Surrounding the real time tactical game is a turn based strategy game. Perhaps my favorite aspect of the game is that it is very historically accurate. Stephen Turnbull, one of the western world's most well known experts on the period, was brought in as a consultant and it was not wasted. A tiny booklet with large fonts, it almost feels like some console system manual. Unfortunately, it tells even less.
Many people complain about the lack of details about the units and land.
I personally feel that's part of the fun of playing. But, the American manual doesn't even give you all the keyboard commands necessary to efficiently control your troops, nor does it tell you how to perform certain actions on the strategic map. Most of these are learned through trial and error and I was enjoying myself too much to really notice it, but it is a major issue. The strategic part of the game was developed later to support the tactical end and it suffers from such. Anyone buying this game for the tactical battles won't mind too much, but anyone hoping for an updated Nobunaga's Ambition or a good strategy game based on 16th century Japan may want to consider this.