{"rewrite":{"id":"r_89269cc0834a0830fa764c23","clusterId":"c_0f494cc465eca5ac4afb24e5","slug":"total-war-shogun-2-complete-edition-opens-to-overwhelmingly-negative-steam-reviews","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Total War: Shogun 2 Complete Edition Opens to Overwhelmingly Negative Steam Reviews","summary":"Sega released Total War: Shogun 2 Complete Edition for PC on October 14, adding Japanese voice acting and subtitles. At the time of writing, its Steam review rate is 19 percent positive across 1,522 reviews, rated Overwhelmingly Negative. Complaints center on heavy performance and stuttering, bugs carried over from the original version, incompatibility with existing mods, and added factions that reviewers say lack unique mechanics.","whyItMatters":"A rerelease meant to bring the Sengoku-era strategy game to Japanese players with Japanese audio has instead become a case study in how a mod-dependent PC community reacts when old mods stop working.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe Complete Edition bundles the base game with DLC including Rise of the Samurai and Fall of the Samurai. Its in-game mod support runs through Mod.io, and it does not work with mods built for the original release, so Steam Workshop mods do not carry over. Some reviews point to improvements in usability but say the bugs and added elements make the package hard to recommend as it stands. The game is sold on Steam, the Epic Games Store, and the Microsoft Store. Owners of the original receive all DLC for free, aside from Blood Pack for rating reasons, and the Complete Edition is discounted 75 percent for a limited time.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Total War: Shogun 2 Complete Edition launched October 14 with Japanese voice acting. On Steam it sits at 19 percent positive across 1,522 reviews, rated Overwhelmingly Negative. Performance, old bugs, and no compatibility with existing mods dominate the complaints.","twitterPost":"Total War: Shogun 2 Complete Edition launched October 14 with Japanese voice acting and subtitles. Steam reviews are Overwhelmingly Negative: 19 percent positive from 1,522 reviews, citing performance, bugs carried from the original, and mods that do not carry over.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Sega released Total War: Shogun 2 Complete Edition on October 14 with Japanese voice acting and subtitles, and Steam users have rated it Overwhelmingly Negative at 19 percent positive across 1,522 reviews. Complaints focus on heavy performance and stuttering, bugs remaining from the 2011 original, and the loss of existing mods, since the new version runs mod support through Mod.io and does not accept Steam Workshop mods from the original. Some reviews say the added factions lack unique mechanics and the improvements are not worth buying again.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/14/173588.html\",\"title\":\"Japanese Audio Included Too: New Version of 'Total War: Shogun 2' Starts Off 'Overwhelmingly Negative' on Steam - Complaints Over Bugs, Heavy Performance, and Incompatibility With Existing Mods\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4728,"outputTokens":678,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791971589,"createdAt":"2026-10-14T09:48:04.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-14T09:51:07.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-14T09:51:07.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_0f494cc465eca5ac4afb24e5","canonicalTitle":"日本語も収録『トータルウォー：ショーグン２』新バージョンのSteam版“圧倒的に不評”スタートに―不具合や動作の重さ、既存Modとの非互換に不満の声","representativeArticleId":"a_8142adea08fc94782ae21b79","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Total War: Shogun 2\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-14T09:00:02.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-14T09:00:02.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-14T09:51:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Game Spark","url":"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/14/173588.html","title":"日本語も収録『トータルウォー：ショーグン２』新バージョンのSteam版“圧倒的に不評”スタートに―不具合や動作の重さ、既存Modとの非互換に不満の声"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Total War: Shogun 2"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}