If CA would license out the engine, it would be really wicked for strategy games in other genres. Most especially space strategy games. If you think about it, the tactical battle could be adapted to just about any game without too much trouble.

For example: Take the Star Wars universe, replace the siege engines with capital ships, troops with Tie Fighters and X-wings, insert a space background. Poof! You have a game ten times as good as the poorly designed Star Wars Rebellion. The graphical effects would be outstanding, we could watch fighters dive and strafe the capital ships, capital ships exchange bombardments of lasers. That's truly my type of game. I would love to see something like that, ever since the fiasco that was Master Of Orion 3. Any of you guys think the same?

That's just an example. It could be applied to virtually any of the popular licenses: Star Trek, Battletech (Mechwarrior), etc, etc, etc. Converting the strategy portion of the map would be just as easy. Follow the same general mechanics, just change the background and terrain to adjust for the game.

Or we could have brand new games like a Modern: Total War. Infantry, Tanks, Heavy weapons squads, etc going at it on a modern map of the world. That would require even less adjustment then any of the above. Probably something CA is going to do themselves eventually. After we get through Napoleon: Total War, American: Total War, Vietnam: Total War, and Iraq: Total War.

Anyway, I thought it would be cool idea. The possibilities are pretty endless. I suppose most of it could be done via modding but then I'm not that good at it and don't know how much the game can be modded.

My thought for the day!

All hail Space: Total War!