In this second part of River City Saga: Three Kingdoms, our beloved hot-blooded high-schooler from River City, Kunio (Guan Yu) charges his way through to the apex chapter of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the Battle of Wuzhang Plains. Experience a comedic twist on the classic tale, featuring a cast of over 100 characters!
River City Saga: Three Kingdoms Next starts with the baseline understanding of what makes a River City game, then plays experimental jazz with the rest, to varying levels of success. There's a lot of good in its presentation and core combat elements, but the dings of bland music and the slog of traversing the world are glaring and kneecap the experience....
Its chaotic take on The Romance of Three Kingdoms offers some good amusement as its larger-than-life cast threatens to push it off the rails, and there is some small satisfaction in being able to just blow away all comers at times. However, those looking for some more finely-tuned combat and challenge, or any real in-depth gameplay, will need to search...
River City Saga: Three Kingdoms Next is an interesting option for the biggest fans of the genre who have another sympathizer of the series by their side. You guys will have a great time, and the rest of you? You might give it a try.
River City Saga: Three Kingdoms Next is a fun beat'em up that suffers from some pacing problems and lack of combat in its exploration, but delivers an interesting new experience in the most iconic period of Chinese history.
River City Saga: Three Kingdoms Next was close to being fun. The tiring and repetitious structure that makes players run back and forth between the same areas across a huge map becomes very boring. There is too much teasing the player with a challenge and when it finally comes, it is too little and too late.
