Nobunaga's Ambition: Awakening

With any 4X strategy title, there’s a learning curve, and Nobunaga’s Ambition: Awakening is no different in that regard. There’s so much depth to the strategies, stats, and nation management that it will take some hours to learn your way around. However, an efficient interface and an excellent approach to the historical storytelling make this the most accessible Nobunaga’s Ambition we’ve seen in the series’ 40-year history. What’s more, it’s a genuinely excellent alternative to a textbook for anyone that wants to learn something about a period of warfare every bit as fascinatin…

GamingBoltShunal Doke

8/10

Nobunaga’s Ambition: Awakening is a unique take on the strategy genre that chooses to focus more on the administration aspects of war rather than the battles. Coupled with in-depth mechanics for managing your economy, as well as a surprisingly deep political system where you have to pay attention to how well your officers are doing, you get a unique management-styled strategy game that is absolutely worth your time.

SiliconeraAdam Haffen

7/10

Accomplish Nobunaga Oda's unrealized ambition to unify Japan! PS4 version reviewed.

Final WeaponSoul Kiwami

Nobunaga's Ambition: Awakening is a well-rounded RTS game that brings players into the Sengoku period to lead clans into victory. The game's rewarding management system and compelling mechanics are very enjoyable, but the controller button layout and menus may feel obtuse to some players.

Push SquareKhayl Adam

7/10

Nobunaga’s Ambition: Awakening is the sixteenth entry in the venerable strategy franchise (which celebrates its 40th Anniversary this year) from Koei and its most accessible yet. While still convoluted compared to even another strategy title of this scale, the love and dedication to Japan’s iconic Sengoku era and the larger-than-life personalities that populate it shine through.

Steam Deck HQNoah Kupetsky

7/10

Nobunaga's Ambition: Awakening is an interesting and deep strategy game that needs some compromises to run well on the Steam Deck.

WayTooManyGamesOliver Shellding

5.5/10

Nobunaga’s Ambition was one of the first NES games that I came across that truly baffled me as a child. For the most part, I associated my time with video games to be one of relaxation, stimulation and excitement in a variety of fields. To be able to run and jump along platforms, to shoot things endlessly as they appeared on screen, and even to move around a bunch of pixels I pretended was Larry Bird. Yet here was a title asking eight year old me to read an astonishing amount of text, grasp...

Pure NintendoBill Stiteler

4/10

As a new player, I found Nobunaga's Ambition: Awakening confusing rather than challenging, obtuse rather than detailed, and lacking a level of basic explanation necessary for someone who isn’t familiar with the series. Also, the controls are poorly-matched for the Switch.Read More