Shogun II Total War

**A Nerd** · 05-28-2010, 16:29

ETWs isn't as bad (in my opinion) as many say. The problem lies in difficuly level. They want a tough strat and battle experince, but the coding also makes diplomacy more difficult as well. I don't know why they are connected, but my diplomacy/economy has always thrived on normal. This, in my opinion, seems to be the root of the problem.

**Sp00n** · 05-28-2010, 16:32

Reality quite possibly soon.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/se...hogun-2-reveal

:P

**Servius** · 05-28-2010, 16:38

From Kotaku
http://kotaku.com/5549952/total-war-...turns-to-japan

**sassbarman** · 05-28-2010, 19:13

god i hope this is all true and that they do it justice.

**Servius** · 05-28-2010, 20:02

It all hangs on the AIs (Diplomatic, Campaign, and Battle), but the style will also be truely important. The quality of the AI will determine how good of a game it is, but the style will play a huge role in determining how good a update it is to the original. The style of Shogun was not present in any subsequent title. The simple map (no 3D trees swaying, streams running, risk-style), the simple pieces, the music, the throne room, the mini movie clips for agent actions... Shogun was simple, and beautiful in its simplicity. It felt like how I imagine Japanese of that period would have designed it (if they had had the tech of course). That made it very special. CA had better be careful with this one.

**sassbarman** · 05-29-2010, 19:38

well put servius

**A Nerd** · 05-29-2010, 23:45

CA had better be careful with this one.

I have to agree with this one. STW, the game that it was and still is, was so brilliant and paved the way for a following of its successors. To tinker with STW is a bold move indeed, should it fail and be compared to RTW and everyting after, I shudder at the thought...