Hi guys, a while ago pcgameplay magazine (
http://www.pcgameplay.com/ ) had an article about shogun 2, some information is updated.
- The game will start in 1540 which is later than the original but will ensue instant action
- 8 playable factions, the tutorial will feature a separate faction. (Clans that have been mentioned up and till now : takeda, mori, uesugi and shimazu)
- The campaign map will not future any other parts of Asia, the focus will be only on Japan
- Each clan will start with a few provinces, the campaign map will be seperated into lots of provinces.
- Geishas will be in the game again
- Maps are now different for each season, 4 seasons per turn.
- Supply lines are still being tested, lots of other options are still being implemented.
- Each faction will have about 20 units. In total there should be between 30 and 40 units in the game.
- Warrior monks are back!
- Units will have banner-carriers that deal a morale penalty when they die.
- Shrines and other notable buildings can be captured and used as morale boosts for your troops
- Units will have special abilities, some of the ones mentioned are the ‘heroic charge’ wich gives a huge morale bonus but doesn’ t last long and whistling arrows.
- there will be some gunpowder weapons you can acquire from Europeans.
- you can convert to Christianity.
-heroes are good against certain unit types. There was a picture in the concept art of a warrior monk with a naginata
- Heroes can be killed with archers or by using your own hero. There will also be ways to use them in a political sense.
- Comitting seppuku on the battlefield will give a morale boost :D
-Castles will have several layers of defences for you to smash through.
- 15 different kind of castles
- There will be 12 different naval units
- Land and sea units will be able to participate in the same (coastal!) battles
- this in combination with the new castles turned out to much for the AI so the team decided to make a new AI from scratch!. something, CA says, should have been done a long time ago but do to the presure of time this couldn’t be done before now.
- groups of samurai that fight will split up into one-on-one battles.
- CA used real japanese sword and weapons expert to capture the unit animation.