Napoleon: Total War (Official Expansion Thread)

[pevergreen]

Total War brings a legend to life


Step into the shoes of the legendary French general, Napoleon Bonaparte, in the new chapter of the critically acclaimed and massively popular Total War series.
In Napoleon: Total War, aspiring generals have the chance to play as the legendary French general Napoleon Bonaparte or as one of his rivals.
The turn-based campaign is split into three different story-driven episodes, following the rise and fall of Napoleon, from his Italian and Egyptian campaigns to his famous showdown with the Duke of Wellington at The Battle of Waterloo.
Napoleon: Total War expands on the successful Total War series by taking all the features from previous games such as the full 3D land and naval battles, the detailed campaign map, and an in-depth diplomacy system and taking them a step further.

LONDON & SAN FRANCISCO (August 19th, 2009) – SEGA Europe Ltd. and SEGA of America, Inc. today announced Napoleon: Total War, the first in an all-new story driven branch of The Creative Assembly’s multi award winning Total War RTS franchise. Napoleon: Total War will keep the franchise’s genre-leading 3D battles on land and sea. The turn-based campaign is split into three different story-driven campaigns, telling the story of the rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte through his most famous battles.

In Napoleon: Total War, aspiring generals have the chance to play as the legendary French general Napoleon Bonaparte or as one of his opposing factions. Battling through his three biggest military campaigns, the game will take you through Italy and Egypt, narrating the early years of the fearsome commander, while the third campaign will tell the story of his fateful drive towards Moscow and, ultimately, his showdown with the Duke of Wellington at one of the most famous battles of all – The Battle of Waterloo.

“In Napoleon: Total War you get to actually be Napoleon - to face the problems he faced, to win the battles he won, and to build the Empire he built. Or better,” commented Mike Simpson, Creative Director at The Creative Assembly and father of the Total War franchise. “However, the game allows you to step in the shoes of his opposing generals as well, allowing the player to rewrite history as they see fit.”

Napoleon: Total War expands on the successful Total War series by taking all the features from previous games such as the full 3D land and naval battles, the detailed campaign map, and an in depth diplomacy system and taking them a step further.

Napoleon: Total War hits shelves in February 2010.



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[Didz]

Just received from SEGA

David, (my name) can you rival Napoleon?
http://www.sega.co.uk/games/napoleon-total-war/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7RHiyWHuV0

[pevergreen]

Yup, thats what the first part is, the email to all subscribers.

[Didz]

The question is will it be “In Napoleon: Total War you get to actually be Napoleon - to face the problems he faced, to win the battles he won, and to build the Empire he built. Or better,” commented Mike Simpson, Creative Director at The Creative Assembly and father of the Total War franchise. “However, the game allows you to step in the shoes of his opposing generals as well, allowing the player to rewrite history as they see fit.”

Or will it be ETW with slightly different Napoleonesce fantasy uniforms, refighting the American Civil War in Europe using mythical weapons.

[Tsavong]

Isn't it a stand alone game not an expansion.

[antisocialmunky]

This is going to make modding strange if its stand-alone...

Also, what happened to Spain? Italy, N. Africa, and Moscow but no Spain? I don't think he was actually there but still.

[Tsavong]

IGN Napolen Total War Preview

[Veho Nex]

Damnit CA... FIX YOUR GAME FIRST PLEASE!! Don't go expanding till your sitting on a stone chair not a sand one...

[pevergreen]

Its no being released for 6 months...

The simple fact that they have improved so much so quickly makes me sad. This should have been E:TW.

Regardless, if they are releasing their evolution so quickly, their next revolution must not be that far off... Think 2011/2012 for...Shogun and Rome 2?

[Rowan]

Its no being released for 6 months...

The simple fact that they have improved so much so quickly makes me sad. This should have been E:TW.

Regardless, if they are releasing their evolution so quickly, their next revolution must not be that far off... Think 2011/2012 for...Shogun and Rome 2?

They'll be wanting to use their shiny new naval combat engine so I'm betting on Rome 2.

[miniwally]

Just thought i'd give you link to how they're taking it on TWC

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=288217

[Husar]

Boooooring!

Ok, it picks up where ETW ends but I'm not going to buy this one right away, possibly never, maybe if ETW actually has a campaign AI by that time.

[A Terribly Harmful Name]

Ugh, an expansion already? I think the one who summed about it about fighting with mythical weapons is right. ETW sucks, NTW (not the Lordz thing!) will prolly suck even more. And be mod unfriendly to boot.

[Krusader]

Boooooring!

Ok, it picks up where ETW ends but I'm not going to buy this one right away, possibly never, maybe if ETW actually has a campaign AI by that time.

I'm not buying anymore TW titles. Don't think the majority in EB team are either, if the recent comments on the internal fora are indicative.

[Discoman]

Story driven campaigns? This is what I feared. I guess this means that we can't conquer certain parts of the map, or play as certain nations. If it was just the Napoleonic era, and you could play as anyone you wanted. I'd be much happier with this.

Right now, it's a pass for me.

[Jack Lusted]

There is a grand campaign style campaign on Europe in Napoleon.

[mlp071]

There is a grand campaign style campaign on Europe in Napoleon.

Ok ...and? Is it same shallow , no-AI campaign that we have now?I am sorry , but CA has done seeing my money , and judging on response from 3 different forums i am not alone.

What happened to "magnificent AI", moding tools and "most modable version of TW " that we were told about prior to ETW release.I guess we consumers were beta testing game for you, and payed to do that in addition.So no thanks...ever again.

Saying that , i suggest to everyone to keep away from any CA product, until they make their words count.Otherwise we will never see decent game from them again.

[Sheogorath]

Cynic says: This is CA's way of saying "Sorry guys, we screwed up with ETW. Here's another game that works. $60 please."

Optimist says: This is a good opportunity for CA to actually listen to the community this time around. They can screw with ETW and turn it into Starcraft all they want, while making NTW into a good and somewhat realistic strategy game.

College Student Says: Where am I gonna get that $60?

[Martok]

Temporarily stickied.

There is a grand campaign style campaign on Europe in Napoleon.

Well that's something, at least. Although to be blunt, I too feel CA has no business working on an expansion when the original game still needs some heavy-duty patching before it's worth playing again.

[econ21]

There is a grand campaign style campaign on Europe in Napoleon.

That sounds good - the Napoleonic wars are very well suited to the TW model: lots of warring factions at each other's throats. Losing India and America may be a plus if it allows more provinces in Europe. I think restricting the number of homeland provinces in ETW made it too easy to permanently knock out a major faction. Contrast that with the Spanish ulcer or the invasion of Russia, where two factions were almost impossible to knock-out. Some kind of faction re-emergence or other mechanic would be good, e.g. to model the re-emergence of Prussia and to some extent Austria after their defeats (heck, even France itself in 1815).

[GeneralHankerchief]

I guess I'm in the minority here, but I'm going to give this one a shot. Aside from the fact that I love the era and was devastated that they left this out of ETW proper, the past two installments in the Total War series have seen expansions that were better than their original counterparts. Kingdoms in particular. I think the trend will continue here.

[Discoman]

There is a grand campaign style campaign on Europe in Napoleon.

So that means no Americas or India? How will this effect things like the Louisiana purchase, or Britain's income from controlling India? Will there still be trade spots that we can get resources from? Will we see new resources now that the player probably won't be able to get tobacco, coffee, and tea?

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

Well if it's standalone at least I don't have to buy Empire.

[dejan07]

I agree with you Alexander the Pretty Good!
My thoughts precisely!

[pevergreen]

There is a grand campaign style campaign on Europe in Napoleon.

Yet the IGN piece stated this was the evolution, so, keeping to your trend, next should be a new engine, with the associated revolution.

Which leads us to believe that there will be no expansion pack for E:TW though this could easily be seen as one.

[seireikhaan]

Nope. Not getting it. The current state of ETW is appalling. The game has gotten progressively more and more unplayable as the patches have progressed. Give me some AI that treats individual nations as actual nations, not speedbumps that throw themselves upon the player to halt progress. Give me AI that has at least some concept of how to resolve a war. THAT is what I need improved in the game. Not fancier animations, not fancier uniforms, not elimination of clone armies.

Grr...

[Mailman653]

No War of 1812 (in its entirety and playable as both US and England)?

[Monk]

I understand this is a very exciting time for CA but...

whatever happened to the multiplayer campaign beta? Is that now planned for N:TW? Will we need to buy N:TW for MP campaign? Is it even on the drawing board at this point? Understand this was a huge selling point of ETW for me and was hyped like crazy right before launch.

[Sheogorath]

I understand this is a very exciting time for CA but...

whatever happened to the multiplayer campaign beta? Is that now planned for N:TW? Will we need to buy N:TW for MP campaign? Is it even on the drawing board at this point? Understand this was a huge selling point of ETW for me and was hyped like crazy right before launch.

I think they're hoping we'll forget about that.

[HopAlongBunny]

I'll wait for the reviews from players.

I did not buy ETW; the games leading up to it were progressively worse. From what ppl have said about ETW I think I made the right choice.

Napoleon sounds like a dream come true; everything is there in the engine to make it work, I just don't feel CA can. CA has demonstrated an inability to deliver an opponent AI worthy of my time (let alone money)

Just MHO, I would be very happy to be proved wrong.