What may the next Total War game be?

[Recluse]

Maybe pre-roman...

..with factions including Athenians, Spartans, Niceans, Corinthians, Achaeans, Mycenaeans, Thebans, Macedonians, Persians, etc.

[Crusader Invasion]

^That'd be good! Still good sea battles, hoplite combat, maybe a Thermoplyae (300 battle) Historical battle, and Persia.

[lord o kelly]

Yea, I'd love to see a map of Italy, Greece (all those little islands included), and Eastern Turkey. That would rock.

[Real]

Definitely Rome... It's obvious...

[Recluse]

Considering that a lot of the core stuff is already in place, and that RTW was a popular game, I'd have to agree that the logical choice and the easiest one to bring to market is R2TW.

[eggthief]

well does anyone knows which tw game sold best?

[Crusader Invasion]

well does anyone knows which tw game sold best?

Rome by far. Seven million copies.

[Akbar]

I'd like to see something not so europe-centered. Asia total war!

[Gary88]

I would prefer that CA did a napoleonic era total war. Bayonet charges and advanced artillery would be awesome. Hopefully they could include real time naval combat as well.

that would definately be the most exciting in my opinion if it covered the same length as MTW2 it could include the napoleonic wars and the american war of independance and various other stuff. awesome in my opinion. alot of people want a more focused game but i think that would be boring the great thing about RTW was how many different factions and units there were. if it was just the greeks it would be in depth but not have much lasting apeal to me. if it were to get more focused i would want to have more to do with my generals, maybe you start as a family member and you are governor of one city you have to do what the faction leader tells you (i.e he tells you to raise an army and go attack someone) and you build the guy up till you take control of the faction. of course it would need good AI because i am fed up of the senate asking me to take a massive city in 10 turns when i have just fought a massive battle and only have 3 men left

[Crusader Invasion]

^If you're refering to me about the more focused game thing, that wasn't my point. I was saying that there should be less of a focus on über graphics and more on gameplay and optimization. If they did that, the next game wouldn't need more than maybe one patch. They could still have 30 factions, a bigger map, and more units.

[Mr Longbowman]

I would like a game that spands betwen about there M2TW ended to the napolean wars ended. Map could have europe, northern africa, parts of asia and of couse parts of the new world

[_TubbZ_]

what people don't know is this is CA's secret market research

[Crusader Invasion]

Rome 2 is still winning! Huzzah!

Colonization Total War, Fantasy Total War, and World War Total War shouldn't even be up there. Basically, anything under 100 votes. "Other" is necessary though, for all uniqe or different ideas like Asia/China TW.

Colonization Total War: That sounds like an expansion of M2
Fantasy Total War: TW games are all history, that's what makes them the best. Though I would prefer, if they had to make one, an established fantasy like LOTR or some of the ones mentioned earlier not something they make up.
World War Total War: It just doesn't work, those are totaly different styles of battle. TW is about masses of men on screen, not single man/trench combat.

[Khaoki]

Napoleonic Total War. It would be nice to have a change in pace from the TW series. Plus, I've been wanting something like this from them for a while.

I don't see the point in making RTW2. It's good as it is and there are already mods out there that make it much better. I wouldn't waste my money on it if they did make it...

[Crusader Invasion]

^What would make R2TW a waste of money? Every other game in the TW series has a new engine, so it would be radically different. The populus seems to want R2, even if you don't.

Nepoleonic would be great but there are a lot of forumers who don't like that idea at all. Plus, the Lordz game studio is making a Nepoleonic game that can satisfy you.

[The Layman]

I think that CA should remake shogun or rome but focus them selves so that the game doesnt need a realism mod. Maybe they should work with the EB or RTR teams along with other modders on TWC to really crank up the realism

[LegionnaireX]

^What would make R2TW a waste of money? Every other game in the TW series has a new engine, so it would be radically different. The populus seems to want R2, even if you don't.

Every game doesn't have a new engine. MTW2 uses a modified Rome engine as MTW 1 used a modified Shogun engine. I would like to see a Rome 2 as well, just not as the next installment. I don't see how a Rome 2 at this time could be much different from Rome 1 even with a new engine. It may have souped up graphics and stunning eye candy, but that would be pretty much all that would change.

I think CA either needs to remake Shogun or go with a new era. I'd like to see a Napoleonic era game, but a Dynasties game would be cool too.

[Crusader Invasion]

Every game doesn't have a new engine.

Let me quote myself.

Every other game in the TW series has a new engine, so it would be radically different.

Every other game, not every game.

The difference between Rome 1 and Rome 2 on a new engine would be like comparing M1 and M2. TOTALY different gameplay, graphics, and feel. It would have different factions (such as Illyria, Bactria, and the Ptolomics instead of Egypt). It could even have naval combat.

[Kalos]

My computer would probably explode playing a TW game with a new engine.

[LegionnaireX]

Let me quote myself.

Every other game, not every game.

The difference between Rome 1 and Rome 2 on a new engine would be like comparing M1 and M2. TOTALY different gameplay, graphics, and feel. It would have different factions (such as Illyria, Bactria, and the Ptolomics instead of Egypt). It could even have naval combat.

The graphics of the engine in the next TW game couldn't be that different from the ones in Rome. They may be more detailed but it would not be the giant leap it was going from 2D to 3D.