There is not to much difference to this game and other Total Wars except for the awesome co-op multiplay.

User Rating: 9.5 | Total War: Shogun 2 PC
What can I say that others haven't already. Any fan of the Total War series will love this game but don't expect there to be much different in game play. The main reason I got the game was for the co-op campaign which makes the game really fun as long as your not playing with someone who takes an hour to take their turn.

Once you understand how to play the game it is as easy as all the total wars, you just have to learn to manage you empire by focusing on farming from the beginning and making sure you always have a surplus in the postitves.

Too conquer the entire map will take about a week of solid gaming (much easier with a friend) by which time you may never want to play the game again cause the other teams don't offer much in army variety and you have seen all the land which lessons its re-play potential

Overall the game is a Multiplayer must have for fans of Turn Based Strategy.