SHOGUN: Total War™ - Collection Reviews

love it this game just take my mind away lets me reset

Good

Yeah like most commenters, you just can't do anything but tell your troops to move forward in battle. Can't reposition them at all. For some reason the mouse just moves the camera. Really dumb.

I still have the discs for this amazing game! No matter how old it gets, it's a fun strategic game.

great game as old as it is. beware though ports allow for invasion of anywhere with a port..

The game is amazing if your looking for simple strategy games and want to make it just a bit harder with adjusting the difficulty makes it fun. Great game from the 90s

Most of the cons of this game have to do with its age. It was clearly never intended to run on current hardware/software, but it works well enough. It's a lot simpler than earlier Total War games and sometimes I prefer that simplicity. Moving my armies around like chess pieces is pretty cool and I wish this game had a modern equivalent, but as it is, 25 years on Shogun: Total War still fills a gaming Niche for me. For story the game has a little cut scene when you start a new game and a little cut scene when you manage to win a game. It's not a whole lot to speak of honestly and this game leans entirely into its mechanics. There's a lot I'd wish I'd known beforehand like how to retrain units, that one was big for me. The game does have some software limitations. In RTS mode you can only have so many units on the battlefield at once, however their are no limitations to how many units you can throw into a single engagement. This, combined with a time limit, leads to certain battles where if there are too many enemy units then you'll have no way of actually winning the engagement since units will just keep flooding onto the battlefield and run out the clock, and so have to be auto resolved. Not the biggest problem in the world but would've been cool to be able to RTS mode a whole game on the hardest difficulty if that's how I chose to play the game. Overall for recommendations, for any new players, it's hard to recommend because there are plenty of newer options out there that weren't made 25 years ago, and what used to be good game design then are going to be hurdles today. My recommendations for anybody who wants to try this game out today, this game may be the first in the Total War series but don't make it the first Total War game you play. I personally still really like this game, and it still holds a special place for me. It really does have some timeless game design elements that can still be appreciated today, and so for that niche of gamers who, for one like strategy games, and two can get over the hurdle that comes with running 25 year old software, would recommend.

Tactical battle are optional, design strategy is in play.

An old one but still great - lots of style and atmosphere, and not too far off Sun Tsu's principles of War at work either. Immense replayability.

I played thousands of hours of this game until I enlisted in the military and misplaced it. I was under the mistaken impression that it was not available on Steam until today when I logged in to play Shogun Total War II ~ and saw this gem on the list of games I could have; and I bought it - immediately - without question. It still hits the same sweet spot it once did. I will play thousands of hours more, I've already played a few hours. Everything about this game is minimalist, simple, and Zen in the best of ways.