Poll: The next total war?

[kinggingerman]

Heya all for those of you who care about the total war franchise i recently heard they may be announcing the next total war at E3. Which made me contemplate about what the next total war will be? What do you all think it will be and why? Im going with rome 2 because i love that game and a remake would be pretty good i reckon

 

[reg42]

I think a WWII game could be pretty interesting.

 

[Johnny Cain]

Set in the First World War they could really change the series up with tactical trench warfare. Rather than hundreds of troops parading towards each other on open ground, you'd have the same hundreds sprawled out across a ravaged network of trenches and tunnels, with corners becoming choke points and the dreaded no mans land the decider of the inevitable charge.

 

[kinggingerman]

Set in the First World War they could really change the series up with tactical trench warfare. Rather than hundreds of troops parading towards each other on open ground, you'd have the same hundreds sprawled out across a ravaged network of trenches and tunnels, with corners becoming choke points and the dreaded no mans land the decider of the inevitable charge.

If you have NTW you should give the world war 1 mod a try

 

[Layz92]

Revolution: Total War. You get to play various historical revolutionary groups with a focus on guerrilla warfare and ambushes etc. I think that sounds interesting.

 

[Curious Georgie]

All together in a big mashup! Yes please.

 

[Daipire]

I think a WWII game could be pretty interesting.

Company of Heroes, good sir.


I guess I'd like to see a 21st century...

The 'stone age' would be retarded, you just get a bunch dudes with clubs...

 

[gagalloogie]

yo dude they have already given a teaser of the next total war, on the main total war site a clock counts down to 1908 as stays there so chances it will be between napoleonic era and WWI (like victorian)

 

[Jandau]

They've already announced the new Total War. [http://kotaku.com/5547924/hey-its-a-new-total-warcampaign] It's an expansion for Napoleon. So, it's an expansion of an expansion, focusing on even smaller scale than the expansion that was already pretty small-scale? Beyond that, I've already summed up my thoughts on this development in my comment on Kotaku, which I will repost here:

So, more boring, static battles with identical armies on both sides? Seriously, the napoleonic era has got to be the most boring period when it comes to warfare. Empire did some cool gameplay changes (multiple theatres, better diplomacy, the City/Town system, etc.) but the boring historical period together with identical armies for most nations really held it back (that's assuming I disregard the buggy mess that Empire was at release and arguably still is).

Ok, I admit I'm not being fair here. A lot of people love that particular historic period and I'm sure they'll have a swell time with this. However, I have trouble getting excited about it. The fact that I think Napoleon:TW was just a bad game (worst Total War game ever) doesn't help the matters.

I guess I can only continue hoping that the Total War franchise gets its shit together, moves on to a more interesting time period and stops sucking.

P.S. I'm not insisting that my opinion is in any way objective or that I consider it the undisputable truth. If you enjoyed Napoleon and Empire, good for you!

Other than that, I can only say that I'd like to see a Total War game set in the Near Future, with basically a New Cold War theme and the various experimental weapons and technologies based on current scientific trends. Granted, that's a good idea and Creative Assembly seems to be immune to those lately...

 

[Sandvichman]

It will most likely go back to its non-gunpowder roots, so i'm guessing it's going to stick to the roman-era or something similar.

"Though in possession of full details, our lives wouldn't be worth living if we divulged what we know, but let's just say that the new PC-only game eschews the gunpowder weaponry of recent Total War titles and gets back to basics." - Source: http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/54923/New-Total-War-To-Be-Unveiled-At-E3

Dont get me wrong. The previous games have been good, but RTW was epic, and i'm really hoping for a sequel.

 

[wooty]

Revolution: Total War. You get to play various historical revolutionary groups with a focus on guerrilla warfare and ambushes etc. I think that sounds interesting.

I quite like the sound of that one, mix in a few civil wars too such as the English and U.S. civil wars. Plenty of battles and scope in those era's.

 

[Kair]

They already had an official poll asking players what the next scenario should be. I don't know what the results were.

 

[almostgold]

Hopefully back to Rome. Game was (is) so good, imagine eit with all the progress thats been made since then.

 

[direkiller]

i want them to redo shogun or rome
because guns dont make that game fun and shogun needs a revisit

 

[Plinglebob]

It will most likely go back to its non-gunpowder roots, so i'm guessing it's going to stick to the roman-era or something similar.

"Though in possession of full details, our lives wouldn't be worth living if we divulged what we know, but let's just say that the new PC-only game eschews the gunpowder weaponry of recent Total War titles and gets back to basics." - Source: http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/54923/New-Total-War-To-Be-Unveiled-At-E3

Dont get me wrong. The previous games have been good, but RTW was epic, and i'm really hoping for a sequel.

I didn't like the battles in Empire because any guns (except cannons) take all the fun out of the battles so this fills me with hope. A sword and spears Total War with the improved world map would bea must buy for me.

 

[reg42]

I think a WWII game could be pretty interesting.

Company of Heroes, good sir.


I guess I'd like to see a 21st century...

The 'stone age' would be retarded, you just get a bunch dudes with clubs...

Eh, it's not really the same. CoH is impressive, but something about it turned me off.

 

[CincoDeMayo]

A Genghis Khan or Alexander the Great title would be awesome.

 

[kinggingerman]

They've already announced the new Total War. [http://kotaku.com/5547924/hey-its-a-new-total-warcampaign] It's an expansion for Napoleon. So, it's an expansion of an expansion, focusing on even smaller scale than the expansion that was already pretty small-scale? Beyond that, I've already summed up my thoughts on this development in my comment on Kotaku, which I will repost here:

So, more boring, static battles with identical armies on both sides? Seriously, the napoleonic era has got to be the most boring period when it comes to warfare. Empire did some cool gameplay changes (multiple theatres, better diplomacy, the City/Town system, etc.) but the boring historical period together with identical armies for most nations really held it back (that's assuming I disregard the buggy mess that Empire was at release and arguably still is).


Ok, I admit I'm not being fair here. A lot of people love that particular historic period and I'm sure they'll have a swell time with this. However, I have trouble getting excited about it. The fact that I think Napoleon:TW was just a bad game (worst Total War game ever) doesn't help the matters.

I guess I can only continue hoping that the Total War franchise gets its shit together, moves on to a more interesting time period and stops sucking.

P.S. I'm not insisting that my opinion is in any way objective or that I consider it the undisputable truth. If you enjoyed Napoleon and Empire, good for you!

Other than that, I can only say that I'd like to see a Total War game set in the Near Future, with basically a New Cold War theme and the various experimental weapons and technologies based on current scientific trends. Granted, that's a good idea and Creative Assembly seems to be immune to those lately...

I saw that article, thats whats encouraged me to make this thread . Also i really dont count an expansion for NTW as a new game.

 

[kinggingerman]

[/quote] The 'stone age' would be retarded, you just get a bunch dudes with clubs...[/quote]
Dont you mean epic......oh you dont. Couldnt you say though that rome is just a bunch of dudes with swords

 

[Kair]

Hopefully back to Rome. Game was (is) so good, imagine eit with all the progress thats been made since then.

Yes, that era also holds the greatest potential for mass formation tactics.