Cant wait to use mass giant katana again.

banzai!!!

I would rather see Total War in Spring And Autumn Period.

Will still wait for post-release reviews really, I remember seeing some "look what our AI can do" videos for Empire too (yes, I keep my grudges like a Dwarf, my avatar isnt just for show ^^) and it ended up being pretty crap anyway.

I still think Shogun warfare is much easier to code from AI point of view though so there is hope.

Looking forward to it coming out still, just hope they don't spend all their time making shiny graphics I will never look at (since I am always zoomed out at max during battles really) instead of fixing bugs and improving AI/gameplay

This post has been edited by Gormaz: Sep 4 2010, 01:33 PM

Yeah. But hey they've got a new Lead AI Programmer, Ingmar GUdmunsson now. So I can see they are trying. On the battle videos, you cant really judge anything from them. They are often just a slice of one battle and CA has been known to do scripted battles. The test will be playing through the near final release.

hohoho must be like the last samurai battle!

Warning BIG campaign pictures in spoiler:


First image points out its very similar to the previous Total War games where you had farms and other smaller towns(or villages in this case) outside the main city(in this case the castle). The interface is a little unclear and there are certain things I haven't figured out.

Second image shows what looks like a fog of war that looks like a cloth map. Not sure how this works. Perhaps reading this preview:
http://pc.ign.com/articles/111/1119498p1.html

Would shed some light. Will write feedback after reading that preview.

Really lots of good stuff showing up really, I am really keeping my finger crossed CA won't mess up this one,them coming back to medieval Japan is really more in their field than 18th Century
The style is really beautiful too

But definitely will wait for post-release to hear from forum impressions, I won't trust anything coming from CA or review websites anymore for a Total War title.

Please please CA.... /pray

This post has been edited by Gormaz: Sep 14 2010, 04:58 PM

f***ING AWESOME, I LOVE TOTAL WAR AND IM GONNA LOVE TIS !

Don't bother reading the preview I posted. It's rubbish. The only new thing it says is there is a new general upgrade tree. You can upgrade them as they level up. Plus they brought back the old your generals can become rebels feature.

Shogun 2: Total War Assassination trailer

I almost fell out of my chair when I saw the part where the sleeping soldier mistakes the ninja's leg for a geisha.

Weird, they brought FMV back for assassination.

wow....the world is so much more beautiful compare to Total War Empire

Shogun 2 won't be released "until the AI is perfect"


Source: Firing Squad

Meh, Shogun 2 is the new Duke Nukem Forever if they really apply this...

I will be content with an AI that knows how to siege properly and at least pretend to notice the cavalry unit I just slipped behind their line waiting to charge them in once both lines are engaged.

Good that at least they acknolewdge Empire AI issues but I heard that pretty music on Empire's release, waiting for this, but will wait for post-release reviews from forums and co

Meet the man who directed Shogun 2: Total War trailer.

http://www.robertstoneman.com/

ps: Look at his previous work, your jaw will drop...

Well, at least now they have a reason to turn to the Eastern battle strategies but isn't Sun Tzu from China? However, I'm a bit disappointed that we won't be seeing a naval warfare.


Source: [tk-nation] Of Family Feuds, Sun Tzu, Shogun 2 and Ships - A Brief Interlude with Creative Assembly

This post has been edited by talexeh: Nov 30 2010, 06:45 AM

Yar, Sun Tzu is from China and from a period of time quite earlier than what is inside Shogun 2 if I am not mistaken but it's ok because as they said his teachings have spread far away from China.

Read the interview and I am really sorry to be the black crow but it reeks of the same PR crap that was done before ETW for me (OUR AI IS AMAZING! DIPLOMACY HAS WHOLE NEW LAYER! EVERYTHING IS GREAT!)
You can add a whole layer of sugar to a crap, it won't transform it into a cake but you will just have a sugar-coated crap...

And sorry but applying SunTzu teachings to an AI... if it was that simple everybody would have done it already.
Military across the world are still forcing their cadet officers to read the Art of War so if it was just "some bullet points", nobody would care about it today...

The teachings are bullet points yes but they combine with each other and in some ways contradict each other sometimes (yes, I read the Art of War) like on when to attack, when to defend so it's not just a basic "checklist"...

Oh and the "Suddenly, your family tree is important", well yar, you took that out from ETW/NTW (there were artifacts left in the game files that showed family trees were supposed to be in but were cut) but they were there in Medieval or Rome, so it's not exactly news...

I really don't want to rot this thread with my negativity and I am sorry if I come back each time there is news with my ranting so I think I am just going to force myself to ignore this thread and any Shogun2 news before release.

Please CA don't disappoint, I will luv u forevar if you don't and pee on your grave if you do

This post has been edited by Gormaz: Nov 30 2010, 09:13 AM

The game got a new name :

from Shogun 2: Total War to Total War: Shogun 2

source