Kessen II

Kessen II

PAL cover Region NTSC-U: Serial numbers: SLUS-20275 Release date: September 26, 2001 March 12, 2013 Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: Playable Mac Status: ? Region PAL: Serial numbers: SLES-50578 SLES-50579 SLES-50580 Release date: March 15, 2002 Windows Status: ? Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ? Region NTSC-J/C/K: Serial numbers: SLPM-65015 SLPM-74413 (PlayStation 2 the Best) SLPM-66093 (Koei Teiban Series) Release date: March 29, 2001 February 26, 2004 (PlayStation 2 the Best) August 11, 2005 (Koei Teiban Series) Windows Status: ? Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ?

Developer(s): Koei
Publisher(s): Koei, THQ
Genre: Real-time Tactics
Wikipedia: Link
Game review links: Metacritic
Game review score: 71/100
Game description: Assume the role of historical Chinese general Liu Bei of the Shu kingdom whose ultimate goal is the destruction of the Cao Cao, the leader of the Wei kindgom in order to rescue his lost love and claim his opponenet's land. New "Agen Technology" allows for 500 soldiers on-screen at a given time.

Test configurations on Windows:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
NTSC-U	Windows	I5 3330 HD radeon 6850	1.1.svn5854	GSDX	SPU2-X ?	USA v02.20(10/02/2006) Can Run above the real speed,200% in the menus and movies	DESTRUIDOR

Test configurations on Linux:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
NTSC	Ubuntu 14.04+, Archlinux	AMD FX4300 Nvidia GTX 650 Ti	1.2.2	GSdx	SPU2X SDL	FX4300 really struggles when there are plenty of soldiers on the field; used Nvidia closed-source drivers; certain scenes will show a black screen unless you toggle to software mode for those particular scenes; certain magic attacks will have minor graphical errors; otherwise with a powerful cpu this game is quite playable	DaTankAC

Trivia

• Original names: 決戦II (SLPM-65015), 決戦 II PlayStation 2 the Best (SLPM-74413), コーエー定番シリーズ 決戦II (SLPM-66093)

	Kessen 2 (SLUS 20275) (U)