Shogun 2 Total War - confirmed

**Sp00n** · 06-04-2010, 15:50

The game was stunning graphically at the time, it had a huge wow factor whenever you booted it up. Technology moves on and I don't agree with the reviewers who said they wernt.

What was the closest comparision at the time? Age of Empires games? Civ games? they were all below Shoguns graphics standard.

It was also the age of 56k modems the joy.

**caravel** · 06-04-2010, 16:03

Originally Posted by Sp00n

Age of Empires games? Civ games? they were all below Shoguns graphics standard.

AoE and Civ were isometric games (i.e the same technology that ran Civ2, SimCity 2000 and many older DOS games), as were most RTS/TBS games of the time. Isometric games do not have any kind of scaling or 3D acceleration. This is why it's sensless to compare a game like STW with iso games like those, because such games are not OpenGL or Direct3D based anyway and were technologically well behond STW. The terrain detail in STW was quite complex for it's time and in big battles I remember my PC really starting to chug.

**Sp00n** · 06-04-2010, 16:12

Originally Posted by Asai Nagamasa

AoE and Civ were isometric games (i.e the same technology that ran Civ2, SimCity 2000 and many older DOS games), as were most RTS/TBS games of the time. Isometric games do not have any kind of scaling or 3D acceleration. This is why it's sensless to compare a game like STW with iso games like those, because such games are not OpenGL or Direct3D based anyway and were technologically well behond STW. The terrain detail in STW was quite complex for it's time and in big battles I remember my PC really starting to chug.

I was talking in terms of game type comparision :), yes my PC chugged also in large scale battles 2v2 upwards.

**caravel** · 06-04-2010, 16:48

Originally Posted by Sp00n

I was talking in terms of game type comparision :), yes my PC chugged also in large scale battles 2v2 upwards.

Yes I knew what you were saying, sorry I was just adding to it.

**pevergreen** · 06-06-2010, 01:50

Originally Posted by Asai Nagamasa

AoE and Civ were isometric games (i.e the same technology that ran Civ2, SimCity 2000 and many older DOS games), as were most RTS/TBS games of the time.

To the average punter though, AoE looked a lot better.

**edyzmedieval** · 06-06-2010, 02:45

Wow, the announcement brought back some really OLD Orgahs... 2001 join date, wow.

I can only drink to that.

**Yoshitsune** · 06-06-2010, 18:46

Well it's about time! The original STW was great but the engine is now way outdated and the Far East is long overdue a revisit.

However I would hope for a bit more than just the original 16th Century setting with eight clans. I'd personally love a "long campaign" that starts around the 12th Century (Horse & Bow Heroes!) and progresses taking in potential Mongol, Chinese and Korean rivals as well as tactical and weapon developments.

My two yen...(from another "oldie"(ish))