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By: Doug Radcliffe and David Perkins
Designed By: Val Prusmack |
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A military leader of wisdom and ability lays deep plans for what other people do not figure on. This is why Sun Tzu speaks of being unknowable as the dark. - The Art of War, ch. 4
Electronic Arts and Creative Assembly's tactical war game Shogun: Total War presents a unique challenge to the gamer. To win, you must be skilled at both running an economy and managing troops. In full campaign mode, each player builds an empire almost from scratch and forces the issue on the battlefield with whichever neighbors are blocking expansion. Historical and custom battles provide an outlet for gamers who want to focus on tactics, but the difficult road to the title of shogun leads through the campaign for all Japan.
This comprehensive Shogun: Total War game guide will provide you with the necessary skills to successfully complete the full campaign and historical battles. In so doing, it will teach you how to excel on the battlefield and master available units.
Inside this game guide you'll find:
- Common Terms: Look here for common terms used throughout Shogun: Total War and this game guide. If you're a beginner to the Shogun: Total War universe, read this chapter as preparation. If you're a veteran, continue onward into the guide.
- The Strategic View: In campaign mode, the bulk of the game takes place on the map of Japan. Knowing how to maneuver your armies, build structures, and generate a robust economy are among the important skills required for success. This chapter provides tactics for succeeding at the strategic overview part of Shogun.
- The Economy: A successful daimyo pays close heed to a host of strategic elements. To become one, you must keep all facets of your military and economy producing at their optimums. This section comments on each economic skill you must learn to unify Japan under your clan's banner.
- The Battle View Setup: While the program is usually quite fair when it auto-calculates your battles, you will want to take the reins yourself most of the time. Fighting battles is one of the main attractions of the game, after all. A reasonably good player will perform with more aplomb than any auto-calculating general. This chapter will help you become such a player.
- The Battle View Fighting: This chapter covers the battle itself and provides tactics for using the camera during battle, implementing groups, creating formations, fighting in skirmish mode, and performing flanking maneuvers.
- Intangibles: Characteristics like honor, morale, and loyalty are almost as difficult to pin down in Shogun as they are among real people. Fortunately for our purposes, these ambiguous qualities are represented numerically in this game world. Whether or not you can get our hands on what makes these numbers tick is another matter. This chapter will help you accomplish this unusual task.
- Military Units: Each Shogun military unit type bears certain strengths and weaknesses - exploiting these strengths and weakness is often the key to victory. This section covers Shogun: Total War's military units, including statistics and tactics for implementing the unit in battle.
- Historical Battles: Head here for an overview and walk-through for Shogun's six historical battles.
- Battle Factors: In this section, you'll find important combat modifiers that the Shogun battle model uses to adjust for factors such as formation, flanking, terrain, and unit advantages.
- Cheat Codes: This section includes several Shogun: Total War single-player cheat codes.
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