Poll: Favourite Total War game.`

[maninahat]

It just made me angry, if only because I want them to diversify their games, and didn't want to hear them make yet another remake. I bet they'll do a medieval 3 after this as well.

To be fair, though... can you name another era and locale that would provide opportunities for such in depth gameplay, variation (or at least attempts at it) in factions and rich political setting? 'Cos there aren't that many... (Warring States and German Unification are the only two that come to mind that haven't been explored for TW titles.)

The rule they seem to have adopted is that they'll only do eras that have been made familiar by big Hollywood releases. The popularity of movies like Gladiator, Braveheart, The Last Samurai, The Patriot have an influence on the marketing, where the games are obviously trying to tap into what seems popular right now.

Which is a shame, because I can name lots of periods which could benefit from a Total War game, but aren't familiar enough to be used. For example, I'd like to see an Africa: Total War, because that promises a great deal more diversity than Empire, whilst using many of the same assets. As well as the European colonialist forces, you have many African empires (Caliphates, Tuareg, Benin, Abyssinian, Dakoit etc) who have very distinct units and tactics.

Alternatively, anything set in China, or Indo-China, for similar reasons.