The graphics have supposedly been upgraded, but the only apparent difference is the dust armies kick up when they move across the plains.And for the uninitiated, its an ideal opportunity to see what all the fuss was about.
By. The Mongol Invasion sits somewhere in that gap between being more than a mega patch, but not quite a bona fide sequel. Its the mark of a good expansion like this that you cant imagine going back to playing without it. Among the most prominent of the additions featured in this expansion is a new era, 250 years before Shoguns 16th-century clan warfare. The Mongol Invasion supposes that Kublai Khans hordes successfully reached Japan and pushed the then-dominant Hojo clan back far enough to establish a beachhead. You can play this era as a full campaign, single battles, or a new type of game called a historical campaign. This is something of a misnomer, since the historical campaigns are really just a sequence of linked battles without the campaign shell. However, this new era isnt one of the expansions strong points. The Mongols dont build the structures that make the strategic game compelling. Instead, they just conquer and pillage and wait for random reinforcements that just wash up on shore from time to time. You spend most of your time splitting them up and running them around to put down rebellions. Its all the tedium of army management with none of the payoff of building up an empire or raising custom armies. The Mongol campaign is more interesting when played as the Hojo clan beating back the hordes of cavalry. But even then, its missing a lot of the original Shoguns nuance. The Mongols rely, of course, on their cavalry, which dramatically change the unit balance by combining speed, melee shock value, and missile attacks--traits that were previously spread among various different units. Also joining the Mongols are Korean mercenaries, including the grenade-throwing thunder bombers, who look like they wandered into Japan straight out of Bungies Myth series. Some fans might be disappointed to find that Shoguns delicate attention to history goes right out the window in The Mongol Invasion expansion. If you had a problem with geishas rampaging across Japan, wait until you see the black-clad battlefield ninjas hiding in plain sight. Then there are the lone kensai sword saints, who can wade single-handedly through swarms of enemy soldiers like Jet Li at a rival dojo. Shogun Total War Warlord Edition License And SetAt times, The Mongol Invasion feels like its entered the realm of dramatic license and set up camp. Theres a new building called a drill dojo, which trains units to recover from routs quicker. Its a waste of time and rice that could be spent upgrading a units weapons, armor, or honor to prevent them from being routed in the first place. The new naginata cavalry are just an intermediary step between the current yari cavalry and heavy cavalry.
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