Konnichiwa,

I don't know whether the units in the demo have the same strenght, but in the full game you'll have access to more units (naginata, warriormonks, guns to name a few).

I was trashed when I started playing too and trashed again. After a while you get the hang of the game and you'll beat the AI regularly.

I play online for 1.5 years now, and the AI is trashed by me in most cases (10:1 and up).

I'm still trashed in online games without allies to save me though.

Shogun:Totalwar will offer you many hours of pleasure, there's no other software title which offer battles like that.

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Ja mata
Toda MizuTosaInu
Daimyo Takiyama Shi

http://www.takiyama.cjb.net