Shogun 2: Total War - New Battle Report gameplay vid now online!

**ReluctantSamurai** · 09-02-2010, 21:15

Not sure if this feature was available in ETW or NTW (as I have played neither), but it appears you can "draw out" multiple units with a single click, instead of having to do each unit individually.

My apologies if I've simply missed this feature by not having played any recent releases.

At any rate, looking awesome, so far!

**Kagemusha** · 09-03-2010, 02:55

Thank you for sharing this with us CraigTW.

I am loving what i am seeing in the vid. In this early phase already i am seeing level of detail i am happy about. Like the large Nobori flags carried by the infantry formations. One thing i would suggest to try out would be to make the colour of armour less uniform. You have already the Nobori Flags, the sashimono flags on the back of the samurai and ashigarus. which makes it easy for players to identify their own and enemy units. During the period the "units" if that is a right word, were not very uniformed at all, apart from few execptions, like the "fire cavalry" of Yamagata Masakage of the Takeda Clan, or Il Naomasa´s red devils a third execption being the Date army under Date Masamune.

Dont get me wrong as this is in no way complaining, but a simple suggestion to maybe test how a unit would look like with different coloured body armours and lacings inside a unit. Ofcourse if it wouldnt be working it should not be used.

Apart from my rambling.Great job!Cant wait to see more!

**Motep** · 09-03-2010, 03:59

pretty

**Monsieur Alphonse** · 09-03-2010, 04:43

Originally Posted by ReluctantSamurai

Not sure if this feature was available in ETW or NTW (as I have played neither), but it appears you can "draw out" multiple units with a single click, instead of having to do each unit individually.

My apologies if I've simply missed this feature by not having played any recent releases.

At any rate, looking awesome, so far!

That draw feature has been possible in earlier TW titles as well. You can do it in RTW and M2TW. I can't say anything about earlier titles because I haven't played those.

**Magyar Khan** · 09-03-2010, 05:47

very impressive i must say but what bugs me a bit is that the fire arrows take a lot of attention , they look like flying pikes especially just before the land on the ground...... they are a bit to big...

remember as important the zoomed in detail is for you in promoting the game, the important is the zoomed out gameplay for us..... still it is awesoms to see.... especially when u compare it to previous sprite-versions of TW.... see the battle vs GiljaySmith in my signature.... :o)

**Tomisama** · 09-03-2010, 12:51

the important is the zoomed out gameplay for us

This is really "the point" that we need to press in on with CA.

The idea that these games should have the close-up appeal of a first-person-shooter is so far off the mark for those who actually play them.

To be as positive as I can about it; a nice sales tool, but totally useless to the RTS gamer...

Hiya Maggy

**ReluctantSamurai** · 09-03-2010, 13:52

That draw feature has been possible in earlier TW titles as well.

The "draw out" feature has been available since the original STW, but you had to draw out each unit, one at a time. In the video, it looks to me that you can draw multiple units at the same time...which would be a vast improvement.

Again, my apologies if this was a feature included in recent TW releases, and I'm just preaching to the choir

**Monsieur Alphonse** · 09-03-2010, 14:01

Since Rome you can use this "draw out" feature with multiple units. it is a very good feature to create very fast a new front line after redeploying your units.

**Reenk Roink** · 09-03-2010, 15:21

Thanks for the link Craig.

**al Roumi** · 09-03-2010, 15:58

Originally Posted by Monsieur Alphonse

Since Rome you can use this "draw out" feature with multiple units. it is a very good feature to create very fast a new front line after redeploying your units.

Although I always found it annoying that it would create a standard unit width, so if one unit had fewer men, the line would be thinner on its sector. Ideally, the line should drawn out to have standard depth, as that is (usualy) more important.

**Barkhorn1x** · 09-09-2010, 17:46

Originally Posted by Tomisama

This is really "the point" that we need to press in on with CA.

The idea that these games should have the close-up appeal of a first-person-shooter is so far off the mark for those who actually play them.

To be as positive as I can about it; a nice sales tool, but totally useless to the RTS gamer...

Hiya Maggy

Your point is spot on but the next CA vid will be designed to get this kind of response...Wow!!! Look how cool those indivdual samurai look!! Woot, woot, woot!!!

And we will ask - again - what about the AI? Can we see what it can actually do?

And an annoyed Kieran will reply; "The AI? Well, we've covered that repeatedly. AI for Shogun 2 is receiving a lot of development resource and attention. There will never be an AI that completely satisfies the needs of all players. Some want something easy that offers a minor challenge, others want to be roundly beaten in unforeseen ways for hundreds of hours of game play. What we're seeking to do this time around is to provide something solid, robust and most importantly, fun."

...but no vid will ever be available.

**Suraknar** · 09-13-2010, 08:33

This was absolutelly marvelous!

I was hoping you would re-introduce Formations and posturing which affects the opponent and it seems like you did. I simply can't wait S2TW to hit the shelf, yet, don;t rush it either ;) It will surely be worth the wait!

Enjoyed the Style of the Video as well.

Some day battles without too much of a weather storm would be great too :)