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SHOGUN: Total War™ - Collection
Developer CREATIVE ASSEMBLY
Shogun: Total War is a turn-based strategy and real-time tactics video game developed by The Creative Assembly and published by Electronic Arts for Microsoft Windows personal computers. Released in June 2000, the game became the debut title in The Creative Assembly's Total War series. Set in Japan during Sengoku jidai—the "Warring States" period from the 15th to the beginning of the 17th century—the game has players… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
329 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 2, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
88
LovedLoved
149 positive · 21 negative
95% range 82–92%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 149 | 21 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 25 | 15 | 101 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 4 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
725 of 832 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
88% recommend · 149 yes, 20 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 169 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (1,050 of 1,185 positive).
Players praise the game as a classic that started the Total War series, with many finding it still enjoyable despite its age. [1][2][3] Some reviewers note that the game has dated graphics and a clunky interface, but still offers satisfying gameplay. [1][3][4] A few players report technical issues, including bugs and problems running on modern systems. [5][6][7]
Liked
Representative posts
- [5]
Doesn't work, sadly, at least on some computers. I bought this for nostalgic reasons, having played it on CD as a teenager. It ran fine and I was very pleased to see it again... until I got into my first battle. There seems to be a problem where, for some players, click-to-move just isn't functional on the battle screen: camera movement, preset formations, etc. all work normally, but you can't actually walk your …
- [1]
The Original Gangsta, technologically much simpler than its descendants, but like comfort food it's still satisfying even after all these years. I still have my original install CD from back in the day, and this Steam port is near-identical. A combination of board-game style play with a large-scale 3D battlefield combat mode lets you focus on the part of the game you find most appealing. The PS2-era graphics are a …
- [3]
I would recommend playing this game at least once if you are a Total War fan. My personal recommendations as to what to complete in the game: Sengoku Jidai Campaign, Mongol Invasion Campaign, all 4 Historical Campaigns. What surprised me is how many features this old game had. When I was buying it and wanted to try the first Total War, I was expecting it to be a mess, but surprisingly it turned out to be a complete …
- [12]
My first 3D strategy game, played all the way in 2000. And it has aged beautifully. If at the time I looked at those rolling hills and rain storms and thought "wow so realistic" now I can admire and say "wow so minimalist". I still find this to be the most immersive Total War experience. The only game where even the strategic map makes you feel like a general, moving pieces around. The "realism" of later Total War …
- [2]
This the classic that started it all. It may be a bit rough around the edges today, but at the time it was totally revolutionary. Civilization style turn based empire building combined with massive real-time battles. Nothing quite like it had ever been attempted before. In many ways, no-one has been able to rival the Creative Assembly since, as they hold the monopoly on these types of wargames a quarter of a century …
Summarised from 34 of the 265 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 12, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
88% of the 169 Steam reviewers we collected recommend SHOGUN: Total War™ - Collection. The complaint that keeps coming up: dated graphics and clunky interface. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Shogun: Total War received "favorable" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Jason Samuel of NextGen said, "Once you figure out the realtime interface, this is a thoroughly enjoyable experience that has a lot of replay value. Shogun is only the first of a proposed Total War series. We're sure looking forward to more." In December 2002, the game received a "Silver" award from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA), indicating lifetime sales of at least 100,000 units in the UK. The ELSPA ultimately raised it to "Gold" status, indicating sales of at least 200,000 units. The game achieved sales between 100,000 and 390,000 units in the…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 329 · most liked firstI have an extremely loose theory that part of the success of SQUID GAME and SHOGUN is that by using subtitles they actually demanded that the audience pay attention in an age of distraction and TV shows made for people half-watching
neutral · AI labelView post →Sega is pulling TW: Shogun 2 from sale, just a couple days after launch. Why? Undisclosed AI use so obvious and atrocious that fans lit the Steam Discussions on fire. And vibe coding defenders have a new trophy on their slop mantle. Game is apparently crashing left and right. Brand immolation.
neutral · AI labelView post →I was curious but ambivalent about the Shogun 2 Complete Edition thing, mostly because after playing it 2 years ago, game still looked phenomenal. So did we need this? Well, it’s out today and uh www.reddit.com/r/totalwar/c...
neutral · AI labelView post →AI slop is impacting all of our lives in different ways but the more recent way it has broken my heart is watching Creative Assembly ruin the Total War franchise with it with their rerelease of Shogun 2. I can only imagine how fucked their 40k game is going to look when it comes out.
negative · AI labelView post →I'm constantly changing my approach to how I restore rare art from print sources, such as these photos of Vic Tokai's lost game Shogun Maeda. I'm currently in my "aggressive surface blur and shadow boost" phase. It's more art than science, the approach is to make you see a game instead of paper.
neutral · AI labelView post →#GoldenGlobes nominees for Best Television Series – Drama: • Squid Game • The Day of the Jackal • The Diplomat • Mr. and Mrs. Smith • Shogun • Slow Horses
neutral · AI labelView post →Here's a preview of some upcoming skins coming to Sonic Runners Deluxe! The skins are: ♦ Strawberry Amy ♦ Assassin Espio ♦ Terios Type-B ♦ Shogun Mephiles ♦ TF! Sonic (Original Design and In-game model: @ladylunanova.bsky.social)
neutral · AI labelView post →Proton 11.0-1 Released To Advance Valve's Steam Play For The Best Linux Experience Yet. Proton 11.0-1 enables support for another batch of Windows games that up to now had only worked when using the recent Steam Experimental builds. The games newly working with Proton 11.0-1 include Universe Generator: The Golden Sword, DCS World Steam Edition, Resident Evil (1996), Resident Evil 2 (1998), Dino Crisis, Dino Crisis 2, From Dust, Blaite, Don't Die Dateless, Dummy!, METAL GEAR SURVIVE, Warhammer:…
neutral · AI labelView post →Thank you, Shogun, for letting me have that feeling I had when Game of Thrones was coming out. I had read the book ahead of time, so I can be a smug jerk about story spoilers.
neutral · AI labelView post →was working on this in like 2020 based on experiences breaking down fighting game mechanics when mentoring ppl started improving the art for it, but got discouraged when I found out about Shogun Showdown I'll probably still return to it at some point (also there was multiplayer) #gamedev
neutral · AI labelView post →It doesn't seem to have garnered much attention, but Apple's Chief of War, which dramatizes the 18th century unification of Hawaii, is a compelling, sumptuous historical melodrama with a great cast and gorgeous setting. Perfect for anyone experiencing Game of Thrones/Shogun withdrawal.
neutral · AI labelView post →Tried to work out what people mean when they say that Shogun reminds them of Game of Thrones.... and what *I* mean at least is that i hope black twitter makes a hashtag for it aftermath.site/shogun-fx-hi...
neutral · AI labelView post →Checking out Shogun Solitaire today, the card-based solo game of feudal Japan from Worthington Publishing. Loving the artwork here. #boardwargames #boardgames
positive · AI labelView post →All DLC for the original Total War: SHOGUN 2 is now free to everyone who owns the base game on Steam! Experience the Rise and Fall of the Samurai before Total War: SHOGUN 2 - Complete Edition launches on Oct 13th 🌸 More info: news.totalwar.com/s2ce-faq
neutral · AI labelView post →Love the description of Shogun as Game of Thrones if the “succulent Chinese meal” guy was a major character
neutral · AI labelView post →27. Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun With this game, developer Mimimi singlehandedly resurrected the stealth strategy genre that started with the likes of Commandos and Desperados, and it's every bit the successor to that legacy you could ever desire, nobody did it quite like them. Play it!
positive · AI labelView post →“Nadia, you should watch Shogun.” [Extended scene of man getting graphically boiled alive] Cool, Edo period Game of Thrones, just what I never wanted!
neutral · AI labelView post →Sounds like Amazon's Fallout show is doing so well they might spin it off into a video game series. I'd rather see a novelization of Shogun, though.
neutral · AI labelView post →Finally tracked down a complete copy of Shogun, a MB classic. Seriously, I'm considering hunting down all of these "Gamemaster Series" games...
positive · AI labelView post →Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun still free to grab on Europe PSN (grab PS4 demo, then claim PS5 game) PS4 demo : store.playstation.com/en-gb/produc... PS5 game : store.playstation.com/en-gb/produc...
neutral · AI labelView post →Morning. What type of self care are y’all practicing today? I’m going to play a game, read, and either watch more Shogun or The Bear
neutral · AI labelView post →Back on the Steam page for Total War: SHOGUN 2 - Complete Edition and have only just clocked the user-defined tags (pictured below). LOL. Context: The game was pulled because it was naff and apparently failed to disclose the use of genAI.
negative · AI labelView post →Sega and Creative Assembly have pulled Total War: Shogun 2 – Complete Edition from stores following player complaints over performance issues, bugs, and AI-upscaled graphics. vgc.news/news/sega-pu...
neutral · AI labelView post →And on my 4th play I score 11 VP and become Shogun uniting the clans of Sengoku Jidai Japan. 1 objective shy of becoming Supreme Shogun! A fun, lite, fast-playing and beautiful solitaire card game. Shogun Solitaire from Worthington Publishing.
positive · AI labelView post →Post an image of a game you played as a teenager: Talisman always started fun, but tended to drag on in the mid-late game. Robo Rally was and still is great. Gammarauders was kaiju ridiculous. We even made our own "bioborgs". Shogun was our "Risk killer." More challenging and strategic.
positive · AI labelView post →The Original Gangsta, technologically much simpler than its descendants, but like comfort food it's still satisfying even after all these years. I still have my original install CD from back in the day, and this Steam port is near-identical. A combination of board-game style play with a large-scale 3D battlefield combat mode lets you focus on the part of the game you find most appealing. The PS2-era graphics are a bit blocky and low-def (more so in battlefield mode than on the strategy map),…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sam McCurdy (‘Game of Thrones’, ‘Shogun’) will serve as cinematographer for ‘MAN OF TOMORROW’ starring David Corenswet. (Source: @jamesgunn.bsky.social)
neutral · AI labelView post →🐧PENGUIN SHOGUN LIVE🐧 RATING YOUR FAVORITE VIDEO GAME SONGS www.twitch.tv/sarinapengui...
neutral · AI labelView post →🐧PENGU SHOGUN LIVE🐧 DOING FIGHTING GAME SMASH OR PASS TIER LIST www.twitch.tv/sarinapenguina
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm so sick I don't even want to game ffs - maybe time to finally watch Shogun before Assassins Creed comes out
neutral · AI labelView post →Creative Assembly / SEGA just released a "remaster" of a 2011 game (Total War: Shogun 2) that appeared to be mostly done by AI, complete with six-fingered samurai art and new code with game-breaking bugs. 48 hours and a 17% positive review score later, they're pulling it from all stores.
neutral · AI labelView post →Another great eBay win. This awesome banger of a board game #Shogun. Box has seen better days, but it is complete!! I'm looking forward to playing this again soon :) #retro #boardgame
positive · AI labelView post →Checking out Shogun Curse! A Roguelike card game that's similar to Slay the Spire on twitch: twitch.tv/lieutenanteddy
neutral · AI labelView post →Someone on the other site said Shogun is Game of Thrones if Ned was smart.
neutral · AI labelView post →Sketched myself as a cool samurai after I played a big fun game of Shogun 2 with the girlies (and my friend jojo) It was lots of fun, I love my friends :)) #queenieart
positive · AI labelView post →🐧PENGU SHOGUN LIVE🐧 TRYING OUT CUTE HORSE GIRL GAME UMAMUSUME AND LAST DAY FOR CHARITY FOR VTUBER SUMMER SLAM! www.twitch.tv/sarinapenguina
neutral · AI labelView post →Blue Eye Samurai, season 2 (2027, creators Amber Noizumi and Michael Green). Mizu’s bloody quest continues in London, where she faces new friends, old foes, and her own demons. In Japan, Akemi and Taigen navigate Edo Castle under a dangerous new Shogun, while Ringo searches for new purpose. https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/225180-blue-eye-samurai
neutral · AI labelView post →Total War: SHOGUN 2 - Complete Edition is out now! 🏯 Get a 75% discount if you own the original game on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3846830/... 🎥 youtu.be/7GhrQYfOPPw
neutral · AI labelView post →Apparently I like War, Mystery, and Comedy. List: - Andor: Is great, even if you aren't a Star Wars fan. Each 3 episode arc is better than the last. Only planned as 1 season, but did so well they made a Season 2 and Season 2 is better. You can use Rogue One as a cap to the series. - Veronica Mars: watched all of it for the first time this year. It holds up 20+ years later. - Ted Lasso: Comedy about a college American Football coach coaching English Football/soccer. - The Good Place:…
neutral · AI labelView post →it's kinda bleak how you can immediately tell a game at a showcase is a gacha game based purely on the visuals and also literally everybody trying to replicate the speaking cadence of Raiden Shogun
neutral · AI labelView post →🐧PENGU SHOGUN LIVE🐧 ITS MY BDAY! RATING FIGHTING GAME WAIFUS AND PLAYING CITY OF THE WOLVES BETA AFTER! www.twitch.tv/sarinapenguina
neutral · AI labelView post →Shogun gastronomy, Game of Thrones McDonalds
neutral · AI labelView post →Can a 200 dollar laptop play games well enough?. Looking to get some Total War Games again, Rome, maybe Empire, Shogun. Wondering if those cheap like 200 dollar laptops will work for that, and if walmart is an ok place to get it, as best buy has burned me on defective electronics post 2020. Thanks for any advice, was just going to use steam to play.
neutral · AI labelView post →oh my god i forgot Shogun 2 has BOATS and SHORE BOMBARDMENTS, this game rules
positive · AI labelView post →Sega pulling Shogun 2 to sell a bad and unnecessary “remaster” is a good sign of this all-digital video game future we live in.
negative · AI labelView post →For a guy who spent dozens of hours playing Medieval: Total War in childhood, it's a shame that I had no idea Shogun: Total War even existed. I genuinely thought Medieval was the first game of the franchise until this year. I love playing game series from the very beginning, so I had no choice but to become a samurai. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3767269324 Not that I remember all the details of the Medieval game after 20+ years but Shogun looks like its shorter…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →And Shogun, a fantastic balance of challenge and playability. (There's another game of the same name that I haven't tried.)
positive · AI labelView post →Here's my #NintendoSwitch #indiegame highlight for today! 🎮👍🏼 Game - Shogun Showdown Developer - @roboatino.bsky.social Publisher - @goblinzstudio.com Release date - September 5, 2024
neutral · AI labelView post →🐧PENGUIN SHOGUN LIVE🐧 RATING TO YOUR FAVORITE FIGHTING GAME SONGS! www.twitch.tv/sarinapenguina
neutral · AI labelView post →"This was not a Creative Assembly developed game": Total War boss points the finger at external partner for Shogun 2 Complete Edition disaster. "We are a craft studio": Creative Assembly clarify that they don't AI-generate art following Shogun 2 CE disaster, and are "investigating" an external partner.
neutral · AI labelView post →This the classic that started it all. It may be a bit rough around the edges today, but at the time it was totally revolutionary. Civilization style turn based empire building combined with massive real-time battles. Nothing quite like it had ever been attempted before. In many ways, no-one has been able to rival the Creative Assembly since, as they hold the monopoly on these types of wargames a quarter of a century later. I can still recall the excitement of playing those early battles even…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tiny Fancy just called Shogun Japanese Game of Thrones and I feel exposed
neutral · AI labelView post →So CA used AI in their remaking of Shogun 2. Fuck CA. And fuck 90% of big game developers whilst I'm here.
negative · AI labelView post →🐧PENGU SHOGUN LIVE🐧 TRYING OUT THE NEW AVATAR FIGHTING GAME www.twitch.tv/sarinapenguina
neutral · AI labelView post →Still one of the strategy games I find myself coming back to quite often. That said, the Collection version ships with bugs from the original release that were never officially fixed, and a few are noticeable enough to affect your playthrough. There's an unofficial patch here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3729190229
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cozy game friends, is this a good Story of Seasons game? I’m already in a few of the games (System Shock and Shogun Showdown) so a third game would be a deal maker
neutral · AI labelView post →Easily forgotten because of how late in the game it debuted, but I'll never forget it because I played the SNES fighting game Made great use of the Falconzord by just turning it into giant guns Shogun Ultrazord was hilarious, they just the toy put in a Titanus toy and filmed like that
neutral · AI labelView post →25 years and one month after its release, I still think that out of all "old - school" Total Wars, Shogun: Total War, the game that started them all, is the most interesting and exotic of them. It shows fully what all "canon" ideas of old TW were, and how it was envisioned, before Rome and Medieval 2: Total War came, and by 'reloading' old concepts in 3D map, started a golden era of series. From creative crossover between classical wargames (on daimyo's war map), Civilisation and strategies…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🐧PENGU SHOGUN LIVE NOW🐧 DOING VIDEO GAME BOOTY TIER LIST www.twitch.tv/sarinapenguina
neutral · AI labelView post →I would recommend playing this game at least once if you are a Total War fan. My personal recommendations as to what to complete in the game: Sengoku Jidai Campaign, Mongol Invasion Campaign, all 4 Historical Campaigns. What surprised me is how many features this old game had. When I was buying it and wanted to try the first Total War, I was expecting it to be a mess, but surprisingly it turned out to be a complete game with a lot of mechanics, challenges and creative ideas. Now, don't get me…
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