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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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