Is Rise of the Phoenix Worth Playing Today? - SNESdrunk 

Can't wait for the video ranking all Koei games on SNES once you finish reviewing them all :)

I like that someone is going through giving these old Koei strategy games some love. I can’t wait for the eventual Romance Of The Three Kingdoms video

Well, now I want a Koei-style simulation of the dying days of the territory era of pro wrestling.

Whenever I think about the Romance of the Three Kingdoms games, I think about a friend of mine who started one of these games, ages ago. They named one of the characters Deer Xing. LOL

I wish that Koei had leaned harder into simulation games like Aerobiz. All they needed was a banger soundtrack and some pixel portraits and they could have gotten me hooked on carnival operating or Christmas tree farming or basically anything.

Like Picasso's Blue Period, we're getting this artist's Koei Period.

I really appreciate a reviewer who is willing to try to appreciate genres where they might be out of their depth. I've seen too many people who can only refer to media that's not their thing with mockery or dismissal.

Can't believe you don't play Koei for the beard simulation. Casual 😅

I only watch SNES Drunk videos to listen to the "I hope you have a great rest of your day".

2:45 - Now THAT is a reference

As a 43 year old who knew about, and skipped Koei games, this actually looks playable! I may try it one day. Thank you, Ssssssssnesdrunk!!

I like how even this late in the game you can still find a SNES game at the bottom of the barrel that I've never heard of - even if there's mostly Koei games left.

May I quickly say how much I like how every video from you ends with "I wanna thank you for watching, and I hope you have a great rest of your day!". Makes me smile every time ✌

Another Koei Klassic...lol. No lies told when "all their games look and play the same"...but respect to Koei...they knew their niche/fanbase and catered to them. I've maybe played 2-3 koei games in my life.

I loved playing this with my bro, but it always ended the same way; one on one combat challenge, winner takes all.

2:44 Warlord !!! I literally just found my old 90s WWF figure of him yesterday 😂

This game is so obscure and uncommon that I forgot it existed. Only seen it a couple times in the past 20 years.

Yep, we're definitely getting a 13 best Koei Games for SNES video in the not so distant future.

Thanks for continuing to upload. Your channel is such a joy!

Looks like a 16 bit Destiny of an Emperor which was an absolute hidden gem for the NES!

I love starting my day with a new SNES video. Thanks!

Every video has been more interesting than the previous one, thanks SDrunk for sharing more KOEI goodness ✌🏼 Also it would fun to see a full chart of Koei games and where they fit, that would very strategic 😅

Congrats on 300k!

I come here for the wrestling references and stay for the Super NES game reviews.

Congrats on 300k 🍻

I look at my RU-vid subscriptions and I see two videos covering strategy games. This video and masahiro Sakurai's video on game essence in strategy games. Today's truly a red letter day for strategy game fans. Lastly, congratulations on 300,000 subs. You totally earned it with your quality work.

Thanks for always broadening my SNES-game horizon. :)

My officers like "Nobody does it better" by Carly Simon.

So glad you are reviewing KOEI games!

Always happy when your content shows up

I like the way this game ties in to Mortal Kombat, Liu Bang is Liu Kang's 4th generation ancestor

Holy moly, Drunk! You are slowly but steadily becoming the Koei-RU-vidr!!

Congrats on 300K subs, brother!

The Warlord only ever lost by DQ or count-out. He either squashed a jobber or got DQ'd by Slick or Slick's pimp cane lol.

I am always happy to see a Snes drunk video in my recommendations

What a nice way to start my day, with a video of yours

1:29 Haven't Got Time for the Pain.

Drunk is on quite the Koei kick lately! That animation of firing arrows looks like you're just gently tossing a bunch of sticks at them! 😂

Absolutely crazy that I think you actually got me to give this one a try

Keep dropping the Koei games! Love these!

It's difficult to get enthusiastic about yet another Koei game that involves conquering China. About 2/3 of Koei games were either about conquering China or Japan.

I don't think I'm dad enough to get into those old-school strategy games LOL.

Love your videos man, can't wait until you do Aerobiz

Thanks for the awesome video.

Nice to see some koei strategy games Getting some attention I’ve always wanted to see someone do a retrospective on them

I have really been enjoying this Koei focus - I haven’t heard of half of these and they look wonderfully complex!

I would love a video or a series showing all the "must play" snes games based on today's standards and categorized by genre.

I want to thank you for uploading, and I hope you have a great rest of your day

Never could get into Nobanaga's Ambition. I tried a few times, but it was just rough going. Genghis Khan 2 is probably the most player friendly of the medieval/ancient war simulation games with very simplified stats and just enough city management to not be overwhelming while focusing on war a lot more. Romance of The Three Kingdoms 3 and 4 are the most immersive and appeal most to the player who wants to manage everything, but can be a bit much for the casual gamer.

Love this Koei kick your on! I recommend you check out Gengis Khan 2 next. It’s game I still like to come back to 30 years later. Amazing replayability

Being able to redirect a river as terraforming strat on a game from this era let alone as a SNES title is kind of insane. I'm thinking of how pared down SimCity (SNES) was, or even SimCity DS and the depth of content in Rise of the Phoenix looks quite impressive. Props to Koei!!

KOEI is one of my favorite developers, how did i not know about this game?!!!? The ROTK games are phenomenal

I love Koei. There's nothing else quite like it.

It does look pretty cool to me. I'll have to add it to my list of games I need to find a copy of. I like strategy games, both complex and simple varieties.

Great job thanks

I love your content 🎮

I would love to see more Koei games being review by you.

Enjoying this dive into the obscure Komi strategy games. Nobody talks about these.

Ohh, I actually played this. It was incredibly tedious to learn but entertaining once I got the hang of it. Glad Mr Drunk intends, or implied that he will, look into other similar games. Let's go.

This reminds me of this DOS game I played with my siblings as a kid. It was called "Warlords"

"What Carly Simon song one general likes" LOL that got me. I never found Koei's SNES games quite that bad, but I recall trying to play their PS2-era games and by that point there was so much blather that I didn't even have a basic idea what I was doing.

Romance of the Three Kingdoms 3 is one of my favorite games of all time. I had to force myself to stop playing it after beating it 4 times when I had it emulated to a tablet like 8 years ago. I played 2 when I was younger, got addicted, and have now read the old Chinese novels it's based on 3 times. I had the same addiction issues with Romance of the Three Kingdoms 10 when I had it on PS2 years ago. I wish Koei still made games that great because the last few have been mediocre, and I found Total War: Three Kingdoms to be too complicated. And yes, I know Total War isn't Koei, but I was very excited when I got it.

We're are officially deep into SNES drunk's Koei grand strategy arc.

I'm impressed with your pronunciation of Liu Bang.

i could only ever get into romance of the three kingdoms 2 when i was a teenager. tried other koei games on the snes but found that there was way too much to manage and keep track of. so you are definitely right about that, its much nicer to play them when you dont have like 50 different resources to manage. i really wanted to like romance of the three kingdoms 3 and 4 but found that i had the same trouble with those games too, just was infinitely more things to keep track of so it became much more tedious to play instead of fun.

I remember renting this at Mr. Movies whenever it was available. This game was amazing!!

Kessen II was so great.

0:16 The cover says “Two warriors, One China”, so I don’t think it’s a game about feudal Japanese warriors 😄. Plus the names are clearly Chinese if you’re into Asian languages😁.

Hah! I love the Koei Scale. As someone who grew up playing PTO, AeroBiz, Uncharted Waters, and Rise of the Phoenix, this series is warming my heart.

General Chang was really into Carly Simon.

A graph or bulleted list of how all these Koei games compare would be cool to see.

Seems like Koei were basically the Paradox of their day, without the $500 in DLC and microtransactions for every game

Love this pixel art here

My parents used to blast the Carly album with the itsy bitsy spider song when I was trying to go to sleep. On the plus side. I can fall asleep no problem as an adult.

Drunk is very close to reviewing my favorite strategy game of the 16-bit era - Utopia

nobunagas ambition and romance of the three kingdoms were my favorite

I loved this game as a kid.

I love the old KOEI strategy games! I never played this one

that was my first thought when I saw the video thumbnail, "bah, another one of those KOEI games!"

Games like this always interested me as a kid, because I was a nerd. But I never got one because they were always expensive, even used, and if I couldn't figure a game out, my stepdad made me play it till it actually did feel like homework.

KOEI games back in the day were the Dynasty warriors of their time with slight alterations or setting but the same basic gameplay for strat fans. And I just found out I could use the SNES mouse on this. LOL

Maximum Koei is such a funny sentence, and it makes sense

Thank you snes drunk your the best !

Awesome review!!lol Please review Aerobiz!❤

Even the first 'Otome Game' ( which was made by Koei ) released in Japan on Super Famicom ( SNES ) in 1994 was actually a simulation/strategy type game... very Koei. 😅

You jest, but nothing stirs up those feudal Chinese troops before battle better than listening to James Taylor and Carly Simon belt out a rendition of Mockingbird.

Don’t think I could play this today, but their Warriors Orochi series is solid

I loved this game when I was a kid.

When I was little at first I thought this was a SNES sequel to Capcom's Destiny of an Emperor.

Uncharted Waters II deserves its own revew IMO even if it was done six years ago.

You should check out Rescue the Embassy Mission on NES. Thats a classic, well, in my humble opinion anyway!

Wow! Tenacious D in the channel!!

The Carly Simon comment made my day. 😂

Would a more in-depth view of Uncharted Waters be out of the question with the recent KOEI kick? I love that game. ❤❤❤

i would have never even picked up this box at blockbuster as a kid, but id gladly give it a whirl now that I'm 40

At long last - the entry level Koai game has been found!!!

Dang, Warlord catching strays...

Still play this one today

"Or if they refuse, you just kick the crap out of them until they are your friend". Soooo, the DragonBall method of making friends.

the theme music sounds like something straight out of super metroid