Total War: Shogun 2 Video Review

IGN gives its video review for the PC strategy game Total War: Shogun 2. Prepare to conquer feudal Japan through war and diplomacy with this amazing RTS.

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[jedediahoakwynn-dough]

Spear beats horse,
Sword beats spear,
Horse beats sword,
Archers beat everything,
Everything beats Archers.

Got it.

[ivlivsvalerivsmaiorianvs]

Who's here after they made it free?

[TheSunIsMyDestroyer]

it is an honor to be able to play this game

[kevinwarren]

It's almost 2019 and I still play this game

[godspeedjourneys]

Just got this game on a Steam sale in July 2019. $20 for base game and ALL DLCs. Thoroughly loving it!

[itstriplem]

after Rome 2 came out shogun 2 deserves a 9.5

[MadPutz]

@Periwinkleton You are mistaken, you can do 1 + 1 co-op multiplayer campaign, and you can do multiplayer custom battles to some extent by designating which prefecture you want to have a battle in.

I've been playing total war ever since the first one came out (shogun total war). I now own shogun 2 and it's epic! In my entitled opinion, this is the best total war series. I've studied japanese culture in school, and this game really shows it. The way samurais fight in total war looks authentic too. Ca did an awesome job with this one.

[Smagmander]

From Wikipedia:
When inflated the horo was said to protect the wearer from arrows shot from the side and from behind.Wearing a horo is also said to have marked the wearer as a messenger (tsukai-ban) or person of importance.

[kidneydealership]

Aight, pretty sure we all came here to decide whether we should claim the game or not.

[dannieboi]

Who's here to ask who's here after downloading this game coz it's free?

[burningphoneix]

@Tejmaster1 Both of them are very good beginner entries into the Total War franchise. Just choose which historical period you like best!

[JollyWangcore]

@Metalicalypse Yeah you're completely opinionated response with no back up is totally right... Look keep your opinion to your self I loved this game and its my favorite in the series so far. Just because you don't like the Shogun period doesn't make it crap.

[charlieforbes]

Best game in the series in my opinion! blows Rome 2 out of the water.

[DarthMual]

@xhiddenwookiex Minimum: 2GHz Intel dual core processor / 2.6GHz Intel Single Core processor or AMD equivalent (with SSE2)
Ram: 1GB(XP), 2GB(Vista/Win7) and 20GB free hard disk space
Video Card: 256MB DireactX 9.0 compatible graphics card

[damirs]

What should I get? Atila? Rome 2? Shogun 2 ?

[tpacemaker]

@ThomasCreel It doesn't matter whether they "looked" like each other (whatever that is supposed to mean... ). If Paris and London looked just like each other, would that mean France = England? They were two completely separate empires.

[FlipDare]

The interaction between soldiers in this game is amazing! Definately a step up from Napoleon. I think this has to be my second favorite total war yet.
(my first being Rome)

[DisheveledHuman]

The two main things that make a gaming rig is the processor and and gpu (graphics card) ram also helps. if your graphics card is weak and everything else is "Up to date" then you will bottleneck get more ram and a better graphics card. If you need a better processor as well think of getting a new computer, build one if you can. If you cant go to a local computer shop and get them to build you one you gotta research the parts you want in it expect anywhere from 1000-2000 for the build.

[hopelessent.]

I think this game along with other TW games have the best optimization I’ve seen. I use to play on a crappy 2013 Toshiba laptop and it played fine.