Total War: Shogun 2

Total War: Shogun 2 (2011)

by The Creative Assembly, Feral Interactive, Sega
Genres:Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Simulator, Real Time Strategy (RTS), Tactical
Themes:Historical, Warfare
Game modes:Single player, Co-operative, Multiplayer
Story:In Total War: Shogun 2 you choose from one of 9 (10 with Ikko-Ikki dlc) clans, each with their own unique traits and skills and each with their own RPG-style warlord to lead them. Use a mixture of diplomacy, political manoeuvring, province building, research and special agents such as Ninja assassins or Geisha spies to get your enemies exactly where you want them. An intuitive user interface and a lovingly-created, complex and detailed campaign map make it both easy and enjoyable to build and run cities, recruit and move troops and issue commands – both noble and dishonorable, all with the aim of mastering enemy forces and seizing their lands.Show more
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user avatar@anarion321user avatar@anarion321
January 29, 2025
This is the best Total War game ever made, along with the expansion. The only thing that should be improved is the diplomacy, could be a perfect game if it worked better. You could fight incredible medieval fights and with the expansion, even experience firearms. Each faction has it's bonuses, agents of many kinds, you could send units without generals to defend, attack, reinforce.... Always loved defending a castle here against armies 3x times higher with rains of samurai arrows.
user avatar@Mortarahuser avatar@Mortarah
February 07, 2025
An evolution to the Total War series (and apparently the naming format). The Sengoku era of Japan (and the latter Fall of Samurai expansion) truly bring out a charm out of the game. The sea combat and sieges are difficult to master, but land battles were somewhat simplified into rock-paper-scissors units. And the major change here is that the general is not a hero, but just an element in the background that needs to be protected. But the battles themselves were amazing, especially with one-on-one Samurai battles with fluid choreography. Multiplayer was also fun, wherein the other players don't need to wait all the time but can get to control units in other players' battles. Really great to have experienced that with my brother. As always, would love to get the whole series on GOG one day.
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