Russia > France

[al Roumi]

It is certainly open to debate why of all countries the British got the best in an english PC Game

I find it especially funny when people start to cite Waterloo to show who superior the British were when even the 68000 strong Anglo-Netherland army consisted mostly of Germans (Hannover, Brunswick, KGL) and Dutch. Somehow the 50000 Prussians winning the day seem also often amiss when an Englishman recalls the story...

It is also worthwhile to say that the French army was at its best early in the war. The quality was bleeded white in the long campaigns in Europe against Austria, the guerillia war in Spain and the retreat in Russia.

And that gentlemen, is i believe the crux of the matter.

Although at least in ETW the voice work is more varied and accurate than in MTW2, where the Spanish, Portugese, Milanese, Sicilian and Venetian factions all shared the same actors & accents. I think there was also a minor scandal on these very forums about what the names of Russian characters meant...

I'm British but I don't half get annoyed with the anglo-centricity of any TW games with Britain/England in them. Either their interest in historical research or their desire for consistency of the game with history are lacking -"domus dulcis domus" as a random Scithii settlement in RTW a case in point.

And then look at the promotional artwork -why is it always Richard the lionheart or a red-coat? I don't know what percentage of sales are based on UK purchases but they are frankly missing the boat IMHO -or maybe no one really cares?

Cossacks -European wars, now THAT had a more balanced approach to unit types for each faction. Shame about the gameplay though...

P.s. Sheogarath's rant was most entertaining.

[Sheogorath]

And that gentlemen, is i believe the crux of the matter.

Although at least in ETW the voice work is more varied and accurate than in MTW2, where the Spanish, Portugese, Milanese, Sicilian and Venetian factions all shared the same actors & accents. I think there was also a minor scandal on these very forums about what the names of Russian characters meant...

I'm British but I don't half get annoyed with the anglo-centricity of any TW games with Britain/England in them. Either their interest in historical research or their desire for consistency of the game with history are lacking -"domus dulcis domus" as a random Scithii settlement in RTW a case in point.

And then look at the promotional artwork -why is it always Richard the lionheart or a red-coat? I don't know what percentage of sales are based on UK purchases but they are frankly missing the boat IMHO -or maybe no one really cares?

I think it's just because They're smaller than France. People gotta compensate, you know?

The US did it by building missiles. The Germans do it by building armies. The French do it by being snooty bastards.

The British've got the right idea. They write the history books

Cossacks -European wars, now THAT had a more balanced approach to unit types for each faction. Shame about the gameplay though...

Hurk.

I suddenly have an idea where the ETW crew got their ideas about grenadiers from.

Cossacks at least had more tangible variety in the units...they didn't just make the Russians worse, they made them cheaper, less accurate, and gave them a morale boost.

P.s. Sheogarath's rant was most entertaining.

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