Shogun II - Yay or Nay Poll

[LittleGrizzly]

2v2 Totomi 10k Koku, 5 monks/guns max

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Self Explanatory??? =)

gl and hf first!

I hope to meet you and many other old timers on totomi once more!

[JAG]

2v2 Totomi 10k Koku, 5 monks/guns max

gg

Self Explanatory??? =)

Hahaha! OLD SKOOL!! :>

I, for one - CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!! Brings back so many brilliant memories, I hope they do a good job.

[Jochi Khan]

Looks like all the 'old-timers' will be back playing this one.

Will be nice to see all the old familiar faces again.

When can we expect it to be released???? Hopefully February 2011????

[Kagemusha]

Hopefully soon we have something new to make the old timers feel like home.

[AnthoniusII]

There are many factors that will help me deside if i will buy S2TW.
1ST: Completion. I mean no bugs.
2nd: Steam conection. I didn't buy NTW and ETW because of this fact.
3rd: Accuracy. I know very well that historical accuracy costs a lot but never the less
the game must avoid to put imaginary heros and units.
TW series are the best battle simulators and as such we are fans of them!
4th: Administration system. The "civilisation" type of state managment in ETW was a great
failure. You are not supose to research for things that were known centuries before just
for gameplays shake.
The 1st Shogun had a simple but very good administaration system with 4 seasons and payment
once a year.
The fans want epic battles,clever diplomacy and sabotage options not "research sword",research metal armors kind of silly
things.

[Slyspy]

I'm not convinced that CA can provide the kind of game I enjoy anymore. Plus I'm almost certain that they are unable to produce either a poduct that isn't bug ridden (some of which may never be fixed) or one that their AI is actually capable of playing. I'm expecting the worst but will be overjoyed to be proved wrong.

[vartan]

Nay. Not in a million years.

[Gregoshi]

I'm not convinced that CA can provide the kind of game I enjoy anymore. Plus I'm almost certain that they are unable to produce either a poduct that isn't bug ridden (some of which may never be fixed) or one that their AI is actually capable of playing...

Hopefully the emphasis on scaling back S2TW will change the bug and AI issues.

[Sir Robin]

With the simplified unit roster and fewer factions I expect the AI's performance will be better. I am looking forward to Shogun 2 but I was really hoping Creative Assembly would finally tackle China's Warring States Period.

[A Nerd]

With the simplified unit roster and fewer factions I expect the AI's performance will be better. I am looking forward to Shogun 2 but I was really hoping Creative Assembly would finally tackle China's Warring States Period.

You never know. It might be an expansion or a stand alone like NTW. Here's to wishful thinking! Such a period would make a nice game.

[Tsavong]

I am interested in Shogun II I will probably buy it and I will be looking forward for more information about it.

ETW was a good example of how not to implement Steam in your games, it just felt off.

Ye I think that's about it, steam is good and all but can be quite annoying if you don't have a constant internet connection, I would have much preferred sort of the Dragon Age approach of giving out free DLC with the game so people register the thing.

[Ibrahim]

well, if they go back to the simple days in regards to game play and strategy map, and just add to that, instead of doing stuff from scratch/ focusing on eye-candy a la empire, then I would think it be a great game.

having said that, I have my doubts. I'll still buy the game though, if only because, as Spoony the wise put it, I'm damned to buy every major release until the end of time.

[Vlad The Impaler]

the guys from TW center seem very pissed off 'cause is STW2

[Tsar Alexsandr]

I'm excited for it. :D Shogun was such a good game.

Seeing it in a more realistic environment and in a newer game is going to be amazing. XD Not that graphics are all that matter to me. I'd still play my Shogun Total War if it worked. (Still have no clue why it doesn't. : / ) If the new game doesn't have that re-playability I'll be sad.

But it sounds like fun. Honestly I dunno how they could mess it up. XD It's such a good time period for a TW game. :D

[Ibrahim]

I'm excited for it. :D Shogun was such a good game.

Seeing it in a more realistic environment and in a newer game is going to be amazing. XD Not that graphics are all that matter to me. I'd still play my Shogun Total War if it worked. (Still have no clue why it doesn't. : / ) If the new game doesn't have that re-playability I'll be sad.

But it sounds like fun. Honestly I dunno how they could mess it up. XD It's such a good time period for a TW game. :D

if you have vista or 7, it won't work, unless you set it to compatibility mode (if there is even any in those-I still use XP)

[Nigel]

if you have vista or 7, it won't work

In that case I only hope my old PC does not break down until I have STW 2 .

Certainly yay. I only hope the bugs are minor or bearable - and the same goes for balance issues and MP playability.

[Double A]

I'll probably buy it if my friends say its good... but if it's not I'll rage about it and not buy another TW game until they're good again. And if they screw up S2 I doubt R2 will be any good...

[aimlesswanderer]

I desperately want this game to be great, but given what happened with ETW, and the general slide.... but I will likely get it unless the reviews are bad.

[G. Septimus]

it's worth for a try

[quadalpha]

With the simplified unit roster and fewer factions I expect the AI's performance will be better. I am looking forward to Shogun 2 but I was really hoping Creative Assembly would finally tackle China's Warring States Period.

Still waiting for Three Kingdoms.

[aimlesswanderer]

Still waiting for Three Kingdoms.

Hell yeah, that would be fantastic. It'd also really improve knowledge about Chinese history too.

[Nobunaga]

yay. Some reasons are:

-CA won't release an unfinished game this time around especially after the feedback it got upon releasing empire.
-ETW and NTW MP are huge improvments over RTW and MTW2
-CA finally stating that less is more
-They are using the same engine which means they have more time to focus on the actual gameplay
-All the talk about making S2TW the zen of the total war series is promising. They seem to focus on polish this time around

Good luck CA ...

[quadalpha]

-They are using the same engine which means they have more time to focus on the actual gameplay

Oh, so NTW wasn't the evolution part and we're not due for a revolution?

[Nobunaga]

Oh, so NTW wasn't the evolution part and we're not due for a revolution?

revolution can be done without modifying the graphics engine... S2TW seems to be using the same engine as NTW/ETW (maybe slightly modified/optimized but the same ...)

[Intranetusa]

With the simplified unit roster and fewer factions I expect the AI's performance will be better. I am looking forward to Shogun 2 but I was really hoping Creative Assembly would finally tackle China's Warring States Period.

Still waiting for Three Kingdoms.

Nah...because Warring States or Three Kingdoms will require CA to do something called "extra work" and "new research" (or at least enough research till they get tired and start substituting real units with fantasy units).

It's much easier to just do a rehash or sequel of a previously made game...

[minishog]

It will be on Steam, so I will not buy it.

[Furunculus]

it will be good if mod support arrives.........

[Lucius Verenus]

No will not buy, unless possibly the modders can come up with a 7th-8th century Britain/Ireland Viking incursion type game from it - quite unlikely I guess :)

Am already planning on getting EBII up n running

[rory_20_uk]

I treat these games rather like fine wines: you have to leave them for some time to mature.

I'll not be buying until oh, 6 months after it's been released. That'll be long enough for the first or second patch to have fixed the truly dreadful bugs, and the modders to have ironed out some other "features". I'm no spring chicken any more so I don't have the patience to be playing broken games like in yesteryear.

I look forward ot some improved graphics, some of the better parts of the last games to be implemented, and that the smaller map will be gentler on the AI which will probably be slightly better than the last ones were, but still woefully easy to defeat unfairly.

[Askthepizzaguy]

I gave Napoleon and Empire a miss.

But yes, I WILL get this game. I want an ancient/medieval setting. Less/no gunpowder. More swords and archers and walls.

Blitzy McBlitzenstein will return...