OFFICIAL-Demo Release Date

[ToeAndno]

http://shoguntotalwar.yuku.com/topic/42851

Hi guys,


I am pleased to report that our official Empire: Total War demo will be available via Steam from 4pm GMT on Friday 20th February.

Giving you a taste of the epic engagements that you'll be experiencing from 3rd March, the demo will take you through the basics of land and naval command and then unleash you in two historical battles!

You will get to play as the mighty British Empire as they do battle against the Americans in the 'Battle of Brandywine Creek' and then take on the French Navy in the 'Battle of Lagos'...

Battle of Brandywine Creek

After landing from his transport ships on the American coast, Major-General Sir William Howe led the British troops eastwards, with the intention of capturing Philadelphia.

In preparation, American General George Washington readied most of his units to defend from this frontal assault around the narrow crossing of Chad's Ford on the Brandywine. The Creek flows through the countryside of Pennsylvania, enveloped by sheer cliffs and heavily wooded hills on both sides. Safe in the knowledge the fast flowing creek could not easily be crossed; Washington was confident of holding his position.

However, more detailed surveillance of the terrain would suggest that alternative routes could turn the battle in the favour of the British.

Battle of Lagos

As so often in 18th Century warfare, French plans to invade England during the Seven Years War were reliant on ships from the naval base at Toulouse joining ships from Brest. The British had both ports blockaded, and the French had to wait for one of the blockading fleets to withdraw for re-supply before attempting any rendezvous.

The opportunity came when the British fleet under Admiral Boscawen at Toulon withdrew to Gibraltar. The French under Jean-François de la Clue-Sabran left Toulon, and began to make their way towards Brest. Passing the Straits of Gibraltar, the French were spotted by Boscawen's lookout ships.

Giving chase, Boscawen's fleet was only slightly larger than the French force, and caught up with them off the coast of Portugal where battle was joined. Take control of the British and defeat the French to end the invasion threat to Britain.

We hope that you enjoy playing our demo, which will give you a small taste of Empire: Total War action in preparation to leading your own empire to victory in March!

Thanks,

Mark O'Connell

[Discoman]

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!
THE DEMO LEGIONS HAVE PREVAILED!!!
:dizzy2:
The anticipation is killing me!

[Sir Beane]

Woooo!

Party in this thread! :elephant: :birthday2:~:cheers::elephant::cheerleader:

Most excellent news, we can finally play ETW for ourselves. :2thumbsup:

Needless to say I can't wait. :beam:

[The_Doctor]

Battle of Brandywine Creek

Will there be Hobbits?

[Nelson]

Excellent news! Thanks, Mark!

[Fisherking]

a real date and a test of band width at steam.

[Mailman653]

If the new video that came out today took forever to load/download, how bad will it be to try to snag the demo?

[Ituralde]

Awesome! :2thumbsup:

~:cheers:



Yeah, that pretty much sums it up...

[Greyblades]

I was kinda hopng for a limited (severly limited) version of skirmish battles with a choice of 2 facions and a handfull of low quality troops/ships to choose from... i dont know how on earth I ended up with that expectaion, but hey at least we are getting a demo! :2thumbsup:

...we are not going get any peace from Polemists for the next 6-12 hours are we?

[ToeAndno]

Let's not tell him, lol

[NovaColonel]

Well, where is he? Fainted?

on topic: YAY! FINALLY! YAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!! :yes:

[Greyblades]

Heres hoping he hasnt died of shock. ~:)

[Crazed Rabbit]

Looking forward to it - thanks CA!

CR

[Styles]

Well in a few hours I can play DoW2. Looks like I wont spend my money on Empire until April or later.

[Fisherking]

Polemists and the rest of you who are not registered at Steam had better do so before the download time…

Any increase in speed will pay off later.

[Greyblades]

I may not know much about steam but I don’t see how the speed will be increased if we install now instead of last minute.

[Fisherking]

I may not know much about steam but I don’t see how the speed will be increased if we install now instead of last minute.

Because of the time it takes to get your account and passwords set up.:idea2:

To go with that, it may be a bit slow when ¾ of the world tries to do the same thing at once.

:laugh4:

[Merak]

done just for this game:D

is there any way of making the download start automaticly (am at work that time)

[Ibn-Khaldun]

Wonderful!:2thumbsup:

Does someone know how big that demo will be?? :book:

[pyradyn]

He is most likely sleeping. Now that there is a date I am good and can wait, two historical battles is what the Demo has always been so I am glad. Something to do now till march. As for Steam already have it, and have had it for 2 years now. Just got to wait

[Wausser]

DEMO!!!!!

[Barkhorn1x]

Great news!!!

[Greyblades]

Polemists is going to get one hell of a wake up call...
Oh I've got steam sorted. Phew. I had forgotten how much of a great big avert the main page looked like.

[KozaK13]

Excellent....:laugh4:

[knoddy]

yaya but sad at the same time cos thats like 14 hours away lolz. guess i have to bow to the inevitable evil steam and register

[Megas Methuselah]

DEUS VULT!!!!

[lobosrul]

w00t, thats 9AM my time and I just happen to have tomorrow off work! Wonder what I'll be doing Friday afternoon?

As far as download times goes, isn't Steam partially p2p? So it shouldn't be too bad.

[ToeAndno]

I've always had great download speeds from Steam

[Rhyfelwyr]

I GET FRIDAYS OFF UNI THIS IS PERFECT!!!!!!

:beam::beam::beam::beam::beam::beam::beam::beam:

[Sol Invictus]

Yeah right! This must be some sick joke. I must be dreaming.:dizzy2: I can hardly believe it. I am sure my computer will probably explode when I boot it up tomorrow.:wall: I just won't believe it until I fire my first volley.:applause:

[Sir Beane]

Polemists is going to think his birthday has come early. :laugh4: This all seems to be good to be true, the demo finally being released. I'm getting worried something unforseen will prevent me from playing it.

[Gregoshi]

The Battle of Brandywine Creek!? That was fought about 10 miles from where I live. Excellent. This demo release is going to throw a monkey wrench in my plans to prepare the house for company this weekend...I'll manage somehow. I'm curious to see how well it performs on my aging PC.

Odd, but up until this announcement I was only following the development of this game (very) casually. Now I'm sitting here typing this and my heart is almost pounding...

[Sir Beane]

The Battle of Brandywine Creek!? That was fought about 10 miles from where I live. Excellent. This demo release is going to throw a monkey wrench in my plans to prepare the house for company this weekend...I'll manage somehow. I'm curious to see how well it performs on my aging PC.

Odd, but up until this announcement I was only following the development of this game (very) casually. Now I'm sitting here typing this and my heart is almost pounding...

I have to ask because you live near a place known as Brandywine Creek. Are you a hobbit? Or do you happen to know any Hobbits? Or is the name just a Tolkien-esque coincidence?

I hope to see a demo of England vs. the forces of Hobbiton. :laugh4:

Also this post was meant purely in jest, and not designed to offend. :2thumbsup:

[Greyblades]

I realy realy hope that you can choose which side you are on.

[NagatsukaShumi]

I start work at 4pm GMT :wall:

[The Blind Samurai]

ahh finally the civil war over the demo legions can stop lol but i cant wait i have no school tommorow YAY :2thumbsup::2thumbsup:

[Colovion]

Because of the time it takes to get your account and passwords set up.:idea2:

To go with that, it may be a bit slow when ¾ of the world tries to do the same thing at once.

:laugh4:

Nah don't worry about Steam getting borked when we all try to download it. I felt the same thing about when HL2 was first released but it went smooth as butter for most people. Their servers were beefed up a huge amount since HL2 was one of the most anticipated games ever. There's only a fraction of a playerbase for Total War so no worries. :2thumbsup:

[Calmarac]

The Battle of Brandywine Creek!? That was fought about 10 miles from where I live. Excellent.

I've just been reading about the battle here - http://www.britishbattles.com/brandywine.htm

If the battle follows the original we might even see Ferguson’s Riflemen in the demo

The British had a "two stack" army and used one to pin Washington frontally while the other marched round and performed a classic flanking manoevre. So perhaps we might have a reinforcement stack in the demo, and see for ourselves how the system works ...

[||Lz3||]

GaH! my laptop can't handle it. I will probably have to wait till august to get a new computer :wall:

Someone please upload a video or something to youtube. :sad:

[knoddy]

all of a sudden i hope cricket gets washed out tomoz, althought considering how big it will be and the amount of traffic on steam will probs take all day to download lol.

[pevergreen]

Oh cruel fate, thou dost tempt me so.

I'm one third through my month of internet useage and over half of it is gone.

In addition to that, I get Left 4 Dead tonight!

Its friday here though...please? :grin2:

If the demo is around 1.5gb I will download it and attempt to commence modding!

[Husar]

Oh cruel fate, thou dost tempt me so.

I'm one third through my month of internet useage and over half of it is gone.

Now seriously, in the next elections vote for someone who opens up your internet or whatever so you finally get unlimited flatrates in Australia, like the rest of the developed world has had for years now.

[knoddy]

Now seriously, in the next elections vote for someone who opens up your internet or whatever so you finally get unlimited flatrates in Australia, like the rest of the developed world has had for years now.

if only there was someone running who cared about improving the infrastructure of the country so we can catch up to the rest of the world lawl

enough about politics, its friday the 20th here lets get this demo on :P

[Gregoshi]

I have to ask because you live near a place known as Brandywine Creek. Are you a hobbit? Or do you happen to know any Hobbits? Or is the name just a Tolkien-esque coincidence?

Me, a hobbit? No, nor do I know any hobbits. If you'd like, I can ask some of my friends tomorrow when we meet for elevensies in Buckland, er, I mean Bucks County. :sweatdrop:

[Hosakawa Tito]

I've just been reading about the battle here - http://www.britishbattles.com/brandywine.htm

If the battle follows the original we might even see Ferguson’s Riflemen in the demo

The British had a "two stack" army and used one to pin Washington frontally while the other marched round and performed a classic flanking manoevre. So perhaps we might have a reinforcement stack in the demo, and see for ourselves how the system works ...

Ah yes, the Battle at the BrandyWine. Major Ferguson had a chance to shoot a prominent Rebel Officer who was accompanied by another officer in distinctive hussar dress, Washington & Count Pulaski, but didn't think it sporting to shoot a man in the back so declined to take the shot that would have changed history....remember folks, sometimes nice guys finish last. Glad the demo is out to keep us occupied till March. Last one to download the demo is a stinkin' provincial...~;p

[seireikhaan]

Hrm...

Interesting. I shall try it. Hopefully Steam doesn't perish. :skull:

[Megas Methuselah]

So, how exactly do we register for Steam? :thinking:

[ratbarf]

Last one to download the demo is a stinkin' provincial...

Hey... I am already a stinking provincial...

[Crazed Rabbit]

So, how exactly do we register for Steam? :thinking:

Do you have a firstborn to hand over? Otherwise the paperwork for your future firstborn is a pain.

CR

[Megas Methuselah]

Do you have a firstborn to hand over? Otherwise the paperwork for your future firstborn is a pain.

Nah, man. I already gave him up for the EB Tavern. I signed him over in his own blood.

But seriously, just type Steam in google, it's the first site that pops up. You should see, quite visibly, a little button that says you can download Steam for free on its main page. Do that. You'll download an installer. Run the installer, which will both install Steam on your computer and get you registered.

That was easy.

[Vuk]

I refuse to fight the great and mighty and wonderful and perfect United States! I will only play the naval engagement...

[ThePianist]

Yes!!!!!!!! And it's so great that it is from the British side. Usually all the videogames are from the American side and it gets boring.
Can't wait to see Branduin Creek in the Fourth Age of Men!

Request Special Forces unit in the demo:
http://moviesmedia.ign.com/movies/image/article/715/715225/pirates-of-the-caribbean-dead-mans-chest-20060630050616802.jpg

Upgraded with blacksmith:
http://www.kinomania.ru/movies/p/Pirates_of_the_Caribbean_3/hor/42.jpg

With silver/gold chevrons (http://www.filmedge.net/potc3/FanEvent/Elizabeth%20Swann%20Banner.jpg)

[Monk]

Hah! Take that George Washington! :laugh4:

I don't mind fighting for King and Country, and I'm an American! I'm glad I only have a.m classes tomorrow, I'll be out in time to download the demo with the masses and play it to death, then give my thoughts.

Also Greg, I always had a feeling you were decidedly Tookish, now it all makes sense! :dizzy2:

[Monsieur Alphonse]

And still no word of Polemist.

I am steamed up and ready.

[Fisherking]

And still no word of Polemist.

I am steamed up and ready.

He could have been run down by a camel…that is a dangerous part of the world he lives in…

[Megas Methuselah]

He'll feel so left behind. Poor Polemists. All his hard labour resulted in this, the last bite of a rotten apple core eaten to death by his former followers. :no:



On a happier note, the demo is out in 6 hours and 27 minutes. God wills it!

[pdoyle007]

4pm, on friday.

8.30am on monday I drag myself to work, no sleep, no food, plenty of drink and an awesome flanking maneouver later........

[Merak]

aliens have abduced him the day before the demo relased :)

[Emperor of Graal]

YEE-HAA!!!!
WE GOT A DEMO!

[Ibn-Khaldun]

I asked this before but I'll do it again - Does someone know how big that demo is? 2 Giga? 5 Giga? More???

It's because I have only 9 Giga free Memory and I think I need to uninstall some useless stuff so I could run this! :laugh4:

[Ishmael]

YAY!!!
The day has finally come...i remember countless fridays (about 3 weeks worth) full of confidence and certainty that the demo would be released on that day...
Unfortunately its British time, but hey, ill play it tomorrow
Also, unless he snuck in somehow whilst im posting, I posted before Polemists!

[Phog_of_War]

Well, will wonders nerver cease??

Day off on Friday as well.

I assume the demo will be around 2gb or so Ibn.
But we wont really know until it gets released later today.

[Sir Beane]

We aren't going to need this thread for much longer, so tis hereby closed.

:dancinglock: Closed! :dancinglock: