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[IceSoulSK]

I like this game so far because its depending on real weapons, armors and tehniques that these nations used. Thats why I dont get the idea of samurai troops having shield because samurais didnt use them at all. While I was watching the gameplays it wasnt very useful for npc troops so why is it there??

[coma987]

Because think of the story, they are fighting knights, bowmen were pretty common, not having a shield would be just suicide. The troops have it because in the intro cutscene to a match they do **** with them like blocking arrows.

[Willaguy2010]

Overall this game isn't based in accurate history.

The samurai and other foot soldiers did use shields up until the Edo period. The reason why is because all of their fighting on the battlefield was done using two handed weapons like the spear or bow, in either case a shield wouldn't be possible without it being freestanding, and freestanding shields were still common among bowmen even into the Edo period. Unlike Europe, which was heavily influenced by Hellenistic nations such as Greece or Macedonia. The euros thought that using a shield was still effective on the battlefield especially in phalanx formations, just like the Greeks or Romans, however it wasn't much of a dueling device.

In conclusion, the samurai troops in this game do use a shield, which was only common until the Edo period, but they also use a katana-like sword, which was never used en mass in a battlefield like it is in this game. So they took some artistic liberties, turning two very uncommon uses in Japanese history into standard practice in this game.

[MisterWillow]

The samurai and other foot soldiers did use shields up until the Edo period. The reason why is because all of their fighting on the battlefield was done using two handed weapons like the spear or bow, in either case a shield wouldn't be possible without it being freestanding, and freestanding shields were still common among bowmen even into the Edo period. Unlike Europe, which was heavily influenced by Hellenistic nations such as Greece or Macedonia. The euros thought that using a shield was still effective on the battlefield especially in phalanx formations, just like the Greeks or Romans, however it wasn't much of a dueling device.

This is true. While the shields in game appear to not be one solid piece of wood---unlike their historical counterparts---the shape, at least, is accurate.

[vincenth69]

Also, the game being in a parallel universe, with only parts of it referring to our world mythology, historical accuracy should not be a thing to worry about. If it was historically accurate, we would not even have the setting with Knights fighting Samurais or Vikings.