

As time advances, a military option will be unlocked, with the feudal lord calling their bannermen to war against other clans. Here, gamers will learn to keep their subjects happy and their equals friendly, and other bannermen will show up from time to time, offering to complete the feudal lord’s demands in order to gain renown and advance the game’s important events if the player is slacking on the job.Ĭompleting the lord’s demands and developing their land opens up the player’s options, and lets them acquire more territories, which, in turn, can be developed as well, generating even more resources.


This early section of the game also prepares budding clan leaders for the future, as they need to think ahead and most of their first orders will not show their impact on the world until later. From time to time, players will get different requests which, if completed, will reward them with resources and productivity boosts. After this step has been completed and gamers become bannermen for a local lord, their first assignment is relatively simple, taking care of a small region of Japan and generate enough resources to meet the clan leader’s demands. The beginning of the game already shows how much choice and variety can be enjoyed during the journey, as there are more than two thousand different characters that can be chosen as the player’s ingame representation. In Ascension, gamers start as lowly vassals to a feudal lord and work their way up the food chain, something that feels incredibly rewarding after dozens of hours of hard work. Nobunaga’s Ambition: Sphere of Influence saw players ruling a clan with most of the groundwork already done, and the path to glory was far more constrained than the open ended approach featured in this sequel. Nobunaga’s Ambition: Sphere of Influence – Ascension feels like the natural evolution of the first Sphere of Influence title, letting gamers work their way through Japan’s tumultuous past, forging alliances and cementing the reputation of their family.

Game name: Nobunaga’s Ambition: Sphere of Influence – Ascension
