Shogun 2 ... Worth £7.99?

bhavv · 3 Dec 2011 at 16:06

To buy or not to buy, that is the question.

http://www.play.com/Games/PC/4-/19008841/-/Product.html

Jono8 · 3 Dec 2011 at 16:07

easily

carlazai · 3 Dec 2011 at 16:21

Absolutely though replay value is very low on this one.

GTO656 · 3 Dec 2011 at 16:27

wow its gone down quite quick, worth considering.

pingwing · 3 Dec 2011 at 16:40

ARGH!!!! The below a tenner price has been reached for me to buy it!!! Curses....

Headwires · 3 Dec 2011 at 16:49

I think this is the only total war that I never finished a campaign. Worth that price though I would say

bakes0310 · 3 Dec 2011 at 16:58

Yes and install teh darthmod and the 12 turn an year mod makes the game seriously awesome

bhavv · 3 Dec 2011 at 17:01

I really didnt like Empire or Napoleon though, I only like the original Shogun and Rome.

Will I like this one?

bakes0310 · 3 Dec 2011 at 17:02

bhavv said:
I really didnt like Empire or Napoleon though, I only like the original Shogun and Rome.

Will I like this one?

yes you nutter get it.

nitram100 · 3 Dec 2011 at 18:11

Great price!

bushmins · 3 Dec 2011 at 18:49

I have tried all the Total war games since the first. Ive not been able to get into any of them until Shogun 2. The tutorial is great, and its very easy to get into but very hard to master. But since you have a great tutorial mastering is only a matter of time.

I paid £14 and im very happy, so £8 is a steal.

shaggyd · 3 Dec 2011 at 18:53

What are the chances of steam reducing the game to similar price before Christmas?

Indy500 · 3 Dec 2011 at 19:23

carlazai said:
Absolutely though replay value is very low on this one.

Why's that?

BobbyBBB · 3 Dec 2011 at 19:24

You guys seen the "blood pack" lol

http://store.steampowered.com/agecheck/app/201272/

pgi947 · 3 Dec 2011 at 20:32

shaggyd said:
What are the chances of steam reducing the game to similar price before Christmas?

Pretty good I'd say, steam usually have an xmas sale...

Jono8 · 3 Dec 2011 at 20:33

BobbyBBB said:
You guys seen the "blood pack" lol

http://store.steampowered.com/agecheck/app/201272/

oj wow ahha

carlazai · 3 Dec 2011 at 22:08

sr4470 said:
Why's that?

For me it was the lack of space on the campaign map, its like a COD game i.e. you go in one direction every time.

I racked up ~200hr and 100hr on Empire and Napoleon because you could have loads of fun playing as daft countries or setting daft victory conditions e.g. Persia (trust me its nuts).

Shogun was more fun because everything worked but the others had more variety. Next game is rumoured to be Rome 2 so there is the real time sink coming.

shadow_boxer · 3 Dec 2011 at 23:11

Been thinking about this too. Is it activated on steam? If you buy a retail copy do you need the disc to play? Ta

pingwing · 3 Dec 2011 at 23:15

shadow_boxer said:
Been thinking about this too. Is it activated on steam? If you buy a retail copy do you need the disc to play? Ta

Bum bum bummmmm http://www.totalwar.com/shogun2/steam-faq

Internet agrees that it's steam works, install from disc once and activate on steam. Pretty much perfect

Indy500 · 3 Dec 2011 at 23:15

carlazai said:
For me it was the lack of space on the campaign map, its like a COD game i.e. you go in one direction every time.

I've only played Shogun 1. Japan is a smaller place though, less variety comes with the territory.

carlazai said:
I racked up ~200hr and 100hr on Empire and Napoleon because you could have loads of fun playing as daft countries or setting daft victory conditions e.g. Persia (trust me its nuts).

Yup, you could do the same in Medieval 1 as well (like play as the Sicilians, or Aragon).

carlazai said:
Shogun was more fun because everything worked but the others had more variety. Next game is rumoured to be Rome 2 so there is the real time sink coming.

I also have Rome, but haven't sat down and played through a campaign yet, hopefully it'll be just as much fun as the first two were.

Maybe Creative Assembly will actually improve the AI next time. They've only had 12 years