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Shogun 2 Remaster Hits “Overwhelmingly Negative” Reviews on Steam over AI and Performance
Players blasted the re-release for 82% negative Steam reviews, broken mod support, and alleged undisclosed AI-upscaled unit art.
- Creative Assembly and Sega released Total War: Shogun 2- Complete Edition, which immediately drew backlash from players for crummy performance, bugs, and graphical issues.
- Originally, Total War: Shogun 2 held a 'Very Positive' rating on Steam with over 22,000 reviews, causing fan frustration after the Complete Edition replaced the original version.
- Visual oddities like General's Hatamoto faces drove backlash, with players describing the Complete Edition as 'poor' in quality, and reviews calling the remaster 'disappointing'.
- With 82 percent of users posting critical feedback, Steam reviews for the game are now 'Overwhelmingly Negative' as the community voices its intense disappointment.
- Violating Valve rules, the Complete Edition lacks an AI declaration on Steam, and Creative Assembly has yet to respond regarding the 'Placeholder art' in the game.
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Creative Assembly has released the remastered version of Total War: Shogun 2, which to criticisms for the abuse of AI adds to having eliminated the classic edition.
"Holy vibe-coded slop" — Total War: SHOGUN 2's remake is a Steam disaster, and players are certain that AI upscaling was never disclosed
SEGA launched the Total War: SHOGUN 2 Complete Edition remake this week, and it currently sits at the worst rating possible on Steam. Why? It's a bad remake, but the developer also allegedly failed to disclose AI use during development. Here's how the fanbase is reacting.
The Complete Edition of Total War: Shogun 2, released on October 13, has collected in a few hours a rain of negative reviews on Steam.
It's more expensive, it's uglier, and it's even buggy. Total War: Shogun 2 - Complete Edition launched in a disastrous state.
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