Shogun Total War 2 (demo)

[1v0ry_k1ng]

pros spam no-dachi

[BaNa]

Btw: vastly enjoying the game so far, zoom is a tad constricted yes, playing chobosama on easy cause I was a total disaster in shogun 1.

I win battles manually now, but castle sieges are still best left to autoresolve.

[Teutooni]

Castle sieges are best avoided.

The AI doesn't usually sit too long in a castle, not unless you are threatening him with a large force. Try to lure him out first. I tried playing Date on legendary difficulty, and that was basically the only way I could take castles. Managed to take 4 provinces. Keeping them, however, proved even harder.

[Gota]

By the way is it me or did they make the Shogun orginal music worse?
They changed it a bit and now its much more mellow instead of sounding like actual battle music..

[Otherside]

Best ever total war battle music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JjjBsCkXTk

Nostalgia hard...

Fuck this time to play MTW2 with the MTW1 music pack :] + SS and realism mods.

[DavetheBrave]

Anyone else think realm divide is kind of ridiculous?

[Teutooni]

Anyone else think realm divide is kind of ridiculous?

You'd prefer the puny AI clans just keep ignoring you and fall one by one?

[DavetheBrave]

Anyone else think realm divide is kind of ridiculous?

You'd prefer the puny AI clans just keep ignoring you and fall one by one?

Exactly!
Seriously though, I was just surprised how hard it was. In my campaign they didn't just declare war on me, they gave each other military access and massed all their armies together. I had to reload saves from 20 turns ago(2 times). I didn't beat it until I finally figured out to take kyoto fast and start making provinces that i took my vassals. I just defended kyoto essentially, which only worked because the AI is so buggy at attacking cities and too idiotic to just maintain siege.