I want to play Shogun online!!

Unfortunately for me, I joined the Total War fan club a bit late. I downloaded Medieval demo just a week before the game came out and was very impressed by it. I didn’t buy the game until much later though along with a copy of Shogun as a supplement (one cannot go wrong with $20). To be honest, I find the battles in Shogun to be much more impressive than ones in Medieval and would prefer to play Shogun online. Every time I tried to log on, however, the game stayed on the logon screen and I could never play. Is it still possible to play Shogun online?

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Quote[/b] (rspete @ Dec. 31 2002,03:01)]Unfortunately for me, I joined the Total War fan club a bit late. I downloaded Medieval demo just a week before the game came out and was very impressed by it. I didn’t buy the game until much later though along with a copy of Shogun as a supplement (one cannot go wrong with $20). To be honest, I find the battles in Shogun to be much more impressive than ones in Medieval and would prefer to play Shogun online. Every time I tried to log on, however, the game stayed on the logon screen and I could never play. Is it still possible to play Shogun online?

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I can't answer your questions, but thanks for your post. I find comment quite interesting given you are new to both MTW and STW.

Did you get the original Shogun or Shogun:MI (Mongol Invaision)? I hope MI.

I wasn't much for MP, and its been a long time since I was on, but I do recall that registering Shogun was a bit of a chore. Did you "register"? If I recall, in the past, I believe one needed to go to the site, register and then attempt to log-on.

Hopefully someone will respond with a more uptodate answer.

BTW, would you like to have Medieval's "features' added to Shogun?

I got the Warlord Edition, which has the Mongols on it. I have tried registering and logging on from their website but I did not get in, as I said before. Maybe something with the server.

I feel that Medieval is basically like Shogun except with improved campaign map, troop diversity and deeper diplomacy (somewhat). The tactical engine is a lot worse, however, the graphics and effects are bad (compared to how Shogun looked) and it runs a lot smoother, as I can play with sound turned ON and with no slowdowns (unlike Medieval). However there is just something about the campaign map in Shogun that I find nauseating (this is not an overstatement) and it is almost a deterrent from playing the game any length of time before I return to Medieval for a more satisfying campaign experience though less satisfying battles.

online gaming is still working although not many players play it anymore...best time to check is around 7-9 pm gmt
especially on sunday...u wrote u cant play...do u get to the foyer and it's empty? plz describe ur problems so i could help u
Reod

The game just stays on the log on screen, I dont even get to the foyer. I will try registering again and than try.

i think i heard the lobby closed down cause no one played on it, if it was you email electronic arts or CA they should know why.

I reregistered and got it working. There is no one to play though...

hmmm,

just in the warlords foyer as i type
and there is no-one online

hopefully everyone is recovering from New Years,

if someone wants to arrange a time to double check this,
there could be a bug in the foyer...

Current time is 9:40 am GMT (UK)

Hi barocca

Just checked the shogun foyer (11.40 pm) UK time and there are 13 players online at the present time

............Jochi

oops correction. Should have said warlords foyer

....Jochi