The player takes on the management of one of these clans, with the goal of dominating other factions and claiming his rule over Japan. The country is fractured into rival clans led by local warlords, each fighting for control.
Shogun 2 is set in 16th-century feudal Japan, in the aftermath of the Ōnin War during the Ashikaga Shogunate. It is part of the Total War series and returns to the 16th-century Japan setting of the first Total War game, Shogun: Total War, after a series of games set mainly in Europe. Total War: Shogun 2 is a strategy video game developed by The Creative Assembly and published by Sega.
