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  • It's an AMAZING game!

    26 41.27%
  • It's pretty good.

    21 33.33%
  • It's alright.

    4 6.35%
  • I don't like that much.

    4 6.35%
  • What a waste of my time and money!

    4 6.35%
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    Default Shogun 2 Reveiws

    Well, Shogun 2 is offically released!

    Anyway I was wondering what everybody thought of the game so far. I thought it would be easier to have one thread than to have everybody make their own thread to say what they think. I searched and didn't find another thread like this. Please respond with your thoughts so far and/or vote in the poll!

    And sorry for everyone that clicked on this thread thinking I reveiwed it.
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    Default Re: Shogun 2 Reveiws

    This thread is just gonna be flooded with bad reviews on account of no dx11 or dx10 on release, casually ignoring every other aspect of the game.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Caelifer_1991 View Post
    This thread is just gonna be flooded with bad reviews on account of no dx11 or dx10 on release, casually ignoring every other aspect of the game.
    I think some people will talk about the game itself.
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    Can anyone say, if the game is any good if you do not give a piss about DX11 or AA?

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    haven't got my limited yet

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    Still waiting for my copy, should be added in the poll ;-)
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    Default Re: Shogun 2 Reveiws

    Still waiting my limited edition

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    My limited edition is arriving today, I'll let you know tonight when I get home

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    Here is my first impressions so far, don't have enough time yet for a full review.


    Installation - 3/10 - Horrendous - I buy a disc copy so I don't have to download 20GB on my slow internet connection. I understand patches and am happy for the day 0 patch, but steam froze on me at about 75% and I had to stop, uninstall, and then reinstall to get it working. Over 5 hours to get the game installed

    Music 10/10 - Excellent and adds greatly to every aspect of the game. Genius.

    Art 9/10 - I don't care much for this type of art but within the game it really fits and again adds greatly to every aspect of the game. The art and music make up for other areas that lack.

    Immersion - 8/10 - The game is totally immersive, yes I have grown found of every one of my units. Each time I loss one I have to stop playing and hold a vigile.

    Graphics - 7/10 - Stunning and jaw dropping. Often I feel I'm watching a movie instead of playing a game. This was an easy 10/10 except the whole AA thing ruins it all. No going in to a rant but who's decision was it to release a game without AA, comon!

    Animations - 10-10 - Excluding the fact there is no AA, animations are varied, realistic, and immersive. When one of my units kicks an enemy and that enemy stumbles backwards in to a group who then stumbles themselves, I call that amazing. Their facial expression and eyes seem to match what's going on around them, it's so realistic it's scary at times.

    Cameras - 10-10 - I have really grown fond of the debug camera set in the preferences.txt. Using this along with the del key to follow units is simply amazing. Marching through a town or forest at eye level behind a troop is very satisfying.

    AI - 7/10 - Still To Be Determined, but what I've seen so far has only been on normal mode and I delievered a couple butt kickings and got a couple in return too. AI is ruthless when it smells blood, that's for sure.

    Turn Time - 5/10 - The beginning is very slow, at least for me, turns take 15-25 seconds to complete. While many think this is an improvement, I'm not one of them. I hate waiting between turns but with so much going on, I understand I have no choice.

    Loading Times - 7/10 - This is hard, although we would like them to be faster, we have to realize what the computer is chomping before we critisize too much

    Performance and Multicore - 9/10 - No complaints here I see my PC using all cores, although core 1 usually gets pegged. I've seen no slowdowns yet and am happy with performance.

    Diplomacy - 8/10 - To be determined but from what I've seen it does the job well and like the AI can be ruthless if it smells blood.

    Overall - Honestly in current state an 8 out of 10. Had AA been there and the turns were shorter, I would have went 10/10. This is by far the greatest TW to date or strategy game. Fix the AA quick and I'll say it "Game of the Year".

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    Installation - 3/10 - Horrendous - I buy a disc copy so I don't have to download 20GB on my slow internet connection. I understand patches and am happy for the day 0 patch, but steam froze on me at about 75% and I had to stop, uninstall, and then reinstall to get it working. Over 5 hours to get the game installed

    Turn Time - 5/10 - The beginning is very slow, at least for me, turns take 15-25 seconds to complete. While many think this is an improvement, I'm not one of them. I hate waiting between turns but with so much going on, I understand I have no choice.

    the first isn't the game fault, seems to be just steam and yours so the game itself have nothing to do. is really 15-25 seconds too much? considering that theres more than 12 playable factions so this time is really short, you can find turn times like some mtw2 wich can go up to minutes ...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ataegina View Post
    the first isn't the game fault, seems to be just steam and yours so the game itself have nothing to do. is really 15-25 seconds too much? considering that theres more than 12 playable factions so this time is really short, you can find turn times like some mtw2 wich can go up to minutes ...

    1) The install was not my fault either, nor my internet connection. I'm sure of it.
    2) Turn time are disappointing to me, maybe not to others but they are to me. Interested to see how others feel about the turn times in the next few weeks. I never had a turn last more than 10 seconds in MTW2, did not use MODS though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by longboat View Post
    2) Turn time are disappointing to me, maybe not to others but they are to me. Interested to see how others feel about the turn times in the next few weeks. I never had a turn last more than 10 seconds in MTW2, did not use MODS though.
    With stainless steel for med2, turn times are the same if not faster in shogun 2
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    Default Re: Shogun 2 Reveiws

    I think this thread should be merged with the other review threads.
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    well my point is CA isnt responsable for steam, besides 5 hours with disc? jeeeez i downloaded 16gb + decryption process in 4 hours and always on top speed (except for some speed drops but makes sense since there was alot of people...).

    mtw2 vanilla was much more "light" game unlike etw-ntw-stw2, but i mean really 15 seconds is really that a big deal? also i'm not criticizing you by the way
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    If the graphical issues wouldn't have been a problem on release, this game would be near perfect.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chyeaaaa111 View Post
    If the graphical issues wouldn't have been a problem on release, this game would be near perfect.
    Agreed

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    Other.

    It's a very good game, a real improvement on the series and a worthy successor to the original Shogun.

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    I haven't bought and played Shogun 2: Total War but hopefully I will soon. but I thought maybe that is they might make an expansion pack or alternative version like they did with Empire: Total War by making Napoleon: Total War. Would it seem likely they would. If so I hope they make Nobunaga: Total War or Ieyasu: Total War or something else.


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