NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Awakening

Conquer Warring States Japan under one banner

NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Awakening is a wargame, real time tactics and grand strategy game developed and published by KOEI TECMO GAMES CO. and LTD..
Released on July 20th 2022 is available only on Windows in 4 languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Japanese.

It has received 2,167 reviews of which 1,596 were positive and 571 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.1 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 44.99€ on Steam and has a 25% discount.

The Steam community has classified NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Awakening into these genres:

Wargame Real Time Tactics Grand Strategy Immersive Sim RTS Historical Strategy Alternate History Story Rich Tactical Simulation Resource Management Singleplayer Military Replay Value 3D Addictive Great Soundtrack Epic

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows® 10, Windows® 11, 64bit
Processor: Intel Core i3-3220 or over (Windows® 10), Intel Core i3-8350K or over (Windows® 11)
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 2GB or over, AMD Radeon R7 370 2GB or over
DirectX: Version 11
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 25 GB available space
Sound Card: 16 bit stereo, 48KHz WAVE file can be played
Additional Notes: 1280 x 720 Display required

Reviews

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Oct. 2024

I have played every Nobunaga's ambition game released in the U.S. I have enjoyed this game and it was much better than Taishi, which I believe was one of the worst in the series. I actually enjoy the realistic nature of assigning fiefs that the samurai retainers actually manage independently with or without guidance. If the strategy management system could ever be combined with battles similar to those in the total war games then Koei would really be on to something and would probably break into a broader market. However, the battles are still entertaining. I appreciate that fatigue plays a huge role and that it is possible to defeat a larger army with smaller army with the utilization of good tactics (something most of the prior games lacked as the number of soldiers and who the officers were, always triumphed over tactics.)

Oct. 2024

It's only worth the high price if you haven't already played a game in the series, or you really really really love the series. Does not add much to Sphere of Influence.

Sept. 2024

I have been playing KOEI Nobunaga for many years with many versions and is getting better and better. If you a person who can sit in for long hours this game suit you.. however koei games are expensive so please do take note.

Aug. 2024

Phenomenal game. A lot like 70s war board games but with a distinctly Japanese melodramatic flair. A historical fiction set in feudal Japan that has a lot of real history to get into. A great immersion. This entry into the series has a lot of my favorite parts of Sphere of Influence and Taishi with tactical battles reminiscent of R3K13. If you're a Nobunaga noob, this is a great place to start. Its an easier onramp and I feel like its a more fun game than its predecessors or R3K14.

July 2024

Ok, the people who complained about this game aren't wrong. If you really like this genre and want a more strategic experience, play Nobunaga's Ambition Sphere of Influence. The spinoff called Ascension lets you play as an officer/retainer instead of ruler play like this game, but there's a catch: Ascension's AI manages to be more incompetent than even this game in terms of domestic development, so in the end it's actually a tad worse in that sense. I love Ascension though. I love this series as a whole, and I really like Awakening. See, one of the features of Koei's games in particular is marriage between officers and Awakening finally lets a custom male Daimyo marry one of his female subordinates despite the fact that she might not even be "nobility". Thankfully, this isn't Crusader Kings, no marriage between immediate relatives here. Even so, I admit it was always a little annoying to create a full odd family tree when you can create the intended "wife" character, yet they can't get married in the Nobunaga's Ambition series. You can do that in games like Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII for example. Of course, if both intended husband and wife are retainers, then it's even easier in this game and I appreciate that too. Is the above even relevant for people who just like grand strategy games? Probably not. But I like creating whole family trees of created officers and Awakening finally gives you that sandbox in feudal Japan. Consider the fact that they already let you do that decently well in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms (ROTK) sister series, set in China. I really have no idea why it took them so long to transfer a feature from ROTK to NA. I have heard people complain that Awakening is dumbed down compared to Sphere of Influence. People who make such complaints aren't wrong. But this game has improvements that I particularly like, so I would be lying if I gave it a thumbs down. If you, reader, prefer the strategy elements of this series, play Sphere of Influence. You'll love it, I'd be shocked if you didn't. However, if you are more of a beginner, or like the role-playing aspect of family lines and making a bunch of custom officers, you might like Awakening more. I mean, there's also Crusader Kings, but I've barely played those games so I can't really say further... Koei has many faults, many times that it is has failed its audience including buggy games, relatively few updates, and especially a bizarre refusal to translate older games that already had English releases on console. But I have to say, Awakening's been a good time.

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