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After the release of the version for the PC-8801mkIISR and later, it was ported to other Japanese personal computers and became a major hit, and in the United States it was also ported to the Amiga and PC/AT compatibles under the title Nobunaga's Ambition.
He praised the graphics for being "among the best that this reviewer has ever seen for the IBM" and the 5x10 hex map battles, and noted that it used role-playing game elements, including assigning various statistics to a selected persona, a time system where each turn represents a year, as the daimyo ages and eventually dies of old age, and a multiplayer option.
He stated that he "thoroughly enjoyed Nobunaga's Ambition", concluded with a "Highly Recommended" rating, Compute! similarly praised the IBM PC version, calling it "one of the best strategic war games ever designed for a personal computer" and citing the game play, user interface, and documentation.
Reviewing the SNES version, GamePro praised the control interface and combat system but opined that the game essentially offers nothing to set it apart from Koei's previous historical simulators.
In the "Cross Review" feature of the magazine Famitsu,the game scored a total of 28 out of 40. In the "Game Report Card" reader poll run by Family Computer Magazine,it scored 21.86 out of 30, as shown below.
Game magazinesIn the "Cross Review" of Famitsu it received 5, 5, 5 and 4 for a total of 19 out of 40, and in the "Game Report Card" based on reader voting in Family Computer Magazine it was rated as follows, 21.2 out of 30.
In the "Cross Review" feature of the magazine Famitsu,the four reviewers gave 7, 4, 6, and 6, for a total of 23 out of 40. In the "Game Report Card" reader poll run by Mega Drive FAN,it scored 20.0 out of 30, as shown below.
He praised the graphics for being "among the best that this reviewer has ever seen for the IBM" and the 5x10 hex map battles, and noted that it used role-playing game elements, including assigning various statistics to a selected persona, a time system where each turn represents a year, as the daimyo ages and eventually dies of old age, and a multiplayer option.
He stated that he "thoroughly enjoyed Nobunaga's Ambition", concluded with a "Highly Recommended" rating, Compute! similarly praised the IBM PC version, calling it "one of the best strategic war games ever designed for a personal computer" and citing the game play, user interface, and documentation.
From the Super Famicom port Super Nobunaga no Yabo: Zenkoku Ban onward, more scenarios were added and some settings were changed, including the return of the dialect mode.
From the Super Famicom port Super Nobunaga no Yabo: Zenkoku Ban onward, more scenarios were added and some settings were changed, including the return of the dialect mode.
It is the second game in the Nobunaga's Ambition series and the first Nobunaga's Ambition title to be released in English.
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