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3 Rating: 3, Useful: 11 / 18
Date: June 15, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Obviously I haven't played the expansion yet. I just want to let EA know that I'm more than a bit upset that they're bundling the original game with the expansion and charging us Shogun fans full price. I love the original, but I'm offended by them trying to make me buy it twice.

this sucks

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: June 17, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I agree with that guy. THe expansion packs should be sold seperatly so those of use who already own and love the original.

Info You Could Use

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 12 / 14
Date: June 20, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This is not a review, but a response to the first entry: Dude, don't worry, you can buy the expansion exclusively if you already own Shogun. It will be available from Electronic Arts the same day the full release is set to come out. And it will be priced significantly lower than the full release.

best game ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: July 12, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Amazing game with realistic variables that make it compelx but learnable lots of fun amazing graphics best game of its kind and in some ways the only game of its kind

Delays, delays, delays...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 12
Date: July 23, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I'm sure that this upgrade will be one of high magnitude, however the production and development for this product is not. The first upgrade was posted to be out a month ago and they decided that we would want the full expansion pack at one time. Personally I would have enjoyed being entertained by the first upgrade while I waited for the larger expansion. Now they have delayed the release yet again. I'm sorry but this is not how you run a successful company. When you set a release date you had better make it even if this means overtime for the crew. To delay causes desertion in the buying population and not as many people will buy now than before. Also I do concur that they need to keep the original game separate from the expansion. Thanks.

What's the Problem

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 22
Date: July 26, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Ship the damn Game. I want it, shogun rocks, ship the damn game. No more excuses, i don't care if we never hear from you again, just ship the damn game.

Is this a joke?????

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 12
Date: July 26, 2001
Author: Amazon User

"Availability: This item usually ships within 2-3 days."

Its not even got a date to be relesed yet...so how come i can order and get it with in 3 days??

It was first told to be out in late april 2001, then May, then 25 june then mid july and then late july..now its earliest late august....So please change that text on the 2-3 days...its faulse commersiel(sorry about my spelling am a swede :P)

But Shogun is still the Greatest game ever made...

-EuroSan

the best stategy game ever until empire earth or crusaders??

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 10
Date: August 07, 2001
Author: Amazon User

well I'am like all those fans of SHOGUN, waiting and waiting forever that the game is finally coming out this 7 of august. after all that patience (few months) hopefully the game will give me all the gameplay and more that I've dreams off!! but don't forget this that in the states you're getting it two weeks before us in france so have lots of fun. here we get the extension first and then in late september, the whole pack comes out(warlord edition) and the first ones is almost impossible to get only ordering from EA but still too expensive like an brand new game, so don't be sad that you are getting the whole edition and not the extension only. greetings to all.. and shogun I will be.

this game is much better than: cossacks european wars, sudden strike forever( extension), command and conquer all of them,dark reign,homeworld,starlancer,and even more than my second best game is ground control and the extension.

fan de strategie.....au revoir....

Great addition to the original game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 32 / 33
Date: August 09, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I'm a huge fan of the original Shogun with its Risk-like turn-based strategy combined with real-time battles, so I rushed right out and bought a copy of the Warlord Edition (the expansion is also supposed to be available for download at a reduced price to those who own the original). The Warlord Edition is well worth the $..., however. There are several new troop types, including the Mongol hords -- the firebombers are nasty little dudes -- and the new Japanese troops include the mystical battlefield Ninjas and devistating sword saint, a one-person wreaking crew.

A couple of things I really like about the expansion: no more "landscape drift," your camera stays where you point it, and several new campaign scenarios. Under the old game, you basically had one starting point for a full campaign, with Japan basically divided equally between seven clans. Now, you have the option of four different starting points on a full campaign, including one with the Mongols invading Japan, and you also have four shorter "historical campaigns," in which you take over a clan during a period in Japan's history.

A couple of minor annoyances: The manual is still not very good. Get old Prima strategy guide if you're unfamiliar with Shogun. Also, in an apparent attempt to make the game historically accurate, not all troop types are available for all campaigns. For example, warrior monks and the rifle troops are not available when you're playing the Warlord Campaign vs. the Mongols.

But overall, this is a very worthy addition to my favorite game ever.

Been "wasting" a LOT of time with this game! ;-)

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 27 / 27
Date: August 19, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I picked up the original version of Shogun and had been playing it almost every day. (Or at least on the weekends!) Still not bored with it! With the "Mongol Invasion" the developers really tweaked it well! The graphics are still excellent. The game play is even more fun. (And I really enjoy the new opening sequence!)

Ok, now some specifics. I've been playing mostly with the full campaign. I like the new units, the tweaking to the "overview" map so that you can see where your (and your opponent's) seaports are. You can send your ambassadors, spies, or ninja to your opponent's seaports, basically clear the way, and stage an amphibious assault by your army. The AI has gotten much better in the battlefield action. The new Kensai (Single man "sword saint") when fresh, can take out a unit of Monks and send the survivors fleeing! The Hojo clan "problem" (If you play as anyone other than Hojo clan, Hojo starts with some the best land and therefore the most money to buy troops. Soon overwhelms all other clans.) appears to have been solved. The new Naginata troops and cavalry are very effective units. The Naginta cavalry are almost as well protected as heavy cavalry, but faster and cheaper to buy.

However, there are a few bugs that appear to have gotten through. So far I haven't really seen the point of the "battlefield ninja." I may send them toward the opposing Daimyo during a battle, but they never seem to be able to get to him. The "Legendary Geisha" master assassin is the most powerful unit... if and when you can build the Geisha house. I've built all the required buildings (Citadel, the "best" available Ninja and Tea houses), but the option to build the Geisha house never appears when I start on "my" lands. The only time that option became available is when I took over the opponent's land that already had everything in place except the Geisha house itself.

If you are losing a battle AND you will be getting reinforcements.... "Esc" out of the battle and take the "so-called" higher losses. Your reinforcement troops will appear anywhere at all on the battlefield map, in loose groups, and from any compass point. Often you will not find them until they have already been wiped out and watching the few survivors disappearing over the horizon! However, that seems to happen to the opponent too, if you are the one winning!

But those are minor quibbles, all in all I really love the game.... And now if you'll excuse me, it's time to teach all those upstart pretenders who the real Shogun will be!

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