Upon leaving Xu Zhou, you can go south to fight Yuan ShuвЂ™s cronies or you can go north to a cave. You should have no trouble with random battles outside, as the three brothers are as formidable as before and Lu Zhao and Zhu Ling help out enough to create a good five man party. Make note of the agility statistic, as each character had their own agility in the first one but now it is recorded and displayed.

However, do know that most strategies have drawbacks as well so study them well before you implement them in important battles. Memorize this for your characters to better utilize how you use them.ДЄlso, you can align your characters in certain formation to take advantage of certain aspects (ie more magic power, more defense, faster characters, etc.). For example, Zhang FeiвЂ™s bar turns yellow in the mountains which means he takes off more/absorbs less. Be wary of your surroundings in this game, terrain factors into the damage rates in battle. Veterans of the first Destiny of an Emperor will smile when they hear the overworld theme as it will draw memories of the original DoaE theme. There really isnвЂ™t much else to do so go out and leave. Finally, the store with the treasure sack is an item store. The store with the dragon symbol has a deposit area for items and an area to save/quit your quest. The weaponry has Leather Armor if you wish, while you can train yourself at the facility in the northwestern area of town, with the symbol of a black ball and four dashes in the corners. Explore the town and familiarize yourself with the new shops and the ones that have stayed the same. Rather, each character has their own type (axe, bow, sword, etc). Equip their weapons and notice the differences unlike the first DoaE, you canвЂ™t just equip any weapon. Of course, since they are only with you to the end of the Yuan Shu quest, thatвЂ™s not really an issue.ДЄnyway, get them (or reject them) and walk south, as Guan Yu and later Zhang Fei will join you. They are not great generals but they have a decent amount of soldiers and if you say no youвЂ™ll never get the chance to recruit them again. Talk to Cao Cao and he offers you Lu Zhao and Zhu Ling. Yuan Shu (oh my) has stolen the imperial seal and declared himself emperor! Cao Cao sends you off to dispose of him while Cao Cao builds up his own defenses. In fact, the story begins as you and Cao Cao finish off Dong Zhuo. You donвЂ™t start off with Zhang Jao/Dong Zhuo. I canвЂ™t imagine there are many who have played/heard of the second without previously playing the original DoaE. Simply put, this game is for people who played the first game. While it personally isnвЂ™t as entertaining as the first, if you enjoyed the first youвЂ™re going to enjoy the second because despite the small differences the general engine is the same 5 generals against 5 enemy generals. With the added depth, the game probably lasts a bit longer than the first. This game was never released on the Nintendo Entertainment System, and just recently the rom was translated to english (early 2000вЂ™s). You can not recruit as many generals in this one, but in a sense that adds to the realism as the characters you do acquire actually served Liu Bei in the story.

There are more caves, the gameplay (both in and out of battle) is slower, and the characters movement is even slower (for a while at least). Unlike the first installment however, the gameplay is less linear and the story is more realistic, as it isnвЂ™t just Liu Bei going from one area to the next conquering castles. Like itвЂ™s predecessor, Destiny of an Emperor 2 chronicles the era of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Destiny of an Emperor 2: The Story of Zhuge Liang

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