A Total War Saga: FALL OF THE SAMURAI on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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Experience the dramatic conflict of samurai culture and modern weaponry between the Imperial throne and the last Shogunate in 19th century Japan.

A Total War Saga: FALL OF THE SAMURAI is a strategy, historical and rts game developed by Creative Assembly and Feral Interactive (Linux) and published by Feral interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux) and SEGA.
Released on March 22nd 2012 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 8 languages: English, Czech, French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian and Spanish - Spain.

It has received 1,597 reviews of which 1,096 were positive and 501 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.7 out of 10. 😐

The game is currently priced at 29.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 4.98€ on Instant Gaming.

The Steam community has classified A Total War Saga: FALL OF THE SAMURAI into these genres:

Strategy Historical RTS Turn-Based Strategy Multiplayer Grand Strategy Singleplayer War Co-op Ninja Action Online Co-Op Great Soundtrack Military Tactical Classic Moddable Atmospheric Adventure Simulation

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

OS *: Windows 7 / Vista / XP
Processor: 2 GHz Intel Dual Core processor / 2.6 GHz Intel Single Core processor, or AMD equivalent (with SSE2)
Memory: 1GB RAM (XP), 2GB RAM (Vista / Windows7)
Graphics: 256 MB DirectX 9.0c compatible card (shader model 3)
DirectX®: DirectX 9.0c
Hard Drive: 32GB free hard disk space
Screen Resolution: 1024x768 minimum

MacOS

OS: macOS 10.14.5
Processor: 1.1 GHZ Intel Core M or greater
Hard Disk Space: 24GB
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M 512MB, AMD Radeon R9 M290, Intel HD Graphics 4000
Hard Disk Space: 24GB
Additional Notes: The game is officially supported on the following Macs. To check your Mac model and when it was released, select About This Mac from the Apple menu on your menu bar.

* All 13” MacBook Pros released since Mid 2012
* All 15” MacBook Pros released since Mid 2012
* All 12” MacBooks released since Early 2016
* All MacBook Airs since Mid 2012
* All Mac minis released since Late 2012
* All 21.5” iMacs released since Late 2012
* All 27” iMacs released since Late 2012
* All 27" iMac Pros released since Late 2017
* All Mac Pros released since Late 2013

Pre 10.14.5 Users:

Players using a version of OS X before 10.14.5 can access a compatible version of the game via the Beta tab in the game’s properties window. Select the ‘Mac_Retail_1.4 - macOS 10.14.4 or older only' branch for a version that is compatible with 10.9.5 up to 10.14.5.

Linux

OS: Steam OS or Ubuntu 16.04
Processor: 2GHz
Memory: 4GB RAM
Graphics: 1GB
Hard Drive: 26GB HD space
Other Requirements: Nvidia 600 series+, AMD 6000 series+, Intel Iris Pro.
Driver Details: Nvidia cards Require driver version 375.26 or better. AMD and Intel cards require MESA version 17.0.4
Additional Notes: The system requirements represent the specifications that have been officially tested. Other modern drivers and distributions are expected to work but are not officially supported.
Multiplayer Notes: Multiplayer is compatible between Linux versions only

User reviews & Ratings

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Jan. 2025

Just a information, neither a thumbs up nor down. The game was re-released as a Total War Saga, which it never was. It was intended as a DLC for Total War Shogun 2 before release, but was changed to a standalone on release. This game was released in 2012 with the engine and parts of Shogun 2. So anyone reading this before buying: expect an older style game.

Jan. 2025

the tech tree is a lot mor efun than the empire one though the map is drab at fist you might want to change your settings the battle are great and lots of other fun twists

Nov. 2024

Even while being over a decade old, this is still one of the best, if not the very best, total war game ever made. I wish that creative assembly would return to making more games like this.

Sept. 2024

I somehow got this bundled with Shogun 2 on a sale for a pretty low price; keep that in mind when comparing my review to others. That said, I absolutely adore Fall of the Samurai. I had never gotten into Shogun 2 in the past; I'd just bounce off it. When I learned FOTS had gatling guns and naval bombardment, though, I had to try it. This expansion/saga is absolutely incredible. It builds well off the great base of Shogun 2, which I now view as the best Total War game hands down. It feels to me almost like an entirely new TW game given the stark contrast to every single other entry in the series. So many unique features are packed in while trimming fat and making sure the experience isn't overwhelming. My only real gripe is the lack of unit variety across clans. Most unique units are just reskins. I can get past this easily since it makes historical sense. This was a period where military standardization was on the rise. There's less difference between the line infantry raised by Yodo and Tosa than the longbowmen of England and the crossbowmen of Genoa. Truly great.

July 2024

A true gem of CA's last great total war game. Fall of Samurai, thought it was a DLC that turned out to be standalone game with price of a DLC but a full game of whole map of Japan. Get this instead of Shogun 2 vanilla or Rise of the Samurai. Fall of Samurai is where it is at. - Where low tier units can beat superior units based on tactics such as flanking, terrain, line of sight, terrain, positioning. - Proper fire and reload animations of gun units. - Front row and ranked fire with beautiful individual soldier animations. - Single settlement system. Allows for each settlement to be truly unique and not tied bonuses to like 2 other settlements in same province. - You can split up your armies as much as you want. Not needing a general. - Actually great multi layered wall sieges. - Superb naval battles and land bombardment to support land units - The smoke, marching sound, clash of the calvary, the sound positioning, the roar of the guns and cannon fire, shake, the bass boom, the echoes from distance, weather effects, fire/burning, crash of the gates, scream of the units taking casualties. Very immersive visual and audio effects like a movie. - Tranquil melody that brings out the japanese culture.

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