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Total War: Shogun 2

2011 86 / 100 Real Time Strategy (RTS) Simulator Strategy
In Total War: Shogun 2 you choose from one of 9 (10 with Ikko-Ikki dlc) clans, each with their own unique traits and skills and each with their own RPG-style warlord to lead them. Use a mixture of diplomacy, political manoeuvring, province building, research and special agents such as Ninja assassins or Geisha spies to get your enemies exactly where you want them. An intuitive user interface and a lovingly-created, c Show full summary

In Total War: Shogun 2 you choose from one of 9 (10 with Ikko-Ikki dlc) clans, each with their own unique traits and skills and each with their own RPG-style warlord to lead them. Use a mixture of diplomacy, political manoeuvring, province building, research and special agents such as Ninja assassins or Geisha spies to get your enemies exactly where you want them. An intuitive user interface and a lovingly-created, complex and detailed campaign map make it both easy and enjoyable to build and run cities, recruit and move troops and issue commands – both noble and dishonorable, all with the aim of mastering enemy forces and seizing their lands.

World design Nicht eindeutig Game modeCo-op Game modeMultiplayer

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Story & context

In the darkest age of Japan, endless war leaves a country divided. It is the middle of the 16th Century in Feudal Japan. The country, once ruled by a unified government, is now split into many warring clans. Ten legendary warlords strive for supremacy as conspiracies and conflicts wither the empire. Only one will rise above all to win the heart of a nation as the new shogun…The others will die by his sword.

Game modeCo-op Game modeMultiplayer GenreReal Time Strategy (RTS) GenreSimulator GenreStrategy ThemeHistorical ThemeWarfare
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GenreTactical GenreTurn-based strategy (TBS) Trait16th century Traitalternate reality Traitbattlefield Traitbow and arrow Traitdeath Traitdiplomacy Traithistorical inaccuracy Traitmedieval Traitninja Traitreal time tactics Traitrivaling factions Traitsabotage Traitsamurai Traitturn-based

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Total War: Shogun 2: release, platforms, and facts

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Studio & publishing

Developer
The Creative Assembly
Publisher
Sega, Feral Interactive
Franchise
Total War
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So spielt es sich

Spielprofil

Modi
Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Themes
Historical, Warfare
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Wo & wann

Platform releases

  • PC (Microsoft Windows) Mar 15, 2011
  • Linux Mar 15, 2011
  • Mac Mar 15, 2011

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