Modern Total War Not Impossible, Says Creative Assembly

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Hazzaslagga

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The Admiral said:
Screw a modern Total War. I want Middle-earth Total War.
there are pretty damn good mod's for RTW for a lord of the rings setting, the one made by wlsemen (or something like that is good) plus he worked out how to make unique animations and skeletons for the final version.
 

megs1120

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Simalacrum said:
I think it should theoretically work in a WWI setting, considering that's one of the last massed infantry wars, save possibly for WWII... but I really can't think of how they would pull it off, I just think it's possible.

After that? I honestly think not, the days of pitched battles are over nowadays.
Agreed, I'm not sure how they'd pull it off, but it would be interesting to see a total war game taking place during the first total war of the last century.
 

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There is no reason they can't do a Fantasy Total War with dragons, magic, and all that. Other fictional wars might work, like a modern war game where guns and gunpowder never came to be and we are all using swords and crossbows still. I imagine modern forging techniques would make for some interesting weapons and armor.
 

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I think that WWI would actually lend it's self quite well to a large scale RTS like total war. But later than that woud not be so good. I think they would also need to add more cover and trenches.
 

John the Gamer

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1821-1918 would be a good setting. This is the period wherein modern warfare is developed. Also in this period: Krimean war, wars of German unification, American civil war, American-Spanish war, Boers(South-Africa) wars, Colonial conflicts etc. Lots of posibilities.
 

JS ibanez

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The Admiral said:
Screw a modern Total War. I want Middle-earth Total War.
Third Age total war mod dude. If theres ever going to be a total war game based on lord of the rings this is it. And its already been made. And its free.
 

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Do a partnership with Illwinter and make a 3d Dominions 3! That has the potential to be one of the greatest strategy games in video game history.

An army of minotaurs and satyrs is trampling roman legionaries and their undead minions while banefire flies all around. Suddenly a lovecraftian horror from beyond the stars appears and consumes both factions! At the same time a horde of birdmen are fighting Zoroastrian cannibalistic giants with mammoths and lightning while aztec bloodhunters plot against all of them by summoning demons through blood sacrifice.

IN 3D! :)
 

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ciortas1 said:
Make it impossible. I want to hear none of it until Rome 2.
I don't want a second Rome game. RTW is absolutely perfect, and I don't think a remake will make light of it.
 

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John the Gamer said:
1821-1918 would be a good setting. This is the period wherein modern warfare is developed. Also in this period: Krimean war, wars of German unification, American civil war, American-Spanish war, Boers(South-Africa) wars, Colonial conflicts etc. Lots of posibilities.
Yes! The trench assaults in the end will be glorious!
 

John the Gamer

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Mullahgrrl said:
John the Gamer said:
1821-1918 would be a good setting. This is the period wherein modern warfare is developed. Also in this period: Krimean war, wars of German unification, American civil war, American-Spanish war, Boers(South-Africa) wars, Colonial conflicts etc. Lots of posibilities.
Yes! The trench assaults in the end will be glorious!
They probably won't last too long though. with our hindsight we will quickly come up with new tactics or just get bored with it. I do wonder how the AI would handle huge networks of trench defenses. But you'd also get peasant(sorry, farmer) revolts because you filled have your country with dried up mini-canals... I'd say: machinegunwarfare away!
 

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I think it's pretty telling how many people thing that a real modern war wouldn't happen a certain way, or that the combatants would want things resolved without firing a shot. I hate to tell everyone this, but no one thought World War I would be like World War I, and everyone was really damn sure that we'd never let that happen again, declaring peace, outlawing war, and what did that get us? World War II. So, I think the important thing here is for them to be creative and surprise us. One of the big boogie men for modern conflicts is what keeps it from just going right to nukes? Well, why didn't anyone use chemical weapons in WWII? Hitler didn't because he was certain the Allies had a huge stockpile of it (which they didn't) and figured if he used it, they'd just gas the hell out of Germany. Chemical weapons aren't nukes, and they weren't ballistic missiles, but there was a whole, world-wide conflict that saw very limited if any use of what was by far the deadliest weapon that anyone possessed.

One concept could be a new age of empire where two or three blocs are fighting it out in different parts of the world, not unlike the cold war, but kick it up a notch or two. Yes, it means the poor third world gets to be the battleground like it has been since colonial times, but it's how things played out during the latter half of the 20th century. A more multi-polar or even non-polar world where the major nuclear powers are all under isolationist or neutral governments is another concept, or they could even do a Total War: Cold War edition that just kicks it up a little with regional conflicts and keeps the risk of total nuclear war in the background, and the goal is to pursue your goals without risking a conflagration.

Let's not pretend that we're somehow past the age of total war. People have done that time and time again, and time and time again, they've been very wrong.

So, on that cheery thought, bring on the good games before we're all consumed in nuclear fire!
 

Jon Shannow

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I love any total war game, the only thing is if my pc can run any of the new ones, i swear with empire the graphics became the same as the first shogun
 

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Mullahgrrl said:
John the Gamer said:
1821-1918 would be a good setting. This is the period wherein modern warfare is developed. Also in this period: Krimean war, wars of German unification, American civil war, American-Spanish war, Boers(South-Africa) wars, Colonial conflicts etc. Lots of posibilities.
Yes! The trench assaults in the end will be glorious!
Charge!
"dammit they're all dead *sigh* guess i'll make some more"
Charge!
"DAMMIT!"
 

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Logan Westbrook said:
That said, it would be interesting to see what Creative Assembly would make of it.
They'd set it in the far future and make it an absolute disaster of stupid design decisions, poor implementation, horrible porting, idiotic controls, little to no QA testing, no post release support and call it Stormrise.
 

Prometherion

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Hmmmmmm, the problem is that modern weapons have a long range. I like TW because one army lines up against another and beats the hell out each other, not who has the most snipers and tanks.

I wish theyd do Rome Barbarian invasion or Alexander again cos they had loads of potential and scope yet they were just knock off of the AWESOME Rome TW.