Total War Fans Blast New Remaster Over Bugs, AI Accusations

By Michael McWhertor · Polygon · Wednesday, 14 October 2026 at 20:29 (31m ago) · Original article ↗

Sega and Creative Assembly's new release of Total War: Shogun 2 promised strategy fans an "updated, enhanced, and complete version of the grand strategy classic." But fans of the Total War franchise are ripping the so-called Complete Edition rerelease of Shogun 2 on Steam over bugs and accusations of generative AI-enhanced visuals that have turned the game's graphics into wonky hallucinations.

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