Overview
- The Complete Edition, which launched on October 13, 2026, quickly fell to an overwhelmingly negative rating on Steam after hundreds of users posted critical reviews.
- Players say the remaster runs worse than the original, reintroduces old bugs, adds new glitches, breaks popular mods and ballooned the install size from roughly 3.85GB to about 45GB.
- Community comparisons show unit portraits and other artwork that appear to have been upscaled or altered with generative AI, and the game's Steam page does not include an AI-use disclosure flagged by reporters.
- The original 2011 Total War: Shogun 2 was delisted from the Steam store while the Complete Edition launched at about a $10 higher price, prompting preservation and access concerns for new buyers.
- Only a few critic reviews have appeared so far, producing a high Metascore that contrasts sharply with user sentiment, and the developer had not issued a substantive public response in the coverage reviewed.