The essentials will be pretty much the same - take control of one of eight factions vying for control of the Land of the Rising Sun, build up your armies and economy until none can stand in your way. There's more to this sequel to the beloved and now-ancient Shogun than floating boxes.
And those are just the smaller ones - there are also castles-on-water, which sound too awesome to be true. Two big canoes crash into each other, dozens of samurai spilling onto each deck, hacking each other to bits with their razor-sharp swords.
That might sound like a stupid thing to be excited about, but just think of the possibilities. It's the boats and the fact they'll be like floating sheds. The Best Thing that's come out about Sliogun 2: Total War hasn't got anything to do with ninja, koku, daimyo or those sorts of things.
