On March 24 2011 18:22 Lucumo wrote: Just saw the ninja failure videos of Shogun 2 and god, they suck. Why would they screw them up this much despite them being one of the best parts of the original Shogun
Well they could've hired a decent CGI team for one, not something that looks like what a college student can do in his spare time lol.
No, I don't mean that. I'm talking about the style. Why did they make the ninja seem like a complete retard when he fails? Honestly -.- And also, where is the blood?
So, do you see the ninja getting stuck in a wall? Or do you see him jumping around like an idiot without any skill? They changed the style to a comedic-retarded one and that is what I don't like.
On March 25 2011 09:19 keit wrote: The CGI however, is mentioned in reviews as being extremely terrible so if you don't notice it you can't have kept up on the progress in the recent years, so maybe you'll need to get back under your bridge.
On March 24 2011 18:22 Lucumo wrote: No, I don't mean that
I don't care about the CGI, so maybe you'll need to learn to read other people's posts.
From the comments it seems like they are well received, and I think most of them are quite funny too. I'd say you are just a hater.
True about the blood though, game is ESRB rated Teen, so blood should be allowed.
Because the guy pulled the string, so of course he would fall down. He just hold too tightly on it.
Depends. There aren't that many people who played the first Shogun and because they don't know it, they can leave such comments(not that I would read comments on youtube anyway). I'm a hater because I'm heavily disappointed by how they changed the style(and removed the blood)? And I always thought "haters" are people who do so without any justified reason...
Shogun 2 definitely controls better than medieval 2. That's the thing I hated about medieval 2, it felt kind of chunky to play with when you were controlling your army.
This is definitely an improvement, but despite being of the same series, they are different. I think most people like certain total war games depending on the time periods rather than the play.
On March 23 2011 09:34 curreh wrote: ahahaha pro tip - When uncontestedly taking a castle, like a decent sized army of yours versus just the samurai retainers, leave your general outside -.- I made him climb the walls to join in on the slaughter and 6 of his bodyguard fell to their death lol, and now it takes so long for them to replenish! Do they replenish faster whilst garrisoned?
Oh and tiegrr, do you have any tips for winning disadvantaged battles? I won one decently before, was 900 v 1300 and I got attacked in the field, so I put all my army on a hill, with my archers at the front to shoot as the enemy charged up, and had a samurai hidden in the trees that flanked and broke a unit very well, that turned out okay! I lost 300 and the enemy lost 1100 ^_^
ZOMG i was dieing laughing when i read this. This thread is so full of laughs with stuff like this and the retarded armies that route when youre winning.
zomg thank you. btw i love this game, the most fun i have had in any of the TW series. Got to a point on my Shemazu campaign where i was bringing in nearl 10k per turn... and then i ran out of time...didnt realize i had to get my shit done by 1580... i was macro'ing like a beast lolol.
bahaha glad you enjoyed it : ) I'm now very patient with sieges because my army is very heavily archer based haha, just sitting outside pluck-pluck plucking some arrows into the castle for a long time lol :D
On March 25 2011 10:34 woowoo wrote: Is the game better than medieval 2?
Substantially I'd say. It's the best one since Rome.
Medieval 2 had too much shit happening sometimes. Religion, the race for gunpowder, Crusades, The New World, blowing the Pope and all the diplomacy/assassination/arranged marriage stuff too. Plus the world was extraordinarily large. To large I'd say. A Crusade could get called and it would be over before you got near the area to attack.
Empire is the same thing, but the fact that most of the weapons being gunpowder hurt it more-so. You'd end up in standoffs that focus more on artillery. I do think the ship battles in Empire were better though. In Shogun 2 you pull up and most everything else is automated. I much preferred the flanking attacks and the art of broadsides.
I've been playing total war games since shogun first game out and I've been waiting for this since Rome. starting to love creative assembly again :D. However I get the feeling attacking a castle is a bit crazy you cant really attack the walls, the only way I seem to win is by getting a shit ton of archers and just shooting in.
I definitly prefer this game over other rts's in team gameplay aswell. 2v2's are really fun ^^.
Messed us up several times. Since we started clicking away diplomacy slowly and copy pasted the hosts save files a few times things usually sorted out.
Both of us have a bug were wasd for moving does not work in macro mode and neither does space.
Besides all the bugs it's a decent game in the series. A lot feels like same old same old for example you still accidently miss move units in macro mode etc
Yeah unforunately it happens alot in total war games, they try to bring them out to often and they aren't as polished as they could be. They do support the release though and will eventually bring out patches.
Been trying to play on hard and have realized its complete bullshit. The ai just pops 2 exp 20 stack samurai armies out of its ass and people I don't even have borders with declare war on me without breaking a single alliance and them not having allies I'm at war with.
I've been having problems with formations. I form my entire army into a group and give them a formation. If I want them to move forward, I click something in front of me. However, if I don't click a spot that is right in front of the center of my army, the game makes my formation turn. Like if I click a forward spot a little bit right of center, the left side of my formation marches forward more than the right side.
On March 26 2011 01:14 andrewlt wrote: I've been having problems with formations. I form my entire army into a group and give them a formation. If I want them to move forward, I click something in front of me. However, if I don't click a spot that is right in front of the center of my army, the game makes my formation turn. Like if I click a forward spot a little bit right of center, the left side of my formation marches forward more than the right side.
U know where the dudes portrait is...?
Use that to move forward, it wont mess up formations
but yeah formations not as good as RTW, MTW and the original STW
Got to select tthem individual but meh
I want better Battle AI, waiting for the Mod Community, pple that do it for free make better crap then CA
On March 26 2011 00:15 Doko wrote: Been trying to play on hard and have realized its complete bullshit. The ai just pops 2 exp 20 stack samurai armies out of its ass and people I don't even have borders with declare war on me without breaking a single alliance and them not having allies I'm at war with.
I want Rome with the improved AI.
I play it on hard and see no such thing. The campaign is just taking advantage of ur situation
I played Oda and manged to fight off 4 armies cause of Poor Battle AI
i have yet to see any of these random full exp 20 stack armies appear out of nowhere on Hard difficulty.
at least its not like when you took over rome/vatican in medieval and then periodically have a massive 20 stack of fully armoured/exp pikemen and heavy cavalry army 'rebel'
On March 26 2011 01:14 andrewlt wrote: I've been having problems with formations. I form my entire army into a group and give them a formation. If I want them to move forward, I click something in front of me. However, if I don't click a spot that is right in front of the center of my army, the game makes my formation turn. Like if I click a forward spot a little bit right of center, the left side of my formation marches forward more than the right side.
these hotkeys will help you a lot:
' forward / backwards L turn left ; turn right
just use them while a unit (or group of them) is selected
also, hold space bar down to highlight the location any unit will be after marching
On March 26 2011 04:01 MrHoon wrote: I'm a huge Mount and Blade/Civ fan, but I've never played Total War
Will this game suit my tastes? Can't dl demo or play games till tuesday so I can't really try it out ;-;
i've played both of those games and enjoyed them and love total war games (have played all of them since rome except napoleon)
I think anyone who calls them self a strategy gamer would enjoy this game, but in the end it comes down to personal taste
On March 26 2011 01:14 andrewlt wrote: I've been having problems with formations. I form my entire army into a group and give them a formation. If I want them to move forward, I click something in front of me. However, if I don't click a spot that is right in front of the center of my army, the game makes my formation turn. Like if I click a forward spot a little bit right of center, the left side of my formation marches forward more than the right side.
these hotkeys will help you a lot:
' forward / backwards L turn left ; turn right
just use them while a unit (or group of them) is selected
also, hold space bar down to highlight the location any unit will be after marching
EPT
you cant really attack the walls, the only way I seem to win is by getting a shit ton of archers and just shooting in.
