Total War: Shogun 2 Heaven

Shogun 2 Overview

Total war: Shogun 2, or commonly referred to as Shogun 2, is a turn based strategy gamed developed by The Creative Assembly. The game builds on the success of The Creative Assembly’s previous games such as Empire: Total War, Medieval 2: Total war and Rome Total War, but adds many new features. In order to complete the campaign, you must lead your clan to dominance in 16th century Japan, in a period known as the Sengoku Period (Period of Warring Kingdoms). This was a turbulent time in Japanese history and there was full scale war through much of the country. As the commander of your clan, you must win glorious battles on land and at sea, engage in diplomacy and use agents in your service in order to dominate japan, capture Kyoto and throw down the weak Shogun and rise as the military leader of all Japan.

The Artificial intelligence featured in this game is a massive improvement upon Total War games of old, and the new graphics look fantastic and allow you to immerse yourself into this epic period. Many new features have been implemented into this games and some include the rotatable campaign map, new RPG skills and experience system for your generals and troops, multi-stage sieges with most commonly more than one set of walls protecting a city and new hero units to lead your men in battle and cut a bloody swath through the enemy.

The units that are recruitable add to the ability to immerse yourself in the game as you can recruit the cheap and numerous, but weak Ashigaru(peasant) units, ferocious and skilful Samurai warriors and the dedicated warrior-monks of Japan. Religion also is re-introduced in Shogun 2, with the chance to convert your clan to Christianity, in order to achieve the bonus’s that come with trade from the Nan ban(Europeans) such as improved ships and gunpowder units to frighten your enemy and mow them down with bullets.

Playable Factions:

Another new feature introduced in Shogun 2 is the addition of bonuses to the different clans in the game. These bonus’ are quite historical and reflect the differfeiong skills of each clan in the game. Below is a list of all the factions playable in Shogun 2 and their bonuses they are entitled to.

Oda- Improved morale for all ashigaru, Reduced recruitment costs and upkeep for all ashigaru.

Shimazu-Increased loyalty for all generals, reduced recruitment costs and upkeep for Katana Samurai, Can recruit superior Katana Heroes, Can recruit superior Katana Samurai.

Mori- Increased campaign map movement range for all ships, Reduced recruitment costs and upkeep for all ships, Can recruit superior ships

Tokugawa- +2% to the success chance of metsuke actions, Bonus to diplomatic relations, Reduced recruitment costs and upkeep for kisho ninja, Can recruit superior kisho ninja.

Takeda- Improved morale for cavalry, Reduced recruitment costs and upkeep for all cavalry, Can recruit superior cavalry.

Uesugi- +2% to the success chance of monk actions, Increase trade income, Reduced recruitment costs and upkeep for warrior monks, Can recruit superior warrior monks.

Date- Charge bonus to all units, Reduced recruitment cost and upkeep for No-dachi Samurai, Can recruit superior no-dachi samurai.

Chosokabe- Increased income from farms, Reduced recruitment cost and upkeep for all bow infantry, Can recruit superior bow infantry.

Hattori (after the purchase of the Hattori Clan Pack, or included in the Shogun 2 Limited Edition)- +2% to the success chance of ninja actions, Specialist Hattori units can hide effectively in battle, Hattori Ashigaru and Samurai can deploy anywhere on the battlefield, Hattori generals start with Night Attack ability, Hattori Ashigaru and Samurai units have higher upkeep costs (33% increase).

Hojo- Castles are cheaper to build and repair: 10% discount, Reduced recruitment costs and upkeep for siege units, Can recruit superior siege units.

Ikko Ikki(after the purchase of the Ikko Ikki Clan Pack)- 8 new unit-variants specific to the Ikko-Ikki clan, New Ikko Ikki Monk Agent with his own specific skill tree.

Screenies: Credit for photo's to afty, who got them off sega..







By Awesome Eagle

So what needs to be added, changed, included, excluded? Gramma, spelling etc?

[This message has been edited by Awesome Eagle (edited 08-11-2012 @ 10:50 PM).]