SGS Imjin War

SGS Imjin War – When Generals Lie and Avalon Unearths the Truth Imagine this: The country is burning, invaders are marching in, and some generals are sending letters to Seoul full of "we have everything under control," even though in reality half of the provinces have already fallen. That's exactly what happened in the Imjin War. King Seonjo was lied to by his own people – not out of malice, but often out of fear of losing face or their positions. This mixture of tragedy, betrayal, and heroism (keyword: Admiral Yi Sun-sin!) is the stuff of a great historical drama – and Avalon Digital has once again skillfully captured just that. SGS Imjin War isn't a colorful strategy game you can click away at – it feels more like an interactive history lesson, and I mean that in the best possible way. Each round is accompanied by short historical updates that you don't just skim over, but actually want to read. They tell you what happened politically, militarily, or even simply on a human level during this crisis-ridden time. That makes all the difference: I don't just play to conquer the next field, but to understand what actually went wrong back then – and why. Anyone familiar with Avalon D…

I don't normally do reviews but I'm putting a thumbs up to counter the butthurt Chinese screeching about Japan and Korea and complaining that the XVI century Ming army represented in the game isn't the hypergalactic force their State propaganda makes them believe. Bunch of obnoxious people. SGS games are all great and well-researched, props to Philippe and everyone else at SGS. I'm particularly having fun playing a long and difficult PBEM campaign as Japan against a frustratingly good Korean/Ming player!

This game correctly reflects the logistical difficulties of Taikou's expedition, but overlooks the supply challenge of Ming & Joseon which plagued them during the entire war. As an alternative history, what if William Adams works for Osaka or Shimatzu and build a galleon fleet? they may control the Yellow Sea and build supply station on the west coastal.

UPDATE 25/6/3 Cool! Based on the first patch for this game and its announcement, I believe we can see SGS's relatively positive response and healthy attitude toward community feedback. Combined with my consistently favorable impression of this studio (which is also important), these factors have led me to revise my review to a positive one. Well done! (But don't be completely satisfied with the current stage!) Plus I hope that even if the game has been released for a long time, you won't give up on fixing any issues in previous games when players discover new problems. Appreciated! -------------- I would like to give it a "mid" if possible. Though I am a big fan of SGS games and I own most of them, I think I have to point out a very serious problem. The Imjin War gets what I consider to be better and diverse graphics than ever before, but that doesn't hide the design flaws in the value of the counters at all - these values are hardly historically accurate - you have to realize that Korea lost most of its territory in the first few months of the war, and the current design of Ming involvement is simply unnecessary or even negative. In another words, when you look back at hist…

This is an overall engaging and entertaining game. The system is classic, the graphics is excellent, and the music is fantastic. The only weak point is that, maybe out of playability and balance concerns, the combat data of the units is well against most of the established studies, making this game more like a game, rather than a serious history simulation.

Good