Europa Barbarorum best mod ever.
I'm actually really interested in getting Shogun as soon as I have a PC that can play it. Total War's crippling weakness has always been its backwards difficulty curve that made endgames a huge chore and it looks like Shogun finally fixed that. I think Total War is one series that could actually benefit a lot from having shorter scenarios or even a plot-based campaign. That way the game could present unique battle scenarios that increase in difficulty instead of having a succession of rather easy battles which are all the same.
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Play Der Langrisser.