Which version of Shogun 2 should i buy.

[Miskatonic Mailman]

I am considering buying some version of total war Shogun 2. I currently think i should buy the fall of the samurai, but i want a more educated opinion.

I really want to know, does any version have some sort of an "sandbox mode" where a civilization starts in a province and can settle other areas on the map?

If any version doesn't have that kind of mode which has the most interesting campaign.

I only have played Total war Napoleon before and it was really fun to play, but in some areas boring since the campaigns were really limited.

So which version should i get?

[Flashback]

If you want guns, get FOTS

If you dont want guns, get ROTS

If you want something inbetween get standard


All games are 'sandbox' you chose one of like 6-7 factions and do whatever.

You dont really 'settle' though, every part of the map has another faction on it already.

[Saber is bestest]

One thing to keep in mind if you gets FotS first though, if you want to try out the base game campaign you need to buy the base game and ignore the warning that you already own the game. There's some weird mess up where FotS runs through base game despite being a standalone.

[Inardesco]

If I want to buy FotS it tells me I already own Shogun 2, so I should just ignore that warning?

[EoNightcore]

Originally posted by Flashback:

If you want guns, get FOTS

If you dont want guns, get ROTS

If you want something inbetween get standard

In FOTS, Guns (rifles, to be exact) will be the main part of any modern army in japan. A traditional army of yari, katana, and yumi samurai can still be trained, but will be at a large disdvantage.

In ROTS, there are no guns. There are still primitive gunpowder grenades, but no actual guns. Most units are smaller than their Sengoku Jidai (aka, vanilla Shogun 2) counterparts, however.

In the Sengoku Jidai (vanilla Shogun 2), there are guns (muskets), but they're more a supporting element to a japanese army than an actual threat on their own.

[Inardesco]

Basically;

RoTS = Medieval

Sengoku Jidai = Renaissance

FoTS = 18/19th century

If we compare it to European standards.

[Ned]

FotS for the ironclad shootouts and gatlin guns!