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[Prussian to the Iron]

I thought about 20th century, but it really wouldnt fit with Total War. WWII and after was all about squad/small unit based warfare. In WWII you didn't have large masses of soldiers charging at eachother, or getting within range and firing calmly in ranks at eachother. It was mainly urban combat with small individual units all over the place. Yeah you have large armies, but in regards to actual battles it wouldn't work with the Total War we all have played. They'd have to figure out how to work in aircraft, tanks would be tricky too to balance (can't make it too good for obvious balance reasons, but if it takes up a whole unit card then it has to be pretty freakin beast), increase the unit limit while decreasing unit size, and many other things to port it from warfare en masse to the kind we have had in the time period.

Other games have done it successfully, but they don't go by the same tradition Total War does.

[Orda Khan]

It was a better choice because Rome and its period are just too complex. Look at the first offering of RTW ... awful. However, for all those who are hailing this as an amazing step in the right direction, start thinking about FLAMING ARROWS ... yet again. Seems CA are hooked on this nonsense.
Hopefully they will add Korea to the expansion, at least it will offer variety. I only see sengoku jidai as good for MP because of the unit selection. SP, even in the first game, was repetitive and quite boring.

[Prussian to the Iron]

i wish the flaming arrows had better effects. from Rome on through Shogun 2 (as evidenced by the first battle trailer) the flaming arrow impact makes like a mini-explosion for some reason, and it looks really stupid. do they do anything extra besides create panic?

[Tuuvi]

It was a better choice because Rome and its period are just too complex. Look at the first offering of RTW ... awful. However, for all those who are hailing this as an amazing step in the right direction, start thinking about FLAMING ARROWS ... yet again. Seems CA are hooked on this nonsense.
Hopefully they will add Korea to the expansion, at least it will offer variety. I only see sengoku jidai as good for MP because of the unit selection. SP, even in the first game, was repetitive and quite boring.

I think the flaming arrows are somewhat historically accurate, I remember seeing arrowheads made to hold pitch for flaming arrows in one of my archery books, but then again I think they were mostly used to set buildings on fire rather than scare troops like in TW games.