Kessen 2

by Sony / Koei

Product Features

• 1 Player
• Digital Control
• Analog Control
• Vibration Function
• New "Agent Technology" allows for 500 soldiers on screen at once.

Product Details

• ASIN: B00005QIQP
• Item Weight: 5 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #16,515 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #39 in Video Games > PlayStation 2 > Strategy
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Become a Chinese general and conquer the world in Kessen II from Koei. Players plan out strategies, then watch as armies carry out their orders in real time. The tale of two warring Chinese generals, Liu Bei and Cao Cao, sets the stage for war in a scenario similar to the background of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms saga. Magic will play a part in the action: lightning, tornados, and earthquakes can all be summoned to wreak havoc among enemy troops.

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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Twisted History Fill with Beautiful Women, October 1, 2001

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"voice_of_thunder" (PINELLAS PARK, FLORIDA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kessen 2 (Video Game)

Romance of Three Kingdoms (RTK) history turned into a fantasy type movie. Koei has twisted the story of this game and base the theme on love. Just like a prince on a quest to save the princess. The main character is focusing on rescuing his lover than bring peace to China.

Characters are beautiful in design (especially WOMEN with big breasts - even Lui Bei got distracted by them). You even find Zhange Fei's 3 daughters in this game. In contrast to the traditional RTK series, there are no women in there. So, this is a welcome change. However, the voice over is a bit off due to the difference in Japanese and English. The characters' mouths aren't synchronizing well.

Here is where the game falls - The battle field/scene. Unlike "Dynasty Warrior II", the battle fields are vast and empty of trees, rock, and pointy grass. They are smooth as a chessboard. Fighting style is also limited. You hit the enemies the same sequence over and over. Moreover, the characters can't even tell the different between allies or foes. For Example, if your ally and foe are next to you, when you hit the X button to hit your foe, you will hit your ally too even if you don't want to. Duel - Duel is my favorite in many RTK series, BUT NOT HERE. I have Zhange Fei (one of the strongest general, second only to Lu Bu) duel with weaker generals and female general. He lost all 3 duels. Same goes with Guan Yu. I don't know what the outcome of the duel is base on and you can't control it. In RTK, duel is base on characters' strength. I am VERY DISAPPOINTED in this game. That's why I gave it a 4 stars.

If you a fan of RTK, then you might want to give this game a try.

13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Kinda fun, but too simplistic, November 30, 2001

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L. Zhang (Boston, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kessen 2 (Video Game)

Having played both games, I found the first one to be much more interseting than this. Sure, the story is vamped up and is actually a story, sure, you can now control the general and all that, and the new battle system looks cool. However, while it is fun to play, I think it's even more repetetive than the old game for a few reasons

1) You can no longer directly determine what to do with the units in terms of placing them and the grand strategy involved. All the unit commands have to be issued after you adopt one of the three strategies you can choose from in the beginning of any map. The problem with this is that sometimes it completely determins how you can play, for example the battle between Cao Cao and Sun Quan -- where you place the mines determine where you units go. Also, the maps are small in comparison with the old game, and there's just not much room to move a lot of times, limiting your strategic choices. Battles often end up as a crash of two lines and not much strategic nicety involved.

2. It seems like the game is even more heavily geared towards the special moves that you can use -- if timed properly, the fight between the two units is over in minutse. If your guy has no special maneuveur left, there's no way to try to get one (no more zeal rating) and you just have to wait it out, which could be painful.

3. There's nothing that really goes on in addition to what happens in the battle. Whereas in the previous game you can pick who to use, who to try to convince to come to your side, etc, in this game all there is is to choose one of three options that upgrade one thing over another. It's very simplistic -- I think too simplistic -- to be fun.

The old game offers a lot more in terms of strategy decisions, and to those who thought the old game was easy, they have never played the most difficult level (which is fairly challenging, at least at first). This game is even easier and is less fun -- it becomes very monotonous after a few battles. The graphics and sound and story improved, but at the expense of gameplay. Get Dynasty Warriors 3 instead, or if you haven't played Kessen the original and don't like action games like DW3, try the old Kessen.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Much jabbering, little action, February 8, 2004

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Motoko (a plane called Hell) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kessen 2 (Video Game)

I am most likely not alone when I say I bought this game because it was on sale for around ten dollars. Koei has had quite a bit of sucess with the ROTK based games, but they seem to have slipped a little with this one.
The graphics are good for the most part, but the animation is, at times, choppy and un-fluid. But I can live with that.
The dubbing...oh the horror... Couldn't the US editors have tried at least a LITTLE bit better to time it right? Bleh, this is the kind of thing that really annoys me. I don't expect perfection, but I did kinda hope for more than this...
And the so-called "strategy" element? Eep. You can move your troops and perform actions in many different ways, but the gameplay is simplistic. This is definitely not for hard-core strategy gamers. (Don't even get me started on the "unable to enter" areas...)
And the story, the main reason I even glanced at the game...well, let's say I don't trust the packaging anymore...the story is the same one: Guy is in love with Girl, Girl is kidnapped by Guy's rival, Guy fights huge-ass war to save Girl, and then we see it from the other side. At least seeing it from the other side wasn't an ANCIENT idea... And why do these characters insist on telling you every little thing that runs through their tiny heads?
I'll have to give this game an mediocre 3 out of 5... (too much X-Play...)