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>The cutting off of Europeans led them to just mixing matchlocks into their katana and naginata one-on-one memefights.
They didn't cut off contact with Europe (except the Dutch) until the period ended, and they had moved on from that ritualistic warrior culture when firearms were introduced and Nobunaga pushed everyone's shit in. It wasn't a 1:1 copy of European 16th century warfare, but armies had gotten too big and organized for muh honorable samurai battles to be anything but a retarded idea.
>TW's historical commentary is usually horseshit
True, everyone knows that, the point is that for the gameplay to be interesting, the source material needs to be evocative. But, strictly speaking, Shogun 2 (FOTS included) is among the least accurate historical TWs.