fear of government censorship.
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