NTW Site: France Revealed

Here you go lads, France has been announced

http://www.totalwar.com/napoleon/gam...ions.php?id=42

France

Behind all the Imperial façade and republican sentiments, France is once again an absolute monarchy, now ruled by Emperor Napoleon I. His efforts to secure good marriages for his brothers and marshals are dynastic politics that Bourbon kings would have grasped instantly. Yet, for all this, the French people have freedom, as Napoleon has used credit gained by his victories to remake France. Merit, as well as birth, now counts for something.
The Emperor’s efforts have given France an impressive empire and domination over many neighbours; he is a source of strength. Napoleon has redrawn the map of Europe to suit his own ends. He is also a great weakness, as his treatment of enemies and rivals has not been entirely politic or polite. He has caused offence to nearly everyone, taking not giving, even when he should have been conciliatory. He has managed, through poor diplomacy, to make the British look like attractive allies to many. As a result, the Austrians are waiting for an opportunity to strike back at France for their recent humiliations and losses. The Russians, too, will strike down this new upstart emperor if given a chance, and will they ignore Napoleon’s instructions to ban trade with England? The Prussians, apparently, are content to sit and wait, but for how long? Will they idly sit by if it becomes necessary to extend French power in northern Germany? And then there are the British: always there are the British. That vindictive little island will have to be dealt with at some time. France, therefore, faces many rivals. But if they can be isolated and removed one by one, then Europe really will know peace, under Bonaparte, the heir to Caesar!

Pretty cool story. I remember how the factions were explained in Empire, it was a lot more history, but now it focuses more on the role of the country.

The description of France has made me want to question whether I am still going to buy NTW.

its totally written from an english view .. haha, not a surprise..

Originally Posted by Douanier

its totally written from an english view .. haha, not a surprise..

Why, is the description inaccurate?

Originally Posted by trojanfoe

Why, is the description inaccurate?

Yes it is.The heir of Caeser was Octavio.

Originally Posted by pajomife@iol.pt

Yes it is.The heir of Caeser was Octavio.

*Octavius/Octavian

It's not supposed to be litteral. Anyway, it doesn't specify which Caesar.

Originally Posted by pajomife@iol.pt

Yes it is.The heir of Caeser was Octavio.

Maybe they meant Charlemagne? there is a quote:

"I am the successor, not of Louis XVI, but of Charlemagne."

-Napoleon Bonaparte

Originally Posted by Douanier

its totally written from an english view .. haha, not a surprise..

I must say he's right.

I don't like the flags. UK has still the GB flag (hey, it's UK now, with the current flag!) and it seems at France Ca didn't bothered either. It's the Republican simple flag, not the Imperial one with eagles and such.

Originally Posted by RO Citizen

I must say he's right.

I don't like the flags. UK has still the GB flag (hey, it's UK now, with the current flag!) and it seems at France Ca didn't bothered either. It's the Republican simple flag, not the Imperial one with eagles and such.

But it would only be an empire when Napoleon was ruler - the game must cover periods when he wasn't. I don't think having the flag change to reflect this would be feasible and might be confusing.

see the difference:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

The game is about Napoleon and the Empire period and not the French Republic.

That flag i so ugly. Republic flag is much better !!!

Originally Posted by Tsar93

That flag i so ugly. Republic flag is much better !!!

Better isn't compatible with historical accuracy.

Originally Posted by Darsh

Better isn't compatible with historical accuracy.

The flag you show isn't the french flag, it's a french regimental flag...

As far as i know, the flag of the empire was the same as the one of the republic.
In fact, it may even be Mr N. who adopted officially the modern tricolor design.

Yes, the description is from an english point of view, yes it's a bit disheartening, yes the flag is plain, but the flag is historical, for a national flag.

Originally Posted by Keyser

The flag you show isn't the french flag, it's a french regimental flag...

As far as i know, the flag of the empire was the same as the one of the republic.
In fact, it may even be Mr N. who adopted officially the modern tricolor design.

Yes, the description is from an english point of view, yes it's a bit disheartening, yes the flag is plain, but the flag is historical, for a national flag.

No it's not historical, during 1804-1812 the french national flag was the flag that I have shown in my screenshoot and the actual french flag was only the flag of the french navy.
The actual french national flag was adopted only in 1812 to uniformize the national flag with the navy flag.

"Premier Empire 18 mai 1804-1812:
Le premier drapeau national arbore un grand carré blanc posé sur une pointe et cantonné de bleu et de rouge."
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drapeau_de_la_France

But I suppose that it couldn't be worst that the spanish flag like in ETW?

Originally Posted by Darsh

No it's not historical, during 1804-1812 the french national flag was the flag that I have shown in my screenshoot and the actual french flag was only the flag of the french navy.
The actual french national flag was adopted only in 1812 to uniformize the national flag with the navy flag.

"Premier Empire 18 mai 1804-1812:
Le premier drapeau national arbore un grand carré blanc posé sur une pointe et cantonné de bleu et de rouge."
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drapeau_de_la_France

But I suppose that it couldn't be worst that the spanish flag like in ETW?

I thought this kind of flag was used only by the military...
Au temps pour moi alors :p

Originally Posted by Darsh

But I suppose that it couldn't be worst that the spanish flag like in ETW?

Don't mention it, please, that crap flag still haunts me in my nightmares.

Originally Posted by Teutonic Joe

so basically they were following the old roman philosophy of defensive aggression?

As Gibbon said Livy tried to convince us that the romans conquered the world in self-defense.
So did Napoleon.

Pleas use the Edit Post function next time. Posts merged.

Hesus

I think it was awesome

Am I the only one who finds CA's faction descriptions incredibly trite? The Great Britain faction description was rubbish as well. It all sounds as if the devs haven't read a single book beyond The Scarlet Pimpernel.

Originally Posted by Lance-Corporal Jones

Am I the only one who finds CA's faction descriptions incredibly trite? The Great Britain faction description was rubbish as well. It all sounds as if the devs haven't read a single book beyond The Scarlet Pimpernel.

the description are indeed rubbish, why don't they tell us about the strengths of each faction untill now we only know that the prussians shoot fast the russians are good in melee and have good artillery and Britain has a lot of elite infantry like the black watch