Demo out on 22 February 2011

[Kagemusha]

I still have to wait more then an hour.Cant wait to start reading the first impressions, nevermind trying it myself.

EDIT: Download finished installing.

[Barkhorn1x]

Less than 1 Gig to go but bit rate slowing down over the past 1/2 hour.

[Cecil XIX]

After the opening cinema, there's a small movie built into the main menu. It's running at 4 fps on my computer. Also, settings default to 'Classic Total War Camera'. I don't know if this is a change from Napoleon, but I could swear that wasn't always the case. Finally: There's an encyclopedia! I'll check it out before I start playing.

[Kagemusha]

Ok.I am playing. I will post updates and pics here as i try the demo.Here is the mainmenu:

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Here is the map with playable clans in the full campaign from the encyclopedia:

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Starting screen of the historical battle of Sekigahara:

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Going to try the battle next...

Wretched Kobayakawa! Like in history our western army got backstabbed in the heat of the battle.A pic from the slaughter from my headquarters area:

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On other location of the battlefield i still was able to push the Tokugawa on the run.Interesting feature here is that there are wounded enemies who definetely are not fighting anymore:

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Oh,no you are not taking my position you scum!

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With the remnants of my army im moving to the open with the Shimazu as when you cant flee all you can do is to attack!

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And the end in the hands of Kobayakawa traitors. See the nice gravestone appeared on the generals portrait.:

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[pdoan8]

I have to install Steam to DL. Is there a non-Steam version? If not, then I will wait. I will probably buy the game anyway, with or without playing the demo. Just hope that the retail box won't need Steam.

[Lemur]

Is there a non-Steam version?

No.

Just hope that the retail box won't need Steam.

It will. And I, for one, welcome our new Valve overlords. Every TW title since Empire has required Steam. Surely this is not news?

Managed to play a little bit of the campaign. I'll wait for some non-work time when I can really concentrate before giving impressions.

[Nigel]

From the screenshots, the Battle Replay button seems to be active in the demo. If this is true, I have a question to those who already have the demo: can we now rewind during a replay or is it like in NTW, that the replays only run forward with no chance of rewinding and looking at crucial moments several times from different angles ?

[Nigel]

From the screenshots, the Battle Replay button seems to be active in the demo. If this is true, I have a question to those who already have the demo: can we now rewind during a replay or is it like in NTW, that the replays only run forward with no chance of rewinding and looking at crucial moments several times from different angles ?

Seems my question from yesterday got lost in all those posts, so I am just quoting it here again.
Has anyone tried to rewind their replays yet ?

[Cecil XIX]

The encyclopedia is huge, and fully-functioning. You can access it at any time, even during battle. It also functions as an in-game manual. If anyone has any questions about the game feel free to ask, I or someone else with the demo can probably find an answer.

[pdoan8]

It will. And I, for one, welcome our new Valve overlords. Every TW title since Empire has required Steam. Surely this is not news?

For multiplayer, I guess. That's suck a bit for me. My company provided laptop can run STW2, but Steam will surely be blocked by the security software. I really don't want to carry 2 laptops every where I go.

By the way, I don't have any TW games that come after Kingdoms. Don't have the XPack for Rome either (but I have 2 copies of Rome, which I played the least).