I'll be totally honest. I've been playing total war games for 6 years now. I'd like to think that i'm a veteran and i know what i'm doing in these games. My fav tw game is ofc Total War shogun 2. It always was and it will always be the total war game i like the most. However, this game came really close. And there is only 1 reason to it: It's perfect. The sounds, music, generals, grapics (for a total war game ofc) everything is perfect. But there is one that stands above everything else: The atmosphere. I just simply love it. Every time i play this game i can really belive that i'm in China that i'm being influenced by the chinese culture, history, thinking and everyting. If it wasn't for shogun 2, this game would be my fav tw game. I recommend it to everyone who likes to meet with foreign cultures or just love strategy in general.