Another fantastic bargain. In fact you can get every Total War game for less than the cost of one game (the latest expansion to Shogun 2 costs the same as this deal bundle when not on deal). At only £24.99 for all but the first and second Total War games Shogun and Medieval Total war, this is a steal. The Total War Battles: Shogun which was released on Steam last month is a new game that's just been converted from a mobile game to PC. The graphics are not as rich nor is the game play as complex, but nevertheless is still an excellent Total War game. Pity they don't have the first two total War games..
Here's some video of each game in the bundle:
Total War: Shogun 2: Fall of the Samurai
Total War: Shogun 2
Napoleon
Empire with naval battle HERE
Medieval 2
Rome Gold
Shogun
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The Master collection includes the following games:
Empire: Total War™ - Released 3 Mar 2009
Medieval II: Total War™ - Released 27 Nov 2007
Napoleon: Total War™ - Released 23 Feb 2010
Rome: Total War™ - Gold - Released 28 Aug 2007 on Steam. Game was actually released in 2005.
Total War Battles: SHOGUN - Released 29 Aug 2012 (actually this was the very first total War game, but was only released on Steam last month.
Total War: SHOGUN 2 - Released 15 Mar 2011
Total War: Shogun 2 - Fall of the Samurai - Released 22 Mar 2012
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The latest Total War game is Shogun 2 that normally costs £29.99 and was released early last year. Its expansion Total War Shogun 2: Fall of the Samurai was released earlier this year and alone costs the same as the combined bundle when this offer is done i.e. £24.99
Every game in the series brings something new to the game. My favorites are total War Shogun 2 and total War: Empire.
I'm not sure whether all of the DLC's are included. From Empire onwards there are loads of DLC's released, so to complete the collection if the DLC's aren't included could cost a lot more. In fact it looks like you have to pay on top of the deal price if you want all of the DLC and expansions. Still even with the additional cost this is an amazing set of games that have set the standard historical war games in the R.T.S. genre.
Extra costs involved::
1) ... 4 DLC's for Shogun 2: Fall of the Samurai costing £8.96 with discount (usually £11.96)
2) ... 7 DLC's for Shogun 2 costing £15.68 with discount. (usually £20.93)
3) ... 3 DLC's for Napoleon costing £7.47 with discount (usually £9.96)
4) ... 5 DLC's for Empire costing £10.07 with discount (usually £13.45)
5) ... 1 expansion for Medieval 2 called Kingdoms costing £3.74 with discount - I paid £20 for this when it was originally released. (usually £4.99)
6) ... 1 expansion for Rome Gold called Alexander costing £3.74 with discount (usually £4.99)
That's a total of £49.66 extra to pay if you want the 'true' Master collection. Oh yeah and they should include the original Medieval game as well. :)