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#1: Shogun II Total War: Pure Awesome Author: Hoogley, Location: Brisbane

Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 12:47 pm
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It's been well documented that I often miss release information. So, even though it's been announced for probably a while, and there's info on the Total War website, I had no idea Shogun II was in production.

However, I happen to live in Brisbane, Australia, which just happens to be the primary base of the dev' team for Creative Assembly; and, I just happen to be a huge Creative Assembly fanboy; and, I just happen to work in a pro audio shop; and, it just so happens that the guys from Creative Assembly sound design team often come in to buy stuff.

So, I only heard about Shogun II yesterday, but it was direct from the horses mouth. Scheduled late 2010 release. Freaking fantastic.

I hope it's DX9 compatible. Smile

#2: Re: Shogun II Total War: Pure Awesome Author: Stwa,

Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 1:08 pm
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You just made my day Exclamation

Thanks

#3: Re: Shogun II Total War: Pure Awesome Author: graves101, Location: Ontario

Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 7:24 pm
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You son of a bitch.

I love Creative Assembly, I'm so jealous. Played every TW game except for Rome and most of the expansions. I'm still looking forward to getting Napoleon. Shogun was one of the first RTS games I started with on the computer.

The only gaming company here where I'm at is Silicon Knights, and they've only made generic "adventure" games. Granted, Eternal Darkness was pretty cool. But I know many of the employees and see them at shops I frequent downtown, so I know what you mean when you can get "insider" information.

#4: Re: Shogun II Total War: Pure Awesome Author: buuface, Location: Thailand

Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 4:56 am
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Shogun Total War and Medieval Total War

Are probably the only 2 games i have played more than Close Combat Very Happy

Caint wait!

#5: Re: Shogun II Total War: Pure Awesome Author: Pzt_Kami, Location: IRAN

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 7:20 pm
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Total War : Shogun II already released Smile

#6: Re: Shogun II Total War: Pure Awesome Author: buuface, Location: Thailand

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 6:02 am
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I've got the game its really great.

#7: Re: Shogun II Total War: Pure Awesome Author: Dima,

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 6:37 am
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Second that - the game is a gem.
AI is better than in earlier versions overall, especially on strat level.
Graphics is awesome with DirectX 11.

#8: Re: Shogun II Total War: Pure Awesome Author: Manoi, Location: Brussels

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 8:28 am
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Dima wrote (View Post):

Graphics is awesome with DirectX 11.

the game doesn't use (yet) directX 11. Actually it uses only directX 9 without any AA. The only thing that needs quickly an improvement is the fact that AI reinforcement army in siege battles is bugged.

#9: Re: Shogun II Total War: Pure Awesome Author: Dima,

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 1:42 pm
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Quote:

the game doesn't use (yet) directX 11. Actually it uses only directX 9 without any AA.

i have directx 11 and the graphics is awesome Razz

#10: Re: Shogun II Total War: Pure Awesome Author: Manoi, Location: Brussels

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 2:35 pm
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Dima wrote (View Post):

Quote:

the game doesn't use (yet) directX 11. Actually it uses only directX 9 without any AA.

i have directx 11 and the graphics is awesome Razz

how are you able to play with the DirectX11 as it must be implanted in the next patch?

#11: Re: Shogun II Total War: Pure Awesome Author: Dima,

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 3:26 pm
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I don't know, i just play it Smile

#12: Re: Shogun II Total War: Pure Awesome Author: Pzt_Kanov, Location: México

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 5:46 pm
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It looks very neat and polished but not really interested in the period. I only got RTW had a lot of fun with that (lots of mods) and Barbarian Invasion (Really hard as WRE), I plan on getting Medieval sometime but some things put me off like the 2 years per turn but characters getting older by one year only, that's bizarre.

Those other medieval RTS on the other post look amazing too, namely Real warfare 1 and 2.

Still waiting for Rome II Razz

#13: Re: Shogun II Total War: Pure Awesome Author: Hoogley, Location: Brisbane

Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 5:33 am
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No surprise that I own it already, and have played it a fair bit over the last few weeks. It is amazingly gorgeous, and I like the experience system. The overall play style is a lot tighter than usual, which is also a plus.

The down points are that there isn't a HUGE diversity in units. Specifically, there isn't much reason to play through as each different clan; not that I can see, anyway. Same goes for castles. You spend a far amount of time laying siege to five different types of castles. I would have hoped for a bit more variation or uniqueness to each. The other down point was that in my first campaign I somehow managed to start raiding enemy trade routes for about 6 million Yen per season, which kind of took the challenge out of it. I have restarted, and I am hoping it doesn't happen again.

I still love it, though, for all my complaints. I still play everything from TW Rome forwards.

#14: Re: Shogun II Total War: Pure Awesome Author: Dima,

Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 5:54 am
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Hoogley,

what difficulty do you play on?

#15: Re: Shogun II Total War: Pure Awesome Author: Hoogley, Location: Brisbane

Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 6:55 am
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Ehem... normal cough, cough.

I could never accept that difficulty level could affect the values to that great a degree. 6 million Yen per season should never happen, no matter what difficulty you are playing. I am still not sure what combination of elements went into that little auto-hack. I wonder if the AI was reaping that much cash before I redirected his funds?

#16: Re: Shogun II Total War: Pure Awesome Author: southern_land,

Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 9:57 pm
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how do you think it compares to Empire (the last of the series I bought)? I've read the battlefeild AI is a significant improvement?

#17: Re: Shogun II Total War: Pure Awesome Author: Dima,

Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 9:45 am
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Yeah Hoogley, seems to be some glitch no matter of difficulty level.

Strat AI is way more interesting than in any TW games.
Battle AI is good as well - agressive in attacks and cautious in defences.
But the main improvement is economical model, you have to develop farms to have enough food to supply castles but in same time you need to develop economy to have money so you need to balance these as you can't have everything in each province.

Overall, I believe that's the best game in TW series to date.

#18: Re: Shogun II Total War: Pure Awesome Author: southern_land,

Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 11:40 am
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cool thanks, might be time to dust off the visa card

#19: Re: Shogun II Total War: Pure Awesome Author: Hoogley, Location: Brisbane

Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 12:22 pm
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@Dima: Yeah. They've passed up on 'bigger better faster more' for 'make it all fit together properly'. It's a lot more strategic than the previous lot. I'm digging it.

@Southern Land: It's a different beast, but just as worthwhile. Empire is the culmination of the mega-strategy Total War concept. It all fits together really well, and it's huge and diverse. Shogun 2 streamlines everything so you can focus better on precision strategy. That said, I've already made a number of strategic errors.

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