River City Saga Three Kingdoms Next Review (PlayStation 4)
River City Saga Three Kingdoms Next Review, Guan Yu defends Jingzhou on his own as a jab against Cao Cao. He attacks Cao Ren in Xiangyang, wielding his impressive military might to clutch Jingzhou and get within firing distance of Cao Cao. There isn’t long to rejoice, however, as Sima Yi brainwashes Sun Quan of the Wu into breaking his alliance and attacking Guan Yu. Lu Su helps him escape the perilous situation, and he barely manages to make it away alive. While Sun Quan’s betrayal enrages Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Lu Su convince him to help free Sun Quan from his brainwashing.
River City Saga Three Kingdoms Next Review Pros:
- Excellent chunky pixel art graphics.
- 4.98GB download size.
- Platinum trophy.
- Works on Playstation 5.
- Local two-player support.
- Game settings – text speed (alow/standard/fast/instant), display enemy hp and remap controls for both players.
- The gallery houses unlocked – characters, attacks, events, and music.
- The story has six chapters.
- Fast loading times.
- 2.5D brawler gameplay.
- Opening tutorial section.
- Hack and slash combat complete with a robust combo system.
- Cool Anime character interactions.
- Earn EXP and level up to get skill points.
- Learn new special attacks, special weapons, ultimate, and tactics by learning them with skill points and equipping them.
- Tactics are like a different ability, build the tactic bar up and set any learned tactics to a quick select menu.
- Combo counter.
- Breakable objects are littered around the world.
- Very accessible thanks to simple controls and a simple gameplay loop.
- Earn gold from enemies, and quests, find them, and use the ship for items.
- Meet some memorable unique characters.
- Pick up and use any weapons.
- Main hub city lets you get quests, use vendors, etc.
- Hit trees and bushes to maybe get loot from them.
- EXP earned bangs up as you earn it.
- Beautiful looking locations.
- I love the button-mashing style of combat, it’s simple but it looks good and is very engaging.
- Main and optional side quests.
- The Hud shows your exp level, health, etc.
- Many specials to learn and they are split into types – punch, kick, throw, aerial punch, aerial kick, punch and kick, shot, smash, and weapon.
- Each special shows a video of the special in action to help you decide what to buy.
- The map fills in with locations as you discover them and will show what the location offers.
- You can always fast travel back to your hub city.
- Along with skill points you earn stat points when leveling up and you can put them in – punch, kick, weapon, throw, intelligence, luck, and endurance.
- You can air juggle enemies with your attacks and combos.
- Running can be toggled on and off with a button press.
- Armour load out has three sets and lets you sell unwanted items there and then.
- When you level up your health gets reset to full.
River City Saga Three Kingdoms Next Review Cons:
- You have to unlock the co-op.
- Very slow starter as it just keeps stopping and starting with story and tutorials.
- Due to the 2.5D nature of the world, it can be hard to line up attacks or pick up items.
- Breadcrumbs to missions are not always clear to follow.
- No voice work.
- A lot of backtracking with missions and progress in general.
- Using the map and navigating the world is a real pain and not straightforward in how it works.
- I don’t like that saving is only when changing areas and it doesn’t have a hard save.
- Dealing with many enemies at once can be very frustrating.
- Entering an area and getting hit immediately is not fun and makes it very annoying.
Related Post: Divine Dynamo Flamefrit Review (Nintendo Switch OLED)
River City Saga Three Kingdoms Next:
Developer: Arc System Works.
Publisher: Arc System Works.
Store Links –
