User blog comment:Killermoves/Edward Hogger (Civil War: Secret Missions) vs Nabeshima Mochizuru (Total War Shogun 2: Fall of the Samurai)/@comment-27358240-20190329100332

Kazanshin's '''"OUR MEN ARE RUNNING FROM THE BATTLEFIELD! SHAMEFUL DISPLAY!" '''edges:

Melee: It's a goddamn piece of wood on a gun that you beat people with. Granted, you can just as easily call the katana a sharp piece of metal that you poke people with, but yeah, katana wins for the obvious reasons of lethality, reach and Mochizuru's skills with it. Edge: 鍋島茂実

Pistols:  I'm actually giving this one to the S&W 2. Sure, the Colt has the bigger round, but in the end, does it matter that much? I honestly think a guy hit by a .32 round will be pretty dead by human standards. In this case, I'm choosing reload speed over power. Edge: 鍋島茂実

Mid-range:  "The gun is mightier than the sword." Hmm, a genius quote don't you think? Well, guess what, it's also mightier than the bow. Quicker firing speed, more lethal, better range. Edge: Edward Hogger

Long range: I'll kindly disagree with everyone here. The Henry may have more rounds in it, but the Spencer is just the more reliable, more powerful and longer lasting weapon. The Henry had a big problem in terms of reliability and jammed very, very easily. The Spencer had no such problem and even came with a handy Blakeslee box. There's a reason why it was the Spencer and not the Henry that the US Army adopted, and that's because the Henry was just too unreliable to be an actual battlefield weapon issued to soldiers by the government. Edge: 鍋島茂実

Special weapons: The Chassepot here has the edge on paper. It has longer range, more powerful shots thanks to better muzzle velocity and a smoother bolt-action. However, there is indeed the problem of firing system that has to be considered. Does that give the edge to the Sharps then? Sadly not. Bolt-action superiority and improvements made to the Chassepot compared to its predecessor, the Dreyse, helped a lot with the problems of ease of use. French Engineering is SEKAI ICHI, especially before they got sodomized during WWII. Edge: 鍋島茂実

Final verdict: Damn lily-livered coward! Can't even fight Mochizuru on the open field army for army, can you!? If it wasn't obvious enough, a game called "total war" isn't one where you fight hordes of enemies on your own with your own skills and weapons, bloodying your own hands. In-game, Mochizuru is nothing different from just another one of the thousands of soldiers on the battlefield. What makes him special is that he's in command. He can lead his men to victory, he can give them courage, he can outsmart the enemy. That's how Total War games work. Edward, on the other hand, is not one of the thousands of soldiers. He's one of a kind. He's the main character of a first-person shooter, a hero who can take on and defeats enemies by the dozen and come out on top. Mochizuru is by no means a pushover, but how well can a character from a strategy game fight against one from a FPS? Deadliest Warrior: Edward Hogger