In April 2023 an update was pushed to all TW games that added nothing but removed chat from multiplayer. Yes, an essential to playing mp feature was removed yet players were not recompensated.

To play the game I have to launch it and Steam as Adminstrator otherwise it launches to menu but campaign selection options are grey and inaccessible. Attempting to launch a custom battle crashes the game. I suspect the game's DRM licence check is the cause of this. Obviously, pirates do not have to trouble themselves with that.

This is a 14 year old game. The DRM should be taken off, especially since features are being removed from the game by the publisher/developer.

This is probably the most highly regarded of the Total War series and this will not be a particularly popular take. But if this is the best Creative Assembly and Total War have to offer then frankly, everybody just needs to stop recommending this company's products completely.

From major parts of the game being completely broken (naval battles and yes sieges although they are much better than other titles), selling paid DLCs then forgetting to implement content (kisho ninjas), absolutely garbage AI with absolutely ridiculous economy/diplomacy gimmicks to pretend to put up a fight, to serious/embarassing bugs (agent success rate underflows so the best way to kill a max rank daimyo that takes an entire campaign to develop and is also guarded by a metsuke is to send a rank 1 ninja whose assassinate chance will go below 0% and loop all the way back to above 100%).

It is indeed better than the other TWs I've tried to play in many ways (battle flows and unit behavior, feudal japan setting is a cheatcode). But the fact is this company just sells trash product.

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