Finally Multiplayer Gets A Lead Role

[drunkeneagle]

http://www.nowgamer.com/features/916...ew?o=0#listing

"We’re not really talking about multiplayer at the moment – but we are really excited about it in-house. What I can tell you is that we’re aiming to make multiplayer in Shogun 2 better than any multiplayer experience we’ve ever created before.
There are thousands and thousands of people out there who play Total War multiplayer hours and hours a week. We’re grateful for that, but we think we can offer them more still. We’re doing this for those guys, and I think they’re going to love it."

I guess that's the reason not much info coming yet.

[UglyElmo2]

http://www.nowgamer.com/features/916...ew?o=0#listing

"We’re not really talking about multiplayer at the moment – but we are really excited about it in-house. What I can tell you is that we’re aiming to make multiplayer in Shogun 2 better than any multiplayer experience we’ve ever created before.
There are thousands and thousands of people out there who play Total War multiplayer hours and hours a week. We’re grateful for that, but we think we can offer them more still. We’re doing this for those guys, and I think they’re going to love it."

I guess that's the reason not much info coming yet.

Which is discouraging because that is what they have said in every release since the original STW which, to me, more than likely indicates they aren't giving it any more thought than in the past, and will tack on MP at the very end as normal.

Hopefully they will realize MP for what it is: A feature that keeps players interested in the series and increases the likelihood they will purchase the next release instead of leaving for other things. If they had worked to keep all the MP community since STW, their sales would be even greater than they are. It's not like the MP community had ever asked for much in the first place, and the time working on MP would have been well spent.

If there was great MP, those people who chose not to play MTW, RTW, M2TW, Empires and NTW, might have bought the game, just to continue playing with their clan/friends, even though the subject matter and time frame did not interest them much.

[Gregoshi]

Hi drunkeneagle and welcome to the Org! Thanks for sharing the link. I hadn't seen this one yet.

Not talking about MP yet. I'm guessing they need to get the SP aspect down first before working on MP, but that would just be the battle part. What about the part that wraps around the battles? Or is that in the realm of Steam and out of their control?

[drunkeneagle]

Thank you!Nice to be here. STW is one of my all time favourite games so I'm very happy CA are revisiting & updating it!

Regarding the statement,I do agree we have heard these sort of things said before but for this release I do believe CA are working on 'something' unique just for MP.
In another interview about this new feature,Kieran mentioned cryptically something along the lines of "scale and longevity" and "permanence and a larger number of people".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL60inmJ084
What all this means I'm not sure, but I'm certainly interested and hopeful:)

[Swoosh So]

5 mins searching the org brings up:

Statements of the past

Medieval Totalwar 2:

Have you got any new plans for the multiplayer component of the game?

Bob Smith: We have some ambitious plans for multiplayer battles. We can't go into further details on this as yet.

Source: http://www.computerandvideogames.com....php?id=133488




Empire Totalwar

Swoosh posts:
Well i have to say bringing back a compeditive ladder is a very positive step

"A brand new multiplayer component will include player rankings, leagues and ladders and completely new gameplay modes."

Creative Assembly reply:

We made the multiplayer fedback thread at .com for a reason.

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showt...e-Info-at-.com



Empire Totalwar Blog

Will multiplayer actually be considered when the game is created?
Multiplayer is very important to us this time around. A lot of the team are long-term multiplayer fans and we felt it was time to address their needs more openly.


Cant be bothered tonight to look for more.

I really hope they mean it this time round, Ill keep my opinion if i believe it to myself as i want to remain somewhat positive in the hope that they give a good mp game. 1 thing to take out of this is that we should all be posting on the .com what were posting here at least the compiled list of ideas.

[Magyar Khan]

well done.... that would be a good question towards CA in an interview.... show them the sumup and let them explain why now its different than teh promisses before....

[Swoosh So]

Some of the stuff they did impliment in empire but some not and in that post they confirmed them, the statement about mtw2 was complete fabrication there was nothing new in it for multiplayer. We all have to be patient i think and see what previews show us in the coming months. I kinda regret posting those comments but at the end of the day theyre just factual events that took place here and in ca interviews all available on the forums from a 5 min search.

[drunkeneagle]

Some of the stuff they did impliment in empire but some not and in that post they confirmed them, the statement about mtw2 was complete fabrication there was nothing new in it for multiplayer. We all have to be patient i think and see what previews show us in the coming months. I kinda regret posting those comments but at the end of the day theyre just factual events that took place here and in ca interviews all available on the forums from a 5 min search.

All the statements you posted from the past are all correct of course.
I'm basing my small optimism on CA's latest release NTW. Where we now have Multiplayer campaigns(yes,finally) and drop-ins, which I'll admit I was really surprised by! I love them:)
So maybe very(very) slowly,they are finally coming around to the idea of MP as being a more important feature for future TW games(?) That's my hope anyway.