Empire: Total Burnout?

[Fisherking]

Last night I had a dream I was playing Empire! It must have been the Road to Independence obviously as one of the towns I was looking at was Charlestown. I was concerned because I wanted to build naval units but needed land units more.

Then I awoke with a cramp in my neck and shoulder…But when I went back to sleep the dream continued. I could not get past that one turn however, and kept rechecking, looking up technology upgrades and so forth.

It was still what I was dreaming of just before I awoke!

All in all it didn’t make for the best nights sleep. And it is still more than two months away…

I can’t remember dreaming of a game before, particularly one I have yet to play…

Am I alone here, facing burnout before I even have it in hand?

[Sir Beane]

Last night I had a dream I was playing Empire! It must have been the Road to Independence obviously as one of the towns I was looking at was Charlestown. I was concerned because I wanted to build naval units but needed land units more.

Then I awoke with a cramp in my neck and shoulder…But when I went back to sleep the dream continued. I could not get past that one turn however, and kept rechecking, looking up technology upgrades and so forth.

It was still what I was dreaming of just before I awoke!

All in all it didn’t make for the best nights sleep. And it is still more than two months away…

I can’t remember dreaming of a game before, particularly one I have yet to play…

Am I alone here, facing burnout before I even have it in hand?

More importantly I think you need to try and remember as much as possible about the stuff in your dream! It could be a window to finding out about various factions and technologies before CA ever think of releasing the info!


It isn't every day you get granted a prophetic dream :P

[General SupaCrunk]

I had like 10 dreams when i play ETW.

[Thermal]

bit sad, like dreams will tell u anything, im looking forward to it, no dreams though

[Megas Methuselah]

It isn't every day you get granted a prophetic dream :P

They do happen. I've had one about Caesar 2 a very long time ago.

[Mailman653]

They do happen. I've had one about Caesar 2 a very long time ago.

Did it say plebs were needed?

[gollum]

Hi,
it would certainly be handy for me if the game came with free coupons for psychotherapy sessions.

!it burnsus!

[Martok]

Am I alone here, facing burnout before I even have it in hand?

Ahem....

[Sir Beane]

These dreams about Empire seem to be quite common. It seems to me that CA must be using some sort of subliminal messaging technique in their screenshots or videos, I would stop watching them just in case.

On the day the game comes out millions of brainwashed fans will recieve the signal hidden in the opening cinematic and take up arms to march against the government and put the staff at CA on the throne.

Personally I think this is the most likely explanation for these dreams. I for one will not be fooled! Tinfoil hats all round to keep the brainwaves out! It's the only way!

*Goes and hides in a a lead lined bunker to prepare for the coming war*

[Tomisama]

Got me tinfoil on, now safe am I

The scary part is; for a game of the immense scope as this one, which was scheduled to be out in Fall, then February, now March. That there is really very little information concerning factions, units, or ships; even the official screenshots are very limited.

http://www.sega.com/empire/

With only 60 days to go (minus weekends and yearend holidays), it seems almost improbable that the game can be finished and properly introduced in that amount of time. I will remain eternally optimistic, and forever encouraging, but even I am getting a bit nervous.

Even worst news; SEGA is coming out with another game in March 2009 also. “Stormrise” is a multi-platform fully 3D RTS, with “Join Anytime” multiplayer, by Creative Assembly. Need I say more?

http://www.stormrisegame.com/

Hope for the best (maybe join hands and sing a little), Empire will emerge, but you may have a bit more dreaming to do than has happened already…

[gollum]

Need I say more?

Same old, but people will love it anyway. With all of its countless faults and bugs and imbalances, or perhaps exactly because of them.

!it burnsus!

[Megas Methuselah]

Eh, you guys are freaks. I've never yet had a dream about ETW.

[Sir Beane]

Eh, you guys are freaks. I've never yet had a dream about ETW.

Are you making sure to wear your tinfoil hat and special hypnotic proof sunglasses? If so that's probably why. These guys all forgot theirs.

[_Pontifex_]

Just like any other TW game, you will burnout eventually. RTW took longer to burnout than M2TW, for me, so I hope ETW is even more addictive than ETW.

It has alot of potential and looks like a great game.

[Praxil]

I'm definitely dreaming about Hearts of Iron 3. I'm reading these diaries and drooling all over my keyboard. Haven't seen enough about ETW though.

[gollum]

Thanks for the link,
if it wasnt for the tactical battles i would have left TW long time ago. I like everything in Paradox games other than the battles/military aspect. On the campaign side of things they mincemeat TW anytime.

EDIT

The game will focus on satisfying veteran players through a multitude of brand new features and systems

From the announcement of HoI3. If only some developers had the guts to follow their original vision, by satisfying their core fanbase and stick to their guns by delivering optimisation of it through successive iterations, instead of focusing on fishing customers with as wide a net as possible...

!it burnsus!

[Fisherking]

Ahem....

OMG! September?

How did I miss it…

Poor Guy!

Sounds like the start of a good battle…

Mine was a bit more persistent though. I woke up twice and went back into it. But it was campaign management…at least yours had some action in it…

[Megas Methuselah]

Martok kind of scares me sometimes. I wonder if he owns a crystal ball...?

[Tomisama]

A little perspective on waiting and dreaming (in reverse).

Early exposure to a televised stage play of the Seven Samurai, and then later watching the Shogun TV series, encouraged my interest in ancient Japanese warfare. So much so that when the computer gamming industry started showing promise, I set myself a goal of programming a game that would simulate battles in early Japan.

Just as I started studying the necessary computer languages as my first step fulfilling my dream, I found a snippet of news in a Next Generation magazine. The news clip was just a note about a new game proposed by Electronic Arts called Taisho: Total War. And when I saw it, I knew that this was my game. Someone was already building my dream; all I had to do was to wait a bit. This was glorious! The date on the magazine was November 1998.

Later information promised the release in the second quarter of 1999, and told that the name had been changed to Shogun: Total War (both of which I wrote on the snippet). I believe that there was even later news that the date had been changed to the second quarter of 2000, but I don’t have hard copy on that. The waiting was excruciating! Nothing else would satisfy or even reduce the empty longing. I needed this game; it was my dream come true.

Eventually it was released in July 2000. That’s about 20 months of low level agony (qualifies as two years in my book). I think I might be able to wait a few months for Empire.

The real story is; that it was worth it, even with its short comings, it was worth it!

Next Generation magazine November 1998 page 102, upper right corner.




Next Generation magazine July 2000 page 93 - if you want to seethe release anouncement (full page).

https://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k...a/scan0002.jpg

[Sir Beane]

A little perspective on waiting and dreaming (in reverse).

Early exposure to a televised stage play of the Seven Samurai, and then later watching the Shogun TV series, encouraged my interest in ancient Japanese warfare. So much so that when the computer gamming industry started showing promise, I set myself a goal of programming a game that would simulate battles in early Japan.

Just as I started studying the necessary computer languages as my first step fulfilling my dream, I found a snippet of news in a Next Generation magazine. The news clip was just a note about a new game proposed by Electronic Arts called Taisho: Total War. And when I saw it, I knew that this was my game. Someone was already building my dream; all I had to do was to wait a bit. This was glorious! The date on the magazine was November 1998.

Later information promised the release in the second quarter of 1999, and told that the name had been changed to Shogun: Total War (both of which I wrote on the snippet). I believe that there was even later news that the date had been changed to the second quarter of 2000, but I don’t have hard copy on that. The waiting was excruciating! Nothing else would satisfy or even reduce the empty longing. I needed this game; it was my dream come true.

Eventually it was released in July 2000. That’s about 20 months of low level agony (qualifies as two years in my book). I think I might be able to wait a few months for Empire.

The real story is; that it was worth it, even with its short comings, it was worth it!

Next Generation magazine November 1998 page 102, upper right corner.




Next Generation magazine July 2000 page 93 - if you want to seethe release anouncement (full page).

https://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k...a/scan0002.jpg

I am incredibly impressed. It seems like you have been a Total War fan from the very, very start. The wait for each new game is always bad but it must have been awful waiting for Shogun. After all it was a new, untested idea back then. For all you knew your dream game could have failed miserably.

Good for all of us that it didn't though!