Next Total War

[Madcat75]

In what time period would people like to see the next Total War set, Would you like to see a different period of something like Rome 2 released, me personally I would like to see either 1900-1950 done or set during the height of the Cold War, as I think all the major time periods have now been covered by the other games it would be nice to see something with a more modern flavour.

 

[Sir Boss]

I agree, a modern setting would be nice, although they couldn't release it without half the fanbase screaming "RUINED FOREVER!" all across the Internet.
How would they manage air combat and the like?

But they'll probably just safebet and do Rome 2 or Medieval 3.

 

[Dogstile]

I'd like them to try something a teeny bit more modern. WW1 seems like a good time period. The Bayonet was still used then if I remember correctly, gurkha forces with the British reportedly snuck behind enemy lines and slit the necks of germans in foxholes (although they'd leave the buddy sleeping to scare them).

I'm sure there were enough different units in that time period fighting to have a decent time with it.

 

[Euhan01]

Rome 2 would be nice, although a World War (either one) type game could be interesting adding in trenches, tanks, planes? etc.

I'd like to see a spin off perhaps in either futuristic or fantasy settings though. Similar to Age of Mythology in age of Empire series.

 

[Jandau]

Rome 2 is most likely, since everyone wants it and it is old enough to benefit from the advances the series made in the meantime. Medieval 3 isn't needed since Medieval 2 was already a sequel and overall it's not far behind the rest of the series.

Personally, I'd like to see them give a middle finger to history and branch out (after Rome 2, of course). A fantasy setting Total War game would be awesome, as people have illustrated through various mods for the assorted Total War games. Check out Thera, for instance. It's Medieval 2 mod that pits EVERYTHING against EVERYTHING on a huge map, and then adds some extra stuff. Seriously, you have a continent that's inhabited by the Roman Empire, battling Uruk-Hai and a Mongol/Samurai horde. A fantasy Total War game would let them make their own armies without people bitching about historical accuracy and it would stick to what their engine is good at - melee combat.

What I'd truly love to see would be a near future Total War game. Start it, say, 10-20 years in the future with one of those ever-popular global breakdowns over resources. Base armies off current modern military and add whatever is currently in the research stages (railguns, cybernetics, nanotech etc.). You would have a good framework for unlocking new units (an arms race between the nations), the smaller nations could serve as areas for expansion for the major ones (kinda like rebel states in other TW games).

 

[teh_gunslinger]

A new Rome, set in the same time as the old. I just want to move my legions with the new stuff from Empire and Nappy so I can manoeuvre without making all my carefully set up cohorts go out of sync with each other.

 

[y04coopa]

Rome 2 or medieval 3, would the safe sales. However they may experiment with American Civil, WWI or WII (pretty unlikely), perhaps anceint Greece or Macedon or even the Persian empire. only time will tell...

 

[Robert Ewing]

I'd like to see a fully expansive world. Shogun total war for me is definitely too small. Way too small for me in fact. I would of loved to see Korea involved (It sort of was I suppose) And parts of China.

Because after I took over everything on the first day of me playing, I just had to take over the black ship. And then that was it... I had nothing to do.

So I'd love to have a total war that expands over much more... or maybe all of the world.

I feel like Empire total war 2 could do this. Or maybe world war I total war. But It would be hella' difficult getting a WWI total war off the ground. I can think of a million ways it can go wrong.

So I dunno, I just want to make total war more expansive, so I can spend longer trying to conquer everything.

 

[oplinger]

Rome 2 is coming weather we like it or not.

However I don't want them to go more modern. They should stick with the ones they've used already, branch out to fantasy universes, or go older.

Total War doesn't have the same effect at all when you try modern tactics...like small squad based tactics. The scale of battles gets much smaller the more modern you get..kinda defeating the point of a total war game..

King Arthur is actually really close to what i think they should try to do next >.> ....however those guys are already making another game like that..

So who knows, I think they could make it interesting. I'm also sure they've got something in mind..

 

[SckizoBoy]

As with a few other posters: Rome 2, where I think the replenish mechanic from NTW & TWS2 makes more sense, due to the mercenary nature of warfare during that period.

Other than that, I'd like to see one of two things:

1. Hellenic (unfortunately, this would be quite boring for some people, what with just hoplites and phalanxes, but I think you can get enough variation among the factions, but with ETW, NTW & TWS2 having almost identical rosters except a few different stats and unique units, it's not going to be that different).

2. Ancient China (and I don't care what dynasty, purely for the aesthetic and battlecries in Mandarin).

One thing I will say is that it's almost impossible to get a good game out of anything post C19th because of the much more fluid dynamic of warfare. TBS/RTT is all well and good up to and including the German Wars of Unification, but even then, the army movements and engagements become far too unwieldy for a game like TW to deal with, since operational strata come into play. WWI is difficult enough as it is because the RTT aspect will play like arse. WWII will be borderline unworkable because army movements cannot be portrayed accurately, and it'll take a mammoth graphix engine to be able to pull off proper tank battles in a full set-piece battle (and by then, battles weren't really set-piece at all) and on battlefields that are of a size that can be effectively represented. Pure aerial battle along the lines of Battle of Britain will be a tough ask as well, even more so if it's in a combined arms sense. Only naval battles will be any good, with a dual interface for aerial/ship-to-ship combat, but from a strategic perspective, the faction that builds all the aircraft carriers will win by default (USN/IJN/RN in all likelihood).

I'll shut up now...

 

[meowchef]

I want them to make "The Lord of the Rings: Total War"

Someone please try and tell me that would be the best RTS ever.

 

[Kachiporra]

I would love to see an Asia Total war, don't know exactly what year but you could play as China,Japan,Korea,the mongols,India ect.

 

[Sir Boss]

I want them to make "The Lord of the Rings: Total War"

Someone please try and tell me that would be the best RTS ever.

There have been a number of mods taking us to middle earth, however, an official product would be so much better, so I agree with you here.

 

[celestine]

I'd love to see TW set in the late 19th century - the Indian Mutiny and the three Afghan wars, the French-Prussian war, the Mahdi uprising, the American Civil War, the European revolutions... still a cavalry and bayonet era before war got industrialized.

 

[Spoonius]

I want them to make "The Lord of the Rings: Total War"

Someone please try and tell me that would be the best RTS ever.

Check out the Third Age mod for Medieval 2. It's awesome.

 

[The Cap]

they need to make empire 2

and make it properly, with the whole world and no smelly bugs (all some bugs would be nice it is a total war game afterall and im all for nostalgia)

and even if they dont make empire 2 next, when they do they need to create it when the engine is optimised and polished so that it works perfectly rather than using it as a beta test for the engine when the colonial period is what the total war period has been striving towards since its inception, global battles with hundreds of thousands of troops

 

[flamingjimmy]

I want them to go back in time again, Rome 2 would be fantastic, perhaps with more focus on the punic wars.

 

[Blunderboy]

I'd really prefer Rome 2. The political intrigue and back stabbing of the period means that you tend to avoid the late game drag that tends to develop when you have lots of cities and armies.
Also, the style would only really work on time frames up to the mid 19th Century, as after that time, war became a lot less reliant on massed groups of men, and instead focused on smaller units fighting more or less independently.
The other benefit of Rome, is that it allows you to feature a much larger chunk of the world and have a lot more variety between factions than suggestions such as China Total War.
Look at Shogun 2. Great game, but after a while, all the factions tend to feel pretty similar.

 

[Violator[xL]]

I'd like them to try something a teeny bit more modern. WW1 seems like a good time period. The Bayonet was still used then if I remember correctly, gurkha forces with the British reportedly snuck behind enemy lines and slit the necks of germans in foxholes (although they'd leave the buddy sleeping to scare them).

I'm sure there were enough different units in that time period fighting to have a decent time with it.

Bayonet charges were more often suicide then not. Sneaking behind enemy lines was nearly impossible for the allies since the Germans had mastered the static defense. Nevertheless, I'd like to see a WW1 strategy game. I don't think Total War is the right platform for it though.
It'd require a whole new mechanic, one in wich you use loads of artillery and try to lose less soldiers then the enemy in attacks on eachothers trenches.