The next Total War will have the Frostbite 2 engine

[The Awesome Boy]

I saw a few gameplay videos from battlefield 3 on youtube today, and even though that is fps the only thing I thought of when I saw those gameplay videos was how cool a Total war game would look like whit those graphics.

Do you think it´s possible for the creative assembly to create the next total war game on the Frostbite 2 engine and if it is, do you think they will do that for the next tw game?

[Blatta Optima Maxima]

Fail thread

[The Awesome Boy]

Fail thread

Why do you think that? Just think of how epic a Total War battle would be on the Frostbite 2 engine.

[empr guy]

Fail thread

this. The engine could never have a TW style game on, it isn't made for it.

[Rorarii]

to say TW should never have some aspects of FPS is a negative attitude that won't help CA / SEGA. If they want a TW game to be a Game changer, and a huge success then the next TW engine should encompass as many genre of games as possible - RTS with FPS, RPG aspects and anything new that comes along.

For example, Assassins, wouldn't it be good instead of just a % chance of success, you actually see a battlefield type terrain with the intended victim in the middle (general say) and around him is his body guard and around them are soldiers or towns folk. one of these is the assassin but which one? The player assassin has to sneak his way to the target without being caught ,or if the player is the general, he has to keep himself safe without arresting / killing alot of innocent bystanders. Yes, I understand it will take alot more dev time but TW already has battlefields and soldiers, how much extra work could it be? The benefits would be a huge boost in enjoyment of playing agents.

But to counter that, if PC Pads / cloud are going to be next big thing, then adding extra code is going to be a negative.

Just my views on what would benefit TW.


R

[War lord]

to say TW should never have some aspects of FPS is a negative attitude that won't help CA / SEGA. If they want a TW game to be a Game changer, and a huge success then the next TW engine should encompass as many genre of games as possible - RTS with FPS, RPG aspects and anything new that comes along.

For example, Assassins, wouldn't it be good instead of just a % chance of success, you actually see a battlefield type terrain with the intended victim in the middle (general say) and around him is his body guard and around them are soldiers or towns folk. one of these is the assassin but which one? The player assassin has to sneak his way to the target without being caught ,or if the player is the general, he has to keep himself safe without arresting / killing alot of innocent bystanders. Yes, I understand it will take alot more dev time but TW already has battlefields and soldiers, how much extra work could it be? The benefits would be a huge boost in enjoyment of playing agents.

But to counter that, if PC Pads / cloud are going to be next big thing, then adding extra code is going to be a negative.

Just my views on what would benefit TW.


R

Are you high?

[Blatta Optima Maxima]

Not that it's not similar to bf in any way. You just can't use an FPS engine for such a large scale RTT game.

[empr guy]

to say TW should never have some aspects of FPS is a negative attitude that won't help CA / SEGA. If they want a TW game to be a Game changer, and a huge success then the next TW engine should encompass as many genre of games as possible - RTS with FPS, RPG aspects and anything new that comes along.

oh great, make TW even more shallow by trying to do everything at once, even though it cant do very good at what it already does.

[Blatta Optima Maxima]

TW was the most addicting and immersing game for me just because it used to be an ancient empire simulator. Not some RPG/FPS .

[empr guy]

i'd say europa univeralis does better at empire simulation, the only problem being it starts at 1399...

[Blatta Optima Maxima]

I'd say TW is better, as you it simulates the battlefield too.

[empr guy]

that really has nothing to do with empire simulation, and makes it worse because then the AI countrys are ed. EU3 is by far a better empire simulator.

[Blatta Optima Maxima]

that really has nothing to do with empire simulation, and makes it worse because then the AI countrys are ed. EU3 is by far a better empire simulator.

Maybe not empire, but warfare. It (tries to) simulates warfare.

[Veliky Kaiser Theos]

Looks like S2TW is going to be the 2nd to last sucessful TW game.

[Lord Baal]

Cocroach the great, PARADOX GAMES ARE BETTER GRAN STRATEGY GAMES
empr guy, CA GAMES ARE BETTER BATTLE TACTICS GAMES

FOR YOU TWO:

TACTICS=/=STRATEGY

I HAVE SPOKEN!!!!

[Blatta Optima Maxima]

Cocroach the great, PARADOX GAMES ARE BETTER GRAN STRATEGY GAMES
empr guy, CA GAMES ARE BETTER BATTLE TACTICS GAMES

FOR YOU TWO:

TACTICS=/=STRATEGY

I HAVE SPOKEN!!!!

We kinda figured that out ourselves, no need to spam caps lock + size 7.

[SPECTREtm]

Oh yeah, just think of how awesome it would be to have epic battles between armies of 32 men each...

EPIC fail thread.

[The Awesome Boy]

Oh yeah, just think of how awesome it would be to have epic battles between armies of 32 men each...

EPIC fail thread.

Why only 32 men each? Why not 50000 men each?

[Blatta Optima Maxima]

Why only 32 men each? Why not 50000 men each?

You really haven't thought this true, have you? Try commanding 5000 men while fighting for your life.

[SonOfOdin]

Why only 32 men each? Why not 50000 men each?

Well, if Frostbite is designed for 64 players simultaneously, 50,000 men on Frosbite 2 would require a space age PC, or a Playstation 50 or Xbox 15000 or something.