NEW article today with new details about NAPOLEON TW!

Here is a new article on NTW, It was in german so i used google translation, as you know it may be AWFUL!

We were in Hamburg for you to catch a first glimpse of Napoleon, the latest offshoot of the "Total War" series, too. In the field packs the most famous Corsican, there are some innovations: Sun Generals play a more important role than in its predecessors, the AI has been noticeably improved and the image of "Empire: Total War engine has been significantly revamped.

But will it be enough, so we are thrilled to join the Grande Armée and unleash a storm over Europe and North Africa?

Contents
1 Introduction
2 The Guns of Giza
Expected 3 No Waterloo
4 ottomans? Find 'ich gut
A Outlook
With Empire: Total War Sega when they left the Dark Ages, and devoted himself to the transition to the era of muskets and cannon. Pomp and circumstance marked the era of naval warfare and the line infantry. But technological advances took the fierce battles in the ranks soon the magic that they initially committed. Instead of golden epaulettes be associated with iron bayonets the battlefields and the lure of glory are drowned in the realism of death.




The newest part of Total War takes the most famous generals of history an.Nichtsdestotrotz Europe sank into the war, and blame a very small Corsican advisable with huge ambitions was. Napoleon Bonaparte wanted nothing less than dominion over the entire known world.

With the rise of the historical stand-up guy that could be diverted by any so hard blow of his project, begins the tutorial, which was mentioned in the brief demonstration on the periphery. But even this is real flair spraying campaign, for cutscenes combine the missions, which will form out of us a great commander. This is followed by campaigns in North Africa, Italy and Europe, the course must be followed depending on the skill of the player is not necessarily the historical facts.



Drop-in via Steam can always real players ersetzen.Spannend while the AI is so-called drop-in games. If there is a major battle with at least ten units per page, the role of AI are taught online to another player either on Steam. But that is not at least for average players to be needed to keep up the difficulty level, because the AI in the battles has fundamentally changed, and seems much more credible than in the previous sections.

Instead, as before pursuing with all of the troops just a great goal, the computer divides his army recently, to take a number of smaller tasks in hand. Thus, roads, hedging, and strategic points such as bridges are bitterly contested, while they expect anytime flank attacks and similar sophisticated maneuvers must.


Continued on next page: The Guns of Giza


# new. Napoleon: Total War
by Sega
Genres: RTS, Strategy
PC Release: 1 February 2010


Hauke Schweer editor "He's coming, and now looks pretty damn out of victory: The little Corsican seems to be the major criticisms of Empire: Total War to sweep away."
The Guns of Giza
The recognition value of the battlegrounds again and again goes beyond simple landscape design: During the presentation we were able to admire a battle near the pyramids of Giza, the Sphinx itself stands on the spot and can be dismantled by the artillery in proper style. The explosions of the cannons still look much more impressive than in Empire, pressure waves propagate, soldiers, flying through the air and the explosions even leave small craters, the troops on their way to slow down and lower the morale, as well as 23 other events.




The battlefields are real role models nachempfunden.Doch sand storms which affect the fire frequency and accuracy of the soldiers, her lot. Drawbacks such as extreme heat or cold also affect many soldiers. Exception of specialists such as members of the Legion Dromadaire or Bedouin, which can even lay ambushes.

Even in the snow Austerlitz the revised particulate presentation of plays to their strengths. We will witness wears as the artillery, is given to a much higher priority than it was in Empire, cavalry. Riders can now be fired from his horse or get stuck in the stirrups. The variety of models and animations has been increased up to 10,000 soldiers on the field again.

Of the total of 355 units each of 64 variants exist that change the uniforms and faces from soldier to soldier. If the colorful troupe even be so demoralized that it takes up the flight, could help a general. The officers can encourage to touch their own troops to peak .. No Waterloo expected
Unlike the previous games in the "Total War" series does not appear on any x-generals, but each nation has a limited number of commanders who were actually there and the real role models are modeled. How can the valuable officers had to shoot it on the battlefield or turn on the turn-based campaign map by means of assassination.




The battles are as always a Hingucker.Stirbt a general, he really is completely dead, with a little morbid industry can make such a nation leaderless. The only exception: If Bonaparte himself, the man with coat and hat from the horse, he pulls himself some time later in Paris.

Whether he experienced his own personal Waterloo or not is up to you. Denied her in the campaign to tear Wellington and Blucher you on the ass, you play so well that you could make a bow to the mother of all defeats in Belgium, it is expected the battle to play anyway because of their historical significance - if ye want. The campaign maps in the round mode characterized by their standards, thanks to the smaller detail.

Thus, all the major mountain passes and forests are in place and enable strategic maneuver. On the maps, there are four seasons, for example, to die while in the depths of winter or in the desert heat, soldiers, if they are not in cities with supplies buildings.



Generals can be definitively sterben.Aufgefüllt this time the troops stocks are not as at present, against gold over two rounds, with one round in the game represents two weeks, but automatically, depending on the stage of the supply infrastructure for the city over several moves. New soldiers have to dig themselves abroad not so simple. Instead you have to take with specialized French in Egypt, for example, with African units to suffice.

Incidentally captured cities to respond depending on the nature of the conquest of their occupation. Loots it, the settlements are certainly revolt. However, they send a gentleman, in addition to the spy, who is now spying on information networks for some time, all provinces and enemy sabotage, a special unit of intellectual training facilities that can take very different.

. Ottomans? Find 'ich gut
Gentlemen use pamphlets to provide in the cities of the enemy for a pro-Napoleonic sentiment. Pull our troops then in the hostile city, we will be hailed as liberators. Besides intellectually dominated cities can expand the sites even after economic or industrial focus, location and benefits must be weighed sent.




As in the previous event sees up close in great detail aus.Das diplomacy as usual menu stays relatively static, it can now agree on critical conditions. Thus embargo and alliance ruptures are possible as part of the contract, starting a war can be assisted to negotiate without an existing alliance. The advantage to this system: You could, for example England over embargo on the mainland cut off from supplies and forcing it through diplomatic channels to surrender.

Along with France, Prussia, Austria, Russia and England will be playable, maybe even the Ottomans. Whether the latter actually make it into the game, however, is in the stars. Being restricted to a few nations, there is no generic units more. Thus, although each country has its own line of infantry, but it differs significantly from that of competitors. French, for example, are technically better equipped, while the British to prove a better morale in the fight against the arch-enemy.

The units of an army are more specific. Small groups can serve as an infantry assault troops, and would in the open field against Linieninfanteristen subject and snipers now have a much greater range. Meeting, the boards together, you realize very clearly that it has taken at Creative Assembly classic battle painting as an optical model. The Ölschinken were drawn, for example, consulted to estimate the density of smoke to.


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Originally Posted by panzerschreck

Here is a new article on NTW, It was in german so i used google translation, as you know it may be AWFUL!

It is But I won't translate it, because it doesn't really have anything new in it, except that each nation will have properly unique units (but don't they say that every time?)

Originally Posted by Caligula Caesar

It is But I won't translate it, because it doesn't really have anything new in it, except that each nation will have properly unique units (but don't they say that every time?)

For them, a unique unit is a unit that is almost identical to a previous worse unit, only with better stats and a flashy name. And maybe a coulour.

destructible historical monuments?

unless of course, the "actual gameplay footage" is an in-game cutscene

It doesn't say that much new.

Do you know the word details?

It precises some question that were in debate on this forum about explosions, specific troops, factions...

Originally Posted by panzerschreck

Do you know the word details?

It precises some question that were in debate on this forum about explosions, specific troops, factions...

Thanks for bringing this to us panzer, every little helps to build up a picture, of what this game may contain and what changes to game play are planned, I think we are going in for the era of battlemaps tied to historical sites, Also with cutting out a load of the world, CA can give the player much larger regional maps , regards, mags

Thanks for you help Magpie!

Originally Posted by panzerschreck

Do you know the word details?

It precises some question that were in debate on this forum about explosions, specific troops, factions...

Yes, but all of them were predictable.

Gah Google translator sucks. Is there a proper English version anywhere?

Originally Posted by panzerschreck

The recognition value of the battlegrounds again and again goes beyond simple landscape design: During the presentation we were able to admire a battle near the pyramids of Giza, the Sphinx itself stands on the spot and can be dismantled by the artillery in proper style. The explosions of the cannons still look much more impressive than in Empire, pressure waves propagate, soldiers, flying through the air and the explosions even leave small craters, the troops on their way to slow down and lower the morale, as well as 23 other events.

as much as it feels bad, but i would sure love to puch holes into the Pyramids

Originally Posted by panzerschreck

Along with France, Prussia, Austria, Russia and England will be playable, maybe even the Ottomans. Whether the latter actually make it into the game, however, is in the stars

well..it is confirmed. only the 5 playable factions with the Ottomans as the 6th, but with a question mark.

Originally Posted by MehemtAli_Pasha

well..it is confirmed. only the 5 playable factions with the Ottomans as the 6th, but with a question mark.

Thats the problem with the modern day, it turns into something like Command and Conquer; with 3 factions eventually...

By the end of this century there will be about 2 The future isn't looking good (or orange for that matter)

It sounds like CA is still trying to decide whether to make the Ottomans playable or not. It is looking doubtful at this point.

Thank you Panzershreck.

As a previous post said, it all helps to paint a picture.

A different Translator (Yahoo Babelfish):

We were for you in Hamburg, in order a first view of Napoleon, the newest folder „were total “- row, to throw. In the field pack of the probably most famous Korsen are some innovations: Thus generals play a more important role than in the predecessors, the AI were noticeably improved and the diagram „of the Empire: Was total “- engine was up-polished clearly.

But the rich becomes, so that we becomes enthusiastic the Grande Armée attach and a storm over Europe and provoke North Africa?
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With Empire: Left one was total with Sega the dark Middle Ages and dedicated themselves to the transition to the age that mash ketene and cannons. Gloss and Gloria coined/shaped the era of the naval warfare and the line infantry. But the technical progress took in lines up and member to the embittered battles fast the magic, which they committed at first. Instead of golden Epauletten one associated iron bayonets with the battlegrounds and the temptations of the fame sank in the realism of death.Nothing the defiance sank to Europe in the war, and debt to it was a quite small guessed/advised Korse with enormous ambitions. Napoleon Bonaparte did not want anything smaller than the rule over the entire well-known world.

With the ascent of the historical standing on male, which let itself divert by no still so hard setback of its projects, begins also the Tutorial, which was mentioned in the short demonstration only at the edge. But already this is to spray genuine campaign flair, because the missions, which are to form a large field gentleman out of us, connect for intermediate sequences. Whereupon follow campaigns in North Africa, Italy and Europe, whose process does not have to follow the historical facts depending upon fate of the player necessarily.

By Steam drop in at any time genuine players can replace the AI.
With it the drop in Games so called is exciting. If it comes to a larger battle with at least ten units per side, the role of the AI can be obtained alternatively over Steam on-line to another player. But that will not be necessary at least for average players, in order to keep the degree of difficulty high, because the AI in the battles fundamentally changed and works substantially more reliably than in the preceded parts.

Instead of pursuing like before with the whole of the troops only a large goal, the computer divides its army recently, in order to tackle several smaller tasks. Thus roads, covering possibilities and strategic points such as bridges embittered contests, while one must expect each time flank attacks and similarly sophisticated maneuvers.

The cannons of Gizeh
The recognizing value of the battlegrounds goes out thereby again and again over bare landscape Designs: During the presentation we could admire for example a battle before the pyramids of Gizeh, even the sphinx stand on the spot and can by the artillery style-genuinly be dismantled. The impacts of the cannons look still clearly more impressing as in Empire, pressure waves spread, soldiers whirl by air and the explosions left even small craters, which out-brake troops on their way and which lower moral, like 23 other events also.


The battlegrounds are shared to material models.
But also sandstorms, which affect the firing frequency and aiming accuracy of the soldiers, make some ago. Disadvantages like extreme heat or cold weather impair beyond that many soldiers. Exceptionally from it are specialists like the members of the Legion Dromadaire or also Beduinen, which can put even ambushes.

Also in the snow-covered Austerlitz the revised particle representation plays its strengths. We become a witness like the artillery, to which a substantially higher value is granted than still in Empire, Kavalleristen ream. Riders can be shot now of the horse or be remained also in the stirrups hanging. The variety at animations and models was again increased with up to 10.000 soldiers on the field.

From that altogether 355 units in each case 64 variants exist, whereby uniforms and faces from soldier change to soldier. If the multicolored troop should be so much demoralized once that it the escape start, a general could help. The officers know the own troops on push of a button to maximum output stimuli.

To expect no Waterloo
Contrary to the earlier plays „was total “- series emerge no x-arbitrary generals, but each nation has a limited number at commanders in chief, whom there were actually and who are shared to the material models. As had the valuable officers on the battleground let themselves be shot down or be switched off on the round-based campaign map by assassination attempt.

Napoleon: Was total: Fig. 1The sea-battles always are like a Hingucker.
If a general dies, he is actually finally dead, with somewhat morbidem diligence can so a whole nation be made leaderless. The only exception: Bonaparte. If the man with coat and hat of the horse falls, he rappelt himself later some time in Paris.

Whether he experiences thereby its personal Waterloo or not, is because of you. _ fail you in the campaign, tear Wellington and Blücher you the all this up, play it so good, that it a sheet around the mother all defeat in Belgium make can, may it the battle due to their historical consequence nevertheless play - if it want. The campaign maps in the round mode are characterised owing to the smaller yardsticks by their detail accuracy.

Like that all important alpine passports and forests are present and make strategic maneuvers possible. On the maps there are four seasons, whereby for example in the deepest winter or in the desert heat soldiers die, if they are not in cities with supply buildings.

Napoleon: Was total: Fig. 2Generals can die this mark finally.
The troop existence no more are not filled up as before against gold over two rounds, whereby a round in the play represents two weeks, but automatically and depending upon stage of development of the supply infrastructure of the city over several play courses. New soldiers do not let themselves be dug abroad also so simply. Instead of with specialized Frenchmen one must take Vorlieb in Egypt for example with African units.

Conquered cities by the way react depending upon kind of conquest to their occupation. If you pillage the settlements, rebellions are certain. If one sends however a Gentleman, beside the spy, that spies whole provinces now over information network works for some time and enemies sabotaged, a special-purpose force from intellectual education places, the assumption can look completely differently.


Ottomanen? Find' I well
Gentlemen use lampoons, in order to provide in the cities of the enemy for a per napoleonische tendency. If our troops draw then into the hostile city, we are celebrated as Befreier. Beside intellectually coined/shaped cities one can remove the places also after economic or industrial emphasis, situation and use must skillfully be weighed out. The diplomacy menu remains as used relatively statically, but now also negative conditions can be agreed. Like that embargoes and alliance breaks are as subject-matter of the contract possible and for the first time can a war assistance without existing alliance be negotiated. The advantage at this system: One could cut off and on diplomatic way to the surrender force for example England over embargoes on the mainland of the supplies in such a way.

Beside France should be Prussia, Austria, Russia and England playable, possibly also the Ottomanen. Whether latter actually in the play create it, is located however in the stars. By the restriction on few nations there are no more generic units. Thus each country has its line infantry, this differs however clearly from that of the competitors. Frenchmen are equipped for example technically better, while the British prove a better moral in the fight against the arch-enemy.

Also the units of an army are more specific. Small groups of infantry serve as storm troops and in the open field against line infantrymen would be subject and snipers would have now a clearly higher range. If the federations meet one another, one notices completely clearly that one took oneself with Creative assembly classical battle paintings as optical model. The oil ham were pulled for example to rate, in order to be able to measure the density of powder steam.