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    Red face Where Have All The Shogun Players Gone To?

    Come out of hiding guys lets get some games and discussion going

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    Default Re: Where Have All The Shogun Players Gone To?

    MTW, several years ago.
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    RTW even more recently.

    The thing is Shogun is an old game. People prefer newer 3D graphics (rather than 2D sprites) and an easier to use inteface. That is why they abandoned Shogun and moved onto MTW and RTW. However I do think that a Shogun 2 TW would bring players back to Shogun so that they can compare it to the newer version.
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    Default Re: Where Have All The Shogun Players Gone To?

    Quote Originally Posted by Avlvs Brittanicus
    RTW even more recently.

    The thing is Shogun is an old game. People prefer newer 3D graphics (rather than 2D sprites) and an easier to use inteface. That is why they abandoned Shogun and moved onto MTW and RTW. However I do think that a Shogun 2 TW would bring players back to Shogun so that they can compare it to the newer version.
    Wrong. Pretty well nobody who started the series at Shogun actually plays Rome (many play MTW though), and very few who started at Medieval even. The only people who seem to like Rome a lot are those that are new to the series. I think 'vets' expect something a lot more like the games they are used to whereas newer players are much more open-minded about it; this is what causes the change of interest.
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    Default Re: Where Have All The Shogun Players Gone To?

    Quote Originally Posted by Avlvs Brittanicus
    However I do think that a Shogun 2 TW would bring players back to Shogun so that they can compare it to the newer version.
    I'm not so sure about that. The only way most Shogun players (including myself) would probably flock to a sequel is if the units and gameplay was as well-balanced as the original. Given CA's track record in this area has steadily declined since then--not even my beloved MTW is as well balanced--I find that possibility vanishingly small. Not impossible, no, but it is unlikely.

    It's probably true that a Shogun sequel would have little problem in attracting newer players, including those who liked Rome. But unless CA were to thoroughly test and play-balance the game like they used to, I highly doubt that most veterans of the original game would return.
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    I got the Total War Eras package specifically for STW. I wanted to stroll down memory lane for a nice while and I did. Now I'm doing MTW for a bit. STW is a great game and I love it. I hope to continue playing it some other time for sure.

    I like the idea of a new STW myself.
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    Actually Silver, I started the series from STW, and then played MTW, and then RTW, and after loving STW, moving to MTW and not really liking the battles as much and therefore auto resolving campaigns and getting bored quickly, and then onto RTW and playing that more than any other game in the series. I guess I must be the exception.

    Never the less, STW is still a great game, and good to play when I'm in that "samurai" mood.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Avlvs Brittanicus
    People prefer newer 3D graphics (rather than 2D sprites) and an easier to use inteface.
    That may be true in your case, and the case of many of the RTW noobies. However, I have found many of the 'vets' detest the new interface, I am not a fan of it either. Its to large and clunky, yuck.

    Most of the 'vets' aren't perturbed by the 2D sprites, they just make us feel older, .

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    Default Re: Where Have All The Shogun Players Gone To?

    good to see some support :) is anyone still hosting a fakeserver?

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    is anyone still hosting a fakeserver?
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    Default Re: Where Have All The Shogun Players Gone To?

    I still play STW, as well as all the others. Right now STW and M2TW are the only ones that are installed right now due to HD space.
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    Mee to ... STW*whit mongol invasion* RTW + BI and the new MEDIEVAL 2 ... hardly have 4 Gb free out of 80 Gb .. :( ...
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