Three Kingdoms: Fate Of The Dragon (PC CD)

Old game but I do love it classic game

Based on a fourteenth century historical novel 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms' is an Age of Empires clone set in China circa 184AD. You can choose to play as one of three warlords and can create armies, research technologies and develop your empire through a series of scripted missions, as in a number of RTS games of this type. The 'painterly' graphics are functional but not outstanding (on a par with Age of Kings) and there are elements of gameplay which some players may find frustrating - particularly the fact that armies outside of cities have to be regularly re-supplied to keep them at full fighting strength. I also found the layered maps (where you have to send armies through a range of screens rather than across a single map to reach distant locations) a bit of a chore after a while. However, I enjoyed the historical premise and have learned something about a period in China's history of which I was previously ignorant. You can also send your troops to man walls in large pre-built cities, which was a big plus and there are various elements pinched from other games (Civilisation and Sim City for example) which give the game some strategic depth - periodic disasters hampering economic growth, the chance to arrange diplomatic agreements with other factions etc. All in all a competant Age of Empires/Age of Kings clone with some intersting additional touches. At this price, it is well worth having in your collection if you like this type of game.

The kids love it - even the 15 year old girl who doesn't usually find this sort of thing interesting. I can't make head nor tail of it, so it must be good for the young/trendy!

Didnt work at all

Cannot get the game to run on Windows 10. Unfortunate, because I had plans to use this game for a YouTube video. I tried several methods, including using DOSBOX but to no avail. The only thing I did not try is running this on a virtual machine, which I do not have.

wonderful game