Shogun Total War coming to Steam!

[edyzmedieval]

I do have problems with the Hojo, even on Normal. I forgot how hard this game was, and how difficult it is to keep a hold of your territories without losing half your clan in 5 turns.

[ReluctantSamurai]

Unlike some of the later TW games, you have to move quickly at the beginning, to stake your claim to provinces. If you let other clans capture some of the more lucrative territories, you'll find yourself way behind in development.

The AI gets koku buffs, so you have to have exacting battlefield tactics (ie. no Pyrrhic victories) and economy of force to defeat all those stacks you see running around.

I forgot how hard this game was, and how difficult it is to keep a hold of your territories without losing half your clan in 5 turns

I remember many TW vets who took up the series from RTW onwards, saying much the same thing when they took up Shoggie. The STW AI can, and will kick your a$$ even on Normal setting if you play poorly.

[edyzmedieval]

I started with Shogun in the very months when it appeared, and I knew even back then this was hard. On Expert, you really have to be some tactical mastermind to defeat the game.

15 years ago... wow.

[Igor, Mathter]

Apparently, it may be possible to play MP using Hamachi and thereby turning a LAN connection into a WAN connection. I have not tested it so I cannot say for certain.

PS. Evolve might be an even better alternative than Hamachi. Not tested this either though, so... no promises.

Link for Hamachi... https://www.vpn.net/

Link for Evolve... https://www.evolvehq.com/welcome

[edyzmedieval]

Which literally makes it quite hard to do so, and not worth it, unless you have a group of friends to play with...