2010: 10 years Shogun Total War

**gollum** · 03-24-2010, 02:15

welcome to the org jef, as well as back to STW.

Enjoy your stay

**sassbarman** · 03-30-2010, 20:53

the only game I've ever played 17 hours straight. Truly epic!!!

**Durango** · 03-31-2010, 11:31

Kyousei emono ken sono shunkan naniyori to-taru senka taitoru.

**A Nerd** · 03-31-2010, 15:26

My compliments to a Swede that can speak Japanese (I asume its as Japanese, not speaking it myself). I'm 1/4 Swede myself (olson) on an aside...what does it mean might I ask?

**gollum** · 03-31-2010, 15:33

wataksi wa Durango-san wakarimasen.

**Durango** · 03-31-2010, 19:26

gollum: Don't understand? It's probably very garbled so that's no surprise

A Nerd: Hej Hej! Talar du svenska?

Anyway, I tried to say that Shogun is the second best Total War game (after MTW). Very closely, I might add, and it's just personal taste. STW
is arguably a higher quality game. I still remember being 12 years old and playing the demo back in 1999 on my old crappy computer....

It was a particularly tough mission where you had the task of (If I remember correctly) defeating Yari Samurai with your group of Samurai Archers.
I started out on the slope of a large hill, with the enemy ominously and steadily marching towards me near the horizon across a plain. Eventually they
drew so close as to fall within arrow range. Only a few measly volleys went off before they were upon me and kicked the snot out of my poor troops!

I thought about how to properly take advantage of the surroundings. On the next try, I spotted a small patch of wood atop the hill. Hmmm.... maybe
I could hide there and ambush the enemy at the right moment? Turns out, the trees gave me a morale bonus when charging so that my opponents
fled after a short and brutal fight!

I could never look at an ordinary strategy game again after that experience. But my young mind drifted off to other things at that time, so I sadly
missed the golden years of the Total War community. But, better late than never.

Shogun - The coy smile of the Geisha, the shadow of the Samurai in the dawn, the thunder of tempered steel clashing.