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5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 20
Date: April 16, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I played the demo for this game and I just have to say that this game rocks. It has awsome graphics and gameplay. A great game!

Only played the demo, but...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 22 / 25
Date: April 19, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game is great. It runs along lines similar to the games Myth: The Fallen Lords and Sid Meier's Civil War games; real-time strategy over a 3-D topographic battlefield. I found its interface clean and simple, a necessity when commanding forces numbering in the hundreds and thousands. The only problem I found was the unit's tendency to end up several screen inches away from where they were first directed to go. The tactical strengths and weaknesses of the units are somewhat unbalanced in the demo; trying a cavalry assault against a formation of spearmen in this game will never succeed, and light infantry will lose to a group of heavy infantry half their size. I hope that the units will be better balanced in the real game. The battlefields are more detailed than those of Myth, but not as finely sculpted as those of Gettysburg or Antietam; there are forests that can hide your soldiers, unclimbable cliffs, and steep hills that slow the movement of soldiers, but no rocks, no fields, no other types of cover.

In general, if you like real-time military strategy but can't stand the massive emphasis on resource management of most RTS games, this is a good game for you.

THIS IS THE BEST AVAILIABLE

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 15 / 21
Date: April 23, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This is the best game I have ever played. I have never seen a better mixture of graphics and gameplay in my many years of gaming. The storyline and truth to history is so wll thoughtout you will think you are actually there. The physics of the game allow you to have several hundred units on the feild at any given time and it doesn't even tax your system. I would recomend this game to novice gamers or experianced RTS players. This game is the best I have ever seen. The interface is so simple to use that you will be kicking some butt as soon as you start playing. I could not and would not recomend anyother game higher than Shogun: Total War

your best investment in a game for the year 2000

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 8
Date: April 26, 2000
Author: Amazon User

first of all shogun total war is an awesome game. It is amazeingly addictive and sucks away hours of your life. From the beginning of the game and to the multiplayer mayhem it is a great game. The interface is both good for beginnners and enhanced for veterans of strategy. I only have gotten a limited version with 4 levels but i will be the first in line at the stores when it comes out

best i've ever seen from EA or anyone else!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 34 / 37
Date: May 04, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I've been a student of japanese martial- and cultural-history for over 20 years, and have seen many attempts to make a game like this, and bought most of them. the only other real 'success' i've seen was 'Shingen' for the old 8-bit nintendo system. 'Shingen' was a VERY nice piece of work for a turn-based game, but THIS? This is truly an amazing piece of work! Like everyone else, i've only played the demo, but the demo prompted me to do something i've never done before:pre-order the game! the 'playfields' are devastatingly beautiful, the troops are beautifully detailed and animated, and the donjon (castles) are downright gorgeous! Also, all the pre-set troop formations look like the programmers read the same ancient battle-texts that i have. each and every formation i've viewed on the game is exactly like what i had read about and seen diagrammed in the martial history texts. even the organization of soldier-movement during formation-changes is top-rate: every soldier knows exatly where he belongs at all times, and he moves accordingly. this looks like the kind of game that makes you want to dig out a bottle of properly warmed sake, proudly display your katana and wakizashi over your monitor, lace on your o-yoroi or do-maru, and start screaming war-cries like the generals in any of Akira Kurosawa's great samurai epics! I DO have some recommended reading before playing, however. Obviously, they're not REQUIRED, but if you want to win, they'll help immeasurably. the programmers seem to have used these books(at least 2 of them, maybe more) to program the AI: 'The Complete Art Of War' translated by Ralph D. Sawyer/published by Westview(ISBN 0-8133-3085-8) 'The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China', same trans./pub. (ISBN 0-8133-1228-0) 'The Six Secret Teachings On The Way Of Strategy', same trans./published by Shambhala (ISBN 1-57062-247-7) and of course any translation of Miyamoto Musashi's Book Of Five Rings. Remember: 'Being unconquerable lies with yourself. Being conquerable lies with the enemy.' -Sun Tzu

Shame of a game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 37
Date: May 05, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Shogun looks stunning. But it has a user interface from hell. As you are struggling with camera viewpoints and group commands and battle formations the AI is charging you. Obviously the AI has not to struggle as much as you do. The battle tactics of the AI are very good, so you are slashed and diced into sushi before you know it. The soldiers are blurry and all have the same color. The devolpers should have looked at the classic Total Annihilation before they made Total War. One star for the AI and battle ground graphics.

Great Games

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 7
Date: May 18, 2000
Author: Amazon User

The game looks very realistic. Although we can not have or choose a one strong general to lead the samurai, It is a good games. It has the real time strategy and the map strategy. Be sure you try the demos !

Great simulation of feudal Japan

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: May 23, 2000
Author: Amazon User

The game many historical strategy players have been waiting for! Finnaly we can control mounted samurai, geishas, and ninjas all in beautifully rendered landscapes and decent graphics. Great for first timers and veteran gamers. Setting up thousands of troops(yes, THOUSANDS! literally!)can be difficult but it only adds to the realism. Appropriate music adds a nice atmosphere. Weather conditions and unit personalities are just a couple of all the realism factors you'll experience in this fine game.

Board Game converted to RTStratagy Warfare at it's Best!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 15 / 15
Date: May 24, 2000
Author: Amazon User

When I was in grade school, I used to play the board game that this game is based off of. We would play for days, like those good ol' days on Axis and Allies. Now that I am an adult, it's exciting to see this transform into an thrilling electronic version.

EA has a great R&D team who put a lot of research into their game. Shogun not only has historical truthfulness,(accurate samaurai warfare down to the man to man scenario)but it's 3-D engine rivals to that of Homeworld. For being a land view, it has awsome views of castles, lakes, forests even the army from afar. Then there's the AI, the enemy learns your tactics and style of play so that it is prepared for you (even down to the individual soldier AI learns as well) You can even play multiplayer online or via email! Asside from all the claims the British developer has made, what is it Really like?

Well the game play is easy, armies at the click of a button, formation at the click of a button etc. No more micro management of each soldier, how can you when a thousand men are slashing each other across your screen, of course you can zoom in and watch each one fight. Instead, you get to use what really counts, formations, strategic placement of armies, and ambushes. The background music is great, media always ups a game by A LOT. So if it's media ya want, it's media you'll get with the animation scenes done in the stye of the director Akira K. Anyway, this game is massive, see for youself and download the demo ... or read all the reviews. I'm Hooked! I'll be seeing ya in the battlefield online! Good Luck

Sengoku Jidai

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 18
Date: May 29, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I like the history of Japan a lot and grabs anything that has something to do with it. I played a lot of games, mostly strategy games and mostly RTS (real time strategy) games. I always looked out for an game about the history of Japan, but the closest I got was Age of Empires 2 and that wasn't actually focused on Japan. But when I heard about the new game called Shogun: Total War, I went to every internet site that gives you information about Shogun: Total War and looked at everything. Every place said the same thing, "Shogun: Total War are going to be the game of the year." "Shogun: Total War is the first game that brings you really to strategy game play" Japan was for a long time a country of mystery, they produced a lot of our possetions, but still it wasn't a very popular country, until now. I think you all should go for this game, that you can experience the secret of the Japanese nation.

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