The grand strategy genre is, in many ways, the perfect blend of roleplaying and strategy gameplay, allowing players to see the personal or more intimate effects of large, sweeping changes to a realm or organization. Many games in Koei Tecmo's popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms series have combined strategic elements with roleplay concepts, but Romance of the Three Kingdoms 8, in particular, allows players to experience this era of China's rich history with a level of dramatic flair like never before, forming bonds and drama with 1000 different available officers, all of whom are playable during their period of activity within the Three Kingdoms timeline.