Who are you going to play as first?

**ClaymanVTW** · 02-01-2009, 13:44

I know who you play as, but still it only acts as one, yeah the 1st chapter pretty much is but i still think there is a seperate campaign tutorial.

**Polemists** · 02-01-2009, 13:47

The first part of the Road to Independance pretty much will be a tutorial. It's true that the RTI campaign isn't just a tutorial however. And yes it has been confirmed you play as the US. The first chapter is you playing as the British colonising the new world. The second is Britian vs. France and the Native American tribes. In the third chapter you play as the US colonists and attempt to throw out the British.

Yes I believe this is confirmed to act in place of the tutorial,

what is not yet confirmed is if I will have a attractive female blond advisor yet again

**Quintus.JC** · 02-01-2009, 14:06

**Sir Beane** · 02-01-2009, 14:06

Originally Posted by Polemists

Yes I believe this is confirmed to act in place of the tutorial,

what is not yet confirmed is if I will have a attractive female blond advisor yet again

We can only hope.

Personally I would like a different advisor for each faction you play as, just for some added variety.

**Polemists** · 02-01-2009, 14:09

We can only hope. Personally I would like a different advisor for each faction you play as, just for some added variety.

Long as they are the cute female ones, I couldn't stand that marcus guy

"Seige equipment is automatically deployed to you when you start a battle."

Really? I thought I had to order my men to go chop lumber...so that's what those gaint rams next to my men are. Thanks alot

**ClaymanVTW** · 02-01-2009, 14:14

Rams? i thought they were hot dog stands...hey does this meen those giant meat ball shooters arnt really meat ball shooters?

**General SupaCrunk** · 02-01-2009, 19:55

Im going with Ottomans first , then France or Poland-Lithuania or some Native American civ.

**Lusitani** · 02-01-2009, 21:04

Portugal!!!!

**Martok** · 02-05-2009, 06:28

Upon further reflection, I believe I'll go through the RTI tutorial/campaign first. (I don't intend to keep playing as the U.S. in the 4th Episode/Grand Campaign, however.)

After that, however, I'm not sure. I'd originally intended to play as the British, but I'm almost leaning more towards France or Sweden now as my official "first" faction. After that, I would say Sweden, Prussia, and the Ottomans round out my top five.

Originally Posted by ClaymanVTW

I know who you play as, but still it only acts as one, yeah the 1st chapter pretty much is but i still think there is a seperate campaign tutorial.

As has been previously pointed out, this is incorrect. It's been stated in numerous articles the RTI campaign is designed in part to ease new/rookie Total War players into the game.

**Polemists** · 02-05-2009, 06:36

Yep martok is on it, while RTI is a 3 part scripted epic campaign of goodness. It is in very esssence, a long elaborate tutorial.

For instance, you cannot colonize in it, you can't expand much in it.

Think of it as the Julii tutorial but expanded.

I mean you will start out with the very bare bone basics, then each part they add something new, diplomacy, naval battles, ruling a empire, etc.

Of course to truly see this all in action

I wish we had

a

DEMO

**Sir Beane** · 02-05-2009, 12:39

Originally Posted by Polemists

Yep martok is on it, while RTI is a 3 part scripted epic campaign of goodness. It is in very esssence, a long elaborate tutorial.

For instance, you cannot colonize in it, you can't expand much in it.

Think of it as the Julii tutorial but expanded.

I mean you will start out with the very bare bone basics, then each part they add something new, diplomacy, naval battles, ruling a empire, etc.

Of course to truly see this all in action

I wish we had

a

DEMO

You'll be lucky if the RTI campaign is included in the demo

. Although it might be interesting if that was the case.