Total War: SHOGUN 2
Japan in the 16th century is split between warring clans in Total War: SHOGUN 2, and you lead one of them toward the title of shogun. Provinces develop turn by turn on the campaign map, while battles on land and at sea run in real time.
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This is a return to the roots: the first game in the series was also set in Japan. After nearly the whole globe in Empire, the map shrank to the Japanese islands, and there are fewer unit types.
Winning is dangerous here. Take Kyoto and hold it for four turns, and all the surviving clans declare war on you one by one.
In 2012 the game won a BAFTA for best strategy game, and in 2019 PC Gamer named it the best Total War.
If fleets matter most to you, note that one reviewer found naval battles duller than land ones. Critics give it 90 on Metacritic, players leave 91% positive out of 69,147 reviews. By our Recommended Score it is #389 of 4,736 games.
Liked it? Try Total War: THREE KINGDOMS, where generals in the mode based on the novel are nearly superhuman, and Total War: ROME II, the sequel to the series' Roman entry.
System requirements
Min & recommended
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 7 / Vista / XP | Windows 7 / Vista / XP |
| Processor | 2 GHz Intel Dual Core processor / 2.6 GHz Intel Single Core processor, or AMD equivalent (with SSE2) | 2nd Generation Intel Core i5 processor (or greater), or AMD equivalent |
| Memory | 1GB RAM (XP), 2GB RAM (Vista / Windows7) | 2GB RAM (XP), 4GB RAM (Vista / Windows7) |
| Graphics | 256 MB DirectX 9.0c compatible card (shader model 3) | AMD Radeon HD 5000 and 6000 series graphics card or equivalent DirectX 11 compatible card |
| DirectX | DirectX 9.0c | DirectX 9.0c |
| Storage | 32GB free hard disk space | 32GB free hard disk space |
From the game’s Steam store page.
