Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI, also known as Sangokushi 11 (三國志11), is the 11th installment in Koei's famous Romance of the Three Kingdoms series. The game was released for PC on March 17, 2006 in Japan, and later Traditional Chinese version on July 27 in Taiwan. A Japanese PlayStation 2 version was released on September 28, 2006.
A North American PlayStation 2 version was released on February 6, 2007. A Wii version was released on March 21, 2007 for Japan market at a premium price of ¥9,800 Yen.
The Premium version includes walkthrough, a tactical map, four cards illustrated by Tsuyoshi Nagano, and an orchestra soundtrack CD. The Chinese version of the Premium version includes a walkthrough and map.
An official English version for PC was announced on April 23, 2008, to be released in North America on July 29. However, the release date was delayed until September 9, 2008. There is an expansion pack for the PC version, but it was not included in the English versions, being only available in Eastern markets. This marked the Koei
reintroduction of a PC version of Romance of the Three Kingdoms for the English
market which hasn't happened since November 30, 1995, with the U.S. release of
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV: Wall of Fire."
Some of the 3D models in this game were borrowed from Dynasty Warriors 4.
32 historical characters not from the Three Kingdoms era can be unlocked after
the player completes all the game tutorials.
