The campaign map again looks gorgeous, with the fog of war being shown by a European 19th century map of Japan, gradually revealing itself to show a meticulously crafted landscape. I’ll start with talking about the single player version of the game having already spent 28 hours on one hard campaign and several hours on others. The latest release in the series, Fall of the Samurai, is a standalone expansion pack to Shogun 2 which takes the series to its most modern setting yet, and introduces a number of changes and innovations. Since the release of Shogun: Total War in June 2000 the award winning Total War series, loved for its mix of turn based strategy and real time battles, has expanded to include a number of periods in history, from the rise of Rome to the intrigue of Medieval Europe.
NOTE: Fall of the Samurai is standalone and does not require the original Shogun 2 to play.
