Shogun: Total War for Windows

Pros: A great two sided game engine!
Cons: They could have done a better job on the graphics.

Shogun Total War is a very user friendly game and fairly easy to learn. You start out as a small daimyo in a corner of the game map. You must decide who will be your friend or foe, what to build, how many Samurai to train and set your tax rates. ...

Pros: A virtual paradise for fans of old KOEI games.
Cons: No manual included.

Strategy gaming buffs looking for something new in the RTS world are frequently disappointed with the same old AOE & Starcraft clones currently found on most store shelves. Before the advent of such titles, strategy fans were hooked on a different form...

Pros: Great Tactical Battles, Game Setting
Cons: Weak Strategic AI, Sluggish Performance

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Pros: graphics; game play; ai
Cons: hard to learn

The entire world was once terrorized and madly overruled by the powers of the East, a time when the Mongols didn't even find Europe interesting enough to invade it. Yet, looking at most recent history, one would think the west always had the upper hand....

Pros: Excellent tactical war simulation, challenging
Cons: Steep learning curve, poor documentation

Feudal Japan is the subject of many myths and legends, mostly centered on samurai and bushido and mysterious ninja. But when you get down to the nitty-gritty, this era in the proud country's history is about one thing above all else: war....

Pros: Addictive gameplay. Interesting history. Special units. Sound.
Cons: Graphics could be improved a tad.

I admit, I have thing for real time war strategy games ever since I started playing warcraft and later starcraft in the 90s. But all of the games I bought haven’t been good. Before buying this game, I bought history channel: the civil war, and was ...

Pros: else than the con
Cons: over simplified graphics

Story Medieval Age is the age of turmoil in Japan. Knowing that the central authority has waned, local landlords (daimyo) struggled to achieve the highest throne. They strove to acquire the title of shogun. In order to realize this ideal, they ...

Pros: Fabulous combat sequences. Lovely graphics throughout. Some nifty FMV. Very interesting if you are familiar with the old KOEI war games.
Cons: Non-battle sections are a little thin, despite being well presented.

During my high school years my fire as a budding young strategy war-gamer was fanned by the excellent Historical Simulation Series of games released by Koei. Titles such as Bandit Kings of Ancient China, Romance Of The Three...

Pros: Stunning graphics and sound. Nice gameplay.
Cons: Gets a bit thin and boring.

Shogun-Total War is definatly my type of game. Having grown up on KOEI games, the setting of ancient Japan drew me into this game as soon as I saw it. When I saw the screenshots, I was hooked.

Shogun-Total War is a platform -...

Pros: Fun battle mode, Great sound, Fun Game overall
Cons: Interface lacking

Last week I was sitting around working on my website when I decided I needed to take a break. I looked around my computer to find something to play, but all I could find were games that were better played online (and I only have dial-up). So after...

Pros: Solid strategic gameplay, awesome 3D graphics, hight challenging AI
Cons: None really

As the fog slowly crawls out of the wooded valley, it leaves behind countless ranks of warriors, brave Samurai and Ashigaru standing stone still in the morning cold. On a hill behind the troops, the Daimyo sits atop his black steed, dressed in the finest...

Pros: Breathtaking artwork/sound, very cool RTS w/Risk elements, flawless atmosphere.
Cons: Difficult to master. Big flaw in the interface.

Do you know of some people who would rather complain about all the plot holes they found in The Matrix, rather than just sit back and enjoy the movie for what it is - just a very fun movie? And then they do that very thing on a constant basis, with...

Pros: Excellent graphics, good sound effects, wonderful format.
Cons: Can be slow at times, difficult, some bugs.

Shogun "Total War" represents one of the best values in a RTS game that has come on the market in recent years. It is a faithful adaptation of the board game "Shogun" that (I believe) Avalon Hill distributed in the 80's with a million cool looking...

Pros: Unparalleled battlefield realism, excellent mileau
Cons: Not done yet, it may not live up to expectations

Shogun: Total War aims to be an epic masterpiece; a blending of pandering and backstabbing in feudal Japan with an intricate and realistic battle engine of grand proportions. Maneuver your armies to maximize the weaknesses of the enemy, all while...

Pros: So deep.
Cons: Time consuming.

Japanese medieval politics may not be everyone's cup of tea but I was surprised at how much time I have spent recently playing this epic from Electronic Arts.

There is a lot more to it than just politics as there is the economic and military...