CA first gameplay ideas? CA please have a gander.

[Semper_Fidelis]

:Salute: Hello :Salute:

because i know that most total war fans think alike and have the same interest, i feel like I (or the community) can maybe give you some ideas of how to make your first gameplay vid to the public show off your great new features. I hope to see the facial mo-caps that you have implimented such as fear and happiness among the ranks. also some of the new battle features such as how the soldiers react during a fight and how they actually fight, and some of the new animations. i guess the battle is going to be the siege of carthage. and if that is the case i would hope to see the land and navel battles shown and emphisized on. also the new large city feature. these are just my oppinions.

any other total war fan and wants to possibly get their thoughts on this subject heard, please comment so possibly CA can see them.

[Lockcaps]

Uh..im pretty sure the reason they picked the battle of carthage as a demo was because it showcased the new combined battlefields feature, the new multiple capturepoints feature, how big the new cities will be,the new...you know what im getting at.

Also it's a loooong time before they will release any video footage of the game, we are going to get images and new information pretty much all the way up to release, but an actual video of the game? I'd say atleast a year until that. And even then, that video might not even be the battle of carthage - infact i don't want them to. As awesome this battle sounds like, it's a historical battle; And i know ALOT of people are going to get disappointed when they get the game, jump into the campaign, and discover that many features aren't there in normal battles.

The first video footage we see should be like this:
-We get to see the campaign map. ALL of it, so we know this is the real campaign and not some little, halfscripted thing; it should be the real game. We should get to see the armies, what units are in, and also how(what buildings etc are required) we recruit them. If there are special units like a massive catapult, i want to know EXACTLY how i get my hands on that IN THE CAMPAIGN. I want to see when they press "Play battle", i want to see the loadingscreen, i want to see the deploymentphase and i want them to show me the new features. Put shortly: NO PRE-SCRIPTED BATTLE. PLEASE. Sooooooooooooo many people will rage at you CA if you do this.

[Semper_Fidelis]

Uh..im pretty sure the reason they picked the battle of carthage as a demo was because it showcased the new combined battlefields feature, the new multiple capturepoints feature, how big the new cities will be,the new...you know what im getting at.

Also it's a loooong time before they will release any video footage of the game, we are going to get images and new information pretty much all the way up to release, but an actual video of the game? I'd say atleast a year until that. And even then, that video might not even be the battle of carthage - infact i don't want them to. As awesome this battle sounds like, it's a historical battle; And i know ALOT of people are going to get disappointed when they get the game, jump into the campaign, and discover that many features aren't there in normal battles.

The first video footage we see should be like this:
-We get to see the campaign map. ALL of it, so we know this is the real campaign and not some little, halfscripted thing; it should be the real game. We should get to see the armies, what units are in, and also how(what buildings etc are required) we recruit them. If there are special units like a massive catapult, i want to know EXACTLY how i get my hands on that IN THE CAMPAIGN. I want to see when they press "Play battle", i want to see the loadingscreen, i want to see the deploymentphase and i want them to show me the new features. Put shortly: NO PRE-SCRIPTED BATTLE. PLEASE. Sooooooooooooo many people will rage at you CA if you do this.

yeah, although the first quick gameplay video (like they did at rezzed) probobly wont have any campaign seeing as how campaign needs to be detailed and buildings ect added, its one big thing as how battles are single and different, the only thing they might show about the campaign is the area they are hoping to cover with a map or something. but yeah, a scripted battle of carthage is most probable. although im hoping they fix all the little things they missed on the rezzed one and release it to the public.