# Players Furious Over Total War Shogun 2 AI Upgrades

> Total War: Shogun 2 Complete Edition sparks outrage with AI-upscaled art that's blurry, broken, and inconsistent.
- Title: Players Furious Over Total War Shogun 2 AI Upgrades · Kotaku
- Summary: Total War: Shogun 2 Complete Edition sparks outrage with AI-upscaled art that's blurry, broken, and inconsistent. Players criticize Total War: Shogun 2…
- Keywords: total war shogun 2, complete edition, ai upscaling, creative assembly, segas, steam, game reviews, player feedback, technology, news, Players, Furious
- Source: Kotaku — https://kotaku.com/total-war-shogun-2-complete-edition-gen-ai-art-sega-creative-assembly-2000745877
- Author: John Walker
- Published: 2026-10-14T14:00:30+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: total war shogun 2, complete edition, ai upscaling, creative assembly, segas, steam, game reviews, player feedback, technology, news
## Total War Shogun 2 Complete Edition Launch
Total War: Shogun 2 Complete Edition released October 13, 2026, with 82 percent negative Steam reviews in 24 hours.

> literally the greed they talk about in the bible
## Original Game Popularity
Total War: Shogun 2 originally released in 2011 and scored 9s and 10s, rated the best game in the Total War series by Kotaku in 2019.
## Steam Reaction
Players report crummy performance, bugs, broken mod support, graphical issues, and AI upscaling for unit cards in the Complete Edition.
## Sega Price Change
Sega delisted previous versions of Total War: Shogun 2 from Steam and increased the price for the Complete Edition.
## AI Art Issues
AI upscaling created blurry, distorted unit art, including merged figures, lost details, and incorrect smoke effects.
## Specific Art Problems
The AI merged the central wooden bar into background, flattened figures, and turned gun smoke into lampshades.
## Player Outrage
Players describe the AI-upscaled art as 'literally the greed they talk about in the bible' and demand fixes.

> literally the greed they talk about in the bible
## Key takeaway

Players criticize Total War: Shogun 2 Complete Edition for AI-upscaled unit art that's blurry, broken, and inconsistent.