Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII: Fame and Strategy Expansion Pack (PlayStation 4) Review

It is a daunting task to create an expansion pack for an already great game, as the risk is always there to ruin it, which has been seen countless times before. Therefore, the approach taken in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII: Fame and Strategy Expansion Pack is quite a brave one, with the revamping of some systems and adding even more deep ones into the game, such as marriage, children and countless other new and interesting events that change the way the game is played, as well as additions to the combat system itself.

The most interesting new content is the prestige system. It allows the player to shape their officer's life into one of several directions, which give them access to new actions related to their prestige path. It is a clever and natural system that helps make each officer feel unique, with paths varying between everything from being a military official to a merchant.

To focus on enhancing what is already there is a brave bet that has paid off well. The Fame and Strategy Expansion Pack offers existing players a greatly enhanced Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII experience, as the user-friendliness has improved, on top of the quantity of meaningful decisions to take - but not only that, it is also an almost mandatory expansion even for new players.

The result is a neat expansion that does not change the core of the game, nor move away from what was already there, but simply enhances the experience that already existed. It is a classic style of expansion pack, which does everything right in making players return to the game, in addition to being a necessity for newcomers. It is, in other words, a great expansion that makes an already great title better.