New Total War Game?

[Concrete]

Gentlemen.
I thought this might intrest some of you.

http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/54...Unveiled-At-E3

Thoughts?

(Stainless Steel related? Maybe not, but I'm assuming some people like me only visit the mod sub-forums on this site, and otherwise may not hear about it.)

[Cheese7]

Would not have found this out, thanks.
I actually hope they make a Shogun 2, would be interesting to see it with more content and up to date graphics, though I doubt they will. Not using gunpowder suggests it'll atleast be set before middle ages and the community seems to want a Rome 2.

[hippacrocafish]

Would not have found this out, thanks.
I actually hope they make a Shogun 2, would be interesting to see it with more content and up to date graphics, though I doubt they will. Not using gunpowder suggests it'll atleast be set before middle ages and the community seems to want a Rome 2.

Or maybe Total War: Asia? Like the AUH mod that's in progress now. I think that would be pretty cool.

[Awellesley]

That's interesting for sure. For my two cents, I played empire for less than five hours so I am not in love with the way the series is going (imo-graphics over gameplay). And the series in a little euro-centric so Shogun2 may be a nice switch.

[Stolet]

It would be nice to get a Rome with China and Japan included, they were pretty developed at the time too. Actually, China would probably crush the Europeans with it's horsepower if it wanted to walk for thousands of kilometers.

[Snelhest]

Steam? In that case, no thanks. Further if it's not mod friendly then once again no thanks.
My last purchased Total War game was M2:TW, and if continues as it is doing it will likely remain the last.

[JorisofHolland]

Steam? In that case, no thanks. Further if it's not mod friendly then once again no thanks.
My last purchased Total War game was M2:TW, and if continues as it is doing it will likely remain the last.

Although I don't count Steam as a problem, modability is one of the most important things. If it's just a slightly upgraded thing, without any new stuff, but less modable than MTW2, it's not worth purchasing.

[Massive_attack]

This is my cynicism talking, but im not sure if this is entirely good news. I mean, my faith in CA is really shaken up after empire and napoleon, i hope they take as little as possible from those titles, and fix all of the monumental mistakes they made just in the basic layout of the title.

By that i mean: Allied armies of your own faction showing up on the battlemap as either AI's or troops under your controll, all at once, and at the same time. None of this "wait for one of your original units to die or rout" crap.

More provinces (dont make ALL of France able to be conquered by just taking two cities), more individuality for factions, as in the original (though ill bet the romans are the only completed faction, ala the brits in empire).

AI that is not completely retarded.

Steam being optional, not compulsory.

Some actual effort being made to find and fix bugs before release, not months afterward in a ton of patches that still dont solve fundamental problems with bad code and game ruining glitches.


Somehow, i think that these expectations are too lofty for CA. Shame too, Rome, shogun, or most other classical time-period stuff would probably look nice if done right, ah well.

Instead of waiting for a Rome 2 thats probably going to suck, i say wait for Roma Surrectum 2, or "All under Heaven" for shogun, as its probably going to be leaps and bounds better than whatever CA Australia is cooking up.

just my 2 cents.

[Overlord.ru]

This is my cynicism talking, but im not sure if this is entirely good news. I mean, my faith in CA is really shaken up after empire and napoleon, i hope they take as little as possible from those titles, and fix all of the monumental mistakes they made just in the basic layout of the title.

By that i mean: Allied armies of your own faction showing up on the battlemap as either AI's or troops under your controll, all at once, and at the same time. None of this "wait for one of your original units to die or rout" crap.

More provinces (dont make ALL of France able to be conquered by just taking two cities), more individuality for factions, as in the original (though ill bet the romans are the only completed faction, ala the brits in empire).

AI that is not completely retarded.

Steam being optional, not compulsory.

Some actual effort being made to find and fix bugs before release, not months afterward in a ton of patches that still dont solve fundamental problems with bad code and game ruining glitches.


Somehow, i think that these expectations are too lofty for CA. Shame too, Rome, shogun, or most other classical time-period stuff would probably look nice if done right, ah well.

Instead of waiting for a Rome 2 thats probably going to suck, i say wait for Roma Surrectum 2, or "All under Heaven" for shogun, as its probably going to be leaps and bounds better than whatever CA Australia is cooking up.

just my 2 cents.

Amen

[cuo]

I'd really like to see something like "Dark Ages - Total War". Starting at around 476 AD up to something around 900 AD.

[MathiasOfAthens]

I would rather see Classical Era centered on the Greeks. Hegemony for RTW is stalled and what better than to have Triremes in the ETW Engine.

I wish they would do away with Steam but I doubt that.


If the sand in the top is any indication perhaps we have centuries to go until the top is empty. Think about it if the clock started at 2009 and the sand at the bottom covers only 300 years then we perhaps could be seeing a Classical Era Total War. Or at worst a Shang. I dont think it will go to Shogun.

http://www.totalwar.com/

[HolyDevil]

i really really hope its not modern war total war...

make a medieval 3, but i would much rather to see a rome 2 with a bigger map...

i really don't see any new concept they can bring, if they bring in modern wars, then total war is losing its way, imho....

[Rogal Dorn]

i really really hope its not modern war total war...

make a medieval 3, but i would much rather to see a rome 2 with a bigger map...

i really don't see any new concept they can bring, if they bring in modern wars, then total war is losing its way, imho....

"...let's just say that the new PC-only game eschews the gunpowder weaponry of recent Total War titles and gets back to basics."

I love it so much, I'm going to repeat the quote.

"...let's just say that the new PC-only game eschews the gunpowder weaponry of recent Total War titles and gets back to basics."

Rome II. Please. PLEASE!

And I don't care about Steam, but if they do use it and the game's good, I'm going to suck it up and download the tiny little client.

Edit: okay, $5 says it's Rome II. I just hope I'm right.

[Kael BloodMoon]

"but let's just say that the new PC-only game eschews the gunpowder weaponry of recent Total War titles and gets back to basics."

Oh God, please tell me it's Rome 2 Total War. Or at least an up-to-date version of RTW. That's all I want, really, no fancy NEW game, new era or anything else. Just R2TW and I'll be happy forever.

PS: Creative Assembly, I love you so much.

[Point Blank]

Shogun 2, RTW 2, Dark Ages would all be good. Even ancient/classical era, well before RTW by a thousand years or 2, would be great.

[adecoy95]

how about cave man total war? would have things like instead of religious influence you would have something called 'the amount of sabertooth tigers nearby"

i agree tho that a modern total war would not be all that great, there are already alot of fantastic games for the the last 100 years of history, like company of heroes or world at war (ok, not exactly history, but you get to shoot stuff with choppers lol).

i thought it was already leaked that it was going to be rome 2 total war?

[JorisofHolland]

Yeah, wars between the Persians, Greek colonies, Babylonians and whoever was around by then sounds epic - and much, much better than the 1700's

[Point Blank]

Agreed, that has huge scope and could be epic. And if they are saying no gunpowder, that means its likely not Shogun 2.

[Beorn]

To me seem slike Peloponnesian War:TW, or among these lines.

NO GUNPOWDER< HELL YEAH!!!!

[Vespasian92]

I would buy a new Rome or a Peloponnesian game, with graphics actually up to at least Medieval II level.