Is there a mod for Shogun 2 that lets me play as one of the 16th-century clans against the modern clans from the "Fall of the Samurai" expansion? I’m not talking about custom battles. I mean a full campaign or story mode—whatever it’s called. I recently watched the movie "The Last Samurai", and honestly, it would be really fun to play like that.
Context: In my Masters of Innovation campaign, the other dwarf factions got destroyed. I went down south, to reclaim the mountains, but first I had to deal with Vlad. Sylvania quickly crumbled, and I turned my attention towards Azhag.
But, of course, the skaven had to attack me from behind. Out of ALL my armies, Thanquol managed to sneak up on the one that had Gotrek and Felix (also Malakai and Ulrika). I couldn't resist recording this :D
Vassalizing the strongest faction in the game, just by gifting a settlement to them. I just hoped to get out a peace treaty, but I got a whole unconditional surrender.
I even got to gain more money from Greasus tribute, than if I had kept the Black Fortress.
I haven't touched Dark Elves yet but I'm considering starting an The Old World Campaign + Hecleas Grand Strategy run and I'm probably gonna be choosing Dark Elves
From a quick view It seems like Hellebron and Rakarth have the only "unique" mechanics while the others just have bonuses / more units
Also this art is wild Hellebron got a bakery and Mommy Morathi went up a few weight classes and cup sizes lol
At the Undead Legions' defeat screen, you can still see the bloody outline of the Vampire Counts' defeat heraldry
DJ Khatep, previously a kind of awkward campaign that puts you right in the middle of a bunch of unfavorable climate and asks you to go back to Nehekara to do the same victory conditions as the other Tomb Kings, even though your boss kicked you out and explicitly tells you to not come back...
Is now a streamlined experience thanks to the victory condition update in 9.0. While it's obvious not all factions received the same amount of care in 9.0 (DE rewards are still a massive joke, like +15% slave money for long victory really!? Lohkir getting that black ark build time reduction from 1 turn to 1 turn!?) someone surely spent time on crafting Khatep's victory conditions by hand.
The short victory guides you towards a specific path and can be achieved in ~20 turns if you follow that path. Everything you need is at most 2 provinces away south of the starting location, and the reward removes all climate penalty which solves his location issue entirely. Short victory is basically telling you that the on-rails tutorial is over, now go do whatever you want, which I think is awesome.
And then the long victory condition is just doing a bunch of crafting and leveling priests it really gives me vibes of doing Science Victory in civ games, you never need to worry about taking specific pyramids or ever setting foot in Nehekara, and the reward is global recruitment reduction which since tomb kings don't pay money for troops is a very powerful bonus. Also, somehow they don't pay upkeep for mercs and ally levies anymore? They are now one of the best users of ally recruitment.
Combined with the previous 6.3 TK update's new techs (immune to flanking for all characters, stacking wardsave on hierotitans, jeez) I highly recommend giving Khatep's campaign a try now that many of its previous pain points are solved with the new victory rewards.
They're led by Mannfred because he's the shortest commander at my disposal </3
Zhatan decided to help me out with my early game conquest and I said, yeah sure buddy, let's do this by working together.
Also, when I declared war on these Khazag fellas, I asked the Celestial Wardens for a donation. They agreed to give me money, a trade deal, and became my vassals. I now own the Great Bastion. I'm on turn eight.