The playable clans are grouped together, Imperial forces in the south of Japan, traditionalists in the north. The gamey, slightly forced need to capture a certain amount of provinces felt secondary to the alternative version of the Boshin War that was unfolding around me. A clan's overall objective will be to take a certain number of territories within a time limit, a mission I was happy to ignore entirely. Whether you decide to command one of the three traditionalist, pro-Shogun factions, or one of the three modernised Imperial clans, you'll have to embrace the technological advances flowing into Japan from the western nations to stay competitive. Bombardment is available from the beginning, but the rest of Fall of the Samurai's unlocks are carefully paced. Fleets aren't there just to transport troops and raid trade routes: they can pound land structures and have a violent affect on the battlefield as well. Each hit punches a crater into the battlefield, obliterating any men within it instantly, and sending those on the outskirts of the blast flying through the air.īombardment also makes sea units much more relevant to the campaign. A regular sequence of missiles plunge out of the sky to strike randomly within the targeting circle. A tiny test shot falls from the sky onto the centre point of your targeted area, and after 11 or so seconds, the shelling starts. Clicking the artillery button in the middle of a battle lets you place a ring on the battlefield. In fact it's already excessive – but tremendously satisfying, too. You're only be able to do this a couple of times in a battle, but any more would be excessive.
If one of your armies gets into a fight within that radius, you can call down a barrage of shells in the middle of a fight.
Enemy structures within this radius can be bombarded, and Japan's long, narrow geography means that much of it is within range of a shoreline strike, making coastal bombardment an excellent way to take out key economic structures such as farmland and resource points. Artillery-equipped ships in Fall bring an attack radius to the campaign map.
There hasn't been a madder or more entertaining weapon in Total War since they bolted cannons to elephants in Medieval II.
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