Civilization Revolution 2 vs Total War: Shogun 2
Civilization Revolution 2
Civilization Revolution 2 once more gives you a hero to build your empire around, from Napoleon to Winston Churchill and many more. Take a simple ancient wilderness and turn it into a thriving empire full of the latest technology and filled with happy people. Discover a huge range of options and tactical gameplay and 4 different ways to win. Dominate your enemies or be the fastest to reach the stars, how you win is up to you.With the same tactical turn based gameplay as its predecessor and new characters to base your civilizations around this is a pretty good sequel. Discover a whole world of new things and build your empire up to rival the greatest of them all. Or play with your friends and see who can be the best out of all of you.
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.