


There are differences between the warlords, which can affect both turn-based and realtime events, but being armed with much the same units and weapons does offer better balanced gameplay, particularly in the game's new multiplayer modes. Yet in other respects, by pegging back the global scale and ambition of TW: Empire and Napoleon in favour of just a handful of different clans, it makes perfect sense. In some ways it's an odd decision, a bit like remaking A Nightmare on Elm St, something unlikely to attract enough new fans to justify disappointing the old ones. E leven years after bursting on to the scene like Civilization on steroids, Total War returns to its medieval Japanese roots.
