A couple of days ago, SEGA released Total War: SHOGUN 2 - Complete Edition, advertised as the “updated, enhanced, and complete version of the grand strategy classic,” featuring updated visuals and controls and full voice acting, among other features. However, in just two days since this overhauled version’s release, fan response has been, to put the matter diplomatically, less-than-stellar.
At the time of writing, the game is sitting at an Overwhelmingly Negative rating based on 1,547 Steam user reviews. That’s a 17% positive rating, to be specific. According to these reviews, not only is this new version of the game riddled with bugs, but the allegedly enhanced visuals and textures are the result of undisclosed AI usage, which has apparently resulted in some rather half-baked upscaling efforts.
The major sticking point is that, when this version of the game was released, the original version was delisted from Steam, meaning this inferior version became the only one you could buy.
In response to this major outcry, SEGA announced today that Total War: SHOGUN 2 - Complete Edition will be temporarily delisted from storefronts and the original game reinstated while it works to bring the new version up to...
