Total War: Shogun 2
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…
Total War: Shogun 2 is a real time strategy (rts) developed by The Creative Assembly, released 15 March 2011 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Total War: Shogun 2 is
Total War: Shogun 2 is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by The Creative Assembly and released in 2011. It was published by Feral Interactive. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on TW Engine 3.
The premise, in the publisher's words
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.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are historical and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 106 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Total War series
Total War: Shogun 2 is the eighth of 56 entries we hold in the Total War series. It arrived a year after Napoleon: Total War. The next entry was Total War: Shogun 2 - Fall of the Samurai in 2012. Its critic score of 88 is 5 points above the series average of 83. The highest-rated entry is Rome: Total War at 91.
How it was received
Total War: Shogun 2 holds a critic score of 88 out of 100. That places it above 91% of the 612 rated real time strategy (rts) games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 20 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 86, across 211 votes.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 2 GHz Intel Dual Core processor / 2.6 GHz Intel Single Core processor, or AMD equivalent (with SSE2), 1GB RAM (XP), 2GB RAM (Vista / Windows7) and 256 MB DirectX 9.0c compatible card (shader model 3). At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 32GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Total War: Shogun 2 launched on 15 March 2011, within three weeks of Crysis 2, Dragon Age 2, Bulletstorm and Dragon Age II. It reviewed better than all of them.
Released around the same time: Crysis 2, Dragon Age 2, Bulletstorm, Dragon Age II.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Total War: Shogun 2 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Dlc
Total War: Shogun 2 - The Ikko Ikki Clan Pack
Total War: Shogun 2 - Sengoku Jidai Unit Pack
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Total War: Shogun 2 - Rise of the Samurai
Total War: Shogun 2 - Blood Pack DLC
Total War: Shogun 2 - The Hattori Clan Pack
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Total War: Shogun 2 - Fall of the Samurai
Total War: Shogun 2 - Dragon War Battle Pack
Total War: Shogun 2 - Saints and Heroes Unit Pack
Total War: Shogun 2 - Otomo Clan Pack DLC
Total War: Shogun 2 - Complete Edition
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