Total War: Shogun 2

[Alcibiades]

They fixed it, was probably down for about an hour.

[Drakken]

Yeah, you are being a little harsh on the game.

The Campaign AI is competitive and not a push-over on normal levels, the Battle AI doesn't act like a complete retard anymore, the AI seeks to expand on its own and gang up on the player only when you become Shogun, and at higher levels, especially on Legendary, the game is extremely Nintendo hard.

You wanted a challenging AI, you got a challenging AI. Can't say CA didn't deliver on that notch despite the naysayers. I don't complain when I get raped by the Chessmaster AI when I put it at Grandmaster level.

[Alcibiades]

I play on hard and it's still a pretty easy game.  Going to have to notch up the difficulty.

The strategic Ai is pretty good, but I completely rape the battle Ai, still.

[Tamas]

Browsing the twcenter forums I have realized it is possible to separately change the battle difficulty once you have started the game.

[grumbler]

Yeah, you are being a little harsh on the game.

The Campaign AI is competitive and not a push-over on normal levels, the Battle AI doesn't act like a complete retard anymore, the AI seeks to expand on its own and gang up on the player only when you become Shogun, and at higher levels, especially on Legendary, the game is extremely Nintendo hard.

You wanted a challenging AI, you got a challenging AI. Can't say CA didn't deliver on that notch despite the naysayers. I don't complain when I get raped by the Chessmaster AI when I put it at Grandmaster level.

If the AI is hard without cheating, I am impressed.  If CA delivered "on that notch" by allowing the AI to cheat, then it failed to deliver on that notch.

[Tamas]

So are we going to have our own Languish clan in MP or what?

[HVC]

i can't decide if i like this game or not. Stupid rebels are very annoying.

As a starting nation pick a western clan. you can basically corner the market in trade and make a killing.

[Tamas]

fuck these Christian rebels, they are ruining me. I am spending way more on supressing them accross my realm, than the profit I gained from opening a trade port for the Europeans. Fuck'em all.

[JonasSalk]

Solution: Convert and turn Japan Kirishtan.

[DGuller]

Can you convert in this game?

[Solmyr]

http://www.blisteredthumbs.net/2011/03/shogun-2-angry-review/

So, is it worth getting even if I'm not that much into Japan?

[Norgy]

I am really no big fan of ninja movies, but I seem to remember liking the tv series Shogun starring Richard Chamberlain. Maybe that's why I like Shogun 2. The fact that I know very little about medieval Japan.

I've only played a few hours, and while I worry about the lasting appeal (and the fact that the DVD version installed under steamapps), it seems like a geniunely good game. It has the graphics you'll never see in strategy games in general, and a bit of character development with your generals, ninjas and monks, a whole host of factions and battles that definitely prove memorable.

But mostly, I just think it is very atmospheric. There's also a sense of urgency, knowing that your puny clan only has a limited amount of turns to become great.

It's probably not as great as the reviews say, and like I mentioned, I can imagine the lasting appeal to be a bit limited. Of course, you can expect addons and expansions and DLC to pop up any time now, so maybe I am wrong.

[Fate]

fuck these Christian rebels, they are ruining me. I am spending way more on supressing them accross my realm, than the profit I gained from opening a trade port for the Europeans. Fuck'em all.

Is it really that bad? I'm only playing on normal, but it seems pretty easy for monks to keep everything peaceful and Buddhist.

[Fate]

Can you convert in this game?

Yes. You can buy a trading port upgrade that will begin converting the province to Christianity. Once the Christian % is high enough you'll get the option to convert your nation to Christianity.

[Tamas]

fuck these Christian rebels, they are ruining me. I am spending way more on supressing them accross my realm, than the profit I gained from opening a trade port for the Europeans. Fuck'em all.

Is it really that bad? I'm only playing on normal, but it seems pretty easy for monks to keep everything peaceful and Buddhist.

I did not have any monasteries, having not researched it. Clearly a mistake.