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Very good battle simulations
4
Rating: 4,
Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User
The non battle strategy play received mediocre reviews at best (I haven't even bothered to play it yet) - but the battles and campaigns are very good.
Running down rows of unsuspecting archers or musketeers from behind with Cavalry is good- and the new Thunder Bombers are devastating if you can get them on a hill shooting down.
The strategy and terrain effects are very good. Some problems with a few quirks and the AI could be better - but overall an excellent game.
'Instruction booklet included'
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 18, 2002
Author: Amazon User
Yes,'Warlord Edition' has a guide on how to move your Samurai,march and "run"(CTRL+R),"set facing/move with fixed facing"(ALT+Click),and "all units"(CTRL+A). If you bought the 'Shogun: Total War',you didn't get the instruction booklet. The instruction booklet is so important to understand how to operate the game,and in this 'Warlord Edition' the booklet is included. It will help you to understand how to operate your samurai in 'Shogun: Total War',and understand how to use your thrown room. Again for this 'Warlord Edition' you have to enter a 22-digit serial number,press 'Install',let boot-up (Install) to 100 %,and then press 'next' like 8 times. This 'Shogun' is like the first 'Shogun',only as lord Hojo you get 'crossbow men',and the Monguls have 'Thunder-Bombers',a really cool game! I also suggest that if you like this kind of war gaming,and your looking at 'Medieval:Total War',that you first buy the 'Official Strategy Guide' while it's still available,next year it probably will be 'out of print'. happy gaming!
A MILESTONE IN GAMING HISTORY!!!
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 29, 2007
Author: Amazon User
DISCLAIMER: I am a Japan-buff and games based on the Sengoku period of the Shogunate Wars have to be really bad for me not to enjoy them.
Now imagine how much I enjoyed one of the BEST strategy games ever!!!
SHOGUN: TOTAL WAR is admittedly such a great game in every aspect it has become a RTS game benchmark. Not to mention it has fathered the TOTAL WAR series!
Alternating between a tactical map (in which units get moved and improvements built) and the battlefield map (in which real-time unit movements and battles are fought) SHOGUN:TW has struck the perfect harmony between Turn-Based and Real-Time Strategy gaming.
The graphics are by now only a bit dated - and, on the other hand, they can truly shine even on mid-range systems today. The units are easily distinguished during battle, controlling them is done via a user-friendly interface and the issued orders are followed fast and effectively (something not true for much latter games, such as SUPREME COMMANDER).
The sounds manage to be both majestic and realistic (even after so many years, I am using them as my main WinXP Sound-Theme). Both Japanese and English is available.
Birth of an heir, earthquakes and assassination attempts by ninjas all add to the unpredictability of the gameplay. The particulars of the terrain and the weather, the troops deployment and the placement (and survival) of the general, all make the real-time battles such a unique experience!
Alliances are made and broken; rebels conquered and their shock troops assimilated; Christian traders allowed or shunted. Every decision has consequences.
Do not miss on it!
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!
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