Total War: Shogun 2 Complete Edition Opens to Overwhelmingly Negative Steam Reviews
A rerelease meant to bring the Sengoku-era strategy game to Japanese players with Japanese audio has instead become a case study in how a mod-dependent PC community reacts when old mods stop working.
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Sega released Total War: Shogun 2 Complete Edition for PC on October 14, adding Japanese voice acting and subtitles. At the time of writing, its Steam review rate is 19 percent positive across 1,522 reviews, rated Overwhelmingly Negative. Complaints center on heavy performance and stuttering, bugs carried over from the original version, incompatibility with existing mods, and added factions that reviewers say lack unique mechanics.
The Complete Edition bundles the base game with DLC including Rise of the Samurai and Fall of the Samurai. Its in-game mod support runs through Mod.io, and it does not work with mods built for the original release, so Steam Workshop mods do not carry over. Some reviews point to improvements in usability but say the bugs and added elements make the package hard to recommend as it stands. The game is sold on Steam, the Epic Games Store, and the Microsoft Store. Owners of the original receive all DLC for free, aside from Blood Pack for rating reasons, and the Complete Edition is discounted 75 percent for a limited time.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.