Total War Fans Blast New Remaster Over Bugs, AI Accusations
Total War: Shogun 2 Complete Edition is a bug, genAI-filled mess and a greedy rerelease fans say in Steam reviews of Creative Assembly's game.
Total War: Shogun 2 Complete Edition is a bug, genAI-filled mess and a greedy rerelease fans say in Steam reviews of Creative Assembly's game.
The short version
- One day after Total War: Shogun 2 - Complete Edition 's release on Steam, the game carries an "Overwhelmingly Negative" review consensus , with 83% of user reviews skewing negatively.
- "Awful, [Creative Assembly], just awful," reads one top-rated user review of Total War: Shogun 2 - Complete Edition on Steam.
- "The whole point of the community wanting these 'old' games ported to 64-bit is better stability and performance, which this game fails miserably at.
What happened
Instead, they gutted the game of Steam Workshop support and it runs noticeably worse than other modern titles (3K and WH3). They delisted the original game and repackaged it as a new 'Complete Edition' at a higher price. [...] Absolutely shameful." Total War: Shogun 2 - Complete Edition has thus far failed to meet players' expectations.
Why it matters
Even the original artist behind the unit portraits for Total War: Shogun 2 has allegedly weighed in.
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