Another good thing to do is create as many troops as possible. The first thing you have to do is construct buildings such as large castles and ports so your community can thrive. Most of your time will be spent in building your empire. 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. 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. With all these descriptive war sounds, however, there is very litle to watch. This helps to describe the hedonistic nature of feudal Japan and asserts the fact that this game is definitely not for kids. Screams of pain and sounds of swords tearing into flesh are made excruciatingly obvious in Shogun: Total War during war sequences. Once you begin actually fighting the other clan, the sounds are very brutal. But, in the end, all it comes down to is you clicking on the other army to attack.
You have several formation options from which to choose and you can strategically set up your army however you like. The characters of your army are very tiny but the surroundings are graphically fantastic. The manual battles are very long and it's difficult to maintain a perspective of what is happening. 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 map, music and sound effects all make for a rather pleasant but brooding atmosphere. You move your individual armies in groups of 60 men, while adding on to your empire with castles, dojos, docks and farmland.Īt the beginning, you begin with a set number of provinces that increase or decrease depending on your success. Shogun: Total War can be described as chess combined with strategy games like Conquest of the New World. However, these battles are highly disappointing and not the highlight of the game. The game is both factual and fictional with a portion of the game dedicated to the historical battles of the era.
The images of warriors wielding ancient swords coupled with traditional Japanese music in the soundtrack create an ambience of great importance. Mystery and intrigue surround the period of feudal Japan featured in Shogun: Total War.
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