Shogun 2 - Total War: Fall of the Samurai

Story:
After has prevailed in Sengoku War of the Tokugawa clan, the new Shogun Japan completely sealed for 200 years on the outside world. But by this time an American fleet forcibly creates access and brings all his weapons, technologies and ideas with. In Japan, that the industrial revolution has missed, it comes to civil war. There is on one side of the emperor, who is for the new technologies and the Shogun, which it rejects because he swears by tradition. The player can choose between 6 different clans and join a side.

Gameplay:
Campaign:
Anyone who thinks that the shogunate to capitulate already equal anyway, is mistaken. So The Creative Assembly has the balancing very well done: The troops of the shogunate have a higher morality and the people are happy. Although the Empire, however, has the better technology, but the people are dissatisfied because of modernization and it can also occasionally be a samurai revolt, when man does not care. Unlike Shogun 2 Religion plays this time no longer matters, you can change its loyalty gegnüber Shogun / Kaiser only up to a certain level modernization. What I find very good is that food is no longer relevant. So I was often depressed as my proud clan perished in Shogun 2 due revolts since I'm no longer afterwards came with the farms. The railway is also a nice, new aspect, but there are already certain rail routes (in the beginning only telegraphs) which can be expanded through stations. The tech tree, was also ernuert and there is again a lot of interesting to explore. For certain buildings / technologies you get modernization points. From a certain number of points a modernization stage, continues to rise. There are a total of 4 levels and from every one schlatet new technologies to explore free!
Land Battles:
The land battles are as beautifully animated in any Total War. This time, they relate more to distance, but in close combat it comes around. The Gatling guns seem to me quite overpowering, but one has this technology quite late. You can now also request artillery fire on a nearby fleet. Here, the balancing is right again, because it takes some time until the requested artillery strikes. Only the AI ​​sometimes fluctuates back and forth. So it makes even tactically clever moves and otherwise sends spearmen before my Schützenbatallione and goes at a leisurely pace without much haste to me, during a fall over after another. The fights are very good for strategists and tacticians and can sometimes be very demanding. But what I do not so reinpasst in a Total War, the new first-person view with which one can control artillery and ships. It's a bit of fun, but it is completely out of place
Battles:
Naval battles are now playing a more important role! So there is now a new battle type "port siege" which is quite fun. Most ships are now steamers and regardless of the weather conditions. The battles themselves are beautifully animated! No large wooden blocks more of Shogun 2, but gunshots from each tube! But it seemed to me that my ships are quite weak! Thus, in a clash of two corvettes and 1 frigate my hand against 1 corvette and frigate 1 of your opponent, all my ships explode and the enemy had not nearly large damage to a ship. Here still have to go a patch.

Graphics:
The graphics are a real feast for the eyes! The animations are good and the uniforms / armor adjusted to the smallest detail. The faces are also very nice and the single men can be good too different from each other. Unfortunately, Fall of the Samurai a high consumption of resources, what my PC, although very well packed, but vlt other customers. Have difficulty

Sound:
Also the sound is very well done. The cannons listen to well and you realize what's behind it for printing. Marching troops, and if you then also has his boxing at the highest volume brings an even properly in the combat. The individual guns hear also nice to, especially with volleys and the following cries of enemies coming battle Feeling on!

Other:
I hereby speak again on Steam. Some like it, others do not. But give the game no bad reviews about it. For me the installation went smoothly, and after a short patch it was already going on. The game is far crashed only once!

Conclusion:
A very well converted add-on that you actually can also be described as whole game. For 25 euros which is a very good price / Leistungsverhältins. It is also a very good continuation of the Total War series. The small bugs, especially the AI ​​are in Total War veterans already known and which can be accessed bedenklos. All in all the game gets by me as to the 4.5 star :)