Pirates: Tides of Fortune vs Total War: Shogun 2
Pirates: Tides of Fortune
Pirates: Tides of Fortune , developed by Plarium, is one of the most successful, pirate-themed MMO strategy game on Facebook. In this game, you’ll need to recruit a somewhat reliable motley of pirates, build your island paradise into a pirate stronghold and defend your haven from the Spanish fleet as well as from other obviously-salty pirate captains. Discover new technologies to get ahead of the pack or band together with other pirate captains to take over large parts of the map.Taking up piracy in Plarium’s Pirates: Tides of Fortune is not for the soft-hearted or the weak-willed. If you think you've got the chops, then we want you! Come join your crew and conquer the seven seas today!
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.