Empire Total War (PC Game)

[NYgurkha]

there was a Napoleonic mod for ROME total war if i remember correctly.

But yes, i want this game desperately. I really want to take up the white mans burden and uplift the dark continent.

[ReaperMAC]

As fuzzhead said, needs co-op campaign mode online, rather than a "muliplayer" that just does battles. Think of having the game Risk online, combined with the "battle mode" of the Total War series.

[[R-MOD]Bob_Marley]

Originally Posted by 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

Yeah, like the infamous tracer arrows of R:TW, a visual que so you can see where your shots are landing.

Anyway, looks awesome.

Avast, ye scurvy dogs! Hoist the Mainbrace and set sail for war!

[Army Musician]

There IS a napoleon for RTW and here is their website The Lordz Modding Collective - Mods for the Total Ware Series | NEWS
The total war franchise, was done so you had two games on the same engine but the second one, improved.

Shogun-Medieval, Rome-Medieval2, Empire-??

I love the total war series, because you can have 10000 soldiers on a battlefield. Check out this vRTW map I did
BattleofLatium.rar - FileFront.com
and I did an UBOTD (Ultimate Battle of Total Destruction) for LOTR-TW v1.1c screens available here

There are 2 Games from that era in the making maybe 3

Empire - Total War
LOWN(Working Title) The Lordz Games Studio
Basically some of the lordz team decided to make their own game, as they were not very happy the RTW engine regards modding.

I cant wait for E:TW, I think I will borrow some army rat packs.

[chimpyang]

Also, cannot wait for ETW, however, I do expect to be dissapointed as the creative assembly do have a rich heritage of games. The last few releases RTW -> MTW2 have not caputred the balanced gameplay as well as the old Shoggy did (seems the DEVs went for good graphics and "cool" units above historical context and relative balance). However, it's worth buying them for the mods alone (the main games are FAR too easy) and I'll be keeping an eye on the mod scene surrounding this one. Note : If you have RTW and have a decent computer with plenty of RAM, then go to the The Org - Medieval 2 Total War, Rome Total War, Shogun Total War, Medieval Total War forums and check out the Europa Baraborum mod (you may need the Barbarian Invasion expansion) It makes the game much harder and adds a LOT of new content including better AI battle map. For the uninitiated (where were you?), pick up a copy of shogun total war or medieval total war and the gameplay keeps you going back (despite the bad graphics) The old ones are still the only decents ones for multiplayer 4v4 battles are always epic.

[Rudd]

Another Preview from Gamespy GameSpy: Empire: Total War Preview

and the empire website is open HOME | Empire: Total War

[Michael_Denmark]

If Darth Vader makes a contribution to Empire after its release and if the game it self introduce supply lines for the armies on the strat map, ill consider to buy it.

[Rudd]

Didn't you hear? in 1790 the Death star appears on the strategic map

I've not heard anything on a supply system yet, but given that most attention is on the sea battles and they have a complex population migration system now, I can see such a system existing

[Michael_Denmark]

Didn't you hear? in 1790 the Death star appears on the strategic map

As it has on the other maps in the Total war games. Not sure if Darth Vader has contributed to all of them though?

[Rudd]

VE3D Video for Empire: Total War (PC) - Voodoo Extreme

land battle trailer, i'm very impressed and disappointed at the same time

impressive - unit behaviour looks awesome (duels, obstacles, garrisons, etc)
the graphics are lovely!
looks very deep
finally, good looking flags held by on map people

disappointed -
Didn't see a square formation anywhere there....
Graphics are lovely! - but they lag on even THE DEVELOPERS COMPUTER?!!!
unit skins are far too flowery, no idea what that is about
unit spacing looks way to wide, no compact double rank formation (british and Portuguese) or triple rank formation (most of the rest of Europe) the Column attack looked nice though
Its possible that they haven't been able to get out of the MTW2 mindset yet with the huge phalanx type formations.
Didn't see any skirmishers
No details on asymmetry, e.g. the use of riflemen/shrapnel artillery, superior training of french/Prussian cavalry or whatever.
still got the ejaculatory cannon effects

We might be left in a position where we are left screaming for a reality mod for ETW, hopefully the guys who made the Napoleonic mod can deliver this