HonestGamers - EmP's San Goku Shi IV review

dementedhut Aug 8, 2021

I didn't think you'd actually try to review this game, so consider me surprised when I saw this at the very top of the front page when I woke up today. Congrats!

Also: I didn't know this game has co-op, so I learned something!

I heard spaceshit noises.

EmP Staff Aug 8, 2021

There's a very good reason I left this one until right to the end. But it's done now and I'm a little bit closer to the finish line.

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honestgamer Staff Aug 8, 2021

I own the SNES version of the game digitally thanks to Virtual Console, so I will probably just stick to that. I've played surprisingly little Romance of the Three Kingdoms, considering how much I've liked Koei's awkward but lovable fare from that era (the newer titles look a bit too complex to retain the simple charm of earlier ones). A Japan-only 32X version of RotK IV was never going to be my go-to. Great review!

"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." - John F. Kennedy on reality

"What if everything you see is more than what you see--the person next to you is a warrior and the space that appears empty is a secret door to another world? What if something appears that shouldn't? You either dismiss it, or you accept that there is much more to the world than you think. Perhaps it really is a doorway, and if you choose to go inside, you'll find many unexpected things." - Shigeru Miyamoto on secret doors to another world

dagoss Aug 8, 2021

I played a bit of RotTK4 on SNES. I wish there was a translation patch for the 32x one--I like the look of it more. The mode 7 stuff on SNES makes me nasceous. I haven't played a Koei game since Keshen on PS2, but I like the NES era stuff.

Do you like other iterations of this series?

EmP Staff Aug 11, 2021

I came to the series late because it didn't get a lot of EU coverage. Most of these games didn't get official European release until the Virtual Console and, I think, some of the handheld remakes? Not sure. My first real dalliance with the series was the PC port for IV which was pretty well done. III and IV was where I sunk the most hours through emulation, and I did put a few hours into the first, but it didn't seem to grab me. I hunted down IV because I will still very much into my X-Com phase (which I still seem to be in).

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Masters Staff Aug 13, 2021

GOAT tagline.

I don't have to prove I'm refined - that's what makes me refined!

EmP Staff Aug 14, 2021

Appreciate the rare comment, Marc!

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honestgamer Staff Aug 14, 2021

Rare was a terrific development studio, and I would like to see a true return to form in 2022 and beyond.

"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." - John F. Kennedy on reality

"What if everything you see is more than what you see--the person next to you is a warrior and the space that appears empty is a secret door to another world? What if something appears that shouldn't? You either dismiss it, or you accept that there is much more to the world than you think. Perhaps it really is a doorway, and if you choose to go inside, you'll find many unexpected things." - Shigeru Miyamoto on secret doors to another world