Total War: Shogun 2 is the seventh instalment in the hugely popular Total war series from Creative Assembly. It is a remake of the original Total War: Shogun title released almost 11 years ago (which still occupies a space on my much coveted favourite game shelf) and returns the player to 16th Century Japan. A Japan fractured into rival clans, each vying for supremacy and each faction’s Daimyo looking to rise above all and reunite the nation as the new Shogun.

As with all previous Total War titles, Shogun 2 combines a turn-based tactical campaign with real time strategy battles. The turn based portion of the game takes place on a 60 province map of Japan. It is beautifully rendered showing the passing seasons and your armies and towns. The landscape changes from a stylistic hand drawn map to reveal stunning detail as your armies explore Japan and the surrounding oceans.

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