ALL MOD CONS

ne of the reasons endures is its vibrant mod scene. From quality-of-life improvements to total, which recreates Japan’s famous Warring States period, modders have created some impressive stuff over the years. This makes the lack of mod support in at launch disappointing – and a little mystifying. Custom maps in particular are a big part of the appeal of the series, and not being able to make play them in the new game feels like a step back. Relic has since stated that mod support will be implemented sometime in spring 2022. Quite how far-reaching this will be remains to be seen, however. , being a Microsoft-published game, has pride of place on the Windows Store, which is notoriously unfriendly to thirdparty modding.