Ever played one of those old-school strategy games a wote nka sɛ woresan akyerɛw abakɔsɛm ankasa? NHK Taiga Drama – Taiheiki on the Genesis yɛ saa pɛpɛɛpɛ —sɛ ɛyɛ ɔkwan a wɔfa so yɛ samurai drama pii ne amammui akyigyina a ɛsen nea wobɛhwɛ kwan.

Efi mfiase pɛɛ no, wɔtow wo kɔ basabasayɛ a ɛwɔ Japan a ɛyɛ feudal no mu, na wofrɛ apam ahorow, asraafo akuw, ne ɔkofo a odi kan ma ɔko (efisɛ momma yɛnyɛ nea ɛwɔ hɔ ankasa no, atoro no yɛ anigye no fã). Akodi ahorow no te nka sɛ ɛyɛ clunky wɔ nnɛyi gyinapɛn ahorow mu, nanso biribi a ɛyɛ nwonwa wɔ hɔ a ɛma abotɔyam wɔ wo units a wode bɛfa saa pixelated battlefields no so bere a soundtrack no bɔ Taiga-style nnwom a ɛyɛ nwonwa no.

Kɔkɔbɔ a ɛfata: Sɛ woankenkan Japan kasa a, worennya asɛm no pii —eyi nyɛ mpɔtam hɔ de da. Nanso wɔ kasa mu akwanside no mpo mu no, nhyehyɛe ahorow a wode ahwɛyiye ahyɛ mu no a wobɛhwɛ no ahwe ase anaasɛ ɛbɛhyɛ so no yɛ ade a ɛyɛ nwonwa a ɛma obi yɛ ade tra so. Kɛkɛ a, mma wo ho nkɔ wo generals so dodo; Wɔtaa yɛ, uh, yera.

Ɛyɛ niche pick, nanso sɛ wopɛ deep strategy anaasɛ wopɛ sɛ wuhu sɛnea 16-bit consoles di abakɔsɛm mu epics ho dwuma kɛkɛ a, eyi yɛ akwantu.