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[kirkington]

Anyone remember this old classic?  Koei made some great strategy games back in the day, at least, great for their time.  BKOAC shines a little brighter than the others and sadly was not nearly as popular as Romance of the Three Kingdoms or their other series.

BKOAC was based on the same source material that the Suikoden series used (Water Margin), 108 stars of destiny, group of bandits vs. big evil government, etc.

I did a "let's play" for splitkick.com a while back, here's the first episode:

http://splitkick.com/lets-play-bandit-kings-of-ancient-china-1/

Warning: some NSFW language but nothing too offensive (I think...)

[EuchreJack]

Love this game!

Shame you couldn't recruit Black Whirlwind.  He's quite the brute!

[kirkington]

Love this game!

Shame you couldn't recruit Black Whirlwind.  He's quite the brute!

True!  I'm trying to remember...  I don't think I came across him on this play through.  I could be mistaken though.  I also remember him being very incompatible with most of the leaders.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Kui_(Water_Margin)

The spiritual equivalent to the Suikoden Characters:
Fu Su Lu, Hanna, Gau, and Ernst

[Seriyu]

I've always been a fan of this era (if that's the appropriate term), I may have to check this out!

[Zangi]

I've always been a fan of the Three Kindoms era, well, the part leading up to it.  Ever since I got RoTK IV on the SNES.

[Moghjubar]

Man, this game: played it to hell and back.  Ah, memories.

[kirkington]

Here's the rest of my let's play:

http://splitkick.com/lets-play-bandit-kings-of-ancient-china-2-meet-the-enemy/

http://splitkick.com/lets-play-bandit-kings-of-ancient-china-3-the-aftermath/

http://splitkick.com/lets-play-bandit-kings-of-ancient-china-4-the-first-northern-campaign-of-blue-faced-beast/

http://splitkick.com/lets-play-bandit-kings-of-ancient-china-5-the-second-northern-campaign/

http://splitkick.com/lets-play-bandit-kings-of-ancient-china-6-dick-being-a-dick/

http://splitkick.com/lets-play-bandit-kings-of-ancient-china-7-the-battle-for-the-north/

http://splitkick.com/lets-play-bandit-kings-of-ancient-china-8-heavenly-king/

http://splitkick.com/lets-play-bandit-kings-of-ancient-china-9/

http://splitkick.com/lets-play-bandit-kings-of-ancient-china-10-its-over/

[Eduardo X]

Outlaws of the Marsh remains the longest book I've ever read. I tried reading RotTK right after, and I couldn't hack it.

This game seems great. I'll have to watch your Lets Plays. Thanks for posting them!