SUBSIM Radio Room Forums - Shogun 2: Total war!

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Originally Posted by steve_the_slim (Post 1856563)

*Watches trailers*
*sees fleets of ironclads blasting each other to bits*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3YMRp36Ad8

I must have this game right now. Also a new computer to run it.

The naval combat in this will probably be an order of magnitude more fun than the actual "Ironclads" games.

I had to click your link. :stare:

It'll be more fun, no doubt, but it will not be more realistic. But then again, fun is sometimes better than realism.

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Out at sea, naval combat still has problems, too. The powerful guns and torpedoes of the new steam ships make for more decisive battles, but wet war is, by its very nature, a sluggish affair. Scrambling for a broadside while your ship executes huge, slow turns is just frustrating. You can now take direct control of your cannons and aim them, but this often means trying to pick the enemy out through a forest of masts. It***8217;s hard to do a better job than your AI crew. I found myself accepting the extra losses and auto-resolving most of my naval battles.
A wider problem is the lack of difference between the Imperial and Shogunate sides of the conflict. Each clan starts in a different position and each has their own specialities, but they travel down the same clan development tree and, towards the end, fight with the same units. You can try to stave off the advance of technology to stay in line with the Shogunate***8217;s traditionalist values, and you***8217;ll experience fewer revolts among the populace if you do, but obstinately avoiding the chance to play with some of Fall of the Samurai***8217;s finest units is a move for alternate history buffs and the terminally traditionalist only.

The only two problems PC gamer has with the game.