PlayStation 2

Kessen

A strategy game that tells the story of the events that brought feudal Japan out of a century of civil war and installed the Tokugawa Shogunate as the dominant political entity for the next two hundred years. As either Tokugawa Ieyasu or his opponents, you'll engage in real time battles, including Sekigahara, one of the largest and most famous battles in Japanese history. Victory or defeat will stear you down a campaign trail, taking you either through the historical events of the time or down fictional 'what if?' scenarios. Battles take place in real time, with you instructing your various generals on where to lead their troops, who to engage, and what special actions to perform. These spec...

Genre: Strategy
Year: 2000
Developer: Koei
Publisher: KOEI Co., Ltd.
Players: 1

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Achievements

115 achievements · 539 total points

East Path - Skirmish at Kuzegawa Win "Skirmish at Kuzegawa" with Ieyasu Tokugawa
5 pts
East Path - The Battle of Sekigahara Win "The Battle of Sekigahara" with Ieyasu Tokugawa
5 pts
East Path - Escape from Minakuchi Win "Escape from Minakuchi" with Ieyasu Tokugawa
5 pts
East Path - Battle of Harima Win "Battle of Harima" with Ieyasu Tokugawa
5 pts
East Path - Defense at Seta Win "Defense at Seta" with Ieyasu Tokugawa
5 pts
No Cannonballs at Seta Win "Defense at Seta" without using your canons with Ieyasu Tokugawa
10 pts
East Path - Summer Battle at Osaka Win "Summer Battle at Osaka" with Ieyasu Tokugawa
25 pts
East Path - Retreat From Ueda Win "Retreat From Ueda" with Ieyasu Tokugawa
5 pts
East Path - Battle of Fuji Win "Battle of Fuji" with Ieyasu Tokugawa
5 pts
East Path - Defense of Hakone Win "Defense of Hakone" with Ieyasu Tokugawa
5 pts
East Path - Winter Battle at Edo Win "Winter Battle at Edo" with Ieyasu Tokugawa
5 pts
East Path - The Battle of Sekigahara II Win "The Battle of Sekigahara II" with Ieyasu Tokugawa
10 pts
East Path - The Battle of Sekigahara III Win "The Battle of Sekigahara III" with Ieyasu Tokugawa
10 pts
East Path - The Battle of Sekigahara IV Win "The Battle of Sekigahara IV" with Ieyasu Tokugawa
10 pts
West Path - The Battle of Sekigahara Win "The Battle of Sekigahara" with Mitsunari Ishida
5 pts
West Path - Skirmish at Kuzegawa Win "Skirmish at Kuzegawa" with Mitsunari Ishida
5 pts
West Path - Retreat From Ueda Win "Retreat From Ueda" with Mitsunari Ishida
5 pts
Zenmetsu Eliminate every units during "Retreat From Ueda" with Mitsunari Ishida
10 pts
West Path - Battle of Fuji Win "Battle of Fuji" with Mitsunari Ishida
5 pts
West Path - Defense of Hakone Win "Defense of Hakone" with Mitsunari Ishida
5 pts
West Path - Winter Battle at Edo Win "Winter Battle at Edo" with Mitsunari Ishida
25 pts
West Path - Battle of Harima Win "Battle of Harima" with Josui Kuroda
5 pts
West Path - Defense at Seta Win "Defense at Seta" with Yuki Sanada
5 pts
West Path - The Battle of Sekigahara II Win "The Battle of Sekigahara II" with Yuki Sanada
10 pts
West Path - The Battle of Sekigahara III Win "The Battle of Sekigahara III" with Yuki Sanada
10 pts
West Path - The Battle of Sekigahara IV Win "The Battle of Sekigahara IV" with Yuki Sanada
10 pts
West Path - Summer Battle at Osaka Win "Summer Battle at Osaka" with Yuki Sanada
5 pts
West Path - Escape from Minakuchi Win "Escape from Minakuchi" with Mitsunari Ishida
5 pts
Hard - Skirmish at Kuzegawa Win "Skirmish at Kuzegawa" on a difficulty level of 5 with any army
10 pts
Hard - The Battle of Sekigahara Win "The Battle of Sekigahara" on a difficulty level of 5 with any army
10 pts
Hard - Escape from Minakuchi Win "Escape from Minakuchi" on a difficulty level of 5 with any army
10 pts
Hard - Battle of Harima Win "Battle of Harima" on a difficulty level of 5 with any army
10 pts
Hard - Defense at Seta Win "Defense at Seta" on a difficulty level of 5 with any army
10 pts
Hard - Summer Battle at Osaka Win "Summer Battle at Osaka" on a difficulty level of 5 with any army
10 pts
Hard - Retreat From Ueda Win "Retreat From Ueda" on a difficulty level of 5 with any army
10 pts
Hard - Battle of Fuji Win "Battle of Fuji" on a difficulty level of 5 with any army
10 pts
Hard - Defense of Hakone Win "Defense of Hakone" on a difficulty level of 5 with any army
10 pts
Hard - Winter Battle at Edo Win "Winter Battle at Edo" on a difficulty level of 5 with any army
10 pts
Hard - The Battle of Sekigahara II Win "The Battle of Sekigahara II" on a difficulty level of 5 with any army
10 pts
Hard - The Battle of Sekigahara III Win "The Battle of Sekigahara III" on a difficulty level of 5 with any army
10 pts
Hard - The Battle of Sekigahara IV Win "The Battle of Sekigahara IV" on a difficulty level of 5 with any army
10 pts
Danmaku Destroy at least 1000 units with a single Barrage (not during Skirmish at Kuzegawa)
5 pts
Kiba Danmaku Destroy at least 1000 units with a single Mounted Barrage
5 pts
Toripuru Danmaku Destroy at least 1500 units during a triple barrage (not during Skirmish at Kuzegawa)
5 pts
Hishō Danmaku Destroy at least 2000 units during a Flying Fusillade
5 pts
Shageki Destroy at least 750 units during a volley (not during Skirmish at Kuzegawa)
5 pts
Tosshin Destroy at least 750 units with a single Charge (not during Skirmish at Kuzegawa)
5 pts
Yari Kabe Destroy at least 750 units with a Spear Wall
5 pts
Hōgeki Destroy at least 4000 units with a single Cannonade (not during Skirmish at Kuzegawa)
5 pts
Dodon ! Perform at least 6 cannonades during the same battle
5 pts
Ōyumi Destroy at least 2000 units with the ballista
5 pts
Ninja Sōkōgeki Destroy at least 5000 units with your ninjas in a single attack
5 pts
Kamikaze Destroy at least 150 units during a raid (not during Skirmish at Kuzegawa)
5 pts
Shi Fu Mi Win a Duel (not during Skirmish at Kuzegawa)
2 pts
Shiki Kōyō Rally one of your general army (not during Skirmish at Kuzegawa)
5 pts
Yōsha Muyō Pursuit an enemy and annihilate his entire unit (not during Skirmish at Kuzegawa)
5 pts
Machibuse Perform an ambush
2 pts
Onna-Musha Have an army of 10,000 female units
1 pts
Ieyasu Tokugawa Annihilate the army of Ieyasu Tokugawa during any battle
2 pts
Tadakatsu Honda Annihilate the army of Tadakatsu Honda during any battle
2 pts
Naomasa Yi Annihilate the army of Naomasa Yi during any battle
2 pts
Masanori Fukushima Annihilate the army of Masanori Fukushima during any battle
2 pts
Tadaoki Hosokawa Annihilate the army of Tadaoki Hosokawa during any battle
2 pts
Masanobu Honda Annihilate the army of Masanobu Honda during any battle
2 pts
Naga Kuroda Annihilate the army of Naga Kuroda during any battle
2 pts
Naotaka Yi Annihilate the army of Naotaka Yi during any battle
2 pts
Tadatomo Honda Annihilate the army of Tadatomo Honda during any battle
2 pts
Hide Tokugawa Annihilate the army of Hide Tokugawa during any battle
2 pts
Masamune Date Annihilate the army of Masamune Date during any battle
2 pts
Kojuro Katakura Annihilate the army of Kojuro Katakura during any battle
2 pts
Tada Matsu Annihilate the army of Tada Matsu during any battle
2 pts
Toshitsune Maeda Annihilate the army of Toshitsune Maeda during any battle
2 pts
Tadayoshi Matsudaira Annihilate the army of Tadayoshi Matsudaira during any battle
2 pts
Hirotaka Terasawa Annihilate the army of Hirotaka Terasawa during any battle
2 pts
Ietsugu Sakai Annihilate the army of Ietsugu Sakai during any battle
2 pts
Yasumasa Sakakibara Annihilate the army of Yasumasa Sakakibara during any battle
2 pts
Yasukatsu Sakakibara Annihilate the army of Yasukatsu Sakakibara during any battle
2 pts
Terumasa Ikeda Annihilate the army of Terumasa Ikeda during any battle
2 pts
Tadanao Matsudaira Annihilate the army of Tadanao Matsudaira during any battle
2 pts
Saizo Kani Annihilate the army of Saizo Kani during any battle
2 pts
Yoshimasa Tanaka Annihilate the army of Yoshimasa Tanaka during any battle
2 pts
Asano Naganori Annihilate the army of Asano Naganori during any battle
2 pts
Takatora Todo Annihilate the army of Takatora Todo during any battle
2 pts
Mogami Yoshiaki Annihilate the army of Mogami Yoshiaki during any battle
2 pts
Mitsunari Ishida Annihilate the army of Mitsunari Ishida during any battle (except Skirmish at Kuzegawa)
2 pts
Sakon Shima Annihilate the army of Sakon Shima during any battle (except Skirmish at Kuzegawa)
2 pts
Yoshihiro Shimazu Annihilate the army of Yoshihiro Shimazu during any battle (except Skirmish at Kuzegawa)
2 pts
Yukimura Sanada Annihilate the army of Yukimura Sanada during any battle
2 pts
Matabee Goto Annihilate the army of Matabee Goto during any battle
2 pts
Josui Kuroda Annihilate the army of Josui Kuroda during any battle
2 pts
Teruzumi Akashi Annihilate the army of Teruzumi Akashi during any battle
2 pts
Yoshitsugu Otani Annihilate the army of Yoshitsugu Otani during any battle
2 pts
Hideaki Kobayakawa Annihilate the army of Hideaki Kobayakawa during any battle as Tokugawa
2 pts
Ekei Ankokuji Annihilate the army of Ekei Ankokuji during any battle
2 pts
Hidemoto Mori Annihilate the army of Hidemoto Mori during any battle
2 pts
Keiji Maeda Annihilate the army of Keiji Maeda during any battle
2 pts
Kagekatsu Uesugi Annihilate the army of Kagekatsu Uesugi during any battle
2 pts
Yukinada Konishi Annihilate the army of Yukinada Konishi during any battle
2 pts
Danemon Ban Annihilate the army of Danemon Ban during any battle
2 pts
Hideie Ukita Annihilate the army of Hideie Ukita during any battle
2 pts
Morichika Chosokabe Annihilate the army of Morichika Chosokabe during any battle
2 pts
Naoshige Nabeshima Annihilate the army of Naoshige Nabeshima during any battle
2 pts
Muneshige Tachibana Annihilate the army of Muneshige Tachibana during any battle
2 pts
Kiyomasa Kato Annihilate the army of Kiyomasa Kato during any battle
2 pts
Katsunaga Mori Annihilate the army of Katsunaga Mori during any battle
2 pts
Shigenari Kimura Annihilate the army of Shigenari Kimura during any battle
2 pts
Shigemoto Matsuno Annihilate the army of Shigemoto Matsuno during any battle
2 pts
Harufusa Ono Annihilate the army of Harufusa Ono during any battle
2 pts
Harunaga Ono Annihilate the army of Harunaga Ono during any battle
2 pts
Masaie Natsuka Annihilate the army of Masaie Natsuka during any battle
2 pts
Hiroie Kikkawa Annihilate the army of Hiroie Kikkawa during any battle
2 pts
Satoie Gamo Annihilate the army of Satoie Gamo during any battle (except Skirmish at Kuzegawa)
2 pts
Toyohisa Shimazu Annihilate the army of Toyohisa Shimazu during any battle
2 pts
Kanetsugu Naoe Annihilate the army of Kanetsugu Naoe during any battle
2 pts
Yoshinobu Satake Annihilate the army of Yoshinobu Satake during any battle
2 pts

Kessen leaderboard

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Kessen frequently asked questions

How do I play Kessen online with a friend?

Kessen (PlayStation 2) can be played online with friends using Etera's P2P netplay. Create a room in the launcher and invite your friend, who joins through the invite. Step by step:

Download the Etera launcher for Windows or Linux and create your account.
Ask your friend to do the same and add them to your friends list.
Pick the game in the library and create a netplay room.
Invite your friend: they accept the invite and join the room.
The launcher keeps dependencies on the same version for both players, avoiding desync.

How do I play Kessen on PC?

Download the Etera launcher (Windows or Linux), find Kessen in the PlayStation 2 library and click to download. The launcher handles the emulator and setup for you.

Does Kessen netplay lag?

Etera uses a direct P2P connection between players, which usually means low latency. Results depend on each player's internet quality.

Does Kessen have achievements?

Yes, Kessen has 115 achievements worth 539 points. Achievements are counted and saved to your history and the leaderboard for subscribers and during the trial period.

Can I play Kessen for free?

Yes. Every account gets a 5-day trial with premium features. After that, the free plan allows 3 new games per day and 1 netplay session per day. Premium raises those limits.

Play Kessen on Etera

Download the launcher for Windows or Linux, find this game in the library and play solo or with friends.