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Shogun: Total War
By Creative Assembly, released 1 Jan 2000
- Microsoft Windows
- turn-based strategy video game
- real-time tactics
What it is
Shogun: Total War is a strategy game from Creative Assembly, released for Windows in 2000. This Collection includes the base game and the Mongol Invasion expansion. The base game is set in a divided Japan in 1542, where rival daimyo seek power through politics, economics, subterfuge, strategy, and battlefield tactics. Its play combines turn-based grand strategy with real-time battles. The expansion explores a fictional Mongol invasion, letting players take the side of the invading Mongols or Japan's ruling Hojo clan. The game is categorized as both action and strategy, with real-time strategy, turn-based strategy, and real-time tactics among its genres. Steam features list single-player, multiplayer, and Family Sharing. The listed Steam release date is June 25, 2015, and the platform is Windows.
What players like, and what they don't
- Turn-based grand strategy and real-time battles
- Collection includes Mongol Invasion
- Single-player and multiplayer listed
- Steam integration and modern resolutions noted
- Windows is the only listed platform
- No controller support is listed
Who it suits
It suits strategy players interested in managing political and military conflict in feudal Japan, with both turn-based planning and real-time battles. The Collection also suits those who want the Mongol Invasion expansion's alternate conflict.
Shogun: Total War brings strategic planning and battlefield action together, and this Collection adds the Mongol Invasion scenario.
