Rise of The Samurai is a brand new, independent campaign for Total War: SHOGUN 2. Rise of the Samurai DLC DOES REQUIRE Shogun 2 in order to play.Set 400 years before the dramatic civil war depicted in SHOGUN 2, the “Rise of The Samurai” campaign is based on the Gempei War, a conflict between six legendary clans of the Taira, Minamoto and Fujiwara families. It culminated in the first Shogunate, and the rise of the Samurai as the ruling class.