Napoleon: Total War Confirmed Information - Last Update: 7 Nov. 09

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Please post in this thread ONLY confirmed information about CA's new installment of the TW series, providing sources as well. No speculation, spam, rants and wish-lists.

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Last Update: 07/11/09

General Info

• Engine: New game, engine (Warscape) based on ETW's ¹
• PC only ¹
• System requirements: same as ETW ⁴
• Status: pre-alpha (20/08/09) ¹
• Scheduled release date: February 26th, 2010 ¹
• Estimated price: £24.96 / €28.38 (source)
• Distribution: Retail (SEGA) and on-line (Steam) ²
• Development: CA UK studio (source) - about 70 developers working on NTW ⁷

Features

Battlefield:

• 322 units ¹, with new art and models for every unit and uniform (source)
• max 10,000 men per battle ¹
• 64 different faces on lowest settings ¹
• Improved lighting that provides a more realistic facial appearance. ⁷
• Ability to repair minor damage to ships during battle ¹
• Seasonal changes during game, affecting the weather which will affect gameplay (rain affecting gunpowder weapons etc) ³
• A better classification of terrain resulting in a better ability to use tactics. ⁷
• New buildings (farms) in which it is alot easier to get men in and out thanks to the new "garrison-system". ⁷
• Path-finding has been drastically overhauled which will lead to alot less problems when maneuvering troops into buildings and over walls and bridges. ⁷
• Special abilities for certain types of units. ⁷
• Generals more important, now with a morale-boosting aura effect ¹
• Napoleon has special "warcry" ability that boosts nearby allied troops morale ⁵
• All Napoleon's major battles available as historical scenarios, playable with either side

Campaign:

• Campaigns: Three episodic story-driven campaigns; Italy (1796-1797), Middle-East (1798 - 1801) and Mastery of Europe (Grand Campaign) (1805 - 1812), told through in-game cutscenes, with available side missions ^{1 3 6}
• Playable factions: France (all campaigns), Britain, Russia, Austria, Prussia and other major factions (Mastery of Europe) ^{5 6}
• Each turn equals 2 weeks ¹
• Campaign maps massively scaled up, featuring many new provinces (source) and different areas and features, depending on the campaign played. ⁶
• Selection of generals from a list, each one with his own attributes ¹
• Attrition system; spending time in tough terrain or hostile territory will wear down your units and whittle their numbers, while constructing depots and building up conquered farms secures supplies⁵
• Ability to plunder resources, that will net you more and faster than occupying them, but will make local population unhappy.
• Settlement diversification: Industrial towns focused on arms, armaments and producing extra troops, economic towns producing cash and increasing supplies ⁵ and intellectual towns making people happier and spawning spies (replacement for rakes with passive, area-of-effect espionage skills). ⁴
• New resources that don't provide income but other advantages remain, eg taking a particularly effective horse-breeding area improves your cavalry strength. ⁵
• New diplomacy options, such as getting other nations to fight each other ⁵
• Research- and tech-tree have gotten a complete overhaul with which you can add bonuses to -for example- artillery. ⁷

Technical:

• Fully integrated multiplayer modes and a complete set of online functionalities: Steam achievements, gameplay bonuses, uniform editor and voice communications ⁶
• Napoleon will also integrate into Empire, adding units and new tech trees appropriately as the timeline progresses ⁴ and upgrading it with the new engine ³

¹ : source = IGN article
² : source = Wikipedia
³ : source = Gamespot article
⁴ : source = Eurogamer article
⁵ : source = Gamestar article
⁶ : source = SEGA NTW page
⁷ : source = PCGamer article