Shogun 2 : total war

Easy Rhino · Mar 11, 2011

all of the reviews so far have been very positive stating a return to the more focused style of rome and medieval without sacrificing the epicness that empire provides. ai is also said to have improved. i was originally going to pass on this one but now i am second guessing myself as i am a fan of the series.

anyone going buy?

yogurt_21 · Mar 11, 2011

if the reviews are all good and consensus on forums is the same I will

I loved shogun tw prolly my favorite (rome being second) of the total war series. hopefully they do a good job and it's just as epic as the original only with more units and better graphics

ShiBDiB · Mar 11, 2011

I'll be buying this. So pumped for multiplayer campaign. The beta version of it on empire was EPIC.

Easy Rhino · Mar 11, 2011

yogurt_21 said:
if the reviews are all good and consensus on forums is the same I will

I loved shogun tw prolly my favorite (rome being second) of the total war series. hopefully they do a good job and it's just as epic as the original only with more units and better graphics

metacritic has 5 reviews all above 90.

ShiBDiB said:
I'll be buying this. So pumped for multiplayer campaign. The beta version of it on empire was EPIC.

if i get it we will have to battle :rockout:

Lionheart · Mar 11, 2011

YES! I will buy this soon, just gotta buy new computer case first :toast:

Easy Rhino · Mar 11, 2011

Lionheart said:
YES! I will be this soon, just gotta buy new computer case first

well you better hurry! it is out on tuesday!

yogurt_21 · Mar 11, 2011

Easy Rhino said:
well you better hurry! it is out on tuesday!

you know they shoulda done these sales earlier....now I have to decide whether to purchase the game right off and then go back and play empire tw that i just picked up on sale or delay, finish empire and pick up shogun on sale later.

Easy Rhino · Mar 11, 2011

apparently dx11 will not be ready until 4-6 weeks after launch. so mid april. the game will ship though with full dx10 msaa and what not. that may spur people into waiting to buy it.

razaron · Mar 11, 2011

Pre-ordered it 2 months ago. It seems Total war doesn't disappoint... well not me at least.

ShiBDiB · Mar 11, 2011

razaron said:
Pre-ordered it 2 months ago. It seems Total war doesn't disappoint... well not me at least.

empire disappointed at launch imo. But they did a good job of patching and the modding community filled the other holes

razaron · Mar 11, 2011

ShiBDiB said:
empire disappointed at launch imo. But they did a good job of patching and the modding community filled the other holes

I didn't play it a launch but apparently it sucked several degrees of suck. Thankfully according to the reviews I've read so far Shogun 2 is nowhere near as buggy as Empire.

Lionheart · Mar 11, 2011

Are you going to start a clubhouse Rhino? :eek:

Easy Rhino · Mar 11, 2011

Lionheart said:
Are you going to start a clubhouse Rhino?

probably not. i hate managing those things.

Lionheart · Mar 11, 2011

Easy Rhino said:
probably not. i hate managing those things.

Lol fairz enough, yeah I would too :toast:

yogurt_21 · Mar 12, 2011

Easy Rhino said:
apparently dx11 will not be ready until 4-6 weeks after launch. so mid april. the game will ship though with full dx10 msaa and what not. that may spur people into waiting to buy it.

ah thank you for givinig me an excuse for waiting. That gives me 4weeks min to complete empire so I can focus on shogun 2.

Domestic_ginger · Mar 12, 2011

They never fixed empire. They released napoleon as a cash in and left empire to rot; I didn't buy nap on principal. Even the community mods never fixed the diplomatic AI or made the battle AI much of a challange.

Rumour was the AI programmer just left just before release.

ChewyBrownSuga · Mar 12, 2011

Pre ordered my copy 2 weeks ago ^_^

I will see you on the battlefield!

yogurt_21 · Mar 13, 2011

Domestic_ginger said:
They never fixed empire. They released napoleon as a cash in and left empire to rot; I didn't buy nap on principal. Even the community mods never fixed the diplomatic AI or made the battle AI much of a challange.

Rumour was the AI programmer just left just before release.

dunno seems to work fine for me, granted nowhere near rome tw battle ai levels but on par with medieval 2. ( medieval 2 is 2.50$ on steam right now btw)

ShiBDiB · Mar 13, 2011

I want it NOW..

alucasa · Mar 13, 2011

Just less than 2 days to go. I have steam version pre-ordered.

I favor Koei's Nobunaga no Yabo tendo over Total war shogun 2 since Koei's game is overall more accurate in everything, but it will be good to have an alternative game dealing with Sengoku era.

Also pre-ordered Yakuza 4 and Ar Tonelico Qoga.

Although DA2 disappointed me greatly, March is going to be good with new games flooding in.

Edit : I hope Total Shogun war 2 won't suffer from a recurring issue of Koei's Nobunaga no yabo. It's that Shimazu clan in later Senguku era is unmatched in both authority and military power in Kyushu. And if you pick a clan that's located far away from Shimazu, it becomes impossible to stop them later.

ShiBDiB · Mar 13, 2011

alucasa said:
Just less than 2 days to go. I have steam version pre-ordered.

I favor Koei's Nobunaga no Yabo tendo over Total war shogun 2 since Koei's game is overall more accurate in everything, but it will be good to have an alternative game dealing with Sengoku era.

Also pre-ordered Yakuza 4 and Ar Tonelico Qoga.

Although DA2 disappointed me greatly, March is going to be good with new games flooding in.

Edit : I hope Total Shogun war 2 won't suffer from a recurring issue of Koei's Nobunaga no yabo. It's that Shimazu clan in later Senguku era is unmatched in both authority and military power in Kyushu. And if you pick a clan that's located far away from Shimazu, it becomes impossible to stop them later.

Wait what?

alucasa · Mar 13, 2011

ShiBDiB said:
Wait what?

?

I am a sengoku era fan, so I've been playing koei's senguku era simulation game since 90s.

Check it out.

http://www.gamecity.ne.jp/tendou/win/

http://www.gamecity.ne.jp/tendou/win/pk/

The latest version is 13 and titled "Tendou". 1st version was released in early 80s, I think. It shares some elements with total war.

ShiBDiB · Mar 13, 2011

alucasa said:
?

I am a sengoku era fan, so I've been playing koei's senguku era simulation game since 90s.

Check it out.

http://www.gamecity.ne.jp/tendou/win/

http://www.gamecity.ne.jp/tendou/win/pk/

The latest version is 13 and titled "Tendou". 1st version was released in early 80s, I think. It shares some elements with total war.

Hmm that art style scream romance of the three kingdoms. Is their an english version of the game?

alucasa · Mar 13, 2011

ShiBDiB said:
Hmm that art style scream romance of the three kingdoms. Is their an english version of the game?

Romance of three kingdom games were a test ground for koei to test new features and then approved features were implemented into Nobunaga no yabo series. That is how it has always been.

It's made by the same company, even by the same division, so yes, the arts are going to be similar. But romance of three kingdom has kinda been abandoned by koei.

I play the Japanese version. Since I've been playing it for so long, I memorized kanji names of samurai. I couldn't remember all though since there are 800+ samurai in the game who historically existed. The game is released on PC, Xbox3, PS3. You might get an English version for Xbox360 and PS3 in 2011, but PC version has never been published anywhere outside of Japan.

P.S. I play PC version since graphic is so much better for PC.

ShiBDiB · Mar 13, 2011

alucasa said:
Romance of three kingdom games were a test ground for koei to test new features and then approved features were implemented into Nobunaga no yabo series. That is how it has always been.

It's made by the same company, even by the same division, so yes, the arts are going to be similar. But romance of three kingdom has kinda been abandoned by koei.

I play the Japanese version. Since I've been playing it for so long, I memorized kanji names of samurai. I couldn't remember all though since there are 800+ samurai in the game who historically existed. The game is released on PC, Xbox3, PS3. You might get an English version for Xbox360 and PS3 in 2011, but PC version has never been published anywhere outside of Japan.

P.S. I play PC version since graphic is so much better for PC.

Hmm not my cup o tea then. I enjoy not having to guess at whats going on.

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