● Feature expansions/adjustments
• Added officer-specific voices (like those for Cao Cao, Zhuge Liang, etc.) to the voice editing feature in Edit Original Officers and Edit Historical Officers.
• Added initial voice settings to Edit Original Officers.
• Added initial settings for the frequency of NPC executions after battles.
• Added initial settings for linked damage bonuses and the amount of damage dealt to buildings.
• Made adjustments so that governors (including NPCs) can appoint themselves to oversee and carry out domestic affairs.
"• Made the following adjustments to AI combat:
- The defending side fights from the location where they used cover fire near watchtowers and cities.
- The reinforcements will move further forward than the regular army to fight.
- Characters will try to leave disadvantageous areas, like hexes that have gone up in flames."
• Shortened the loading time when transitioning between certain screens.
• Lowered the priority of the wives/daughters of NPC rulers being appointed by governors.
• Made changes to the Discuss command so that after the player has chosen not to become sworn siblings or propose marriage, the next set of options will be displayed more quickly.
• Made it easier for vagrant forces to raise banners.
● Bug fixes
• Fixed a bug that compromised data when the Tale "Escaping Chang'an" was triggered.
• Fixed a bug that sometimes unintentionally reduced the departure city's materials after coalition battles.
• Fixed a bug that gave officers the incorrect rank if they had been employed from a vagrant force.
• Fixed a bug in which the allied regular army would not use stratagems if the player participated in the battle as part of the reinforcements.
• Fixed a bug that sometimes prevented the player officer from learning skills in the Tale "Your Better Half."
• Fixed a bug causing Chen Gong and Gao Shun to die in the Tale "Lu Bu's Final Moments" even if they were not subordinates of Lu Bu.
• Fixed a bug in which domestic affairs goals were not linked to changes in the increase speed of domestic affairs.
• Fixed a bug that sometimes caused officers who were supposed to have already retreated to be captured when the commander retreated from battle last.
• Fixed a bug in which, after accepting a ruler's request to find free officers, the request would sometimes not be cancelled even if the affiliated force was destroyed.
• Fixed a bug that sometimes decreased the loyalty of comrades after vagrant forces raised a banner.
• Fixed a bug preventing continuous selection when pressing "Up" or "Down" while holding the Cancel input on lists with multiple selectable options.
• Fixed a bug occurring when starting a new game from "Scenarios," in which the mouse would move to a different officer than intended when transitioning from "List" to "Officer Details" during officer selection.
• Fixed a bug that switched the status and level of the tactics "Sorcery" and "Witchcraft" in some officer lists.
• Fixed a bug that replaced "Compatibility" with "Initial Diplomacy" on the save and load screens.
• Fixed a bug in which skipping a conversation event while the CG for Specialties was displayed would cause that CG to remain visible in the next event scene.
• Fixed a bug causing Cao Pi and Lady Zhen to become spouses despite being in opposing forces in the scenario "Battle of the Seven Forces."
• Fixed a bug preventing players from inputting text in Steam's Big Picture mode.
• Fixed a bug preventing cutscenes from playing for some players with triple monitor setups.
• Fixed other minor bugs.

Thank you for playing "ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS 8 REMAKE."
We would like to announce the details of some of the updates scheduled for February, 2025.

● Feature expansions/adjustments
• Added officer-specific voices (like those for Cao Cao, Zhuge Liang, etc.) to the voice editing feature in Edit Original Officers and Edit Historical Officers.
• Added initial voice settings to Edit Original Officers.
• Added initial settings for the frequency of NPC executions after battles.
• Added initial settings for linked damage bonuses and the amount of damage dealt to buildings.
• Made adjustments so that governors (including NPCs) can appoint themselves to oversee and carry out domestic affairs.
• Made the following adjustments to AI combat:
- The defending side fights from the location where they used cover fire near watchtowers and cities.
- The reinforcements will move further forward than the regular army to fight.
- Characters will try to leave disadvantageous areas, like hexes that have gone up in flames.
• Shortened the loading time when transitioning between certain screens.
• Lowered the priority of the wives/daughters of NPC rulers being appointed by governors.
• Made changes to the Discuss command so that after the player has chosen not to become sworn siblings or propose marriage, the next set of options will be displayed more quickly.
• Made it easier for vagrant forces to raise banners.
● Bug fixes
• Fixed a bug that compromised data when the Tale "Escaping Chang'an" was triggered.
• Fixed a bug that sometimes unintentionally reduced the departure city's materials after coalition battles.
• Fixed a bug that gave officers the incorrect rank if they had been employed from a vagrant force.
• Fixed a bug in which the allied regular army would not use stratagems if the player participated in the battle as part of the reinforcements.
• Fixed a bug that sometimes prevented the player officer from learning any skills in the Tale "Your Better Half."
• Fixed a bug causing Chen Gong and Gao Shun to die in the Tale "Lu Bu's Final Moments" even if they were not subordinates of Lu Bu.
• Fixed a bug in which domestic affairs goals were not linked to changes in the increase speed of domestic affairs.
• Fixed a bug that sometimes caused officers who were supposed to have already retreated to be captured when the commander retreated from battle last.
• Fixed a bug in which, after accepting a ruler's request to find free officers, the request would sometimes not be cancelled even if the affiliated force was destroyed.
• Fixed a bug that sometimes decreased the loyalty of comrades after vagrant forces raised a banner.
• Fixed a bug preventing continuous selection when pressing "Up" or "Down" while holding the Cancel input on lists with multiple selectable options.
• Fixed a bug occurring when starting a new game from "Scenarios," in which the mouse would move to a different officer than intended when transitioning from "List" to "Officer Details" during officer selection.
• Fixed a bug that switched the status and level of the tactics "Sorcery" and "Witchcraft" in some officer lists.
• Fixed a bug that replaced "Compatibility" with "Initial Diplomacy" on the save and load screens.
• Fixed a bug in which skipping a conversation event while the CG for Specialties was displayed would cause that CG to remain visible in the next event scene.
• Fixed a bug causing Cao Pi and Lady Zhen to become spouses despite being in opposing forces in the scenario "Battle of the Seven Forces."
• Fixed a bug preventing players from inputting text in Steam's Big Picture mode.
• Fixed a bug preventing cutscenes from playing for some players with triple monitor setups.
• Fixed other minor bugs.

ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS 8 REMAKE Commemorative CG Portrait & Scenario Set for "RTK" Day

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A "ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS" Day commemorative set of 25 CG portraits from "ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS VIII" that can be used in the Editor, along with 2 new scenarios, "Lady Power" and "Those Loyal to the Han."

Two new scenarios
- Lady Power
- Those Loyal to the Han

Additional CG portraits
- CG portraits of 25 officers, including Zhuge Liang, Lu Bu, and Diaochan, from the original version of this game, "ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS VIII."

How to access:
- New scenarios
Access New Game and then Scenarios, where you can select "Lady Power" or "Those Loyal to the Han" to begin playing.
- CG portraits
Set officers' CG portraits via Edit Original Officers or Edit Historical Officers.
To view the portraits, access Edit, Edit Original Officers, Create Original Officers or Change Original Officers, and then Portrait. Alternatively, access Edit, Edit Historical Officers, Edit Historical Officers again, Portrait, and then the "Special" tab.

Nominate RTK8 REMAKE for the Steam Awards!

We hope you can nominate ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS 8 REMAKE for "Sit Back and Relax Award".
Of course, if you think other categories are more suitable, then please feel free to nominate it there!

The nominations will be open until 10AM (PT) on December 4th.

We hope you’re all enjoying ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS 8 REMAKE!

● Feature expansions/adjustments
・ Added "Result" to the options when triggering Tales, allowing players to skip the scene and move directly to the screen showing results.
・ Made it possible to skip duels/debates when triggering a practice/discussion.
・ Added the category "Recommended" to the list of potential target officers under the Slander command.
・ Adjusted the ages at which characters can give birth to children.
・ Adjusted the amount of Reputation obtained from requests.
・ Adjusted the success rate of Demands.
・ Added a settings option to turn off voice playback for original officers.
・ Added the difficulty level "Custom," which enables individual changes to factors like income.
・ Added a feature to select whether or not duels will be triggered during combat.
・ Added a settings option when starting the game to randomize the cities in which free officers will appear.
・ Added the option to shorten all officers' lifespans via "Lifespan" in the scenario settings.
・ Added a feature to skip the animations for requests involving taverns.
・ Added the "Initial Diplomacy Setting" and "Compatibility and Relationships" settings to the saving and loading menus.
・ Added the "Request for a Change of Post" Tale, enabling player officers who are governors to become governors of different cities.
・ Added a feature to turn notifications on or off in Tales.
・ Made adjustments so that vagrant armies the player officer is not part of will disband after a number of years have passed.
・ Made adjustments so that allied vagrant armies in cities under the player's force's control will disband and join the player's ranks.
・ Added a feature enabling viceroys to change their own force's city.
・ Adjusted the balance of troop numbers during Auto Adjust.
・ Added a feature to display the effect range of constructions and traps on the Battle and War Council screens.
・ Adjusted the damage caused by flames during battle.
・ Adjusted the balance of experience points gained during missions.
・ Made adjustments enabling the selection of persuasion in debates when recruiting (employing) officers.
・ Made adjustments enabling the selection of facial expressions for officers who appear in some Tales in the Editor.
・ Made adjustments so that officers will resign if they consider their leader a sworn enemy.
・ Made adjustments so that rulers will dismiss subordinates if they have become sworn enemies.
・ Made it possible to change the facial expressions of historical officers even before the bonus Edit Historical Officers is unlocked.
・ Added keybind settings (an option to assign keys to certain functions)

● Bug fixes
・ Fixed a bug causing the player's force's division objectives to be considered "accomplished" when another force conquered a target province.
・ Fixed a bug causing a comrade to become commander, regardless of whether the chieftain was present in the march.
・ Fixed a bug making it impossible to progress after a city without a governor grew in size.
・ Fixed a bug making it impossible to progress upon opening the map after receiving orders from rulers/governors during parliament.
・ Fixed other minor bugs.

Thank you for playing “ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS 8 REMAKE.”
We would like to announce the details of the DLC scheduled for release in December.
- Scenario “Lady Power”
- Scenario “Those Loyal to the Han”
- CG portraits from “ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS VIII”

Thank you for playing "ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS 8 REMAKE."
We would like to announce the details of some of the updates scheduled for November.

Feature expansions/adjustments
- Added the difficulty level "Advanced."
- Added the difficulty level "Custom," which enables individual changes to factors like income.
- Added a feature to select whether or not duels will be triggered during combat.
- Added a settings option when starting the game to randomize the cities in which free officers will appear.
- Added the "Initial Diplomacy Setting" and "Compatibility and Relationships" settings to the saving and loading menus.
- Added the "Request for a Change of Post" Tale, enabling player officers who are governors to become governors of different cities.
- Added a feature to turn notifications on or off in Tales.
- Made adjustments so that vagrant armies the player officer is not part of will disband after a number of years have passed.
- Made adjustments so that allied vagrant armies in cities under the player's force's control will disband and join the player's ranks.
- Added a feature to display the effect range of constructions and traps on the Battle and War Council screens.
- Adjusted the damage caused by flames during battle.
- Adjusted the balance of experience points gained during missions.
- Added keybind settings (an option to assign keys to certain functions)

Bug fixes
- Fixed a bug making it impossible to advance the game when a viceroy was employed by another force.
- Fixed a bug making it impossible to advance the game when Gao Shun or Chen Gong was chosen as Lu Bu's successor in the Tale "Lu Bu's Final Moments."
- Fixed a bug making it impossible to advance the game after loading corrupted save data under certain conditions.
- Fixed a bug making it impossible to advance the game when the player canceled a save or load and then quickly pressed the Delete Data button.
- Fixed a bug that prevented the editing of some officers in Historical Officer Editing.
- Fixed a bug where pressing the Relationship Chart button in the Officer Details screen and then immediately canceling and returning to the Officer Details screen would prevent the Relationship Chart from being displayed again when pressing the appropriate button.
- Fixed a bug where moving the cursor on the Map while holding the OK button would cause the cursor to become stuck in place after the button was released.
- Fixed a bug that caused enemy units to be moved to placement locations of the player's own force on the War Council screen.

ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS 8 REMAKE is now available!

A masterpiece of historical simulation, "ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS 8" is revived after 20 years.
This version includes an improved "All Officers Play" feature, which allows players to play as any officer in the world of the Three Kingdoms.
The game is also packed with additional elements that bring the officers to life, such as "Destiny" which can dramatically change the course of events, "Tales" which offer a variety of stories to choose from, and combat which is faster and more intense than ever before.
Combining 2D and 3D technologies, the game features both new and nostalgic visual effects, as well as many new officer graphics created specifically for this title.
Enjoy the greatest military drama in the "THREE KINGDOMS" series, with the largest number of officers and scenarios!