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Total War: Shogun 2

2011 · Strategy, Simulation · PC, Mac, Linux · Sega

Total War: Shogun 2 is ranked no. 281 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,769 and 77% of duels won.

World rank

no. 281

ELO score

1,769

Wins

77%

Duels played

111

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About Total War: Shogun 2

In Total War: Shogun 2 you choose from one of 9 (10 with Ikko-Ikki dlc) clans, each with their own unique traits and skills and each with their own RPG-style warlord to lead them.
Use a mixture of diplomacy, political manoeuvring, province building, research and special agents such as Ninja assassins or Geisha spies to get your enemies exactly where you want them.
An intuitive user interface and a lovingly-created, complex and detailed campaign map make it both easy and enjoyable to build and run cities, recruit and move troops and issue commands – both noble and dishonorable, all with the aim of mastering enemy forces and seizing their lands.

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,769 ELO points over the last 123 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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The games Total War: Shogun 2 sits between in the world ranking.

  1. 278 XCOM 2 1,771
  2. 279 Vagrant Story 1,771
  3. 280 God of War 1,769
  4. 281 Total War: Shogun 2 1,769
  5. 282 World of Warcraft 1,768
  6. 283 Final Fantasy VII Remake 1,768
  7. 284 Far Cry 3 1,767

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  1. Bayer15

    Never finished a campaign honestly, but the battles alone justify the hours I put in.

    Geraldine_2001

    Never finishing campaigns seems common here, unlike Age of Kings where I always saw the ending screen eventually.

  2. SaveByte40

    I keep coming back to defend this one in these threads and honestly I'm not sure why I bother anymore, the clan campaigns still hook me every single time even after all these years, the political layer just does something the genre rarely bothers with, so here I am again saying the same thing.

  3. suzanne16

    I picked this up during a rainy week off work and just sank into it. Ended up learning way more about clan management than I expected, in a good way.

    Lopes69

    Une semaine de pluie pour apprendre la gestion de clan, sympa, moi c'est plutôt une semaine à raler contre l'ia diplomatique.

  4. karina32

    What strikes me putting this next to Stardew Valley is how differently they treat time, one rushes you into decisions constantly while the other lets you breathe, and I think that contrast is exactly why I keep both installed.

  5. FramePlayer

    Compared to something like Far Cry 4, this actually rewards patience instead of just handing you spectacle.

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