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Total War: Shogun 2 Fall of the Samurai - Limited Edition (PC DVD)

by Sega
Windows XP / Vista / 7  Ages 16 and Over
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (45 customer reviews)
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  • Platform:   Windows XP / Vista / 7
  • PEGI Rating: Ages 16 and Over Suitable for 16 years and over. Not for sale to persons under age 16. By placing an order for this product, you declare that you are 16 years of age or over.
  • Media: DVD-ROM

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  • ASIN: B006W6VKQE
  • Release Date: 23 Mar 2012
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (45 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,962 in PC & Video Games (See Top 100 in PC & Video Games)

Product Description

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THE END OF THE SAMURAI ERA, THE DAWN OF AN EMPIRE

The standalone expansion to the award winning Total War: SHOGUN 2 explores the conflict between the Imperial throne and the last Shogunate in 19th century Japan, 400 years after the events of the original game – a dramatic clash of traditional Samurai culture with the explosive power of modern weaponry.

Guide ancient Japan into the modern age, as the arrival of America, Britain and France incites a ferocious civil war which will decide the future of the nation.

Features:

Dramatic 19th century Japan setting

Based on the backdrop of the Boshin War period, the new campaign starts in 1864, a time of growing resentment against Western colonial power and influence. As Japan began to modernise and industrialise, the inevitable social and economic changes led to increasingly militant nationalism and antipathy towards the Shogunate.

6 new playable clans

Play as a clan supporting the Imperial throne, or the last Shogunate:

  • Shogunate clans: Aizu, Nagaoka, Jozai
  • Imperial clans: Choshu, Satsuma, Tosa

New foreign powers

The American, British and French nations played an important part in the story of the Boshin war and your relations with these foreign powers will be integral to unit recruitment and to advancing your technology trees.

New 19th century Japan campaign map

  • The new island of Ezo extends the SHOGUN 2 campaign map northwards.
  • Fully refreshed towns and other campaign map features reflect the different time period, with railways making their first appearance in a Total War title.

Railway lines on the campaign map

  • Develop your own railway network to move armies and agents between your regions.
  • Railways can be sabotaged and transport can be blocked by enemy armies who take control of parts of the line or railway stations.

39 new land units

  • Including modern ranged units - such as the Gatling gun and Armstrong gun - controllable in a new first-person mode.
  • New units can also be recruited from foreign powers, including the British Royal Marines, US Marine Corps and French Marines.

10 new naval unit types with a total of 21 ships

  • New steam-powered warships, heavily armed with modern artillery.
  • Foreign ironclad ships can also be purchased, including the Warrior-class ironclad.

New port siege battle type

  • This new battle type triggers when attempting a naval assault on an occupied enemy port.
  • The attacking fleet must sail into the harbour and capture the port, running the gauntlet of coastal gun defenses.

New land and sea unit interactions

  • During a land battle, armies can call in offshore artillery support barrages.
  • Conversely, coastal gun emplacements can target enemy ships during port siege battles, when ending their turn within the range of upgraded coastal defenses.
  • Campaign map bombardments: offshore naval units can bombard armies and cities in adjacent coastal areas on the campaign map itself.

3 new agent types

  • The Foreign Veteran, the Ishin Shishi and the Shinshengumi.
  • Each new agent has its own skill tree. Ninja and Geisha agents have had their skill trees updated.

Improved siege battle mechanics

New upgradable tower defences can be built with a specific defence specialty: archery, matchlock or Gatling gun.

4 new historical battles

Fight in 4 brand-new dramatic portrayals of the major historical battles of the Boshin War.

Multiplayer 2.0

New Conquest map reflecting the 19th century setting

Brand-new Fall of the Samurai avatar, including:

  • Over 40 new retainers
  • Over 30 new armour pieces
  • New 19th century avatar skill tree

Multiple avatars: players can enjoy multiple careers and progression across Shogun 2 and Fall of The Samurai


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37 of 37 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Better than expected! 26 Mar 2012
By Davo
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Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   
I wasn't expecting too much from this 'expansion' (I emphasise the word expansion because it feels much more than that), but it duly delivers!

There are loads of new units to enjoy and experiment with, the deadly Gatling gun being one of my favourites. The new campaign map is slightly larger but feels much bigger than the original Shogun 2 map, so there's more room to manoeuvre your stacks and agents, offering more tactical options. It looks fantastic also, the smoke effects from your gunpowder are back! For those who favour the more close-up, gritty way of waging war you can opt for the traditional route of swords, spears and arrows, albeit a tougher challenge.

The single player campaign lasts about 7 or 8 years which doesn't sound like much but the time of which it takes to complete a full year is much longer than Shogun 2. Seasons alone now last 8 turns, so a year takes 32 turns to complete, which is something fans of the series have been wanting for a long time.

Fall of the Samurai is a nice addition to the franchise and the Total War series keeps getting better and better. At half the RRP of a new stand alone game it's worth the money. I intend to get many hours out of this until the next in the series.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Simply amazing! 30 Mar 2012
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Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   
Perhaps the best Total War game out there, and it's only an add on (kind of)!

Pros:
- amazing gameplay
- beautiful to look at
- excellent historical accuracy
- lots of new features such as railways and bombardments... Oh God... Bombardments, how I love thee!
- lots of new units
- great fun
- online is amazing
- bugless
the list goes on

Cons:
- campaign is fun but the Imperial:Shogunate divide is mostly north and south so when playing you're not necessarily fighting your neighbors, you're shipping your troops quite far and I just found that a little annoying.
The list stops about there!

The most enjoyable, explosive, amazing Total War game yet. Highly recommended!
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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good - and the stuff with guns does work 31 Mar 2012
By James
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Fun: 4.0 out of 5 stars   
Total war games have always been pretty solid fare. Yes, Empire was a bit of a wobble for various minor reasons, but such glitches seem to have been ironed out rather well now. This latest addition is slick, fun to play, and a very well written bit of software. Most of the game dynamics have been perfected - i remember back in Rome, where you couldn't build buildings quick enough for all the money coming in, and ended up needing huge garrisons to keep public order maintained to a reasonable level.

The trains are a nice addition. I was a little concerned as to how well guns would work, but they do - it makes for a wider scope of tactical possibilities, such as calling in fire support from ships. And yes, the sea battles are (finally) good fun to play.

However, having now played on essentially the same map in three different periods, there is one huge issue, in my opinion. Japan - lovely country - isn't actually that interesting to fight across. Each clan is essentially identical, there is only one type of terrain (temperate, hilly, with snow in the winter), and the whole place is just one long island, surrounded (as islands commonly are) by sea. Plus, with the North/South political divide, there's very little variation between games. Yes, it works well, but it just lacks the variety of previous titles. Furthermore, one of the things about Rome (and others) was that the large number of factions (even more so in Rome if you played around with the "descr_strat" file) increased the game's longevity. One definitely gets the impression that this game is a bit of a practice run, ready for the proper thing...

I know I'm not the first to say it, but it's worth repeating. Now you've got the gameplay sorted, have another go at Rome.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Installing from disk 21 April 2012
By Alan
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Fun: 4.0 out of 5 stars   
Hi guys,

I know a lot of you will get frustrated, just like I did, with downloading the game from steam despite having the disk. If you are having this problem, stop the download. Insert disk 2, click the option to uninstall. Once this is done, double click the disk icon in the "my computer" section of your pc and hit install. After the usual "validating install"message, you should this time get an "installing from disk" message.

Its not as hard as it looks or sounds to some people who have had this problem with Empire and Napoloen, its just a pain to find out how to do it as there are multiple ways people claim works, however this method has worked for me and its very simple to do. Any questions send me a message and I'll try to help you out.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Total war is back on track! 3 April 2012
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Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   
I've waited a week or so before reviewing to make sure I didn't speak too soon. Shogun 2 was almost perfect in that it was stable, playable, addictive and brought a lot of new initiative to the total war series. Shogun 2 Fall of the samurai adds to this moreso than I could have expected.

Yes, we have had the main game and two expansions all set in Japan and yes the campaign map can get a bit repetetive after a while, but Although I would like to see a return to Europe, Japan has been a nice change to total war and I think they have got everything they can out of this game without going too far. The modern era didn't necessarily appeal to me, but that too has not been a problem and works very well.

For people like me, who were put off total war because of Empires lack of stability and stupid amount of unfixed bugs, don't be put off this title or it's two expansions, both well worth it. Creative Assembly seem to have made up where Empire Total war had failed. I can only reccommend it.

The total war series can do one of two things from here in my opinion. 1. Rehash and remake Rome 2 with the same game engine, which also offers 2 expansions, possibly main game being rise of the empire & the end of the republic, with two expansions being the punic wars and the barbarian invasions. This seems to be the title people want most and I certainly would like to see it. Other option, take total war into a completely new (uncovered) period or location, which I would also like to see - Hopefully 16th Century Europe or a 19th Century world domination. Something to ponder on whilst playing my second campaign of Fall of the Samuri.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars 5 star
The item was delivered quickly and was in mint condition all the books were with it and their was not a scratch on the disc.
Published 9 days ago by Tristan Lambert
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
Games is well up to par, my boy loves it and talks about it constantly. Great addition to Total War series
Published 9 days ago by dawn richardson
4.0 out of 5 stars Great game
Great game but don't see the point wasting production on the disks. After installing three disks to save my broadband, and the installation will speed up the process some what,... Read more
Published 12 days ago by Co
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
The good - Choice to have a lesser version of the realm divide event which is less difficult, naval battles more fun, ai does not seem to declare war against you in a biased way... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Daithi
5.0 out of 5 stars A Worthy addition to the Shogun saga
FOTS is a very good addition to the Shogun 2 setting, bringing a satisfying conclusion to the era.
The massed rifle fire is awesome to see (IMHO better executed than it was in... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Charlie Fodder
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome
Great game, improved even more from the vanilla game (shogun 2) which was extremely enjoyable
the campaign is amazing, so much to do and the new naval features are great... Read more
Published 2 months ago by SimonDS
3.0 out of 5 stars love it!!
finally I can blast my way with gunships against samurai!! it is a nice expansion, although it has it's gliches
Published 3 months ago by J. M. Martinez Viedma
4.0 out of 5 stars If it didn't crash.........
My son who uses this game a lot and rates the series highly says it'd be brilliant if it didn't crash such a lot
Published 3 months ago by Captain Nemo
3.0 out of 5 stars Installing problems
When I was installing the game, it shows that "No language configured".

I don't know why. Need help.

Can some one tell me how to deal with that ?
Published 3 months ago by Mason
3.0 out of 5 stars I personnaly do not like this game so much but it's playable.
Nice game but I just personally didn't like it because it seemed to get boring after a while. But overall decent, don't lety opinions stop you from buying this solid game!
Published 3 months ago by oli
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