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Total War: Shogun 2 returns the acclaimed Total War franchise to its roots, revisiting the feudal-era Japanese setting of the first game in the series.As with previous releases, this follow-up fuses real-time combat with turn-based strategy and managem...
Beautiful graphics; engrossing campaign; coop and versus multiplayer modes...
Powerful PC needed to appreciate visuals...
Shogun 2 is a deep, enthralling experience and a must for strategy fans...
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It is fair to say that we are Total War fanboys here at Atomic. There’s not been a Total War game we haven’t liked – and we’ve played them all from the very first Shogun. So it goes without saying that we peed ourselves just a little when Creative Ass...
Another great effort, that will only improve...
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Eleven years ago, Creative Assembly revolutionised the strategy game with Shogun: Total War, a mix of 3D real-time battles and turn-based plotting. Now after exploring Rome, Medieval, Empire and Napoleon, the hugely bestselling franchise has come ful...
Vastly expanded single and multiplayer gameplay options...
Minor niggles with sluggish AI.
Creative Assembly has used its ten years of experience to craft the finest Total War game yet, with astonishing levels of detail and a broad expanse of gameplay challenges that will engross newcomers and veterans alike...
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In all its many incarnations, the Total War series has never been known to have much of a gentle learning curve. Micromanaging entire civilizations and conducting massive armies comprising a few thousand warriors in staggering real-time battles always...
Gorgeous presentation, Streamlined interface, Killer multiplayer modes...
Still a learning curve, Being crushed by rivals, Tutorial voice work...
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The global reach of Empire: Total War very nearly exceeded The Creative Assembly’s grasp. Released with a menagerie of outstanding bugs, fans were critical of the decision to release any game in such an unstable condition. Fair enough: the practice o...
The Creative Assembly reclaims its place at the head table. Matthew Handrahan...
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After ten years of technological advances, the Creative Assembly has returned to feudal Japan to create what it hopes will be "the Zen of the Total War series." Has it succeeded?...
Prodigious character customisation and beautiful creative direction make this the most immersive Total War yet. Avatar Conquest mode adds value to online skirmishes.
Still some minor AI flaws.
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We saw the first Shogun: Total War way back in 2000, where it revitalised the RTS genre by blending a turn-based campaign map with epic real-time battles. Rather than ploughing through pre-set missions, you could use the campaign map to influence who y...
With none of the flaws of recent versions, Shogun 2 brilliantly blends strategy and action in a sumptuously rendered historical setting...
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The Creative Assembly asked itself that very question during development of Total War: Shogun 2, and the resulting game suggests that the answer is a resounding ‘yes’. The latest entry in the long-running series and the first direct sequel to the title...
Totally engaging online or off 9.2/10Print this pageComments (0)Share this pageNoticed something wrong? Report error/mistake.Add to my profile pageGame ScoresGraphics:9.3/10Sound:9.0/10Gameplay:9.2/10Longevity:9.2/10Multiplayer:9.3/10Overall:9.2/10Bett...
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Shogun 2Set during 16th century of Feudal Japan, Total War Shogun 2 is a military style turn based strategy game with real-time battles as the player takes on the role of Daimyo, a leader of a powerful Japanese clan. Your goal as Daimyo is far from sim...
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I was originally introduced to the series with the second title, , but I was not completely introduced into the series until the critically acclaimed , which to this day remains one of my all-time favourite videogames. Following , we had and , and whi...
Shogun 2 is a great step forward for the Creative Assembly in streamlining the engine that they’ve accumulated over the game and is, in this reviewer’s opinion, the best Total War title since Rome: Total War nearly seven years ago and is a candidate fo...
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I should mention initially that this is the first Total War game I have played, so this review will be from the perspective of a new comer to the series. The Total War series is fairly unique in how it combines epic real-time and turn based strategy ga...
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Strategy games expert Rob Zacny wraps up his three weeks of play, and gives his official verdict on Creative Assembly's feudal wartime epic.EDITOR'S NOTE: Be sure to check out Week One and Week Two of Rob's in-depth review coverage. With about half of...
Gorgeous art style; good A.I.; a rewarding multiplayer game.
Interchangeable factions; heavy on grinding; multiplayer frontend needs work.
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While some strategy players love a good game set in the future with ever evolving technology and science fiction effects. There is a certain sect of strategy players though who truly prefer to look at the past and try to see how they would have done at...
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With Shogun II: Total War, we return to the war-torn country of Japan during its greatest time of crisis; a time when clans strewn across the entire length of the country all vied for complete dominance and leaders fought for the coveted title and...
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gaming-age.com Updated:
2012-01-25 06:39:27
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Creative Assembly is no stranger to the battlefield; with more than enough Total War in their portfolio they must understand not only their craft, but also what their mistakes in the past can teach them. After the ultimately designated stumble that was...
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As has been the case since the first Oriental themed Total War game, the game is broken into two phases – the turn based strategy phase and the real-time strategy phase. Both need to be done well if you want to gain an advanta...
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1up.com
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2012-01-25 06:39:27
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There must be some mistake. Whatever game I've been playing lately -- the splash screen says it's called Shogun 2 and was created by Creative Assembly -- can't be from the same folks who made a spectacular mess of Empire: Total War. It's certainly not...
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When the first Shogun: Total War came out, its real-time battles made you feel like you were playing through the epic battle scenes from one of Akira Kurosawa's samurai films. Shogun 2 is like playing through a new, remastered edition of that game, com...
Stylistically gorgeous and brimming with character, Avatar Conquest mode encourages repeat play, Japanese castles spawn novel siege battles, Great cooperative campaigns, Improves upon previous Total War games in every way, including campaign AI.
Rare crashes haunt multiplayer campaigns, Occasional AI issues in realtime battles.
Artistic, formidable, and action packed, this remarkable strategy game is the best Total War yet...
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ign.com
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2012-01-25 06:39:27
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Breaking from the complexity of Empire: Total War, Creative Assembly trims things down for Shogun 2. It's not a revolutionary step, but a necessary one. It's a reaffirmation of Total War's core values. It's about armies charging forward waving spear an...
Longtime fans will surely find a lot that's familiar in Shogun 2, but will also find Creative Assembly's most polished, well-presented and playable version of its Total War franchise. Shogun 2 is an expertly tuned turn-based strategy game filled with e...
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The Total War community has been waiting with bated breath for Shogun 2. On one hand, the new game continues the tale of the franchise's well-regarded first entry. On the other, its developer, Creative Assembly, has been taking risks with the series of...
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The land of the rising sun holds a strange sort of fascination for westerners, more so than other far eastern countries. China has an arguably richer and more extensive history, yet there's something about that most mysterious and isolated of lands tha...
Focus on melee combat should please majority of players, Intriguing new Avatar Multiplayer, Art style is mostly wonderful, AI still not perfect...
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Nobody knows what goes on behind closed doors, but I like to believe that, when the Total War developers were building Total War: Shogun 2, they had a thought process that went something like this:"Sooooo, that Empire/Napoleon thing didn't work out too...
Surprisingly accessible; well-researched setting; excellent strategic and tactical depth; innovative multiplayer.
Some of those innovative multiplayer additions aren't all they're cracked up to be; wonky morale/fatigue model.
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History teachers are a bit like job opportunities: we all get at least one really good one during our lifetime. In my case it was Mr. Martin, a reassuringly bespectacled and balding man whose choice phrases included, "War today is really much more of a...
Shogun 2 is a homecoming for The Creative Assembly; an opportunity to show how far the series has come in the ten years since its inception and, as far as we're concerned, it's a homecoming of ticker-tape parade proportions. This latest Total War marks...
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It's fitting that the latest game in the series, which is a re-make to the classic first game in the series, could very well be one of the best in the series since perhaps Rome: Total War. When Napoleon was released last year, we mentioned how it was t...
It's fitting that the latest game in the series, which is a re-make to the classic first game in the series, could very well be one of the best in the series since perhaps Rome: Total War. When Napoleon was released last year, we mentioned how it was t...
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I had to rub my eyes. How could this have happened? Scant turns into Shogun 2’s campaign on the Hard setting, and I’d conquered my first city. My early-game army was already marching toward the next. Then one of the other clans landed a naval transpor...
Shogun 2 is the Total War series back on form, and boasting the most outrageous hats in martial history. Totsugeki!...
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