Translated article from Computer Bild Spiele

[Martok]

on a mountain, one of the admins at the official Total War site, has provided a translation of an ETW article found at a German gaming site called Computer Bild Spiele. It includes several new tidbits about the game you might find interesting. Enjoy!

[PBI]

Excellent, lots of new info. These bits caught my eye:

# At the beginning of the campaign there will be no rebel provinces; provinces will all have historic names.
# There will be several cities in a province (note of the translator: yiiiiiiippppppppeeeee!!!!): A capital and several other cities, each with an individual name.

[Husar]

If there will be no playable USA faction in the grand campaign, I will be sad.

[Mailman653]

If there will be no playable USA faction in the grand campaign, I will be sad.

That would be a little disappointing, Id like to see what if the US became a monarchy and expanded into an empire rather than possibly being guided by the game to become a republic whether I want to or not........what if I want to help Nap take over Europe?

But, I think if the game allows us to start by eras, then its possible that maybe a early era has the US represented as colonies and in control of Spain and England as that map suggests, a middle era with the US as 13 English colonies and a late ear with independent colonies of England; but I could be wrong.

Either way, this game will be awesome!What would be cool is some South American countries as well but then the map would be huge, its huge as it already is most likely.

[Martok]

@Poor Bloody Infantry: Yeah, those were two things that stuck out for me as well....both of which made me quite happy.

If there will be no playable USA faction in the grand campaign, I will be sad.

I won't be. Frankly, I still think it's bollocks that we get our own campaign. I'll admit that's kinda cool, but for the U.S. to be playable in the main campaign as well would be ridiculous -- it'd be like being able to play as any other minor faction such as Tuscany or the Cherokee nation.

That said, I believe that America does become playable should they appear. I remember reading somewhere that if the USA emerges, that you'll have the choice to either play as them, or continue playing as the British.

The player will be able to build forts, and you can found your own cities.

this is an interesting bit.

Indeed. 'Twill be interesting to see how that turns out.


I also found this piece quite intriguing:

Taxes can be set individually for the aristocracy, the burgoisie (evolving middle class) and peasants.

Sounds like it could be a mechanism for changing governments -- intentionally or not.

[Csargo]

The player will be able to build walls behind which units can hide.

I haven't seen anything about this before, but I like that.

Very good find Martok. Quite a few new interesting bits of information.

[CBR]

It does look somewhat intriguing. I hope when they write "There will be a new multiplayer system" they mean something that actually works.


CBR

[sassbarman]

The player will be able to build forts, and you can found your own cities.

this is an interesting bit.

[Dutch_guy]

The player will be able to build forts, and you can found your own cities.

this is an interesting bit.

According to the article that is not the case - sadly.

The player will be able to build forts, but youcan not found your own cities. However, there will be a difference whether you build them in the american wilderness or for instance within the well-developed infrastructure of the indian subcontinent.

[Martok]

Gah! Quite right, Dutch_guy. It's understandable, though, that someone could accidentally overlook one innocuous yet crucial word ("not")....particularly given the inarticulate use of the word "them".

The player will be able to build forts, but youcan not found your own cities. However, there will be a difference whether you build them in the american wilderness or for instance within the well-developed infrastructure of the indian subcontinent.

Stupid pronouns....


On an unrelated note, I'm also quite curious as to how the agent system will work, seeings as they'll no longer appear on the campaign map.

[Rhyfelwyr]

That article has given me real hope for ETW.

I'm glad to see a map as well, I wonder how ships will get from the Meditteranean throught to the Red Sea though.

[irishron2004]

That article has given me real hope for ETW.

I'm glad to see a map as well, I wonder how ships will get from the Meditteranean throught to the Red Sea though.

To be accurate, all the way around Africa, like it was done before the Suez Canal was dug. That's why whoever controlled Egypt had to have two navies.