Nobunaga’s Ambition has been around for a long time – a very long time, by video game standards. The first entry in the series was released in 1983 by Koei, whilst its latest rendition was released in 2017. The game has spanned 16 entries on nearly every platform or console, from the NES, MS-DOS, Steam, mobile, PC to modern day consoles – even the Switch! It’s like the great, great great, grandfather of tactical, turn-based hex empire strategy games who lives forever. An entire article could be dedicated to the gameplay of Nobunaga’s Ambition, but in essence, players must harvest resources to fuel expansion of both their military and civilian empires. Battles take place on the hex grid and there are numerous ways to take out an enemy over the course of the game’s campaign. At the end of the day, it’s an archetypal hex empire game that established many of the gameplay mechanics we know and love today.
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