Creative Assembly has announced the Mandate of Heaven add-on for Total War: Three Kingdoms and presented the first trailer. A gloomy video shows preparations for the coming war.
The plot of the DLC will tell about the events that preceded the main narrative in Three Kingdoms. The Han Dynasty brought the country to despair: people suffer from hunger, high taxes and pestilence. Meanwhile, in the West, three brothers are preparing to rise up against the authorities, to whom like-minded people flock from all sides. The people are counting on commanders capable of saving the state from tyranny.
Events in Mandate of Heaven winter of 182 AD. Users will be able to control one of six new factions in order to complete campaign objectives. Other content additions to the DLC include 40 unit types and six warlords, including the Zhang brothers and Emperor Liu Hong. The developers also promised to reveal the stories of such legendary characters as Cao Cao and Liu Bei in Mandate of Heaven, as well as introduce unique campaign mechanics, goals and events.
The add-on will be released on January 16 at , but you can place a pre-order at a price of 337 rubles right now. Together with Mandate of Heaven, a free update for Total War: Three Kingdoms will also be released, but the developers will talk about it later.
Source: 3dnews.ru