

Ieyasu is one of them refusing to abandon his men Heroic Sacrifice: The Retreat from Hakone for The Eastern Army: while the main army retreats, warriors and volunteers stay behind to hold off the pursuring Western Army to the last man.Here We Go Again!: If certain routes are taken (such as The Toyotomis winning at Osaka Castle and driving Ieyasu out of the capital) The final battle of the game will take place at Sekigahara where it began.Though doubtful they had the designs they do in the game. Helmets Are Hardly Heroic: Averted, everyone in this game wears one like they did in real life.Notables are Kobayakawa, Masanori Fukushima, Josui Kuroda, Takatora Todo, and Masamune Date. Heel–Face Turn: And they can also do this as well if the battle goes right.Face–Heel Turn: Officers can pull this if you perform poorly as they can defect.Evil Old Folks: Josui Kuroda, heck his music should tell you that he's up to no good.Drowning My Sorrows: Fukushima does this on The Eastern Side realizing he may have doomed The Toyotomi by helping Ieyasu win.Dragon-in-Chief: The Eastern Army leaders for Toyotomi Hideyori.


In The West Ishida is a Hero who has sworn to protect The Toyotomi whilst Ieyasu is seen as a man who seeks to steal the land and hard earned peace. In The East Ishida is reviled as a tyrant and Tokugawa a man who seeks to bring Nobunaga Oda's dreams of a united Japan to reality. Everyone gets these depending on which side you play as. Alternative Character Interpretation: In-Universe example.Alternate routes and battles can take place depending on victories and defeats. The game starts out as Ieyasu Tokugawa in control of the Eastern Army, after beating it the first time the players can then play the other side in control of Mitsunari Ishida and The Western Army. Each character has a number of troops at his disposal and can issue special attacks. Unlike the sequels Kessen II and Kessen III gameplay is very different from them. Taking place in Feudal Japan, players live out the last days of the Sengoku Era with the rivarly between The Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans to see who would rule over Japan beginning at Sekigahara and climaxing (possibly) at Osaka Castle. Kessen is a 2000 video game developed by Koei, and is one of the first games released for the PlayStation 2.
