Shogun - Total War (PC)

Unless you're a really big fan of C&C, as this game actually requires tactics to win, you can't simply base your attacks on having more people than the enemy, and sometimes you can win with virtually no one on your side, if you strike first, and make it count possibly by killing the opposing leader. You see, Morale is an integral part of this game, set as it is in Japan. Althouhg you can have thousands of people on your side, and it's a pleasure to see that!, you can only win by having a good general involved in the fight, or another tactical advantage, such as high ground or extensive cover, it's even possible to go around the back of the enemy ...

Shogun: Total War (hereafter referred to as STW) is set during the period of Japanese history known as 'The age of the country at war' - roughly the 16th century. It's split into two sections - the turn based strategy map (although all moves are resolved simultaneously) and the real-time battles. It's in the latter of these that most people will have heard of STW. You can command an army of up to 16 units on screen at any one time, and each unit can have up to 120 in them... so 16x120= 1920 per side, almost 4000 men meeting on the field of battle at once! Of course, most battles, particularly your early ones, will involve much less per side ...

“Shogun – Total War” is a welcome change from the horde of “Command and Conquer” clones that have almost come to define Real-Time Strategy games in recent years. “Shogun” is set in sixteenth-century Japan, when seven rival clans battled it out for control of the island, using any means at their disposal (including ninja assassination) to achieve domination. Though generally placed in the RTS genre of PC games, “Shogun” is actually a combination of turn-based and real-time strategy elements. This works surprisingly well: whereas overall diplomacy and strategy are determined with a Risk-style map and ...