Shogun Total War, Gold Edition (DVD-ROM)

  Description

This special Gold Edition package includes:  Shogun: Total War along with the official expansion pack: Mongol Invasion all on a single DVD-ROM disc.

Shogun: Total War
Prepare yourself and your Samurai for the first truly epic-scale strategy game. Combining turn based decision-making with intense real-time tactical battles, this is strategy gaming at its most demanding. This is Shogun: Total War.

It is Japan - 1542 - The land is in turmoil. The last Shogunate has collapsed leaving the nation divided into seven warring factions. Out of this chaos will emerge one warlord who will master the Art of War. This determined warrior will lead his troops of loyal samurai in a brutal quest to unite the country, He will rise to become Japan's supreme ruler. He will rise to become SHOGUN!
Command Thousands of Samurai. Unite a Nation. Become Shogun.

Command Thousand of Troops: Engage in epic-scale, real-time battles with thousands of samurai across majestic 3D landscapes.

Master the Art of War: Master the skills of diplomacy, economics, subterfuge, battlefield tactics and strategic warfare.

Engage in Online Warfare: Clash with other warlords over the Internet in the ultimate test of your abilities.

Epic Scale: Engage enemy warlords in massive real-time conflicts with over 5000 samurai colliding on the battlefields of feudal Japan. Whether undertaking a campaign to unite the country, fighting historic conflicts or creating your own custom clashes, the game's cinematic camera delivers the epic nature of the battle from any perspective.

Total Control: Manage your empire in a unique, turn based gameplay style. Position your troops, collect resources, construct new buildings, train new recruits, and research new units while defending your territory. Deploy spies, assassinate rivals, or use the beautiful but deadly geisha to cunningly outwit your opponents.

Vicious Enemies: Battle enemy warlords possessing a sophisticated artificial intelligence based on Sun Tzu's famous work The Art of War. Enemy units learn quickly on the battlefield, using the terrain to their advantage and adapting to counter your tactics.

Authentic Japanese Setting: Experience 16th Century Japan in exacting detail. From Samurai tactics and codes of honor to Ninja assassins and Geisha spies, all aspects of Japanese warfare are re-created, adding a stunning level of depth and realism.

Multiplayer Warfare: Your honor is on the line as you clash with other warlords over the Internet. Strategize and execute your battle plans in the ultimate test of your skills to become an online Sensei.

Shogun: Mongol Invasion expansion:
Let the battle begin! Feudal Japan is under attack from invading Mongol hordes in the official expansion pack for Shogun: Total Warlords. The new enemy threatens to destroy the country and offers a completely new style of game play with the focus on pillaging the Japanese landscape (rather than building). The Mongol Invasion pack will also offer an array of new and improved features to reintroduce players to the original Shogun title that delivered a revolutionary style of game play through its epic size battles, giving players command of thousands of warriors, each with their own unique Artificial Intelligence (AI) and fighting to unify Japan under their own powerful warlord.

Features

• Engage in epic scale, real-time battles as thousands of samurai collide on the battlefields.
• Defend your sovereignty against the attacks of Kublai Khan and his Mongol hordes
• Lead ten new units into battle.
• Improve the effectiveness of your troops with the new Drill Dojo and Battlefield Ninja Dojo.
• Battle rival warlords and invading Mongols across majestic 3D landscapes.

• Windows 95/98/Me/XP
• 233 MHZ or faster
• 32 MB RAM
• 500 MB free hard disk space plus space for saved games
• 16 bit capable 4MB PCI or AGP video card with DirectX 7 compatible drivers
• 4x CD-ROM drive
• DirectX 7 compatible sound card
• mouse, keyboard