Including modern ranged units - such as the Gatling gun and Armstrong gun - controllable in a new third-person mode. Railways can be sabotaged and transport can be blocked by enemy armies who take control of parts of the line or railway stations. Develop your own railway network to move armies and agents between your regions. Fully refreshed towns and other campaign map features reflect the different time period, with railways making their first appearance in a Total War title. The new island of Ezo extends the SHOGUN 2 campaign map northwards.
The American, British and French nations played an important part in the story of the Boshin war and your relations with these foreign powers will be integral to unit recruitment and to advancing your technology trees. Play as a clan supporting the Imperial throne, or the last Shogunate: As Japan began to modernise and industrialise, the inevitable social and economic changes led to increasingly militant nationalism and antipathy towards the Shogunate. Guide ancient Japan into the modern age, as the arrival of America, Britain and France incites a ferocious civil war which will decide the future of the nation.īased on the backdrop of the Boshin War period, the new campaign starts in 1864, a time of growing resentment against Western colonial power and influence.
