First glimpse of Shogun 2: TW gameplay

Published 29 July, 2010 Duration 1:45

Japanese chapter of the series gets a reboot.

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  • Scopeh #1 2 years ago

    In-game footage? yehhh right.

  • Scopeh #2 2 years ago

    In-game footage? yehhh right.

  • Scopeh #3 2 years ago

    In-game footage? yehhh right.

  • towser #4 2 years ago

    What's not to believe?

    And do you seriously think they would say in game if they didn't mean it?

    I mean its not like the internet doesn't look over these things with a fine toothed comb or goes bat shit crazy over developers embellishing the truth is it?!

  • bad09 #5 2 years ago

    Owning Empire and Napoleon I seriously doubt that is really actual in-game during battle footage (probably a cut scene or something), hope I'm wrong though!

    I really need to start on these Total Wars games, I've really enjoyed what I have played so far but need to crack on because I've not dented them and I want this, Rome and Medieval as well!

  • hiddenranbir #6 2 years ago

    Awesome, looks like TW! Unsurprisingly :p

  • Davemanz #7 2 years ago

    It's a new engine, so "it looks way better than Empire" isn't really an argument for why this isn't real in-game footage. CA has never BSed this stuff before, and every new engine they roll out always blows people away so it's safe to assume this is in-game. It's probably being built for PCs specced one or two years away, too.

  • bad09 #8 2 years ago

    @ Davemanz

    Ah didn't know this was a new engine.

  • George-Roper #9 2 years ago

    Ooooh, looks nice.

    Pity that SEGA will push it out of the door with a million CTDs and game-breaking bugs, quickly followed up by paid-for DLC.

    /twothumbs

  • Tkozy #10 2 years ago

    It's sure doesn't look like a new engine. Probably just an optimised version of the current one...

  • Triggerhappytel #11 2 years ago

    Holy shit, that's impressive. Incredible detail and animation.

  • randyronald #12 2 years ago

    The only part that I'm struggling to accept as actual gameplay footage is when the soldiers clash in battle, the animation looks too sophisticated for such a largely scaled game. The entire thing looks to be rendered using the engine, I just suspect the combat is taken from a cut-scene.

  • Phishfood #13 2 years ago

    At the end where there was a close up of 2 soldiers fighting, I think they looked a little too detailed to be in-game footage.

  • Shinji #14 2 years ago

    I wrote EG's preview for Shogun 2 just before E3 this year and this looks exactly like the stuff I saw running in realtime back then. The individual battles between troops were this detailed; that was one of the most stunning things about it, that you could zoom into a massive battlefield and see perfectly choreographed soldiers between individual pairs of soldiers. There's no fakery in this trailer, that I can see.

  • Natas_Enasni #15 2 years ago

    If this is ingame footage I've learned at least one thing that I've been hoping for: Dismounting/mounting of cavalry while inbattle.

  • hiddenranbir #16 2 years ago

    The animation is not too sophisticated. Now if only this game was breaking the 32-bit barrier, then we might be seeing even crazier stuff.

  • CygnusReactor #17 2 years ago

    I know I'm splitting hairs, but why are the Katana's not in Saya (scabbards), they could have someone eye out if there not careful