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Shogun 2: Total War
MASTER THE ART OF WAR In the darkest age of Japan, endless war leaves the country in ruins. Ten warlords strive for supremacy but only one will rise to win the heart of the nation and become the Shogun. All others will die by his sword.
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11 out of 1385%of customers would recommend this product to a friend.
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Review 1 for Shogun 2: Total War
Almost perfect but not quite
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Posted 8/19/12
This might be one of the worst written reviews I have EVER seen from a user... oh and the ratings you gave the game bring the actual score to around 7.3...not 1
Review 2 for Shogun 2: Total War
Greates total war game yet
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Review 3 for Shogun 2: Total War
Masterpiece Game. Banzai!
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Posted on:9/20/11
MightyMOOSE
Location: Los Angeles, CA
This game is perfect for: hardcore gamers
If you are like me and played Shogun and Medieval games, then this is a MUST-get game. The battles are epic and you can zoom in (like before) to see the individual soldiers fighting one another. Lasting Appeal for this game is over the charts for me. I was super excited to get this game when it came and I am still playing it when I have the urge to command a huge army and prepare for a total war epic battle against the Ashikaga Shogunate. I am pretty knowledgeable about certain areas of Japanese history and they get a lot of the names and history correct. I am just being nit-picky but I was a bit disappointed when they excluded the names of famous generals that were not directly related to the major clan families. I only say this because the FIRST Shogun game had these generals like Yamamoto Kansuke, Kato Kiyomasa and Fukushima Masanori that popped out as you controlled more and more units. But even without these nit-picky historical details, I love the way they incorporated almost everything from previous games and made it that much better. You definitely get to pick and choose the course of Japanese history. Also, there's new DLCs that have come out that have added EVEN MORE to this game. If you love strategy games, this is definitely a new high. Epic Battles. Samurais. Ninjas. Historical accuracy. Awesome graphics. What more can you ask for?
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Review 4 for Shogun 2: Total War
Perfect Game
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Review 5 for Shogun 2: Total War
Great Game
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dhack
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Posted 4/29/11
Could you tell me if this game goes through steam like the last few games have.
Review 6 for Shogun 2: Total War
strategy must think like chess
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Review 7 for Shogun 2: Total War
A RTS Masterpiece
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Review 8 for Shogun 2: Total War
awsome
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Review 9 for Shogun 2: Total War
This game is everything i exspected it would be
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Posted on:3/28/11
izak1019
Location: ak
This game is perfect for: hardcore gamers
I just piced up my copy of shogun 2 one week ago and i will say this you need a high end computer to play this game im runing on a 46gtxmobile on my laptop and so far all is running smoothly although the game does have a realy long instalation period in my opinion. I found stea to be a nice adition as well because it makes it much easier to play this game with a freind. If i had to say anything though bad about this game is that dx11 is not yet suported but its not alll that big of a deal as it is soon to be released. another flaw though is the dificulty comapred to past total war games as the computer willoften outnumber you or just kick your butt if you are playing at higher than normal dificulty all in though this is an amazing game and iwould recomend it to everybody who has been a total war fan
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Review 10 for Shogun 2: Total War
the best yet.
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Gjunki
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Best RTS game I've played 'till now!
Posted 8/17/12
This is the first Total War game I've purchased because I'm a AOE and a CIV addict but I'm so glad I gave Total War a try I recommend to anyone who doesn't want to waste time building places and caring too much for your economy and just want to do HUGE scale battles which are purely epic if I may say. Such a good game I cannot stop playing 11/10.
Review 11 for Shogun 2: Total War
Total War Back In Top Form
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Posted on:3/20/11
MarcellusMighty
Location: Chicago, IL
This game is perfect for: hardcore gamers
After an exciting, but somewhat lacking outing with Empire and Napoleon (But thrilling, nonetheless), the Creative Assembly has once again reached a high point in the Total War series. Though it doesn't quite reach the grand heights of Rome, Shogun 2 is an extremely polished and clean affair that adds an additional layer of depth with all new multiplayer that isn't just for show. In addition to great Total War graphics (soon to be enhanced even more with DirectX 11 effects in an upcoming patch), the game AI has been tweaked to be more realistic and frustratingly clever than ever. Whereas the AI was laughably stupid in Empire, never launching convincing, legitimate assaults on the player's regions, Shogun 2 completely changes the game by making the AI intelligent and cunning. While the player is busy attacking a faction on the eastern borders, the western border may get suddenly ambushed by a power hungry neighbor. This type of play on the campaign map is what keeps every game fresh and thrilling as you play through as different factions. Overall, if you are interested in strategy and epic battles or history, this is an excellent game to jump into.
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Review 12 for Shogun 2: Total War
Absolutely breath taking
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Posted on:3/19/11
Leaike
Location: California
This game is perfect for: hardcore gamers
This game, from its core to its exterior is one of the most polished and absolutely jaw dropping games. After these past few years with the mediocre games getting poured out from the over hyped the to the overpriced most games these days don't seem like they give you their moneys worth. In my adventures in Shogun 2 I was simply amazed, not only is the campaign fun, its historically accurate to the letter, and simply beautiful in the graphics. I loved how they added a co-op campaign feature, the ability to go online and play through an entire campaign (Where in Shogun 2 the objective is to make your clan the most dominate clan and become Shogun) with another player. So if you got a bud that likes these kinds of games, or maybe games like Starcraft or C&C try and get them to get this, with the campaign being co-op you can wage war together, support each others economy, open trade routes through land and sea (Land depending on if your clan makes specialty items such as swords,horses,etc.) The Sea battles are amazing and the water animation is through the roof, I have not seen better water animation in ANY game thus far. What is really cool (and incredibly aggravating at the same time) is when you build your ports, you can upgrade your port to a Nanban Port. This opens trade to the west so you get things like muskets and better siege weapons. Consequently this opens Western influence and slowly converts the populace to Christianity, so if your Daimyo (Leader of your clan) is Shinto - Buddhism those people won't like you and will rebel, this is easily countered however, by making sure you have a Buddhist Temple built in the main castle of the province (The christian influence is only effective in the province where the Nanban Trade Port is located) and put a monk in there to give more support to the Buddhists and convert the Christians, or you can convert Christian and make missionary's and put priests in the towns to convert the Buddhists, whatever floats your boat. But if you don't keep them in check they will rebel and can cause troubles for you (like they did me) when your army is away and conquering all of Japan. The online VS seems pretty intuitive as well, I must admit I have been spending most my time on the co-op campaigns but what the online seems to be is a map of japan and you are a clan, as you attack other provinces you attack other players and gain more might on the multiplayer map.
I played Napoleon Total War, I was not impressed. The Total Wars that I loved were Medieval and Rome series, they were the best in my opinion. They took back the fundamentals of Rome and Medieval and made Total War: Shogun 2, and in my opinion it is one of the best to date.
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Review 13 for Shogun 2: Total War
Another medium- medium/low Total War game.
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Posted 3/20/11
So to summarize what you have typed: It's a good game because A B C is great... but it's bad.
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blackdragon
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right on
Posted 3/11/11
just bought the limited edition online overnight shipping mane i can't wait!!
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Looks Good
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triplexxx
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No thanks!
Posted 3/18/11
I have every total war game up to where they decided to use the garbage drm steam, which was empire. Now i'll never buy another tw game again as long as it's using steam.Steam Killed the pc . RIP PC games are dead.
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I'm Sad :(
Posted 4/6/11
I'm very sad to own a MacBook 09' I wish I could've already bought a PC or MacBook Pro/Desktop. Reason being so, is that this games system requirements are ONLY for computers with Windows. And that because Apply products consist of no Windows, which you have to buy separately. Wish developers could make games both for PC & Mac. On the side note I do know PC games are meant for built(good setting or what so ever) in that PC... I used to own one but now I'm stuck with a MacBook 09' and have to try an get me a Windows CD and Partition my MacBook so it has Windows. Then see if most (Windows required games) will work on the Windows that's in my MacBook 09'. So if there's a chance that this game is ever released for Mac as well, I'd definitely want me to purchase this game.
Review 18 for Shogun 2: Total War
Awesome!!!
Posted on:2/25/11
Casanova
Location: CA
OMG! I am so excited! Its a dream come true! I love you guys at creative assmebly! Thank you Sega! Thank you CA! Dont ever stop! The sky is the limit for you guys, dont ever stop the total war series... EVER!
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Medieval II: Total War
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Medieval II Total War: Kingdoms DVD-ROM Expansion Pack
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TotalWarLoverUpset
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BOOO
Posted 3/18/11
I loved Rome Total War, Mid Total War 2, and the Expo Kingdoms. Very Well done. Empire Total war kind of sucked because the unit and camera controls were not to good. It was a classic problem other games suffered when going from 2d to 3d. In this case the main problem is the battles. I have power house CPU and the 3d mods aren't that good. The thing that kills game is poor AI by CPU which they try to fix by letting real people pop in and control the CPU army. Doesn't work that well. Biggest flaw is poor unit/camera control in the battles. I found my self auto resolving everything so I wouldn't have to suffer the boredom of the battles. MTW2 battles are better than Shogun 2 battles. I don't see them fixing anything. In the end I was dissapointed in this game more than I was in Empire Total War. Killed the Game play and strat. Need to go back to the roots of the original games.
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looks like garbage
Posted on:2/18/11
stoci
it's gonna be terrible. don't get your hopes up. try eu3 if you're a single player fantatic.
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BSharp
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Already Pre-Ordered. Cant wait
Posted 2/24/11
Huge Total War fan. Even with the ups and downs. First shogun hooked me so long ago. Very happy to see this one.