In order to win a campaign, the player must capture and hold a set number of territories (including some specific regions), capture the current Shogun’s fortress in Kyoto, and then defend it for four seasons (turns). Players choose a starting clan, which determines the starting city and bonuses.
Total War veterans will immediately feel at home with Shogun 2. Ever vigilant, he’ll assure that no rise to power goes unchecked. It was a time of great strife and social unrest that saw many families vying to wrest power from the hands of the country's current Shogun.
The latest entry in the long-running Total War series, Total War: Shogun 2 tasks players with unifying feudal Japan during the Sengoku period.