The young kid in me simply can't believe how far we've come in terms of mobile graphics! Feral Interactive has done an absolutely amazing job bringing this behemoth of a PC game to mobile! The only reason why I give it 4/5 stars is for its lack of graphics settings options. I have a top of the line Samsung Galaxy Ultra and would've loved to see SSAO and 60fps options in the graphical settings. Other than that, this game is a must buy for all fans of the Total War series!
Cameron Newton
First off, it's amazing that they were able to port this to mobile. I can't believe that I can play this game on my phone! There are many bugs that make it hard to play though. In every campaign I've played I have hit some point where if I make one move (declare war/capture a city) the game will crash. I've gotten around this by ignoring the bugged city but for an 18 dollar mobile game I would expect better.
Scotty Gautier
So far is absolutely amazing, it's honestly better than the PC version in a lot of ways. The only issue I'm having currently and the reason I'm only giving 4 stars is because around turn 105 it starts freezing up. Edit: i haven't had the issue since, I think my phone just got too hot lol. It's perfect, it's better than the original and I really hope to see shogun 2 total war :)
Mr mcschu
I have 1k hours in desktop so coming to this was frustrating. The campaign mechanics run smoothly and are a 4/5 but the battles are just terrible. 1/5 There is no way to truly zoom out when in battle, leaving you with vision of 7 of the 30 units on the field. As I was posting this review, the game crashed and lost the battles I just won. Last update was December 5th 2024 so there needs to be more support for the pricetag...
John Brindel
Made it to turn 95 with some occasional crashes that weren't a huge deal, but now it's stuck and won't stop crashing. I tried killing all other apps, turning off the CPU turns, and updating/restarting my phone, nothing worked. This is really frustrating, and if a patch doesn't come out soon, I'll be seeking a refund. For the price of this game, I expect a much more seamless experience. Update: after contacting support, they offered me a resolution that works. Still some glitches, but it works.
Brian Melching
Admittedly I've put too many hours into this game, but that's because it's good, Fun port of an old classic. That said there are still a lot of bugs, s21+ struggles to make it through end turn cycle after turn 70-80, random crashes, thing like that. Also, for some reason, you can only exit the game sometimes less than a minute before it completely resets. The app refreshes and the game doesn't consider it a crash or bug. Not a great feature and it needs improvement.
John McKenzie
Great and fun port the only bug I've had was there was a game it wouldn't let me pull up the units stats when holding down on the icon so I kinda had to guess what was better just going off price. Also like other people have said it would be nice to be able to play as every faction like in Rome and BI. There's pc mods for this so doing it on mobile should be an option too.
Jarred Weimer
As someone with a ton of hours in the desktop game, this is great, gonna eat all my time, but great. I really wish there was a way to adjust the notifications in game, I don't get notifications for buildings or recruitment that I can find, which every other total war game has, and it's a pain clicking through settlements trying to find building. Maybe I just can't don't l find it, but help would be appreciated
Chris Goldin
Great game, well optimized for mobile, flawlessly on a 8 gen 3, doesn't even make the phone hot. Also works great in desktop mode (DeX) hooked to an external monitor with a keyboard and mouse, the controls are basically the same as the desktop version of the game, which is great! (I wish you could make the UI elements and mouse cursor smaller in desktop). Only thing I wish is that it didn't automatically restart when I fold my phone and have the app open on my Fold 6.
J.J Q.C
The combat will definitely take time to get used to. I'm not a big fan on the lack of customization when it comes to making a custom battle, so that take 1 star away, second issue is the music it keep chattering in and out like static almost, 3rd, the unit Ai is not very smart and controls are not very great. However you get 4 stars for making this game on mobile, for the action and entertainment it brings, the detail it has, the work and effort put into it, and hopes to see some more games.
