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Kessen is incredible

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 18, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The graphics, sound, and game play are excellent. The game is incredibly fun and you'll learn some history too. Nonetheless, it has a high learning cure--it took me a good three hours before I really understood everything, so it takes a little patience. I highly recommend this game to those who like strategy games and want to see the extent of the PS2's graphics and sound.

SOOOOOOOOOOOO Dramatic

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 7
Date: June 21, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The game is alright. I only bought it because it seemed like a bloody barbaric war kind of game. There is NO blood in the game whatsoever. And it is so dramatic. Like in the first batle of Sekigahara, when Lord Tokugawa is with that concubine named Okatsu and he sees Lord Nobunaga in the clouds and starts talking to himself saying he has his own vision of Japan or something. Oh PLEASE how much cheesier could this game get. Instead of bloody warfare I got a history lesson about some Japanese family who needs to sort out their priorities back in the 15 or 1600's. And the other thing that just puts the cream on the coffee is that that stupid Princess Sen got herself married to the guy whom is head of her Grandpa Ieyasu Tokugawa's enemy. Is that little tramp just trying to get some attention or does she think " if I marry him, My grandfather and him can make peace"? Give it a rest. If she knows her grandpa hates that guy and is going to war with him, why is she gonna marry him? The cinema parts are always so soap opera-like. And that officer Masanori Fukushima has such a short circuit and goes through these temper tantrums like he just entered puberty and he even gets drunk in the game[ either he got drunk or Tadakatsu Honda].

Charge and let them fall beneath my blade.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: March 11, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I just loved this game. It's amazing graphics and cut scenes really draw you into the battle. It is easy to master, although at first it looks complicated. It was too short for my liking and followed a very set path. This is my biggest fault with the game. I would have prefered to have had to take the land province by province. Would have made for a longer game and given the player choice. There was no politics really either. It would have been nice to have been able to send emissaries to other lords. Or used ninja. But for all it's short comings I still had a blast playing it. Destroying an enemy unit and watching it's leader ride away in disgrace is alot of fun. Is it worth a buy? Probobly not. But rent it for sure and have a look at the ps2 graphical possibilities.

good graphics but easy and short

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: November 10, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I did really enjoy this game, it was incredibly pretty (would be nice if there was a way to unlock blood though kind of funny seeing people ran clean through and not bleed). The overhead map wasn't that attractive either. However the cutscenes, historical info, and zoom in views are all very nice. The only 2 things I really didn't like were: Firstly it was very short (I beat it with both guys in something like ten hours total). Secondly, I have heard some people complain that it was hard but I thought it was almost too easy, when playing through the first time I did not lose a single battle, in order to open up some of the battles I actually had to reboot old saved games and throw the fight. Theoretically would have been nice also to have a 2 player option but not sure how it would work in practice.

The Lessen I Play Kessen, the Better!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: November 26, 2003
Author: Amazon User

If you are really into Japanese history, then you may like this game. If you are really into strategy games and Japanese history, you may like this game. In fact, go rent part 2. It has to be better than this mess. If you are not interested at all in Japanese history, then to you, this is simply a very lame strategy game that should be avoided at all costs. If you are not even into strategy games, let alone Japanese history, you shouldn't even be reading this review!
This game is just bad. It is very slow. You move your group of soldiers here, while they move their soldiers there. If they get close enough, there is a warning that someone is going to attack. This is where you see a cool looking cut scene where some guy on a horse says he is going to kill you like the eagle diving down from the sky to capture its prey... or something lame like that. Then, you watch as he kills your soldiers and you realize that this reminds you of another game you should be playing instead. Then you are back to the overhead screen where you see your soldiers defeat his soldiers. Way to go eagle man. After you beat him you can keep moving your group of soldiers to another group of bad guy soldiers. If you win, the cycle of "violence" continues. I suppose the game may be worth playing to see what other kinds of neat metaphors the evil Hondas or Toyotas come up with. Who knows, in the later parts of the game, they may have prepared threatening haikus.
Your face is ugly
My sword is extremely sharp
I will watch you die.

save your hard earned cash

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: November 14, 2000
Author: Amazon User

this game blows chunks! don't let people kid you, this game is not worth your time. i was so thankful i rented it first. the game practically plays itself. there are better games to be bought.

Very boring

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: February 23, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I thought this was going to be like Ghengis Khan for the original Nintendo, but on a grander scale.... it turned out to be more like chess on a grander scale. The graphics are alright, the game play is lame, and the movies are pretty much the same. It's not as advertised.

This game stands out from the crowd.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: November 25, 2000
Author: Amazon User

The gameplay is excellent. It doesn't get really any better. Koei did a great job with the animations and battles. The battles are truly amazing, and to know that you actually have control over them...wow. If you're looking for a game to show off the Playstation2's power, along with the graphics, don't look no further...this is it. I bought it thinking it was gonna be kinda slow and boring, but once you turn it on, you won't let the controller go for at least a few hours. (The whole game is so life-like that its like watching a "school video" of a war.) It also has actual footage from the war at the start, just like a movie. Buy it.

What a bore...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: November 30, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Alright, So i go throught Blockbuster looking for some interesting game to pop-out at me, and this cover just looks soooo Cool! So naturally the game must be! I mean with all that effort into the cover, the game has to be spectacular! Wow was I ever so wrong... The game is basically about 6 levels long and it is just about impossible to lose unless you have no idea about strategy at all. The game took me just a little over an hour to beat, which is saying a lot, cause I dont usually beat things fast. The only cool part about it was how you can use your different *forces* with different guys in sync... But, its just way to easy to beat. I guess if you just want something to make yourself feel good to say Hey! Im amazing at games! This is for you, otherwise you serious gamers out there wont appreciate it at all.

intro into rts

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: June 01, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Yes the cutscences are repeatative but look past that and u see a bland rts,not to much strategy. Iwould of liked it better if it was a simulation of war. The game is give u story,give u the plan(which u cant change),puts u into war,rince repeat. Its a pretty short rts. It is addictive and fun so that justifys the score. Good game for begginers of the generation, like me.

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