New land battle trailer

[Gustav II Adolf]

yeah It does look free alright. Its just, it looked very small thats all. It briefly showed Italy, France, and other western European regions all together....it looked as if France would only have one settlement by its size lol. But yeah, it does look free..free Euough that you could easily take all of europe over with one Army!

Yeah, I see your point. I also want to have a big european map. It is shown in an angle and it can affect how big it feels. Still, the number of cities and regions worries me too. I would like to take pieces of a country and not just one battle and then win the lot. My guess though is that CA has made the game to work in a somewhat different manner than before. We now have naval battles and a bigger world. Maybe we are directed not to fight as much in core erupean countries.


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[Sir Beane]

I've watched that trailer several times now, amazing stuff!

A few interesting things I noticed:

1) Pause the video just as the campaign view of Britain pops up. Look carefully at the top left of the screen and you can see a landmass. This is almost certainly Iceland, and it's nice to see confirmation that it's in the game.

2) The duelling animation for those soldiers is everything they said it would be. Quick, fluid and interesting moves, all while a battle rages around them

3) On animation again. The bit where the horses leap over the wall is spectacular. Before this CA have never quite managed to have horses move realistically.

4) A nice first look at both flag bearers AND drummers.

5) The animation for dying men is rather good. Ragdoll physics can be awful if done wrong. These look just right, not to unrealistic and not too uniform or boring.

6) Elephants!

[Thermal]

are there not ment to be 500 regions on empires? if so i would think eupore will be far denser, perhaps they still have some to add yet...

[Martok]

are there not ment to be 500 regions on empires? if so i would think eupore will be far denser, perhaps they still have some to add yet...

I don't think so. I seem to recall CA saying over at TWC that there's going to be less than 200.

Don't forget that provinces will be less important this time around, since structures (mines, ports, etc.) are no longer tied to cities, and can be captured & controlled separately. Also keep in mind that a region will now have multiple settlements, not just the provincial capital.

[Polemists]

It makes me wonder though about capitals. Other then the fact you could usually find the Royal family there Capitals in MTW 2 held very little significance. Once you took Venice for example the Venetians just had a new capital and the only penalty was losing the city and a symbolic victory for us as the player. I'm curious though as this is Empire and your cabinet and govermental body would ideally live in the capital, if capitals will have more impact.

Otherwise it looks good, love the combat scenes, and charges. Why are his guys walking into a bayonet charge though, shouldn't they be, i don't know running?

[ULC]

IN my opinion, it should be a major economic and diplomatic blow, literally forcing you to either change your current tactics and army compositions and/or start groveling at your enemies feet.

[Ibn-Khaldun]

I agree with YLC. Losing your capital should cause a lot of trouble for you. Also I think it would be nice if capturing the capital I could capture enemy royal family/government too and perhaps ransom them or make the other nation to beg for peace?

[SpencerH]

It looks astounding, but then so did M2TW (which was a huge disappointment for me). I'm very heartened by the comments about terrain, formations, etc that suggest that CA have listened to the comments and complaints from the core players but the proof will be in the pudding (and I'm not tasting first).

[Celtic_Punk]

*screams like a little schoolgirl* DID YOU SEE HIM PARRY THAT SWORD!!!!!

[Megas Methuselah]

Omg, no, but I saw that one guy hit the other dude with the flat-end of his musket. ZOMGZ, I dunno how I'll be able to wait until February!!!

[Polemists]

First that is a GIGANTIC siggie

Secondly that whole duel combat thing is awesome. I can only hope it plays out that good in game. I'm sure much like all the litte animations in MTW2, once I see it 1059058 times it will lose it's punch. Still won't take away from how cool it looks that first time.


I wonder if the battle speeches are back in....hmmm....

[rajpoot]

Ahh I love those battle speeches in RTW and xpacks.........Never much liked the M2TW ones, too short and the guy never put enough voice into it, if you get what mean.
I just hope they have nice and loud ones this time around.........

And remember this above all, our Roman gods are watching; MAKE SURE THEY ARE NOT ASHAMED!!!