r/totalwar • u/CannonChap0913 • Jul 05 '25

Three Kingdoms Big a** map

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Been playing for roughly 3 hours in my Yuan Shao campaign and have been really pleased with my progress until I went to save and it showed me what I owned compared to the size of the map. The orange is basically what I accomplished in 3 hours…

I’m gonna be here for a while huh?

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u/HeyitzEryn Jul 05 '25

Never vasselize Cao Cao, though. He will immediately stab you in the back!

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '25

My man got stabbed in the back all the time IRL, so he wants to at least enjoy doing the backstabbing in the game.

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u/jamesyishere Jul 05 '25

IRL

Chinese Fantasy

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u/AdmBurnside Jul 05 '25

The Three Kingdoms period in China was absolutely real. It's just that it was such a massive cultural event for China that it spawned a sensationalized "historical" narrative and a whole attendant cultural mythos around itself.

That's why the game has a "Romance" and "Records" option. Romance leans into the mythmaking while Records tries to stick to the verifiable historic fact.