


Gameplay resembles Diablo II, as many of the game's developers worked on Diablo. The Toyotomi clan, led by daimyō Toyotomi Hideyoshi.The Tokugawa clan, led by daimyō Tokugawa Ieyasu.The Oda clan, led by daimyō Oda Nobunaga.The Mōri clan, led by daimyō Mōri Motonari.

The four clans and daimyōs are named after historical Japanese clans and persons: As dawn breaks, the daimyō decides to counterattack, ordering his seven surviving samurai to destroy Zanshin and his minions. However, believing that the four daimyōs were killed, Zanshin recalls his soldiers prematurely, leaving one daimyō and seven of his retainers alive. Zanshin's forces sweep across Yamato one night, catching the clans by surprise and annihilating them. To become immortal, Tsunayoshi transforms himself into the demon Zanshin, the Dark Warlord, who unleashes his army of darkness to conquer Yamato. The game is set in Yamato, a medieval version of Japan ruled by the shogun Tsunayoshi and the daimyōs of the four clans.
