Shogun 2: Total War
| Total War: Shogun 2 | |
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| Developer(s) |
The Creative Assembly Feral Interactive (OS X) |
| Publisher(s) |
Sega Feral Interactive (OS X) |
| Composer(s) | Jeff van Dyck |
| Series | Total War |
| Engine | Warscape |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows OS X |
| Release date(s) |
Microsoft Windows 15 March 2011 OS X 31 July 2014 |
| Genre(s) | Turn-based strategy, real-time tactics |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 89.33% |
| Metacritic | 90% |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| Eurogamer | 9 of 10 |
| Game Informer | 95% |
| GameSpot | 9/10 |
| IGN | 9/10 |
| PC Gamer (UK) | 92% |
| X-Play | 5/5 |
| GameScope | 10/10 |
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| Publication | Award |
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GameSpot IGN GameTrailers GameSpy |
Best Strategy Game of 2011 |
Total War: Shogun 2 (stylized Total War: SHOGUN 2) is a strategy video game developed by The Creative Assembly and published by Sega. It is part of the Total War series and returns to the 16th-century Japan setting of the first Total War game, Shogun: Total War, after a series of games set mainly in Europe.
Shogun 2 is set in 16th-century feudal Japan, in the aftermath of the Ōnin War during the Ashikaga Shogunate. The country is fractured into rival clans led by local warlords, each fighting for control. The player takes on the management of one of these clans, with the goal of dominating other factions and claiming his rule over Japan. The standard edition of the game features a total of eight factions (plus a ninth faction for the tutorial), each with a unique starting position and different political and military strengths. The limited edition includes an exclusive ninja clan, the Hattori, and a DLC unlocks a tenth clan, the Ikko-Ikki.
The game moves away from the European setting of previous Total War games and returns to the first setting in the Total War series, but making significant changes to core gameplay elements of Shogun 2. Compared to Empire which spanned almost the entire globe, the new installment focuses only on the islands of Japan (excluding Hokkaido) and on a reduced number of unit types.
Shogun 2 was released on 15 March 2011 and received critical praise from reviewers, often for its simplification and refinement of the series by returning to its roots. A standalone expansion set, Total War: Shogun 2: Fall of the Samurai, was released in 2012.
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