Creative Assembly Now Has No Excuse For Holding Off On America:Total War
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Base TW games are always set more over a historical period though, with 'Add-Ons' like N:TW and S2:FotS focusing on a specific conflict. So maybe if they release a 'Pax Britannica: Total War' (even though that makes no sense) it could come along as an add-on.
If they don't go whirling back to Rome though I can see them going Edwardian/WW1. Aircraft and artillery working as NGFS did in FotS. Machine guns like the sakers in ETW which you emplaced at the outset and couldn't move.
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If they don't go whirling back to Rome though I can see them going Edwardian/WW1. Aircraft and artillery working as NGFS did in FotS. Machine guns like the sakers in ETW which you emplaced at the outset and couldn't move.
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I don't care where they set it, as long as it has good AI and is moddable. That would rocket the game from "well, I could buy this but I could also install a new RTW mod" to "DAY 1 BUY GOTY ALL YEARS!!11!!' for me.
Definitely a Rome reboot. It's still the best in the series. Three Kingdoms China makes sense, the warfare that took place in that era was so different there are a shitload of ways to prolong campaigns and make them interesting. Or they could actually take on fantasy for once instead of the usual mod, they could cash-in on Game of Thrones without screwing it up like Atlus did.
I really don't care about the States, but I'd play a Nouvelle-France: Total War. There could be some US stuff in there too, but it would have to be mostly about the early days of Canada.
If they want to get ambitious it would be cool if they did one for Europe and North America during the mid-19th century, there were quite a few wars to go around for that to work out.
Come to think about it, I'd be curious as to how a pre/early-Arab middle-east game would work out. 'Cos you've got plenty of potential factions in the area and no end of reason why they'd want to clobber each other.BathorysGraveland said:
Nouvelle France?! In what setting? Regardless, it'd have to be post-Napoleon, and if so, up to WWI they were only a major belligerent in one war and you're kind of limiting the theatre there. And regarding the birth of Canada, the lack of factions with a vested interest don't make it particularly engaging as far as replay-value is concerned. France, Britain, the States and maybe the locals... unless I'm missing something here.zombieshark6666 said:
(No disrespect, my NA history sucks prior to 1800.)
Ah, the only problem with that is that the wars in Europe didn't concern the Americans, and the war in America, the Europeans made a point not to interfere with (no cause, no profit).Shock and Awe said:
I'll direct everyone to my Das Reich post of earlier... in this thread, no less...
It has to be either Rome 2, Victoria TW or some kind of ancient China TW. I'd love any of those, to be honest.
American civil war? Too limited. DLC at the most.
American civil war? Too limited. DLC at the most.
The whole point of Total War is to take a faction and do what you want with it. The Scots didn't utterly crush the English and French to make a superpower in Western Europe in real life, but in my game they did. Why not allow the US to fight Spain 50 years early, or maybe let Prussia ally itself with the Union?SckizoBoy said:
True, but from a gamer's perspective, it still doesn't really make much sense. If you start off in the states (as either main faction), you've got the enemy in front of you to deal with. Unless you make a quick peace, there is never going to be any real gameplay purpose (or practical access) to sending an expedition to Europe. Sure you can have your alliances, but all your 'real' efforts are going to be localised. And the same applies to Europe. Once you build up the resources to be able to send an army across the pond you must've conquered a fair plot, and if that's the case you're going to be knee deep in war if the enemy faction(s) have more than a handful of provinces. To make the military move across the ocean you need to outlay both naval and army forces. Better off finishing off one theatre, then moving on to the other. If that's the case, then you may as well have them as separate games, or have the ACW as an expansion pack.Shock and Awe said:
This was why Empire was such a good idea, as the United Provinces, Britain, Spain & France all had vested interests either side of the Atlantic, which is effectively lost to all but the British in mid-1800's. As I said before, the only genuinely viable setting for this time period is continental Europe... again...
Have Rome Total War: Barbarian Invasion? Look up the mod Viking Invasion 2. Really cool take on the Viking Invasion expansion pack for the original Medieval Total War.theparsonski said:
I don't have Barbarian Invasion, unfortunately. :-( I might have to head for Steam after my exams have finished.Soviet Heavy said:
Rome Total War Gold is ten bucks on steam. And I'll leave you a link to the Viking Invasion Mod.theparsonski said:
Download Page [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=221299]
Mod Forum [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=1036]
My history sucks too, eh eh, and I probably don't know what Total War veterans expect from the games.SckizoBoy said:
but...
What I would like is a game set around the St.-Lawrence River and the Great Lakes, between 1750 and 1850, when the English took over Kebec which eventually led to Canada being mostly an English-speaking country. US support and allies among the different native tribes could provide some unexpected turnarounds depending on alliances. Now, if you want an expansion that seems a fully French Canada take on France's Navy, I wouldn't have a problem against that either.
I really we could take the best of Paradox's games and Creative Assembly's games and mash them together. I used to play so much Total War (Rome, Medieval 2, Empire in particular), but can't really get myself to after swapping over to Paradox's Europa Universalis 3 and Crusader Kings 2.
That said, there are still several areas in which the Total War series is better. Besides the tactical realtime battles, there are also some diplomacy elements that are totally lacking from Paradox's titles, such as buying and selling provinces.
But if they were to make another Total War, why not a post-Roman 600AD one? That would be kind of fun if it had more detail than the Rome Barbarians expansion.
That said, there are still several areas in which the Total War series is better. Besides the tactical realtime battles, there are also some diplomacy elements that are totally lacking from Paradox's titles, such as buying and selling provinces.
But if they were to make another Total War, why not a post-Roman 600AD one? That would be kind of fun if it had more detail than the Rome Barbarians expansion.