Empire: Total Burnout?

**Tomisama** · 12-29-2008, 00:25

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** · 12-29-2008, 02:08

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** · 12-29-2008, 02:41

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

**Sir Beane** · 12-29-2008, 02:48

Originally Posted by Methuselah

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_** · 12-29-2008, 05:59

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** · 12-29-2008, 09:18

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** · 12-29-2008, 09:27

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!