Have CA and SEGA been working on NTW in the time ETW was just a month out ?

**webMaster412160** · August 23, 2009, 10:47 AM

What do you guy's think ? Have CA and SEGA been working on it in the time ETW was just out or maybe begone on NTW when ETW was just a month out ?

**A1_Unit** · August 23, 2009, 10:49 AM

That's the question - does it take a game 1 or 2 years to be developed? If 1 then no but if 2 then yes...

**webMaster412160** · August 23, 2009, 10:51 AM

I think it took CA and SEGA 2 years to make ETW. Just look to the game how epic it is, but still released full of bugs.

**Xerrop** · August 23, 2009, 11:05 AM

For sure - when CA want´s to release it maybe next year, then they would busy working on it since the release of Empire.

Maybe they have even begun work on the next game in the series. Atleast the era has definitely been decided imho. Games need years for developing.

**hellfire15** · August 23, 2009, 11:25 AM

N:TW is using the same game engine as E:TW. building a new game on an existing engine isn't that different from creating a total conversion mod... It's do-able in a year. especially if they already got most of the animations, those take a lot of time to implement.
alot of the models and scripts will probably take only minor alteration for N:TW... (stuff like research and all)

**A1_Unit** · August 23, 2009, 11:26 AM

I should have voted yes then instead of maybe.

**hellfire15** · August 23, 2009, 11:30 AM

Originally Posted by A1_Unit

I should have voted yes then instead of maybe.

I myself voted "maybe"

simply because we can never be sure.

**Admiral Piett** · August 23, 2009, 11:41 AM

It's good that they will release it soon so we can get this whole title out of the way.

**Thorn** · August 23, 2009, 11:57 AM

And before that.

**Stalins Ghost** · August 23, 2009, 11:59 AM

It was likely in preliminary stages before the release of ETW. I imagine to be honest the Napoleonic period was initially set to be included, but due to the sheer amount of content required it was cut down a bit.

**Banzai** · August 23, 2009, 12:06 PM

They maybe even wanted to add a Napoleon campaign in Empire, but SEGA ordered them to release it before it it was actually complete. I heard something like that anyway.

**webMaster412160** · August 23, 2009, 12:07 PM

They maybe even wanted to add a Napoleon campaign in Empire, but SEGA ordered them to release it before it it was actually complete. I heard something like that anyway.

Can you give al link to that ?

**johncage** · August 23, 2009, 12:09 PM

without a doubt. they knew what etw was. a beta released way ahead of schedule.

they refer to ntw as the final product several time using the word "culmination" to describe its relation to the state of etw.

**Banzai** · August 23, 2009, 12:47 PM

Originally Posted by master412160

Can you give al link to that ?

Lol, I meant litterally 'say' With mouth and ears. Idk where that guy got it from. Probably a site or even a thread on TWC, but I dont know where it is. I'll ask him, but he will return from holiday in 2 weeks.

**hellfire15** · August 23, 2009, 01:13 PM

Originally Posted by johncage

without a doubt. they knew what etw was. a beta released way ahead of schedule.

they refer to ntw as the final product several time using the word "culmination" to describe its relation to the state of etw.

I agree, the sheer amount of unfinished stuff in E:TW was huge, they probably will forgo the title and bring N:TW as the new big one. We'll probably will get to mod N:TW...

they also said N:TW will include a lot of stuff they wanted to put in E:TW but couldn't.

**Bose** · August 23, 2009, 01:25 PM

to prove that they already had ideas about A napoleon game,just look in the game files.youve got factions like the grand duchy of tuscany and the swiss confederation,as well as other factions that arent playabel in empire.maybe they are intended for NTW? the GD of Tuscany was only around in the era of napoleon so it makes some sense to assume CA was ready for NTW.Thay already have almost everything they need for a new game.thats why they only need six months to make NTW.