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Mivo

Nov 23, 2016 @ 1:08pm

Difference between Shogun 2 and S2: Fall of the Samurai?

I bought Shogun 2 a few years ago, but haven't really played it. I meant to get the missing DLC during the autumn sale and dive in, but curiously enough it's not discounted at all (Attila's DLC is 75% off). I saw that there is a stand-alone game called Shogun 2: Fall of the Samurai, and the DLC for that game is 66% off.

What's the difference between the two games? Do I ideally want both? And the DLC for both also? Or which is the preferable choice?

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Mivo

Nov 23, 2016 @ 1:13pm

Okay, so I found this: https://support.sega.co.uk/hc/en-us/articles/201557621-Fall-of-the-Samurai-Not-showing-up-on-Steam- Still confused, though. If I want "everything", do I need S2, S2:FotS, and the DLC for both titles?

Iceira

Nov 23, 2016 @ 1:23pm

yes there are dlc for both S2 and FoTS if you use steam store now and lookup collection for both then it make better sense ( only blood mod is not part of dlc was added later )

Last edited by Iceira; Nov 23, 2016 @ 1:23pm

Oleg Mongol has Total War: SHOGUN 2

Nov 23, 2016 @ 3:38pm

The difference between them is visible for you on the store page.

Fall of the Samurai is set during the Boshin war and includes rifles, cannons, and ironclads among other things. Vanilla Shogun 2 is set several hundred years earlier.

Kel'Thuzad has Total War: SHOGUN 2

Nov 23, 2016 @ 9:12pm

Originally posted by Mivo:
Okay, so I found this: https://support.sega.co.uk/hc/en-us/articles/201557621-Fall-of-the-Samurai-Not-showing-up-on-Steam- Still confused, though. If I want "everything", do I need S2, S2:FotS, and the DLC for both titles?

Yes both games have DLC even after purchase. So if you want "everything" you'd still have to buy a couple of extra clans.. unless they're offering some sort of deal/bundle that includes all the DLC.
There's also Rise of the Samurai.

FotS is an amazing game. If you like early gunpowder era, I think it's better than Napoleon TW. One of the biggest differences is how realm divide works. In vanilla, it's generally you against the rest of Japan. In FotS, it's you and every other imperial/shogunate clan against all clans of the opposing faction, which is much fairer. There's still an option to push for independant control which will make it you vs the rest of Japan if that's still what you want.