<s>
Shogun	B-Application
:	I-Application
Total	I-Application
War	I-Application
is	O
a	O
turn-based	O
strategy	O
and	O
real-time	B-Application
tactics	I-Application
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
The	O
Creative	O
Assembly	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
personal	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Set	O
in	O
Japan	O
during	O
Sengoku	O
jidai	O
—	O
the	O
"	O
Warring	O
States	O
"	O
period	O
from	O
the	O
15th	O
to	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
the	O
17th	O
century	O
—	O
the	O
game	O
has	O
players	O
adopt	O
the	O
leader	O
of	O
a	O
contemporary	O
Japanese	O
clan	O
,	O
attempt	O
to	O
conquer	O
the	O
nation	O
and	O
claim	O
the	O
position	O
of	O
shōgun	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
turn-based	O
aspect	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
focuses	O
on	O
a	O
map	O
of	O
Japan	O
where	O
military	O
force	O
,	O
religion	O
,	O
diplomacy	O
,	O
espionage	O
and	O
economics	O
all	O
influence	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
actions	O
,	O
whilst	O
battles	O
are	O
fought	O
in	O
a	O
3D	O
real-time	B-Application
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Announced	O
in	O
early	O
1999	O
,	O
Shogun	B-Application
:	I-Application
Total	I-Application
War	I-Application
was	O
The	O
Creative	O
Assembly	O
's	O
first	O
high	O
business	O
risk	O
product	O
;	O
previous	O
products	O
had	O
involved	O
creating	O
video	O
games	O
for	O
the	O
EA	O
Sports	O
brand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
initially	O
conceived	O
as	O
a	O
real-time	B-Application
strategy	O
"	O
B-title	O
"	O
powered	O
by	O
2D	O
computer	O
graphics	O
following	O
the	O
popularisation	O
of	O
the	O
genre	O
through	O
titles	O
such	O
as	O
Command	B-Application
&	I-Application
Conquer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
proliferation	O
of	O
3D	O
video	B-Device
cards	I-Device
amongst	O
consumers	O
led	O
to	O
a	O
transition	O
to	O
3D	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Through	O
the	O
course	O
of	O
development	O
,	O
Shogun	B-Application
:	I-Application
Total	I-Application
War	I-Application
evolved	O
into	O
a	O
real-time	B-Application
tactics	I-Application
game	O
with	O
a	O
focus	O
on	O
historical	O
authenticity	O
;	O
military	O
historian	O
Stephen	O
Turnbull	O
advised	O
The	O
Creative	O
Assembly	O
in	O
this	O
regard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
turn-based	O
campaign	O
map	O
was	O
added	O
to	O
include	O
context	O
for	O
the	O
real-time	B-Application
battles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shogun	B-Application
:	I-Application
Total	I-Application
War	I-Application
was	O
well	O
received	O
critically	O
,	O
though	O
complaints	O
surfaced	O
regarding	O
glitches	B-Error_Name
in	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Total	B-Application
War	I-Application
:	I-Application
Shogun	I-Application
2	I-Application
is	O
a	O
sequel	O
which	O
returns	O
to	O
the	O
Sengoku	O
period	O
albeit	O
with	O
all	O
the	O
improvements	O
in	O
graphical	O
technology	O
and	O
gameplay	O
since	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shogun	B-Application
:	I-Application
Total	I-Application
War	I-Application
is	O
focused	O
on	O
samurai	B-Application
warfare	O
in	O
the	O
Sengoku	O
period	O
of	O
Japanese	O
history	O
,	O
which	O
lasted	O
from	O
the	O
mid-15th	O
century	O
to	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
the	O
17th	O
century	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
puts	O
the	O
player	O
in	O
the	O
position	O
of	O
a	O
Japanese	O
daimyō	O
with	O
the	O
objective	O
of	O
conquering	O
Japan	O
through	O
military	O
might	O
,	O
diplomacy	O
,	O
espionage	O
,	O
trade	O
,	O
and	O
religion	O
—	O
thereby	O
taking	O
the	O
position	O
of	O
shōgun	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
real-time	B-Application
element	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
allows	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
assume	O
command	O
of	O
one	O
of	O
their	O
armies	O
and	O
personally	O
direct	O
the	O
course	O
of	O
any	O
battles	O
that	O
take	O
place	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
campaign	O
of	O
Shogun	B-Application
:	I-Application
Total	I-Application
War	I-Application
involves	O
a	O
player	O
choosing	O
a	O
clan	O
and	O
moving	O
to	O
eliminate	O
their	O
enemies	O
and	O
become	O
shogun	O
of	O
feudal	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Should	O
an	O
army	O
enter	O
a	O
battle	O
,	O
these	O
units	O
will	O
be	O
reproduced	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
real-time	B-Application
tactics	I-Application
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
factions	O
build	O
up	O
their	O
infrastructure	O
,	O
other	O
agents	O
become	O
available	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
ninja	B-Application
and	O
shinobi	B-Application
,	O
the	O
former	O
assassinates	O
enemy	O
generals	O
and	O
agents	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
latter	O
can	O
spy	O
on	O
enemy	O
provinces	O
or	O
perform	O
counter-insurgency	O
in	O
home	O
provinces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
campaign	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
players	O
control	O
battles	O
in	O
real-time	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Units	O
come	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
samurai	B-Application
and	O
ashigaru	O
,	O
and	O
fall	O
into	O
the	O
categories	O
of	O
archers	O
,	O
spearmen	O
,	O
cavalry	O
and	O
heavy	O
infantry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
must	O
use	O
contemporary	O
tactics	O
and	O
formations	O
with	O
the	O
units	O
they	O
have	O
available	O
to	O
defeat	O
their	O
enemies	O
;	O
the	O
teachings	O
of	O
Sun	O
Tzu	O
's	O
The	O
Art	O
of	O
War	O
are	O
integral	O
to	O
the	O
tactics	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
and	O
for	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
succeed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
,	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
hosted	O
the	O
multiplayer	O
for	O
Shogun	B-Application
:	I-Application
Total	I-Application
War	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
were	O
two	O
separate	O
servers	O
;	O
one	O
for	O
Shogun	B-Application
:	I-Application
Total	I-Application
War	I-Application
,	O
and	O
one	O
for	O
Warlord	O
Edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
Rome	B-Application
:	I-Application
Total	I-Application
War	I-Application
was	O
launched	O
by	O
Activision	O
,	O
EA	O
shut	O
down	O
both	O
the	O
Shogun	B-Application
:	I-Application
Total	I-Application
War	I-Application
and	O
the	O
Warlord	O
Edition	O
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
players	O
wanted	O
to	O
return	O
to	O
Shogun	B-Application
:	I-Application
Total	I-Application
War	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shogun	B-Application
:	I-Application
Total	I-Application
War	I-Application
was	O
announced	O
in	O
early	O
1999	O
,	O
developed	O
by	O
The	O
Creative	O
Assembly	O
under	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
Command	B-Application
&	I-Application
Conquer	I-Application
had	O
risen	O
to	O
success	O
,	O
inspiring	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
similar	O
real-time	B-Application
strategy	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
development	O
progressed	O
,	O
3dfx	O
video	B-Device
cards	I-Device
began	O
to	O
proliferate	O
amongst	O
consumers	O
,	O
leading	O
the	O
Creative	O
Assembly	O
to	O
move	O
the	O
game	O
from	O
2D	O
to	O
3D	O
computer	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
this	O
point	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
began	O
to	O
turn	O
away	O
from	O
being	O
a	O
simple	O
low-risk	O
product	O
to	O
something	O
more	O
substantial	O
;	O
the	O
camera	O
view	O
was	O
moved	O
from	O
the	O
traditional	O
real-time	B-Application
strategy	O
top-down	O
perspective	O
to	O
the	O
position	O
of	O
the	O
general	O
on	O
the	O
battlefield	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
not	O
considered	O
to	O
be	O
substantive	O
enough	O
simply	O
with	O
the	O
real-time	B-Application
battles	O
;	O
Simpson	O
recalls	O
that	O
"	O
the	O
problem	O
 [ was ] 	O
that	O
the	O
battles	O
themselves	O
were	O
very	O
short	O
,	O
and	O
we	O
needed	O
something	O
to	O
tie	O
it	O
together	O
and	O
make	O
people	O
care	O
about	O
the	O
battles	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
attempt	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
setting	O
as	O
authentic	O
as	O
possible	O
,	O
The	O
Creative	O
Assembly	O
enlisted	O
the	O
aid	O
of	O
Stephen	O
Turnbull	O
,	O
a	O
military	O
historian	O
who	O
specialises	O
with	O
samurai	B-Application
warfare	O
,	O
although	O
the	O
jidaigeki	O
films	O
by	O
Akira	O
Kurosawa	O
also	O
provided	O
a	O
source	O
of	O
inspiration	O
—	O
excerpts	O
of	O
the	O
famous	O
Mt	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Elements	O
of	O
Sun	O
Tzu	O
's	O
The	O
Art	O
of	O
War	O
were	O
integrated	O
into	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
to	O
provide	O
more	O
authentic	O
decisions	O
by	O
computer-controlled	O
factions	O
in	O
the	O
real-time	B-Application
aspects	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shogun	B-Application
:	I-Application
Total	I-Application
War	I-Application
was	O
followed	O
by	O
The	O
Mongol	O
Invasion	O
expansion	O
pack	O
,	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
Mongol	O
invasions	O
of	O
Japan	O
and	O
released	O
only	O
in	O
Europe	O
on	O
8	O
August	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Total	O
War	O
series	O
was	O
continued	O
with	O
titles	O
mainly	O
set	O
around	O
Europe	O
,	O
including	O
Medieval	B-Application
:	I-Application
Total	I-Application
War	I-Application
,	O
Rome	B-Application
:	I-Application
Total	I-Application
War	I-Application
,	O
Medieval	B-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Total	I-Application
War	I-Application
,	O
Empire	B-Application
:	I-Application
Total	I-Application
War	I-Application
and	O
Napoleon	B-Application
:	I-Application
Total	I-Application
War	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2010	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
confirmed	O
that	O
the	O
series	O
would	O
return	O
to	O
Sengoku-era	O
Japan	O
,	O
now	O
with	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
graphical	O
and	O
engine	O
improvements	O
since	O
the	O
first	O
;	O
a	O
direct	O
sequel	O
,	O
titled	O
Total	B-Application
War	I-Application
:	I-Application
Shogun	I-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
15	O
March	O
2011	O
and	O
critically	O
acclaimed	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
several	O
expansion	O
packs	O
set	O
in	O
earlier	O
and	O
later	O
periods	O
of	O
Japanese	O
and	O
Samurai	B-Application
history	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shogun	B-Application
:	I-Application
Total	I-Application
War	I-Application
received	O
"	O
favorable	O
"	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
achieved	O
sales	O
between	O
100,000	O
and	O
390,000	O
units	O
in	O
the	O
U.S.	O
by	O
August	O
2006	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
outsold	O
by	O
its	O
successor	O
Rome	B-Application
:	I-Application
Total	I-Application
War	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
staff	O
of	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
nominated	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
the	O
best	O
wargame	O
of	O
2000	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
lost	O
to	O
Combat	B-Application
Mission	I-Application
:	I-Application
Beyond	I-Application
Overlord	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similarly	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
a	O
finalist	O
for	O
CNET	O
Gamecenters	O
"	O
Best	O
Real-Time	B-Application
Strategy	O
Game	O
"	O
award	O
,	O
which	O
went	O
to	O
Sacrifice	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
won	O
the	O
award	O
for	O
"	O
Best	O
Strategy	O
Game	O
"	O
at	O
GameSpots	O
Best	O
and	O
Worst	O
of	O
2000	O
Awards	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
nominated	O
for	O
the	O
"	O
Best	O
Sound	O
"	O
award	O
,	O
which	O
went	O
to	O
The	B-Application
Sims	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
a	O
finalist	O
for	O
the	O
Academy	O
of	O
Interactive	O
Arts	O
&	O
Sciences	O
 '	O
2000	O
"	O
Computer	O
Innovation	O
"	O
award	O
,	O
which	O
went	O
to	O
Deus	B-Application
Ex	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
a	O
nominee	O
for	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
Worlds	O
2001	O
"	O
Best	O
Wargame	O
"	O
award	O
,	O
which	O
ultimately	O
went	O
to	O
Squad	B-Application
Battles	I-Application
:	I-Application
Vietnam	I-Application
.	O
</s>
