Game:

Destiny of an Emperor (1989)

Duration: 1:28:18

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2:52 - UUDDLRUD. Udlerud.

5:31 - Sima Yi may not have An Sha, but this ambush Yi Xin effectively removes Jiang Wei from most of the fight, making this noticeably harder than it needs to be. Sima Yi's forty thousand soldiers is a lot to cut through, though this is the only time you'll have to fight him without the game's best weapon. Xu Zhu and Dian Wei are very strong but enemy strength doesn't matter anymore, only tactics. Once Sima Yi is gone I can just All-Out the rest.

18:27 - Wan Sheng, the second to last of the Smith swords, and one of the weaker ones.

24:41 - Here's the Halberd, the best weapon in the game. 250 power compared to 240 might not seem like a large difference, but it ends up doing far, far more damage. It's worth using ten TP to Bei Ji the Halberd user, those hits plus Power Pills can end up blasting for 6k-8k a hit.

28:17 - Qing Guang, the final of the five Smith swords, and one of the stronger ones.

32:17 - Zhang Bao's soldier count crosses 15,000, meaning we're now at the green bars, which are the last color. If you hit (or surpass) the max level Zhang Bao can get as high as over 40,000 but it's not needed to win the game.

42:35 - The second Sima Yi fight. This time another deadly tactician is with him, so you'll need to keep Ce Mian up long enough to take out both of them. I've got the Halberd this game. Really the toughest part of this stretch is how much backtracking you want to do. If you have enough TP and Power Pills after this fight you can feel free to move on to the next one, which will finally give you (essentially) another Gullwing warp point. Sadly the RNG isn't in my favor here though, and I end up with 58 TP after the battle. Not impossible... but I play it safe and warp back. Smoke Pots will get you most of the way back at least.

57:01 - Xun Huo is the only threat here with all three of the nasty tactics. Not as much HP as Sima Yi though. With the team at full power like this he doesn't have a chance without some luck in getting a turn in before you can recast Ce Mian as needed.

1:01:44 - The bridge is built that connects you to... the beginning of the game! Now you can just warp back to the first castle and head out from there. Same weak enemies as ever, including the rebel forces at the gates. Watch out for tacticians, plow through them, then prepare for the final battle.

1:12:00 - Sima Yi's sons are both tacticians you need to be wary of, but as this is another double fight you can cast Gui Huan after defeating them and not have to face them again on the rematch. Still, if the Ce Mian RNG is in your favor it's possible to win the fight in a single match to be sure. That fortune doesn't favor me and I play it safe again.

1:20:00 - The final battle! Once again there's another deadly tactician you have to worry about with Cheng Yu. The three strong generals? Ignore them. I like to take out the tacticians with fewer soldiers first to have one less piece to worry about. As long as the RNG doesn't let one of the tacticians get an An Sha, Wan Fu, or to a slightly less extent Ji Mian off, you've got this.

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