# Shogun 2: Total War, who's playing?

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [March 15, 2011, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shogun-2-total-war-whos-playing/574821 "2011-03-15T18:50:57Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shogun-2-total-war-whos-playing/574821/141 "2011-05-11T20:48:40Z")

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> [@Kobal2](#):
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> FWIW, old \*STW \*grognards did bitch and moan at \*MTW \*1&2 for having entirely too many units (and agents), which in their opinion merely confused and muddled the game without improving the gameplay.

In general - meh. The worst part of MTW 1 was the _dearth_ of units – all the Western Powers were basically the same!

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> Can’t say I really blame them - what do the eleventy million flavours of Turkic horse archers bring to the table, when you get right down to it ?

But this one, yeah. There are at least 5 types of light eastern horse archers that are basically the same, more if you count mercenary units of the same name as faction units twice.

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