1239: Tenchi wo Kurau II PS4 \\ Kan-U playthrough! (Japanese version of Portor in Warriors of Fate)
1Playing through Tenchi wo Kurau II: Sekiheki no Tatakai ("The Devouring of Heaven and Earth II: Battle of Red Cliffs"), the Japanese version of Warriors of Fate, from Capcom Beat 'Em Up Bundle on PS4, as Kan-U ("Portor" in the US version)!
My beat-em-ups playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZO3OPzPjIzMRdL46C-xoiG1dgqjvlgao
0:00 - start
3:34 - title, intro, char select
4:10 - playing
12:10 - eating bonus game
15:03 - Mr. Big Hammer
26:03 - looked up some moves
30:41 - the battlefield
35:20 - the baby & the well
42:55 - purple magic sword??
44:26 - wood status bonus game
45:08 - burning ships
1:15:25 - the choice
1:18:49 - wrap!
The game is based on the manga of the same name, which is based on the 14th century Chinese historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, set in China from 184 to 280 AD, in China's Three Kingdoms period. The game changed the names of the characters from the manga and novel slightly: Kan-U is the historical Chinese general Guan Yu, for instance.
The US version of the game switched to a made-up country, and characters with Mongolian names. Dunno why. Wanted to stick to the original setting so I played the Japanese version. There isn't much actual story in the game so I don't think I missed much, although you have to make a text-based choice right at the end and I don't know which I picked (whatever the first option was) ; it led to a final battle that was the most anti-climactic last battle I may ever had had in a beat-em-up.
Hm, in the US version playthrough I watched, there was no text choice, and the super anti-climactic fight just happened, but with a very short time limit. : P https://youtu.be/llDJXeEjtpY?t=3479
Dang, all the Japanese version play-throughs I've watched just pick the first option. : P
Okay the FAQ on GameFAQs says it's a choice of killing him or letting him go (or in the US version, allowing the fight to time out). If you let him go, you don't get the final stage bonus, and uh well I got a happy ending, let's just say if you don't kill him you get a DIFFERENT ending.
The FAQ also filled me in on a few trick moves, "Charge Knockdown" and "Killer Attack":
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Basic Combo Press A (x3)
-Throw Ender Hold u or d anytime before the last A of combo
Item Pick Up Press A when over an item
Charge Knockdown Press d+B or df+B
Killer Attack Press d,u+A
Desperation Attack Press A+B simultaneously
Grab Enemy Press f near enemy
-Throw After successful grab, press f+A or b+A
-Choke/Stab After successful grab, press A (x3)
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The attacks are cool and it's maybe the most fun battle system in the Bundle. But it isn't my favorite game in the Bundle and that's mostly because there's very little variation in the encounters throughout the game; after you've gone through the first stage, you've pretty much seen what the game is going to offer. And it's a bit longer than the other games, so it does start to drag a bit.
12/10/22
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