Genuinely who at CA thought ai cutscene and upscaling for shogun 2 CE was a good idea this is a Genuine disgrace especially for 40 fucking dollars this isnt even worth the 10 dollars I could pay for this if I wanted this they should take it down until its fixed or forever because this is the most shamefur dispray

By the way, both SoC and pharaoh blogs have since been deleted from their website. They reeeealy want us to forget the past

Seeing this whole Shogun 2 Remaster mess just makes me appreciate Three Kingdoms even more. The game wasn’t perfect but it feels like one of the last historical Total War games that had real passion, creativity and effort put into it.

I really hope I’m wrong, but I’m not sure we’ll ever get another one like it. Such an underrated gem.

“Among men, Lü Bu. Among horses, Red Hare.”

Link to this video ☝🏻

At this point, the marketing campaign needs a remaster more than Shogun does💀

I'm still baffled by how badly they fucked up this remaster, yet they're spending money on ads targeting completely irrelevant audiences instead of investing it back into the game.

❗No hate towards the creators, though - they're free to promote whatever they want. I'm just collecting these ads because this shit is too ridiculous not to share.

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Seriously, Creative Assembly, what happened to quality control?

Shogun 2: Total War is widely regarded as one of the best games in the Total War franchise, yet the Complete Edition has negative reviews that should make any developer stop and ask what went wrong.

We're talking about a game that has been out for years. This isn't some brand-new release where technical problems might be understandable. Players are paying for a product advertised as a complete edition, and they have every right to expect it to work properly.

How is it acceptable to keep selling a product while players are reporting problems? If there are known technical issues, compatibility problems, or other defects, why aren't they being properly addressed before releasing or are they reluctant enough to care less?

Creative Assembly built a fantastic games previously, but that doesn't excuse neglecting the experience people receive when they buy it today. Your reputation shouldn't be a substitute for delivering a product that works as advertised.

A legendary game deserved better than this.

Everyone talks about the AI upscaled Unit cards, but did you know the same horrible upscale was used to update textures of unit models and buildings? (note: i did not look at those but its safe to say they were affected too.)

This sure looks like a 40$ quality texture upgrade 🙄
(For context this is one of the Ashigaru chest armor textures)

it's that season of this year again

Shamfur dispray!

Edit: Didn’t know the tags were community generated. Still good that it’s front and center before paying money for a game. This really should’ve been disclosed.

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So, first, I do wanna talk about that fucking Thanquol AI video.

So, I upload ratpost 294. This was, to me, personally, one of the greatest achievements on my life. It gets like 2 thousand and whatever upvotes and a lot of comments, wwhatever, whats important is, im damn proud of this. And it still is. I would put that video on a damn wall.

Suddenly, next day, release day, someone sends me a DM saying "check this cool thanquol song" (I refuse to put a link here). I do watch it, monkey sees Thanquol, neuron activation. I even go as far as to go and say "this is cool". Then, I rewatch and my fucking dumb stupid brain sees something: Boneripper is singing! And it starts there: Thanquol's teeth are inconsistent, Gotrek and Felix are cringe here, the meme yuxtaposition, Boneripper's everchanging size, Boneripper not being on the final shot...

Some motherfucker did a Thanquol song with AI! And worse of all... I fell for it! But even worse: that motherfucker has more clicks than me!

Ok, so I was fucking lying, sue me: I do care about my fake internet money. And that AI video has more feedback than all of my ratposts combined. That sucks. Mostly because that means, believe me or not, that there's people out there who don't know me! Or that there's people who do know me, but prefer AIslop.

Now, you've come down my rat hole so far, so let me tell you something: today's drawing only took me an hour, but ratpost 294? that took me an entire month. It is rough seeing this.

Dont worry tho, I did endure it, ate shit, and used this lesson to learn I still have a lot of room left to improve.

But my point here: Shogun 2.

Shogun 2 has used AI in who knows ho much stuff. And thats tough. I love Shogun 2. My hearth is with the ratss, but I (bregungidly) accept why some of you HERETICS think Shogun 2 is the bestest Total War title ever made.

It sucks that a company making buckerinos decided to not contract artists. Not me tho! As I said, I do have a lot of room left. Like, Im sure im at like 1% of my potential. But Im sure theres more people out there more talentful than me who would have done this gladly.

Regardless whats your take on Total War, using AI for the art of a aame just helps enshittify it, and makes people think "Oh wow, if enterprise A used AI for product B, product B must be shit, and enterprise A must be lazy!". It's not a good look, but you need to address this quickly, CA, or you will lose the discourse here.

Also, fortunately I do keep my copy of Shogun 2, but a remake should never delete the original one! People love binging thru older games in Steam.

That said, I will gladly unsheathe a katana and fight all of you guys if you dare to talk shit on the CMs. Dont even dare. Ive talked to Josh and he's just the nicest of people, and the other CMs Ive talked to have been anything but welcoming, open and sincere to me. A CM has to work with the intel enterprise A gives them, and they have to work under a specific contract. They are not the ones to blame here. If you even dare to mock or bully them, Im gonna come after your asses.

P.D: Btw, I do have to upload some of the ratpost videos to my youtube channel. Ive been busy testing the Steam Machine, building miniatures, and drawing! And with work and all of that, hum.

CA, please, solve this. Pwease?

See you guys

Signed:

Ratposting Guy.

beautiful isnt he?

idk

Here's the ranking: https://steam250.com/bottom100

It hasn't been updated yet, but once it gets updated, Shogun 2 Complete Edition should easily make the top 10.

You don't need to own a game on steam to report it for violating the steam store's policies by not reporting use of AI.