The campaign began with suppressing a revolt. The unrest caused by converting means it's only a good idea once you're secure. It is extremely dangerous to do if you're not prepared, however. This gives me a huge firepower advantage and the best ships. They also increase your income and agents' (ninjas, monks, metsukes ) effectiveness. Technology - Since Empire, the Total War series has had a technology tree that opens up better buildings which in turn open up better units.I want these early when you can attack Kyoto without having the entirety of Japan at war with you. You get big economic bonuses and some unique units for becoming Shogun. Spears are weak to swords and peasants have no morale, so hardened Katana Samurai and bow armies can defeat vastly larger armies. The AI (and players online) use a lot of Yari Ashigaru, which is spear peasantry. Katana Samurai and bows instead of spears.However, because morale is so important, killing the enemy's generals before the battle even starts is a huge advantage and the best use of a ninja. They can also sabotage buildings and open gates for besieging armies. This means the other clans can't have it, and that I have a very large comparative income without having to conquer. A long campaign requires you conquer 40-45 provinces instead of 25. Short campaign because I'd like to actually finish it. I chose Normal difficulty despite being a Total War veteran because Hard and above are apparently broken(ly difficult) at the moment. Bows - The Chosokabe specialize in bows, which decimate the enemy's morale ( unbelievably important in this game).Shogunate - I'm very close to Kyoto, which if I hold for 4 turns, means I become the new Shogun.
Gunpowder - Proximity to the trade routes gives me access to Christianity and the accompanying muskets, cannons, and sailing ships (the best ships in the game).Isolation - there are only 3 other factions on my island.Playing as the Chosokabe gives me a lot of advantages: I wanted to start closer to Kyoto and the other numerous factions.
In that campaign, I got cut off from most of the other factions geographically, so by the time I got to Kyoto in the late game, there were about 5 other factions left, all of them at war with me. The last game I played was with the Date, at the very north of Japan. Let me know if the accompanying pictures are too big, or if this is simply a dumb idea.įirst to pick a clan. My idea is that, like EVE Online, people like the theory of the Total War games, but find them too difficult to get into or simply not their style of game.
Ok so I thought I'd do a little write up of the Shogun 2 campaign I'm doing at the moment.
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