Shogun totalwar multiplayer plans revealed...!!

[AMP]

but... but... The biggest "wow" factor to me are the smallest improvements on controls, units, maps, and everything that is core to the battles and improving the replayability. The SP campaign improvements and MP addons are just extras... more so the SP improvments, but in the end just extras. I mean what's TW without good replayable battles... battles you want to keep going into? :)

I've played way to many RTS/TBRTS games with great ideas to them, but their core to the game was flawed and it seems that they were hoping to sell a lot of copies based mostly on their idea and a little flash with it and hoping to get away with little effort in fixing what made the game really replayable.

TW is lucky to have its core not flawed to much and sells the rest off with a lot of flash and have become good at it therefore making them the best on the market right now.

[Swoosh So]

Heres some music to your ears guys!

IanRox Ca quote:

Hi all,

I just thought I'd jump in and confirm a few things for you all:

1) There is full lobby chat. And clan chat.
2) There is a full 'classic total war' mode which works in the same way that TW MP always has. Key buildings will be able to be disabled by the host in this mode.

I hope this clarifies things for you all

[ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88]

Heres some music to your ears guys!

IanRox Ca quote:

Hi all,

I just thought I'd jump in and confirm a few things for you all:

1) There is full lobby chat. And clan chat.
2) There is a full 'classic total war' mode which works in the same way that TW MP always has. Key buildings will be able to be disabled by the host in this mode.

I hope this clarifies things for you all

Chat lobby.... Jesus Christ thank you...

[Swoosh So]

This games starting to get me really excited with the new infos coming out, sounds like it could be one of the best mp releases of the series and being the first totalwar game to be a 3rd generation of the same engine im really expecting big things!!

[Reenk Roink]

Heres some music to your ears guys!

IanRox Ca quote:

Hi all,

I just thought I'd jump in and confirm a few things for you all:

1) There is full lobby chat. And clan chat.
2) There is a full 'classic total war' mode which works in the same way that TW MP always has. Key buildings will be able to be disabled by the host in this mode.

I hope this clarifies things for you all

They are catering to all, which is the best way to go about it. To be honest I was somewhat excited about the new MP, but if it turns out to be crappy, we can always go back to the original.

[Tempiic]

Most excellent and exciting.

[AggonyKing]

now I will get this game for sure

how exciting!

[Phog_of_War]

Sweet! Im in. See you maniacs on the battlefields.

[FearofFucy]

Trying to teach my daughter STW1. Hope she gets good before STW2 comes out. :)
By the way, good to see you all again.

[Sp00n]

Heres some music to your ears guys!

IanRox Ca quote:

Hi all,

I just thought I'd jump in and confirm a few things for you all:

1) There is full lobby chat. And clan chat.
2) There is a full 'classic total war' mode which works in the same way that TW MP always has. Key buildings will be able to be disabled by the host in this mode.

I hope this clarifies things for you all

Great news

Waves to Fucy welcome back :)

[Tempiic]

Heh. I am still baffled and very confused about what to post now. :)

[Sp00n]

Heh. I am still baffled and very confused about what to post now. :)

Map creator harrassment? they havnt mentioned that?

:P

[Tempiic]

Oh yes. Just let me catch my breath first. :)

[AggonyKing]

Heh. I am still baffled and very confused about what to post now. :)

i say we complain at the lack of a MP Beta from now on >_>

[Swoosh So]

Heh it is strange having most requests fulfilled pre release :) Ca have done a great job so far on shogun 2 it has to be said.

[Phog_of_War]

@King
Lol! Stop while your ahead. Or damn the torpedos!

@SwooshSo
Indeed. Maybe some MP gameplay or something like that. They say that MP is the next big thing for Shogun 2 and yet all weve seen is a Dev vs. AI seige, in the rain, in the dark. How about a daytime fight between just a few units in the daytime. Dont get me wrong, the weather effects look great, and the fire arrows are some real nice eye candy but lets face it; most of the MP battles probably wont be sieges.

And we've yet to see if the weather does truly affect the battlefield. 'That hill we're marching up sure is slippery, what with it being the rainy/monsoon season here in Japan and all Tai-Sho. And during the winter it will be kind of slick too, sir.' says the marching samurai. Do soldiers and horse slip and fall occationally in the elements? Will wind and rain affect archer accuracy and range?

Obviously, these questions are small potatos compared to the fact that CA seemed to have really taken the creme-de-la-crem of the MP suggestions over the years and developed a system that really harkens back to the Glory Days of the love affair that started 10 years ago with Shogun. I say pip pip hooray....if it all works.

No, in all seriousnes I think that if it all works out, with the lobbys being restored, the MP and the SP changes, as well as the very, very, intresting Clan Warfare and Ladder systems I read about, well, it sounds truly epic! And epic, is EXACTLY what any Total War game or expansion should strive to be.

Perhaps the above adulations are premature, perhaps not. But you have to admit that it seems that for one of those rare momensts in time, a company really listened to their customers and fanbase. And maybe, just maybe, squeezed out a gem.

[Jochi Khan]

Heres some music to your ears guys!

IanRox Ca quote:

Hi all,

I just thought I'd jump in and confirm a few things for you all:

1) There is full lobby chat. And clan chat.
2) There is a full 'classic total war' mode which works in the same way that TW MP always has. Key buildings will be able to be disabled by the host in this mode.

I hope this clarifies things for you all

After feeling so 'down' with all the negative vibes this news has now really cheered me up.
Looking forward to the release date now.

And a big 'hello' to Fucy. Long time no see.