Keen-eyed followers of upcoming DLC “Rise of the Samurai” may have noticed a few differences to the main Shogun 2 campaign map.
Our artists have been beavering away at crafting a different experience for the new campaign, which is set some 400 years before the main game. As well as tweaking elements of the terrain detail, they’ve also added a new skybox (effectively overhauling how the sky looks in the campaign).
They’ve also tweaked the sea, adjusting its appearance and tweaking the waves so they’re more visually-pleasing.
What’s more, there’s a lot more variety in the campaign map flora now, particularly when you see the seasonal changes. It’s atmospheric to say the least.
There are also tweaks to the shoreline, rivers, borders and particle effects. UI elements on the campaign have also been tidied, so distant settlement names are now ‘fogged out’. That leads to a less cluttered appearance to the map.
Minimum-spec machines will also receive a nice visual boost. Fog has been optimised and enabled for lower-end machines. That will be the case for the core Shogun 2 game, also. Lighting has also been tweaked, and tree rendering improved.
As lovely as all of this sounds, there are gameplay reasons for it too. Impassable forests are now much easier to discern from forests you can hide in, and there’s a clearer delineation between various strategic elements of the map.
But don’t take our word for it – check out the lovingly-crafted comparison video above, which demonstrates the changes between the standard map and the new Rise of the Samurai campaign map.
The screens, however beautiful, still don’t do the new campaign map justice. In motion, as you’re flying over the terrain, it looks even lovelier – you’ll be able to find out for yourself sometime this month when it’s released (watch this space for the release date).
Until then, enjoy the video (which you can see half-way up this page). Let us know what you think of the changes in the comments below!
첫댓글 8월내내 9월만 기다렸는데 10월이 다되서 나온다니.. 근데 이게 마지막 dlc가 아니란 언급을 제작진이 했던거 같은데
그것이 과연 겐페이나 전국시대 유닛dlc일지 아님 새로운 캠패인 dlc가 될지도 기대중입니다.
확실히 전국시대보다 400년 전 배경이라 덜? 개발된 듯한 지도모양을 하고 있군용(노렸군!)
꾸준한 정보 감사합니다. 추석연휴 잘보내세용~
오리지날 보다 좀 더 괜찮은 자연환경을 가지고 있다고 전 판단해봅니다 :)
네~ 추석연휴 잘 보내세용~
정보 고맙습니다 :)
그저 머 퍼오는 것뿐이에요 머...ㅋㅋ;;
음... 뭔가 리얼틱한데... 저번 보단 강렬하지 않네요;; 노렸나?
결국 조선을 버리는군...ㅡ.ㅡ 재미도 없는 전국시대를 400년전으로 백시키면 결국 조선대신 몽골을 등장시키겠다는 거 아닌가?