Form The Line!

The Screenshot above is of Shogun 2 which is a acclaimed rts game that has many players online such as myself but this post isn't about shogun 2 this post is on Shogun 2 map editor. Total War the designers of the game had released a map editor for free with the game which is downloaded on steam. Unfortunately they didn't grace us with instructions so you will be watching a lot of youtube videos like i did to work it out. This is one of those things that will take awhile to get good at but when you do i think it will really help environment designers in video games. Now the main reason i have decided to talk about this is that games are setting up map editors ranging from really basic fps games to advanced rpg games. I used to play a lot of forge on halo but due to it being console based it was limited but the map editor on shoguns was so much more expansive.

So why am i talking about all this well it seems that developers understand that some of us don't have the capacity to create mods so with this very basic program they have given out they have allowed fans to immerse themselves on a whole new level of gameplay in the game, for example the player can set the level up to a siege battle and make it exceptionally difficult for yourself so unlike you improving the enemy you are making the game more difficult in a more basic war problem being terrain. Now that sounds like rubbish but the thought of a level were you can be attacked by archers from a cliff to the west unless you catch he point yourself and set you archers up it will change the gameplay and the thought needed during the battle. now this is very case specific but it shows that developers are doing more for there fans which is appreciated and also has allowed fans to make amazing scenes. If you have Shogun 2 i suggest giving it a go.