![]() Some factions however are pretty boring to play: The Vampire counts and Bretonnia are positioned on the map so they never have any real chance of completing their long campaign goals, usually leaving the player to throw valuable resources into campaigns that never really go anywhere on the map. In all, while it will be disregarded by the TW purists as being ‘non historical’, it’s proven itself to be an exceptional addition to the franchise. The unit models are gorgeous, the map is wonderful and the addition of magic ended up working a lot better than I thought it would. There’s no distinct advantage to playing defensively and breaking them against your walls, because the more time they spend strutting around the campaign map the deeper the taint of chaos spreads through your faction. This time around however the Chaos hordes feel a little different. In Medieval II this lead to the Timurids being an easy challenge – all you had to do was capture major cities like Antioch, put an emphasis on wall building, stock the city full of spearman and then target elephants with flaming arrows to make them rout and go crazy. Each successive playthrough is slightly diminished by the knowledge you’ll need to shore up defences and finish any minor skirmishes before the factions emerge. One issue I’ve always had with the Mongol/Timurid horde factions is knowing in advance when the enemy is coming. While it’s definitely not the hardest of all the games in the TW stable, the obligatory Golden Horde/Mongol undefeatable enemy scenario ups the ante for the campaign a million fold and beating back the hordes of Chaos becomes one of the most enjoyable aspects of the game. Initially I didn’t hold much hope for this game, but it really didn’t take long for me to become pretty engrossed and pull out old issues of White Dwarf to flip through and fanboy-out over. Espionage feels important in comparison to other TW titles.Ĭons: Little variety in units. That isn’t to say this is a bad game (although siege combat in Shogun 2 is thoroughly unenjoyable and feels like an afterthought), the impression I get while playing is that it’s nothing more than a stripped back version of Empire: Total War. ![]() I mean, variety is the spice of life and here in the world of Shogun 2, there’s little to no variety. The combat is a wonderful synthesis of the fluid hand to hand styles of Medieval II and the graphic updates of Empire, but the lack of different historical combat units means the game’s tech tree revolves around upgrading basic units and trade or cultural improvements. I’ve put it at number 7 because although it attempts to bring in some of the complexities of Empire: Total War into the Shogun campaign map, inevitably the game suffers the same fate as the first Shogun title. I’m sure there are plenty of people that would put this game further up the list and there are definitely lots of really points of this game. Here are all the Total War games (no add ons or DLC) ranked from worst to best: Combining the roles of General, Minister, King and Spiritual leader If this sounds familiar, more than likely you probably own a Total War game - one of most endearing “grown up” PC franchises available. Your eyes are heavy and the sweat has accumulated on your back so much that you have to wrench yourself off your faux leather office chair with a spatula. Looking up again you notice it’s midnight. Best to text them and tell them you’re sick. ![]() You don’t think you’ll make it to the party. ![]() Wow, how awesome is this, you’re having the time of your life playing a really great game and you’ve got so much more time to play it before you have to leave for your friend’s party tonight. I mean, you don’t want to be one of those ridiculous gamers with no life that waste their entire weekend playing in virtual worlds, right? Cracking your knuckles you think enough of the day has passed to respectably sit down in front of your PC and spend the next few hours playing a video game. You’ve just polished off the leftover pizza in the refrigerator and knocked out 3 episodes of Bojack Horseman. I haven’t played through the game yet, so therefore it would be unfair of me to include it in this list. ![]()
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