
Creative Assembly incurred the wrath of many with Empire: Total War, an ambitious but bloated project that shipped in what was widely considered a half-finished state, riddled with bugs, AI hiccups, and other issues. Expansion/Sequel Napoleon: Total War cleaned up many of these issues, but despite the little corporal’s delivery of improved quality assurance, any mention of Empire on a PC Gaming messageboard acts as tinder to an immediate flamewar; many players swear that after the game’s manifold privations, they’ll never buy a Total War game again.

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Sega is giving away free copies of Total War: Shogun 2 on Steam in an effort to encourage fans to stay home. Fans will need to claim their free copy before May 1.
Why do I even bother buying games anymore when they are given out free 9 years later.
You'd think they'd put a link to the steam page in the article, but strangely the only link I could find was to the metacritic page.

Total War: SHOGUN II will be free on Steam next week. The giveaway is being featured by SEGA, who are encouraging people to stay at home