_________________________________________________________________________ ______ ______ | / |----- / \ / \ |----- |\ | | / | / \ / \ | | \ | | / | | | | | | | \ | | / | | | | | | \ | |/ | \ \ | | \ | |\ |----- \______ \______ |----- | \ | | \ | \ \ | | \ | | \ | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | \ | | \ | \ / \ / | | \| | \ |----- \_____/ \_____/ |----- | \ _________________________________________________________________________ Kessen English Version Version 1.0 Written By Michael Green E-Mail: Golden_Crater@hotmail.com This guide is Copyrighted as of 28 December 2000. Chapter 1. Copyright Info.(Please Read and Follow) ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ This guide is meant for personal usage only. It cannot be altered and it can only be reproduced in electronic form only. It cannot be published in magazines, articles and any other form of reproduction. The guide is not meant for sale. Any offenders will be severly dealt with This guide is made by me, Michael Green. If you want to use this guide for your website or webpage, please E-mail me for permission and THEN, you can put it on your site. You are allowed to print the guide out, but make sure that you do not sell it for cash! Chapter 2. Contents ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Chapter 1. Copyright Info. Chapter 2. Contents. Chapter 3. Version History. Chapter 4. Background History. Chapter 5. Guide for the East. Chapter 6. Specials Info. Chapter 7. What to expect in the next release. Chapter 8. Contact Info. Chapter 9. Ending (Not of the game, of the guide) Chapter 3. Version History ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ V. 1.0 (28/Dec/2000) Started guide. Started East Guide. Finished First Battle. E-mailed: 29/Dec/2000 Chapter 4. Background History ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Note. This is the Background History section from the Instruction Manual. (Pages 14 to 19) !!Uncomplete!! Introduction Japanese history is filled with many stories of wars between clans. Many men fought for their honour and for their loyalty to certain Shoguns, while others fought out of hatred and long time bitterness against the opposing general. And even others fought for the ulitmate dream of ruling all of Japan. Kessen is set in the era of the Azuchi-Momoyama (1573-1603) period and the Edo period (1603-1867) of Japanese history. In this story, three classic motives-- loyalty, hatred and power--spurred on our main two characters, Hideyoshi Toyotomi and Ieeyasu Tokugawa. The following is a brief summary of the struggles, successes and failures these great men experienced. To Be Continued. Chapter 5. Guide for the East (Ieyasu Tokugawa) ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ !!Uncomplete!! Battle 1. Skirmish at Kuzegawa. 14th Sept 1600 Objective: Win by destroying Ishida's Unit. Your Units: Ieyasu Tokugawa - 3500 men Specials: Barrage - 4 uses. Cannonade - 1 use. Drum Call - 3 uses. Rally - 7 uses. Tadakatsu Honda - 2000 men Specials: Avoid - 2 uses. Raid - 2 uses. Naomasa Yi - 2300 men Specials: Charge - 4 uses. Avoid - 3 uses. Reinforcements - Masanori Fukushima - ???? men Ishida's Units: Mitsunari Ishida - 5820 men Specials: Triple (3) Barrage - 3 uses. Spear Wall - 4 uses. Rally - 7 uses. Sakon Shima - 2000 men Specials: Charge - 3 uses. Raid - 3 uses. Satoie Gamo - 1000 men Specials: Barrage - 3 uses. Raid - 1 use. Reinforcements - Teruzumi Akashi - ???? men Mission Strategy ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ When you begin this mission, Honda briefs you on your task , then the tutorial shows you how to play the game. Once it is finished, Honda askes if you wish to battle or to let them fight for themselves for a short time. If you tell him that you want to battle, he will then ask you for the plan. You can either tell him; to Proceed as planned, No plan is needed attack or Hold Your Positions. I recommend you choose Proceed as planned (option 1). Your units will move into position. You should tell Honda to attack Gamo as his forces outnumber Gamo's forces. You should tell Yi to attack Shima for the same reason. Honda will probably tell you that they are concentrating on you. You can either choose; Strenghen the defences, Attack all who attack me or There is no change in plan. I recommend you choose There is no change in plan (option 3). You should use cannonade on Ishida and then attack him using Tokugawa. When Honda is free get him to help you. Ishida will probably retreat so you can get your forces together. If you don't defeat him fast enough, Fukushima will come to help. ___________________________________ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Overall Difficuly: 1 out of 5 (1/5) ___________________________________ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ To Be Continued. Chapter 6. Specials Info. ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ !!Unfinished!! In Battle Manoeuvres ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Spear Wall - Spearmen arrande a line of spears to stop the enemies advance. ?? zeal. Raid - The Lord runs through on his horse attacking men. 30 zeal. Note; It decreases the enemies zeal by 30 when you use it. Very Close-Range Attacks ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Charge - The group charge through the enemy and appear on the otherside on the map. 45 zeal. Note; This attack can only be performed by a team exclusively made up of horsemen. Close-Range Attacks ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Barrage - Riflemen shoot one line of bullets at the enemy. 30 zeal. Mounted Barrage - A barrage performed by riflemen on horseback. ?? zeal. Triple Barrage - Three rows of riflemen barrage the enemy. ?? zeal. Volley - Bowmen fire arrows into the enemy. ?? zeal. Note; This attack can fire over allied units, Long-Range Attacks ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Cannonade - A row of cannons are fired at the enemy causing immense damage. 55 zeal. No Range Attacks ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Rally - Raises one of your allies zeal by 30. 15 zeal. Avoid - Makes it so that the enemy next enemy who tries to attack you can't. 20 zeal. To Be Continued Chapter 7. What to expext in the next release ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ A guide for the next two battles.(Already working on them) More on the Specials Info. Maybe a start on the guide for the West. Chapter 8. Contact Info. ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ If you wish to contact me on any part of this guide, E-mail me at Golden_Crater@hotmail.com. Please put the subject as Kessen Guide or I will just delete it. Chapter 9. Ending (Not of the game, of the guide) ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ This is it. That is all of the guide. There isn't any more here... Except for the thanks to. Thanks to... KOEI for designing the game. Electronic Arts for publishing the game. CJayC for putting it on gamefaqs. And you, for reading this.