Shogun 2 Battle Report Besieges Your Castle
Holding a castle in feudal Japan is a lot harder than it looks.
I was pretty psyched for Shogun 2: Total War even before our very own Steve Butts took a look and liked what he saw [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/reviews/previews/8409-Preview-Total-War-Shogun-2], and while I don't expect it to fully replace StarCraft II as my multiplayer strategy game of choice, I'm going to have a lot of fun conquering feudal Japan next year.
Judging from this Battle Report, I'll need to work for it, though.
[video=2562]
In the video here, Creative Assembly developers Kieran Bridgden and Ingimar Gudmunsson walk the viewer through an entire castle siege from start to finish. It's a great look at how the actual RTS portion of the game works, though if you're anything like me you'll probably be trying to armchair general the video - and getting frustrated when the players in question don't do what you would have done, dammit!
In all seriousness, this is exactly the sort of preview I love of games like the Total War series, with a full battle playing out as developers explain what's going on.
Shogun 2 is out March 15, when all of you can try your hand at defending this very same castle.
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Holding a castle in feudal Japan is a lot harder than it looks.
I was pretty psyched for Shogun 2: Total War even before our very own Steve Butts took a look and liked what he saw [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/reviews/previews/8409-Preview-Total-War-Shogun-2], and while I don't expect it to fully replace StarCraft II as my multiplayer strategy game of choice, I'm going to have a lot of fun conquering feudal Japan next year.
Judging from this Battle Report, I'll need to work for it, though.
[video=2562]
In the video here, Creative Assembly developers Kieran Bridgden and Ingimar Gudmunsson walk the viewer through an entire castle siege from start to finish. It's a great look at how the actual RTS portion of the game works, though if you're anything like me you'll probably be trying to armchair general the video - and getting frustrated when the players in question don't do what you would have done, dammit!
In all seriousness, this is exactly the sort of preview I love of games like the Total War series, with a full battle playing out as developers explain what's going on.
Shogun 2 is out March 15, when all of you can try your hand at defending this very same castle.
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