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Shingen the Ruler (NES)

Many, many hours wasted (very happily) on this game

The Good
Okay, as the other reviewer has pointed out, there are some design flaws, but these can make the game fun. I'd like to reveal one tactic that can improve financial standing:

Tax your peasants to death at harvest time! Raise your taxes as high as you can, and leave them to starve. This will cause them to hate you and ultimately revolt, but you only do it during harvest month (which is when you really get paid). The rest of the year, you return taxes to a nominal amount.

I like the fact that this game takes so long to beat. You could spend weeks at it!

The Bad
Strategic combat is very time consuming, but auto-combat is difficult to win.

The Bottom Line
If you like long, boring rpg/conquest games (as I do), this is a lot of fun for the NES. If there were a PC version available, I'd still play it!

By w b on August 4, 2008