Historic accuracy

[Captain Gars]

- "Play as a Japanese noblemen":
This is very misleading. Japan didn't have a clear definition of nobility, and the closest thing in this period would probably be the kuge, which are court nobility that was not very involved in the military conflict. Sure, one could consider the buke and the samurai class as a whole to be nobility, but the Sengoku period was special precisely because it was a period where the social structure broke down, and non-samurai frequently became samurai on merit. Many famous leaders of this period were not of noble birth in any sense, including local gangsters, ninjas, pirates, monks, merchants, peasants, etc., and some of them managed to reach the highest position (e.g. Toyotomi).

The word "noblemen" was probably not the best to use, but it's been said in several places that you will be playing a kokujin or a daimyo.

- "eventual goal of uniting the fractured nation under one Shogun"
This is a common western misconception: Japan does not require a Shogun to be united, it's real control that counts, not the title. Nobunaga clearly intended to conquer all of Japan, but he scorned Shogunhood, whereas Toyotomi ruled Japan as Kampaku and Taiko. Indeed, Shogun was traditionally (though not strictly) reserved for the Minamoto lineage. Kampaku and Daijodaijin were both of equivalent rank to Shogun, more accessible to a ruler of Fujiwara or other lineages.

Well, it's a game and we need one way to define the goal. We can't have different goals depending on what historical character you happen to be playing. And Shogun seemed a better choice than Kampaku or Taiko.

their research department

I find this comment amusing

 

[ForzaA]

For the life of me I cannot see how the gameplay of Sengoku will be affected by Besuchov's Swedish accent. Honestly, if that disinclines you to buy the game, you probably weren't going to anyway.

I wasn't supposed to say this - but they'll not have any regular tooltips.

Instead, they'll have a voice over explaining what buttons do, what stats mean, etc. etc.

Guess who'll do the voice acting?

 

[Captain Gars]

If that's the case, then what was the point of Ieyasu faking his ancestry?

It was more prestigious than his real ancestry.

Faking ones ancestry to look more prestigious seems to have been fairly common.

 

[Captain Gars]

Japanese daimyos forge dynasty links to make themselves more legimate to certain high-ranked government positions, not to claim their neighbor's land

Since there are no other high-ranked government positions to claim other than Shogun, a feature like this wouldn't be all that useful anyway. (and yes, I know that Toyotomi Hideyoshi technically never could claim that title, but he still acted as one, and this restriction is something we have choosen not to include.)

 

[Captain Gars]

If we can get it to work, we will try to use Mōri. Otherwise we will spell it Mori as it would be the least confusing solution for the majority of players.

 

[Captain Gars]

But also the least accurate option... (sorry for nagging ^_^)

Well, this is an english-language game, and in english spelling it Mori is accurate. Just like Tokyo. But as I said hopefully we can get ō in there.