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Mystery and intrigue surround the period of feudal Japan featured in Shogun: Total War. The images of warriors wielding ancient swords coupled with traditional Japanese music in the soundtrack create an ambience of great importance. The game is both factual and fictional with a portion of the game dedicated to the historical battles of the era.
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However, these battles are highly disappointing and not the highlight of the game. Shogun: Total War can be described as chess combined with strategy games like Conquest of the New World. You move your individual armies in groups of 60 men, while adding on to your empire with castles, dojos, docks and farmland.
At the beginning, you begin with a set number of provinces that increase or decrease depending on your success. The map, music and sound effects all make for a rather pleasant but brooding atmosphere. Once you embark into a foreign province, you have the option to declare war and, if you do so, can either play the battle manually or let the computer determine results automatically.
The manual battles are very long and it's difficult to maintain a perspective of what is happening. The characters of your army are very tiny but the surroundings are graphically fantastic. You have several formation options from which to choose and you can strategically set up your army however you like. But, in the end, all it comes down to is you clicking on the other army to attack.
Once you begin actually fighting the other clan, the sounds are very brutal. Screams of pain and sounds of swords tearing into flesh are made excruciatingly obvious in Shogun: Total War during war sequences. This helps to describe the hedonistic nature of feudal Japan and asserts the fact that this game is definitely not for kids.
With all these descriptive war sounds, however, there is very litle to watch. The characters are so tiny they look like little playing cards and when your archers fire at the enemy the arrows look like puny specks of dust in the air. A question you'll no doubt ask yourself is: 'If they could create such a wonderful background, why couldn't they have made the characters a little bigger?' This is only one aspect of the game and, with an option for computer-controlled battles, can be ignored.
Most of your time will be spent in building your empire. The first thing you have to do is construct buildings such as large castles and ports so your community can thrive. Another good thing to do is create as many troops as possible. Every time you end your turn, a disembodied voice tells you how your crop yields are doing and whether or not you won or lost a battle.
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Each clan has diplomatic capability and quite frequently an emissary from another clan will visit your castle and ask for an audience. When you grant one, you are transported to the Throne Room where the emissary offers his proposal for an alliance which you can either accept or decline.
The characters in the Throne Room are very detailed and look almost real. After the emissary is finished with his business, he walks backwards out of the room carefully and darts in the other direction. The face and movements of the characters are very creepy, almost as if they intend to be deceitful.
Video sequences follow certain problematical events in the game and every so often strange and interesting things happen. For example, your emissary might be stalked by an assassin. When that happens, you see a video of your character with the assassin behind him and if he loses the confrontation, you'll have to create a new one. These little sequences are fun to watch and add some excitement to the game.
Overall, though, Shogun: Total War is a very slow paced game, not unlike many strategy games. The details and images created in Shogun: Total War is commendable. Other than the tiny armies in the fight sequences, every aspect of gameplay is well done. Armies are moved as if picking up a chess piece and moving it to another square, in this case a province.
The video and the Throne Room are all very smooth and mysterious. It's obvious that every detail of the game was carefully considered in relation to historical fact and you'll feel as though you understand feudal Japan a little better after playing. Shogun: Total War is exactly as it seems: violent, chaotic and majestic.
Graphics: Lifelike character portrayals during movie sequences and detailed landscapes during fighting are impressive. However, the actual troops are a little too underdeveloped. It would have been more interesting if you could see what your troops looked like. Also, the appearance doesn't support the vivid sounds.
Sound: This is the best feature of the game. The mysterious Japanese music and voices put you directly into a specific time and place: feudal Japan. The stringed instrument chime after each ended turn is a great idea and the armies you control sound like they're in excruciating pain when losing.
Enjoyment: This is an addictive strategy game. Like Conquest of the New World, you're hooked building societies and watching them rise or fall. The occurences of spies and assassins are also fun to watch. The battle scenes are very long and sometimes get boring but you don't have to watch them as you can have the computer fight the battles automatically. It is a little slow paced but not more so than most other strategy games.
Replay Value: The many different clans and buildings you can create offer a unique game each and every time you play. Although, the different tribes all have the same functions, a determining factor is how much land they have available from the start.
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Napoleon: Total War is a curious game. It doesn’t have the grand scope of Empire: Total War, but it does have a lot of clever new ideas going for it. There’s not a lot of variety if you don’t fancy playing as the diminutive Frenchman himself though, which is why we’ve rounded up the best mods we can find for the game. Fancy re-enacting Zulu? Or trying your hand at Total World War 1? Then check inside.
If you’re interested in other Total War mods, here are the best mods for Total War: Shogun II.
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The Napoleon version of Total War’s premier AI mod is one of the best. DarthMod Napoleon contains modder Darth Vader’s signature improved enemy AI, larger units and new formations but it also over 200 new units from a combination of several different sub-mods that are included. There’s also new factions, blood and smoke enhancements and an improved soundtrack.
Zulu is the greatest war movie ever made. If you haven’t seen it before, go watch it right now. Back? Brilliant isn’t it? This mod tries to capture that amazing experience in Napoleon’s spectacular engine. The mod adds new Zulu and British units and a new campaign depicting the Sudan war of 1881-1885. There’s new sound and animations too, plus new maps, including the famous Rorke’s Drift itself.
This is one of the most impressive Total War mods I’ve ever seen. The Great War advances Total War’s timeline further forwards than The Creative Assembly ever have, moving it into the era of World War 1. The Great War brings a new mechanics to the series, raising the scale to previously unseen levels. Thousands of soldiers clash in enormous battles using rifles, machine guns, flamethrowers and snipers. It’s a completely new experience and absolutely worth downloading.
Europe in Conflict is one of those huge, all encompassing realism mods that Total War seems to produce on a regular basis. In addition to the usual combat, unit and recruitment changes, there’s also a lot of emphasis on tweaking Napoleon’s manpower and supply systems. Maintaining a long campaign is much harder as troops are worn down by war and disease. There’s even a shell shock system, where veteran units who’ve come under heavy fire will eventually lose morale under the stress.
Just as Napoleon told the story of France’s imperial era, Revolution depicts another classic part of French history. The game takes place on the cusp of the French Revolution, with players able to decide which side emerges victorious, the rebels or the monarchy. In addition to the new units and factions, there’s also a revamped AI system, with enemy units using flanking and pinning against you.
Like its Shogun counterpart, the Napoleon version of Rights of Man provides a huge collection of little tweaks. There’s none of the big sweeping changes of the other mods on this list, just lots of small, simple adjustments that improve the way Napoleon plays, without changing things much from The Creative Assembly’s initial vision.