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PRIMA’S OFFICIAL STRATEGY GUIDE

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SHOGUN : TOTAL WAR

PRIMA’S OFFICIAL STRATEGY GUIDE

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WELCOME

It is foreknowledge that enables

A brilliant ruler and an excellent leader

To triumph over others wherever they move

Sun Tzu (translated by R.L. Wing in “The Art of Strategy”)

SHOGUN : TOTAL WAR

INTRODUCTION

When I first saw Shogun: Total War it was a design

document describing a game of humongous

proportions—something that was huge and intriguing,

vast and epic in scale and deeply atmospheric. I saw a

game with great potential and endless possibilities. Simply

put, it was aiming to blast the hordes of top-down RTS

“point-and-build” games out of existence.

Two years later, as we are adding the finishing touches to the

game, I am delighted to see that we have achieved everything that was outlined in

the original design brief. I still feel a sense of awe and surprise when I look at

Shogun: Total War in comparison to games that have gone before.

Instead of focusing on specific policies to use in order to beat the game, Shogun:

Total War makes me think like a real general. Having built my army from scratch,

trained them, paid for them and fed them, I now find that I really do care about

their health. Not only that, but I have begun making plans for them, I know that as

soon as I have a legendary swordsman he will be used to train other higher-honour

swordsmen. With each individual samurai having his own artificial intelligence, I

also know that they have plans for me—some who are of low honour may be

planning to run away at the first sign of deadly combat. Other more experienced

troops are going to prove that they are willing to die for me.

“Seek victory before you seek battle,” wrote

Sun Tzu in his definitive book on war

tactics, probably not imagining that “The

Art of War” would still be read by army

generals today. Certainly he could not

have foreseen that we’d steal his rules

and use them in our Artificial

Intelligence. But since we put the enemy

through school, you should probably do a

little reading yourself before taking on

this immense game.

Jason Fitzgerald

Studio Marketing Manager

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CONTENTS

PREPARATION

Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Game Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

The Tutorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

ANALYSIS

Knowledge is Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

The Basic Unit Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Terrain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Weather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

CONFRONTATION

Prepare for Battle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

The Battle Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Formations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Battlefield Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Battlefield Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

KNOWLEDGE

Learn from the Past . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

Anegwa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58

Nagakute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62

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