IGN first look to Shogun 2

**VINDIC** · June 04, 2010, 04:51 PM

IGN first look to Shogun 2...http://uk.pc.ign.com/articles/109/1093664p1.html
EDIT: they talk of 56.000 men on the battlefield...my God!!!...finally!!!

**MortenJessen** · June 04, 2010, 05:28 PM

Hi there.
Really nice find, but I still wants to see before I believe their "support for up to 56.000 men". I do have a suspetion about it being meant for insane high end machinery only.
Y.S.
M. Jessen

**squatlover** · June 04, 2010, 05:33 PM

Yes, but NTW supports 4v4, which on ultra settings with 20 units of armed citizenry each is 25 600. With a unit multiplier x2 as many people have that is close to what they are saying. I hope it means 56 000 on single player one vs one.

**VINDIC** · June 04, 2010, 05:44 PM

...will see...the TW 3D engine is awesome...Darthmod teaches...for sure we will need HE pcs...

**GeneralL** · June 04, 2010, 05:54 PM

Great turn, it would be real-y magnificant. Please do it !!!!

**Plan C** · June 04, 2010, 06:48 PM

Seriously tho, fellas - there is a whole forum dedicated to the upcoming Shogun 2 TW. Please start another thread there.

**Chewie** · June 04, 2010, 06:58 PM

A lot of men on the battlefield and no China? Now I'm depressed.

**Argonaut1** · June 05, 2010, 04:20 AM

go away with this ******* shogun this is napoleon total war forum not total war or shogun or anything -.-

**DUFFMAN** · June 05, 2010, 04:28 AM

Originally Posted by quote from ign source

The game's AI is being programmed according to Sun Tzu's Art of War. As one of the core foundations for this kind of mix of melee and ranged warfare, Sun Tzu is an obvious starting point, but what was particularly revealing is how much Sun Tzu talks like a programmer. If, for example, you outnumber the enemy more than five-to-one, Sun Tzu recommends an enveloping move. If you outnumber the enemy two-to-one, he prefers a direct engagement.

I've read the Art of War, and if they're really going to program the AI according to that, we might at last have a great AI in Total War