Recent reviews by Lactose

This is peak historical total war, even better with mods and here are some reasons why:

Politics:
Expanded relationship system between individual generals across all factions
Your treatment towards them determines whether him/her/their friends/rivals/families join your faction
Unique character portraits and models (even more with mods) instead of generic names and faces
Un-deployed generals can be sent on various assignments to different regions which buff your economy
Complex loyalty system for generals with personalities and ambitions
Diplomacy is no longer guess work like prior titles, everything is displayed with numbers

Espionage:
A spy is Shogun 2's metsuke, ninja and geisha combined
Included all familiar abilities like sabotage, assassinate, divert, improve relations etc.
Can infiltrate rival factions and work their way up to be an administrator, general and even leader
Turn a disgruntled rival faction general or family member into spying for you

Gameplay:
Alot of factions to choose from, each with different starting area and time periods
Multiple notable historical characters to role play as, such as Lu Bu, Dong Zhuo and Cao Cao
Bandits, Xiongnu, southern jungle tribes units add alot more replay-ability to monotonous Han period units
1v1 duels between generals in the midst of battle is epic
The ability to gear and prep generals towards fighting/duels or civic duties
Ability to win the campaign mostly just by hard focusing on economy and buying lands
Unique troop types for each of generals (strategist, champion, sentinel...) classes
Bigger vanilla unit size than other total war games (240 men per cohort)

Graphics and Performance:
[7800x3d/7900XT system]
Actually uses more than 2 cores and threads
Rarely dips to sub 60fps when zoomed in large campaign battles
Runs very well on even with 1.25x unit size mod (300 men per cohort)
Fast end turn time
Colorful, vibrant painting aesthetics art direction
Game runs stable but pay attention to mod load orders if you're modding

Back when PC culture didn't exist and WW2 games weren't tainted.

Edit: With the latest patch, gamers could now rebind keys to their liking, and game performance has been increased significantly. However, large frame drops still exist in downtown Boston, due to the crappy shadow distance.


No in-game FOV adjustments in 2015, frame cap in 2015. Massive frame drops on 980Ti, garbage mouse/keyboard controls, dated graphics. kek whoever made this game does not deserve a bachelor degree.

I can't even read the tips on the loading screen.

11/10