Trailers: Shogun 2: Total War Assassination Trailer

[Yureina]

I think the ninjas from the original Shogun: Total War were much more awesome than that one.

 

[John the Gamer]

I know it's still alpha, but the map looks like crap.

 

[Susurrus]

Map in empire was rubbish too. No idea why the changed from the style of map in M:TW2. Rubbish.

 

[Blind Sight]

I'm glad they are doing their part in dispelling the absurd image ninjas have gained due in large part to over-hyped weeaboos. Just like pirates nijas were PEOPLE not the romanticized magical flying BS people seem to think they were these days. Portraying ninjas as over the top inhuman powerhouses is worse than how Twilight portrays vampires.

They're still hardly historically correct though. Ninjas didn't wear black, or the full suit that they show in the video, that myth comes from Japanese plays where stage hands were dressed like that. It was a great twist having one of the stage hands suddenly assassinate a character in a play. Instead, ninjas usually just dressed up like regular peasants, until they got close enough to kill their target.