Unfortunately, "expandalone" does actually do its job when describing Fall of the Samurai. It stands alone from Shogun 2: Total War, and by Jove, it certainly expands upon its progenitor's core ideas. Creative Assembly claims there'll be over 100 hours of play on offer here, and I'm quite prepared to believe them. In fact, it'll probably be more than that in my case; I struggled to win a single battle at this week's showcase. And by "struggled", I mean "failed".
Fall of the Samurai begins in 1869, at the outset of the Boshin War. This is the latest historical period that the...