Standalone expansion Total War: Shogun 2 – Fall of the Samurai announced!

Thread: Standalone expansion Total War: Shogun 2 – Fall of the Samurai announced!

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    Omnipotent-Q said: November 28, 2011 10:13 AM

    Default Standalone expansion Total War: Shogun 2 – Fall of the Samurai announced!


    The next Total War title in development has just been announced: Total War: Shogun 2 – Fall of the Samurai. Fall of the Samurai is a standalone expansion pack for Total War: Shogun 2 set for release in March 2012. Promising to be a "a dramatic clash of traditional Samurai culture with the explosive power of modern weaponry." the game is set 400 years after Shogun 2 as East meets West and Old meets New.

    Features
    • Set in the 1800s around the Bakumatsu (End of the Curtain) period and incorporating the Boshin War. Take up the fight of the Imperial throne, or support the Last Shogunate after the arrival of America, Britain and France ignites a bloody civil war.
    • Improved siege battle mechanics - with upgradable defensive towers with their own specialities.
    • New land and sea unit interactions - including coastal gun emplacements, offshore artillery support barrages, and campaign map bombardments.
    • Three new agent types - the Foreign Veteran, the Ishin Shishi and the Shinsengumi.
    • Railway networks for trade and steam propelled ironclad warships.
    • Multiplayer 2.0 overhaul with a new conquest map and a new Fall of the Samurai avatar including 40 new retainers, 30 new armour pieces and a brand new 19th century avatar skill tree.
    • Introduction of multiple avatars for Shogun 2 and Fall of the Samurai.
    • 4 new historical battles.


    Total War Center will keep you up-to-date with all the latest developments and news for the new expansion. Be sure to drop by Creative Assembly's Official Announcement thread in our forum to declare how awesome this is going to be! Don't forget the announcement video too! Did I mention they'll be Gatling guns?

    Last edited by Omnipotent-Q; November 28, 2011 at 12:43 PM.

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