Translated article from Computer Bild Spiele

[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.

[Herkus]

Here are the comfirned facts about land battles:

* maximum of twenty controllable units.

Thats quite disapointing. Certainly not suitable for 18th century warfare tactics.

[Sheogorath]

I like that map. And here I thought we were gonna have to do some kind of magical timewarp to get to India. But it looks like the land-based powers will have a chance too :D

Also, it'll be interesting to see how they do the Persians. They were rather rich, as I understand it, making a nice income from selling scientific instruments and so forth, and were still regarded as something of a 'center of learning', even if the only people they could stand up to militarily were the Ottomans.

On a small note, it seems Portugal doesnt get any colonies. The little bit of Brazil thats showing is blank, although that is understandable, I suppose, given that the main effort was further south...

EDIT:
And I do hope they dont make the Russians red. That would be rather stereotypical >_>;

[Mailman653]

And I do hope they dont make the Russians red. That would be rather stereotypical >_>;

I thought they wore mostly green back then.

[Sheogorath]

Well as I and a couple others have said before (and no one has yet to contradict the point), I have serious doubts as to how practical (or even possible) it would be to manage land forces larger than that. It's hard to imagine a UI/control scheme that would allow one to effectively manage armies approaching the size of those that were fielded during the time period.

Not to mention which, larger armies in ETW would almost certainly require a lot more processing power, and it's pretty clear that the majority of PC's are going to be taxed trying to run the game as it is. To increase the size of the armies would make Empire unplayable for most fans altogether.


Sheogorath: Yeah, I too noticed the omission of Brazil as a Portuguese colony. Admittedly odd, but I wouldn't read too much into that map, at least not yet.

Aye, I mean, even in the older games two full stacks on both sides is kind of pushing it. I'd hate to have to manage MORE guys.

As to Brazil, it might've been left out for gameplay purposes...I mean, if I recall, its one major contribution to the period was to host the Portuguese royalty when they ran from Napoleon. Maybe the area was left blank as colony fodder. After all, Russia's gotta start out with something :P

I thought they wore mostly green back then.

Aye. Early Imperial Russian uniforms were primarily green (outside of the cavalry, who wore pretty much any color you can think of...but that applied to everybody), with some regimental color.

But looking at that map, the people at CA seem to be rather fond of red. The British, Polish, Russians, Norway, and Portugal

Admittedly, some of them are orange, but still...

[Martok]

Thats quite disapointing. Certainly not suitable for 18th century warfare tactics.

Well as I and a couple others have said before (and no one has yet to contradict the point), I have serious doubts as to how practical (or even possible) it would be to manage land forces larger than that. It's hard to imagine a UI/control scheme that would allow one to effectively manage armies approaching the size of those that were fielded during the time period.

Not to mention which, larger armies in ETW would almost certainly require a lot more processing power, and it's pretty clear that the majority of PC's are going to be taxed trying to run the game as it is. To increase the size of the armies would make Empire unplayable for most fans altogether.


Sheogorath: Yeah, I too noticed the omission of Brazil as a Portuguese colony. Admittedly odd, but I wouldn't read too much into that map, at least not yet.