Total War: Shogun 2 (PC)

[LingeringRegime]

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[NINJAK2]

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Wow!!!That looks so sick. You will probably need a beast of a PC to run that.

[Matt Diesel]

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Anyone try or want to try multiplayer?

[Goffs]

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I have it loaded and ready to play but I'm going to wait till they patch in dx11....right now I'm still trying to finish da2

[Matt Diesel]

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Did you play it after the patches?

I love that game.

The siege battles could be better, but after the patches and a couple mods, its great.

I did not. I got so upset over it. Ill give it another go though.

[Cpre5]

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Well this game was fun the 1st time, even the 2nd. However it's just become boring.

[KSUowls]

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I really enjoyed it the couple days I was able to play it before I was hit with an insane amount of school work. I'll finally have a break this weekend and I'm looking forward to playing some more.

[pietasterp]

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Really wanna try this out, but on my rig it would be a slideshow (and not even a fast one at that)....I'm starting to remember why I went away from PC gaming all those years ago...

[TheDutchDad]

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Really wanna try this out, but on my rig it would be a slideshow (and not even a fast one at that)....I'm starting to remember why I went away from PC gaming all those years ago...

Totally agree. Too expensive trying to keep up when it comes to PC gaming.

Saying that, I just got a new PC that is lightening fast...good ol tax return. Thinking of playing this, but what I really want to play is Empire:TW. Stopped playing it due to CTD and my then current PC wasn;t doing so well with it.

Would you guys recommend this over that? Keep in mind I'm much more interested in the early America/colonial time period.

[fistofrage]

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Totally agree. Too expensive trying to keep up when it comes to PC gaming.

Saying that, I just got a new PC that is lightening fast...good ol tax return. Thinking of playing this, but what I really want to play is Empire:TW. Stopped playing it due to CTD and my then current PC wasn;t doing so well with it.

Would you guys recommend this over that? Keep in mind I'm much more interested in the early America/colonial time period.

Get Empire. I love that game. A ton of good mods out there for it. Its been patched 6 times and its pretty good now.

[TheDutchDad]

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Get Empire. I love that game. A ton of good mods out there for it. Its been patched 6 times and its pretty good now.

I actually installed it today, and in large part thanks to your thread on the Darthmod. Installed that and am now doing RTI before I get into a campaign.

[luv_mist]

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Okay, I've been out of the mix for a hot minute when it comes to RTS. I'm expecting that any Total War game will basically be overwhelming the first few weeks. You think it would be too much to jump into a Total War game and which one would you guys recommend honestly? Last one I've really gotten my hands on was Rise of Nations. I play once in a while and still can't get the hang of it like I use to.

[fistofrage]

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Okay, I've been out of the mix for a hot minute when it comes to RTS. I'm expecting that any Total War game will basically be overwhelming the first few weeks. You think it would be too much to jump into a Total War game and which one would you guys recommend honestly? Last one I've really gotten my hands on was Rise of Nations. I play once in a while and still can't get the hang of it like I use to.

Get Empire and play the Road to Independence. Its a great tutorial and has alot of free play in it.

[KSUowls]

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Okay, I've been out of the mix for a hot minute when it comes to RTS. I'm expecting that any Total War game will basically be overwhelming the first few weeks. You think it would be too much to jump into a Total War game and which one would you guys recommend honestly? Last one I've really gotten my hands on was Rise of Nations. I play once in a while and still can't get the hang of it like I use to.

They aren't that hard to get into. Obviously you'll get better with experience, but if you're concerned at all about a learning curve then there are a lot of really good "newbie" guides on the various total war forums.

I never played Empire, but of the ones I've played Shogun 2 is far and away the best one. Part of this though might just be my fascination with Japanese History and Architecture (Japanese castles are so much cooler than European ones), but the gameplay itself is also just a lot of fun. I also feel like the differences between the factions are more apparent than in other Total War games.


Now that the majority of my school work is done for the semester I was able to play over the weekend and I couldn't stop. I played MP campaign with a friend, and when he had to go I would swap over to my single player campaign. The game is pretty challenging on normal difficulty. In my MP campaign I was fighting back and forth on my starting island, Shimazu clan. There were several points where I wasn't sure if I would be killed off or not, but then I won a key defense of a castle with a smaller force that wiped out one of the opposing armies. I was able to mount a counter attack and now I'm poised to take the main island.

[fistofrage]

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They aren't that hard to get into. Obviously you'll get better with experience, but if you're concerned at all about a learning curve then there are a lot of really good "newbie" guides on the various total war forums.

I never played Empire, but of the ones I've played Shogun 2 is far and away the best one. Part of this though might just be my fascination with Japanese History and Architecture (Japanese castles are so much cooler than European ones), but the gameplay itself is also just a lot of fun. I also feel like the differences between the factions are more apparent than in other Total War games.


Now that the majority of my school work is done for the semester I was able to play over the weekend and I couldn't stop. I played MP campaign with a friend, and when he had to go I would swap over to my single player campaign. The game is pretty challenging on normal difficulty. In my MP campaign I was fighting back and forth on my starting island, Shimazu clan. There were several points where I wasn't sure if I would be killed off or not, but then I won a key defense of a castle with a smaller force that wiped out one of the opposing armies. I was able to mount a counter attack and now I'm poised to take the main island.

I think thats it right there. You really can't go wrong with either, just depends on what you want and the era you are drawn to. The stock campaign AI may be a bit better in Shogun. But I love the AMerican Revolution and the French & Indian War. Fighting a battle in Empire where you see the Redcoats marching accross the open field while cannons roar and you have your men holding steady is a sight to behold. Pretty much the game I always wanted.