Why does noone compete with totalwar

**A Nerd** · 02-13-2011, 01:26

I have wondered this too. The only games I can think of that are similar, are mission based and not sandboxie. I prefer conquring the map vs. winning the game fighting one scripted battle after another.

**Beefy187** · 02-13-2011, 01:40

Japanese game called the Kessen had similar idea with TW games.
Except it was on play station and the variety of units were less.
It was more of commanding shogun who serves you and watch the kick ass short movie which happened every now and then.

Good game that.

**pevergreen** · 02-13-2011, 02:04

Theres a surprising number of games that are trying it.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/24400/

Thats basically Total War in the legend of King Arthur. Has a campaign map, turn based. Has battles which go the same.
Made by Neocore, and all they do now is basically the same thing. They had a crusader one, new one coming out, same thing basically.

Problem is, the battles suck.

Real time version of TW campaign map:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/90100/?snr=1_5_9__13
Thats a really fun game by an indie dev.

Most games just don't combine both elements.

**Cecil XIX** · 02-13-2011, 03:37

The original X-com was rather similar, just with turn-based battles and a real-time campaign map. Also, Magitech Game's Takeda 3 is very similar to Shogun.

**Swoosh So** · 02-13-2011, 07:52

Heard about king arthur and had a quick look but any game with like 16 men in a unit can dissapear as far as im concerned.

**pevergreen** · 02-13-2011, 08:40

Originally Posted by Swoosh So

Heard about king arthur and had a quick look but any game with like 16 men in a unit can dissapear as far as im concerned.

The battles are just horrendous. The only thing the game does good is how the campaign map looks. Story is terrible, mechanics are horrible, but the newest game 'looks' ok and its 70% off at the moment:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/42920/