Incline Total War: Shogun 2 free to keep on Steam until 1st of May

[karoliner]

The last good historical Total War (unless you count FOTS separately) for free.



Thank you Corona-chan!

FAQ
When will Total War: SHOGUN 2 free-to-keep be available?
You can download and keep Total War: SHOGUN 2 for free from Monday the 27th of April 2020 from 18:00 BST until the Friday the 1st of May 2020 at 18:00 BST. If you download the game for free during that time, it is yours to keep.

Why are we giving away Total War: SHOGUN 2 for free?
The past few weeks have presented unimaginable challenges for many of us, but the remarkable collective effort being made by the global community to overcome this moment of adversity has been truly inspirational.

With this in mind, we want to continue to encourage you all to stay home and save lives by extending a gift to everyone to help make this difficult situation a little bit easier.

Everyone at Creative Assembly is now working from home, and we hope that this will help everyone with that stay home mission – #StayHomeSaveLives.

When is the Total War sale?
The Total War sale will run from the Monday the 27th of April at 18:00 BST until Monday the 4th of May at 18:00 BST.

Which games will be included in the sale?
The sale includes selected historical Total War games and DLC.

Please note that the Total War: THREE KINGDOMS and ROME: Total War main games and DLC packs are not included in this sale, while Total War: WARHAMMER games are also not included.

At the end of the Total War: SHOGUN 2 free-to-keep giveaway (after 18:00 BST on Friday the 1st of May 2020), Total War: SHOGUN 2 will be added to the sale at 75% off.

Where can I find all the Total War games that are in the sale?
You can find all the deals for this sale here once the sale is live at 18:00 BST.

What if I already own some Total War: SHOGUN 2 DLC packs?
If you purchase the Total War: SHOGUN 2 DLC Collection and already own one or more of the included DLC packs, the price you pay will be adjusted automatically to offset the cost of those DLCs.

The Total War: SHOGUN 2 DLC Collection is priced to give 75% off all included DLC packs.

 

[A horse of course]

Shame it sucks.

 

[Fedora Master]

DLC rundown:
Rise - Don't bother
Fall - Very good if you like GUNZ
Saints and Heroes - Pointless (The units are too small to make a difference and by the time you get them the game is long over)
Blood - Too extreme, makes the game look like a Tarantino movie
Otomo - Interesting but very hard start position
Ikko - Okay faction but nothing special
Hattori - Meh, literally no gimmick other than their units can climb better
Sengoku Jidai Units - Range from useless to HOLY SHIT IMBA

(Reminder that you can unlock all DLC easily enough for free.)

 

[A horse of course]

The FLC is much better, especially the uninstall.exe which can then be replaced by Attila.exe

 

[karoliner]

Attila is shit though.

 

[MadMaxHellfire]

still full price here

 

[razvedchiki]

shogun 2 is the best total war of this decade.

 

[M. AQVILA]

Thanks bro.

 

[Sranchammer]

Attila >>>>>>>>>>>

 

[razvedchiki]

Attila lol hahahha.

 

[Silva]

Anitta not bad.

But shogun 2 = best modern TW.

 

[Wyatt_Derp]

shogun 2 is the best total war of this decade.

For art style and period alone. But even more, it was the last total war game that didn't have invincible amazon women, overpowered hero units or flying dragon cavalry.

If current total war was a television channel, it would be the history channel.

 

[Fedora Master]

shogun 2 is the best total war of this decade.

For art style and period alone. But even more, it was the last total war game that didn't have invincible amazon women, overpowered hero units or flying dragon cavalry.

If current total war was a television channel, it would be the history channel.

Lmao

https://totalwar.fandom.com/wiki/Warrior_Nuns
https://totalwar.fandom.com/wiki/Gozen’s_Hime_Heroines

The rot had set in even back then.

 

[Wyatt_Derp]

shogun 2 is the best total war of this decade.

For art style and period alone. But even more, it was the last total war game that didn't have invincible amazon women, overpowered hero units or flying dragon cavalry.

If current total war was a television channel, it would be the history channel.

Lmao

https://totalwar.fandom.com/wiki/Warrior_Nuns
https://totalwar.fandom.com/wiki/Gozen’s_Hime_Heroines

The rot had set in even back then.

Hot damn. I only have the base game, so the heroine ninja nuns didn't affect my gameplay. Guess I wasn't DLC-woke enough.

When trained by the Date Clan, Warrior Nuns have +2 charge bonus

Spoiler

Go get 'em, girls.

 

[catfood]

I appreciated the improvements they made to the strategic layer but the combat engine sucks ballz. I'll stick to the original.

 

[A horse of course]

I appreciated the improvements they made to the strategic layer but the combat engine sucks ballz. I'll stick to the original.

The original had some fun mechanics like dead factions having their remaining lands being split up between allies. This could also be forced without breaking alliances via Geishas, making diplomacy/espionage strategies possible. S2 always just devolves into bsb stack spam upon realm divide.

 

[catfood]

I appreciated the improvements they made to the strategic layer but the combat engine sucks ballz. I'll stick to the original.

The original had some fun mechanics like dead factions having their remaining lands being split up between allies. This could also be forced without breaking alliances via Geishas, making diplomacy/espionage strategies possible. S2 always just devolves into bsb stack spam upon realm divide.

There are mods that remove RD altogether but the shitty combat engine can never be fixed.

 

[A horse of course]

I appreciated the improvements they made to the strategic layer but the combat engine sucks ballz. I'll stick to the original.

The original had some fun mechanics like dead factions having their remaining lands being split up between allies. This could also be forced without breaking alliances via Geishas, making diplomacy/espionage strategies possible. S2 always just devolves into bsb stack spam upon realm divide.

There are mods that remove RD altogether but the shitty combat engine can never be fixed.

There are no mods that re-integrate S1 mechanics into S2. Same with the way civil wars worked, and incest from M1 to M2

 

[Fedora Master]

Realm Divide isn't that bad, you just have to cheese it. Stay at 49 provinces and build yourself up, then go HAM.

 

[JarlFrank]

Fall of the Samurai is great because 19th century late musket warfare.

Pew pew pew.

 

[A horse of course]

Realm Divide isn't that bad, you just have to cheese it. Stay at 49 provinces and build yourself up, then go HAM.

Nobody has mentioned the difficulty of RM. It's disliked because it's ahistorical, deprecates what little existing use diplomacy has, and results in mindless stack spam.

 

[panzertoter]

Fall of the Samuari is not dlc anymore, but standalone game: https://store.steampowered.com/app/201271/Total_War_Saga_FALL_OF_THE_SAMURAI/

 

[M. AQVILA]

Of course the clan I want to play as turns out to be a dlc. Oh well, it's cheap so might as well buy it.

 

[razvedchiki]

Fall of the Samuari is not dlc anymore, but standalone game: https://store.steampowered.com/app/201271/Total_War_Saga_FALL_OF_THE_SAMURAI/

that was a real dick move, until last summer fots was part of shogun 2 as dlc and was regulry sold at 5-10 euros at sales.

on another note, best mod for shoghun 2 is the rights of man road to kyoto
https://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?1752-The-Rights-of-Man-3-Road-to-Kyoto-(TROM3)
dont get scared by its age, its best out there.too bad that the links for the submods dont work.

 

[M. AQVILA]

Ed123 the dlc is 75% off. The dlc I want, the otomo clan pack, is only 1,24 yurop dollars. Considering the game is free, I don't see it as a bad deal.