Talk:Shogun: Total War

Shogun: Total War started as an RPG
In honour of the 10th anniversary of the Total War series Creative Assembly's Mike Simpson has been giving an exclusive screening of Shogun 2 along with a talk about the series at Edinburgh Interactive.

During the presentation Simpson gave an interesting explanation of the Total War series' origins. Simpson revealed: "We didn't start out to build a strategy game. Shogun: Total War started its life as an RPG based on the martial arts TV series Monkey." "Then, along came Command and Conquer," he continued," and we thought that it would be easier to make a real-time strategy game than a high-end RPG."

http://play.tm/news/31637/total-war-series-began-life-as-a-monkey-rpg/ Dewy94 (talk) 15:14, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Strategy Guide
This isn't an encylopedia article; it's a strategy guide. The article should, at most, discuss the core gameplay and the differences between the various clans. The unit types section shouldn't exist at all. 72.200.139.248 17:13, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Who are you?
If there is an explanation on the different factions, then why shouldn't there be an explanation on different units? Knowing the units is part of the strategy guide, and this is an encyclopedia site. The other Total War articles have explanations on different units.

I believe you're a player of other Total War series, and you're trying to turn people to the games that you play. For your information, the Shogun Total War players (who I know in multi-player) play the other series too.

Cleanup
This should be short and simple, but some people like to make a big fuss about it, so here it is: please see WP:NOT and WP:VG/GL. In particular, the article contains a massive list of units - information which is not relevant to casual readers and belongs more in a game guide. I will be removing the entire list based on consensus from the WP:VG community regarding extensive lists of units, cars, weapons, tracks, maps, etc.

If there is any need to add a section on units, please limit it to what is notable and verifiable rather than using original research to describe individual unit functions. --Scottie_theNerd 04:31, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I've restored an older version of that section, which just briefly mentions which units are in the original and the expansion pack. Marasmusine 07:11, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
 * That looks much more readable. Thank you. --Scottie_theNerd 08:02, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

Development
Shogun's development is an interesting story. Does anyone have an opinion on adding a section about it to the article? --Tom Edwards 16:21, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Dreamtime Interactive?
Their name is seen at the setup of the game. Who are them? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.179.207.192 (talk) 05:11, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Board game
This page used to say "Shogun: Total War is the first of Creative Assembly's "Total War" series, based upon the board game Shogun.". There is currently no mention at all of the board game it is based on. I would think that this information would be relevant; I came here looking for it. 80.101.113.45 (talk) 10:46, 8 March 2009 (UTC)


 * That's because I can't find a source for that information. All the development sources I've read point to the game just evolving into the Risk-like strategy game, rather than this board game being the source itself. If there is a reliable source for it, then it should be added, but if not, it shouldn't be here. -- Sabre (talk) 13:34, 8 March 2009 (UTC)


 * The game in question is Shogun_(1986_board_game). As someone who has played well over hundred hours of both games I feel qualified to say that the similarities between board game parts are very clear and hardly coincidental. However, I personally wouldn't use the phrase "based on", as the board game parts aren't really what makes Shogun:Total War unique and a classic. CA needed something to bootstrap from and the map and pieces of the earlier board game gave them that. And I don't know of any references on the matter. Flambergius (talk) 21:41, 9 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Yes, I too can confirm that the map section of Shogun: Total War more than just coincidentally resembles the board game Shogun (even the name is the same). But since I have no "proof", this interesting bit of information about the game must be kept from the masses (it's for their own good, their heads could explode wondering why there is no source!!!).79.205.127.42 (talk) 01:39, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

Reference material
While digging through the online print archive, I located the following print preview material for this game: One or more print reviews for this game may also be found in the archive. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 05:43, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Computer Games Magazine Preview
 * Computer Games Magazine Preview
 * Computer Games Magazine Hands-on Part 1
 * Computer Games Magazine Hands-on Part 2
 * https://web.archive.org/web/19990508004031/http://www.gamecenter.com:80/Peeks/Shogun/
 * https://web.archive.org/web/20000815090742/http://www.gamespot.co.uk/news/2000/06/6943.html
 * https://web.archive.org/web/20000623153553/http://www2.tv2.no/spill/n2i.vis?par=589&par=0
 * https://web.archive.org/web/20130514214624/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Electronic+Arts+Ships+Shogun%3a+Total+War+for+the+PC.-a062686269

Compatibility Conflicts
Gameplay Video According to this Video, there's an apparent conflict between the game itself and the graphics card of the computer that it's being played on. It is also said that the upper limit of compatibility for this game is the Nvida 8 series of graphics cards and that the game is incompatible with the Windows Vista Operating System. Trying to play the game with a graphics card later than the Nvida 8 or with an Operating System past Windows XP will cause compatibility issues. --Arima (talk) 23:37, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

That's why it's "total war"- even the game itself will attack your graphics card! 94.14.208.43 (talk) 18:01, 25 September 2011 (UTC)