Empire Total War (PC Game)

[Rudd]

most the info I've found is about the battles; land and naval.

HOWEVER! I did read in one of the blogs that since the game has a global perspective from day one, they have redone the campaign map. If this a step like medieval/shogun->RTW, or just a tweak like RTW->MTW2 I dunno. No screens of the map have come out afaik.

[[T]Terranova7]

Originally Posted by Clypp

Have they fixed the campaign map?

I love the battles in RTW and M2TW but the campaign map is horrible. Once your empire gets bug at all it is very time consuming to track down where all your armies are and move them. After a few battles you forget who you moved and have to click each one again. I stopped using agents almost entirely because that means so many guys you need to remember where they are. I hope Empires has a unit cycle system like Civilization type games have.

I had the same problem... way too much micromanagement after things get up to scale. I had half of Europe conquered with England, but it was always difficult to remember that you need to build that tavern here, upgrade the city walls there, combine two armies there in preparation for a later siege, send your ships there etc. It became a nightmare.

[ReaperMAC]

I was hoping they would remake Shogun Total War, but this looks WAAAYY better.

[Rudd]

since the release is ages away, I might wet my appetite for the era and naval battles with this East India Company

the presentation reminds me of Imperial glory Imperial Glory

edit- Lulz, gamespy suck they said East India company will be released Q4 this year, actually its Q1 next year...

If there is one game that empire total war can learn from apart from its fabulous prequels it is imperial glory, for that game (albeit shallow in some respects) Had some excellent gamplay mechanics, I would happily play online with it. I know ETW will feature garrisonable buildings, but they better make farmhouses etc stormable (and so we can see the fighting inside...it would truely annoy me if they didn't get the in-company AI to understand when its time to fight out of formation...)

[Sturnn]

I haven't played Medieval Total War, but!, theres a but!, but im going to get Empires total War because to be honest with you!, i just love the napoleonic era!, i just love the way infantry fought!, in lines! and squares n stuff!, should be really cool! and EPIC!!!

[G.Drew]

this should be totally different compared to M2TW and any of the previous titles, down to the fact that gunpowder has become the new main weapon of war

and the SEA BATTLES ASWELL! zomg *drool*

[Rudd]

They say that at the start of the game hand to hand weapons are still pretty much the business (which was true)

but they will follow the progression of better firearms, and even better bayonets- knife -> plug bayonet (blade in the end of the musket) -> various forms of the socket Bayonet,

[[T]waylay00]

As with any of the past Total War games, the true beauty will be the mods. I can't really stand playing Rome Total War without the Rome Total Realism mod. It makes the AI better, and the gameplay is SUCH an improvement.

[Rudd]

IGN: Empire Total War Trailer
bloody awesome, the music was great

although I wonder why the flying cannonballs had the white crap, and the fire wasn't all that impressive. I'm unsure if they learned the lessons of Imperial glory...

[pureperversions]

i would assume the white smoke on the cannonballs is part a visual aid so you can tell were the fire is going in midst of a hectic battle
plus some people expect that sort of graphic to be real