Rise of the Phoenix
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| Developer(s) | KOEI |
| Publisher(s) | KOEI |
| Release date(s) | 1995 |
| Genre(s) | strategy games |
| Mode(s) | Single player, Multiplayer |
| Platform(s) | Super Famicom/Super NES |
| Media | 12-megabit Cartridge |
A strategy game made by KOEI. The game is set in ancient China during the historically real Chu-Han Contention between Liu Bang and Xiang Yu.
The gameplay and control is one of a kind, quite unlike the similarly themed Romance of the Three Kingdoms or Nobunaga's Ambition series, and its controls were considered more inconvenient. The commands are set in four weeks during one month. The player must first choose the "planning" stage where they can decide to improve their cities or make allies. The next week is called the "Action" stage where the player choose where to move their armies.
The player chooses either to be Liu Bang or Xiang Yu. Liu Bang has below average stats for Politics and Skills however his Charisma is high and hence it is easy for him to make allies, while Xiang Yu has high personal stats while his Charisma is lower.
Although the story is set during a 5 year span, as in actual history, where the war took 5 years, the player was not penalished if they didn't finish the game under 5 years.
Oddly enough, this game English version only came out for Super NES internationally (albeit in small quantity), as KOEI has a long tradition of producing PC market first before porting to other system. However this game appeared in PC and ported in PlayStation (in 1998) in the East Asia market and is considered a rare game as a collectors item.
