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Yoshi Kirishima
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States10366 Posts
March 13 2011 07:26 GMT
#161
Omg this was my favorite Total War and then I realized that this is Shogun TWO, a SEQUEL!

YES!!! Hurray for not just going more and more into the future xD
Mid-master streaming MECH ONLY + commentary www.twitch.tv/yoshikirishima +++ "If all-in fails, all-in again."
xccam
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
Great Britain1150 Posts
March 13 2011 07:53 GMT
#162
On March 13 2011 16:26 Yoshi Kirishima wrote:
Omg this was my favorite Total War and then I realized that this is Shogun TWO, a SEQUEL!

YES!!! Hurray for not just going more and more into the future xD


There are only two Total war games set After Shoguns time zone...

But its still awesome!
JuJuZerg
Profile Joined September 2008
United States48 Posts
March 13 2011 08:13 GMT
#163
i loved the original total war shogun. i tried napoleon and empire but i dont like it cause most but all units shoots guns no sword fighting and arrows. i loved the medievel 2 too and added mod like SS and lord of rings which made it more fun. i cant wait till this game comes out i hope my comp can take it tho.
Yoshi Kirishima
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States10366 Posts
March 14 2011 01:48 GMT
#164
There are only two Total war games set After Shoguns time zone...

But its still awesome!


Oh, haha xD

Omg the multiplayer system is looking pretty neat! Much better than just hook up with someone and fight them in battle. Although I haven't seen everything yet, so far it doesn't look great but is nonetheless impressive for this kind of game.
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SpyWombat
Profile Joined March 2011
Japan10 Posts
March 14 2011 01:57 GMT
#165
Can anyone give me a good explanation of the strategies involved in Total War games? I always thought it has been a 1) Select group 2) Attack Area 3) Win battle thing...I'm really thinking about getting this game lately...
Spy Wombat!
Kupon3ss
Profile Joined May 2008
時の回廊10066 Posts
March 14 2011 16:43 GMT
#166
On March 14 2011 10:57 SpyWombat wrote:
Can anyone give me a good explanation of the strategies involved in Total War games? I always thought it has been a 1) Select group 2) Attack Area 3) Win battle thing...I'm really thinking about getting this game lately...


While that might work for easy mode (there is no "attack area" button), the strategies are usually based on the mechanics of the game and require you (abet somewhat abusively sometimes due to AI) to take advantage of everything from unit compositions, formations, terrain, morale, etc.

a basic strategy would be say, engaging the bulk of enemy forces with infantry followed by flanking from the sides to collapse the opposing lines. The games are extremely deep and do excellent jobs of making you "feel like" a general
When in doubt, just believe in yourself and press buttons
Antisocialmunky
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States5912 Posts
March 14 2011 16:49 GMT
#167
Select 'Very Hard.' Slowly build up your economy and defeat rebel strongholds. Tech up and you can finally support a great army of 800 men. AI shows up with 3 stacks of 3000+ units each. Find hill, camp with missiles, win 3 hour long battle. Victory screen pops up. Celebrate, go to toilet. Come back and see your game just crashed and didn't autosave your victory.

Start a new campaign.
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optical630
Profile Joined August 2010
United Kingdom768 Posts
March 14 2011 17:05 GMT
#168
weather and time of day also affects units now, which is sweet :D
Antisocialmunky
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States5912 Posts
March 14 2011 17:13 GMT
#169
Every Total War has had that. The original Shogun even animated birds flying out of a forests if units moved through the woods. They finally brought that back in Shogun 2.
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floor exercise
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Canada5847 Posts
March 14 2011 17:15 GMT
#170
On March 14 2011 10:57 SpyWombat wrote:
Can anyone give me a good explanation of the strategies involved in Total War games? I always thought it has been a 1) Select group 2) Attack Area 3) Win battle thing...I'm really thinking about getting this game lately...


You forgot the crucial step 4 in every Total War game: watch as your units just completely disregard your orders because the AI is garbage

I like TW but they are some of the most flawed games ever
GGTeMpLaR
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States7226 Posts
March 14 2011 17:35 GMT
#171
don't forget step 5:

play online multiplayer

who cares about how good the AI is if you're playing against humans, granted they say the AI has been vastly improved in this one

19 hrs till this unlocks on steam though, long wait =/
vyyye
Profile Joined July 2010
Sweden3917 Posts
March 14 2011 18:00 GMT
#172
Any word on a restrict cursor feature?
snow2.0
Profile Joined September 2010
Germany2073 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-14 19:17:55
March 14 2011 19:15 GMT
#173
On March 15 2011 02:35 GGTeMpLaR wrote:
don't forget step 5:

play online multiplayer

who cares about how good the AI is if you're playing against humans, granted they say the AI has been vastly improved in this one

19 hrs till this unlocks on steam though, long wait =/

19 hrs? what timezones that supposed to be lol :|

Release synced with American store opening release? (

I'll be so mad if i have to wait till tomorrow noon.
andrewlt
Profile Joined August 2009
United States7702 Posts
March 14 2011 19:26 GMT
#174
On March 15 2011 02:13 Antisocialmunky wrote:
Every Total War has had that. The original Shogun even animated birds flying out of a forests if units moved through the woods. They finally brought that back in Shogun 2.



Yes. The original one is the best. It had all these little touches. CA slowly started to reduce the effect of fog and weather and all sorts of little things in subsequent games. It's a good thing they're returning some of them in SW2.
Sm3agol
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States2055 Posts
March 14 2011 19:29 GMT
#175
On March 15 2011 01:49 Antisocialmunky wrote:
Select 'Very Hard.' Slowly build up your economy and defeat rebel strongholds. Tech up and you can finally support a great army of 800 men. AI shows up with 3 stacks of 3000+ units each. Find hill, camp with missiles, win 3 hour long battle. Victory screen pops up. Celebrate, go to toilet. Come back and see your game just crashed and didn't autosave your victory.

Start a new campaign.



LOL. More like.

Select 'Very Hard.' Slowly build up your economy and defeat rebel strongholds. Tech up and you can finally support a great army of 800 men. Find weak enemy outpost alone and unguarded. Has 75 peasants defending it. Look at time........Crap, I really need to go to bed...I'll just autoresolve.

Battle Results: Crushing Defeat. You lost 785 men to their 35 men.
Your capital is now on the verge of mutiny. 16 countries declare war on you. Your general converts to the other side. Your King gives birth to a farking retard, then dies of mumps at the age of 25.

Autosave. Overwrites last save for 7 days.
Slegg
Profile Joined May 2010
Czech Republic75 Posts
March 14 2011 19:37 GMT
#176
On March 14 2011 10:57 SpyWombat wrote:
Can anyone give me a good explanation of the strategies involved in Total War games? I always thought it has been a 1) Select group 2) Attack Area 3) Win battle thing...I'm really thinking about getting this game lately...


There is much more to it than what people here said, if youre really interested just search total war online on youtube, theres a guy who uploads and commentates battles nearly everyday so you can get a good idea how it works.
I should say that I thought the battles were extremely chaotic and I had no idea what I was doing when I began (the ingame tutorial teaches you how to command 4 troops and suddenly youre controlling an army with no idea how battles were fought in that time >.<)
Outside of the battles the campaign map is also very addictive.

You might wanna try Rome or Medieval 2 before buying Shogun though, theyre cheap nowadays and they work just like the newer ones, in some aspects they are even better. (more unit variety)
Disregard
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
China10252 Posts
March 14 2011 19:44 GMT
#177
They changed a lot of hotkeys and such, its really chaotic since Im used to the M2TW. The battles are more fluid and fast pace, so its overwhelming at first.

I was constantly using F as my fire arrow key and then I also noticed you cant just activate them as a passive skill.
"If I had to take a drug in order to be free, I'm screwed. Freedom exists in the mind, otherwise it doesn't exist."
Crusnik
Profile Joined December 2010
United States5378 Posts
March 14 2011 19:48 GMT
#178
Cannot wait for this, I've always loved the TW series, although I didn't like Barbarian Invasion or Medieval, but I might try the mods for them and give them another try while I wait for Shogun 2 to unlock over Steam ^^
Steam: rook492
optical630
Profile Joined August 2010
United Kingdom768 Posts
March 14 2011 20:00 GMT
#179
game unlocks at 12pm UK time :D
redFF
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States3910 Posts
March 14 2011 22:32 GMT
#180
Reviews coming out, 95 from GI.
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