With the great age of the Shoguns, military rulers who held nearly absolute power and ruled in the name of the Emporer of Japan, held by the weak Ashikaga family, the individual Daimyos (provincial lords) vied for power which often resulted in two or more Daimyos engaging in military campaigns against each other. Nobunaga’s Ambition is a strategy simulation of the events leading to the unification of Japan during and slightly after the “Sengoku Jidai” which was the age of Japanese civil war which lasted from roughly 1477 to 1576. The driving force behind Koei is Yōichi Erikawa (also known as Kou Shibusawa) and Keiko Erikawa who have been charting the direction of Koei’s simulations for almost 40 years. Their games were available for many systems including the Nintendo, Sega and PlayStation as well as for computers such the Commodore Amiga (my all time favorite computer system) and the PC platform. Other hits followed including Romance of the Three Kingdoms which focused on ancient China, a game series focused on Genghis Khan and explorations of the American Revolutionary War with Liberty or Death, Napoleonics with L’Empereur and even several World War II titles focusing on the Pacific and European Theater of Operations ( P.T.O. They had their start back in 1978 designing business applications for the Japanese market but then hit it big in 1983 when they released their first computer game version of Nobunaga’s Ambition. Koei is a venerable name in the computer and console simulations arena. Facebook feature doesn’t work yet.įirst of all let me say how difficult it is to drag myself away from playing this game in order to write the review! That pretty much says it all! Doesn’t hold screen size settings which must be reset with each play. The manual seems to have references to incorrect pages. Fantastic graphics, sound effects and back ground music.įailed Basic: Some of the commands are a little confusing even after reading the manual. Nobunaga’s Ambition: Sphere of Influence.
Nobunaga’s Ambition: Sphere of Influence – PC Game Review By Rick Martin
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