Social Wars vs Total War: Shogun 2
Social Wars
Social Wars is a competitive, and yet social, MMORTS game that you cna play on Facebook. In this game, you are tasked to build your own operations base, scour the map for valuable resources, expand your territory, and amass a bunch of troops to battle enemies and complete missions. Naturally, you can upgrade your troops and buildings, and work together with other players in alliances.However, its gameplay is not quite the same as the MMORTS games that currently flood both the social media and mobile gaming platforms. You actually have to train workers to perform the type of tasks you want. The game doesn't have an open map either, unlike games like Stormfall - it is more like Clash of Clans in this respect.
Social Wars unfortunately closed its doors for a few years now, but if you're looking for other games that are similar to Social Wars, you've come to the right place! Check out our list of alternative games below.
Total War: Shogun 2
Total War: Shogun 2 is the highly anticipated sequel to the groundbreaking original game, Shogun: Total War. Set in the darkest age of Feudal Japan right after the collapse of a unified government (in 16th century to be exact), many warring clans have risen through the chaos and out of them, 10 legendary warlords, or Daimyos, have their eyes set on the coveted position of shogun, but only one of them will be able to reunite a warring island.The gameplay is pretty similar to the original game. The campaign map features a turn-based, Risk-style gameplay while the actual battles themselves (rendered in glorious 3D) are played out in real-time. However, this time around, the game is filled with a ton of new units, including massive warships, as well as a more in-depth strategic gameplay based on the ancient texts in Sun Tzu's Art of War. There are multi-stage sieges, unique hero units who can be improved through standard RPG methods, and that the campaign map is now in 3D as well and can be rotated whichever way you like.
The campaign in Total War: Shogun 2 can also be played cooperatively (2 players), but if you truly want to test your skills, you can engage in epic online battles with up to 8 other players.
This game does the very first Total War game justice and is the sort of game that fans of the series would greatly enjoy. Also, considering that the game came out more than 5 years ago, the graphics in the game is still pretty relevant today... so I guess, that's another bonus.