* The Next Official Total War Game *

[Paul Peru]

how about an original fantasy theme for a change?

I know to some it may sound bad, but i think it would be good, i doubt anyone would be pissed about historical accuracy any more

Sacrileguous as it is, I agree. Fantasy material is great to take break from the realism of RL, and you don't need a "big franchise" to have an interesting setting. (+If you go Tolkien, someone will still complain about lacking "realism"/authenticity)
I hope Hoggy manages to finish his Blue Lotus mod for RTW... I'm not convinced that the moddability allows for the mod to be "total" enough, though....

[ICantSpellDawg]

i say that the revolutionary game will be napoleonic total war and the expansion to that will be civil war total war

the next one though is anyones guess - something based on china would be cool though

[HopAlongBunny]

I think ChinaTotalWar would be incredible

Napoleonic period would be my first choice though. My limited knowledge is more complete for this period. The interaction of infantry/cavalry/artillery is just made for the TW engine; the diplomacy and naval model would completely tank though.

[Clips]

I say bring on world war 2 and 1 ^^ that would be awesome...... planes included lol.

[mfberg]

I say bring on world war 2 and 1 ^^ that would be awesome...... planes included lol.

Sorry, but the planes couldn't be included, we shall have to autoresolve the Battle of Britain, and the entire naval war in the Pacific.

[Lechev]

An idea of China:Totalwar is good. But in ancient China, it is not unusual for individual opposing generals to duke it out in 1v1 melee combat before the real clashes of the armie starts.

If that sort of duel can be included ( maybe in kinda 1st person combat style ) would really add a new dimension in playing totalwar series. Juz my 2 cents.

[Rurik the Chieftain]

Three words: America:Total War. It could go all the way from the revolution to the Civil War. I can picture a general giving the famous battle phrase "Don't fire 'till you see the whites of their eyes!" and the men all going "YES SIR!" and patriots marching against the redcoats in that silly line formation so they can stand 20 feet apart and mow each other down. I just think it's a really cool idea. "In my game, I had Robert E. Lee bribed to fight for the union!"
vs

[Watchman]

"...but then the damn injuns pillaged Washington behind my back !"


IMHO the basic military paradigm (ie. get mown down in close order...) was too utterly stupid to for make good TW game, but whatever.

China sounds good, especially as it has such an enormous depth of military history. And just about every dynasty used different methods and equipement than its precessadors... Plus then there's all the odd stuff they had, like those paddleship river fleets or the big polearms that were all the rage among heavy cavalry at one point, or the chariots they used before they caught up with the stirrup...

[Jacque Schtrapp]

Three words: America:Total War.

Half the fun of the total war series is dealing with the strengths and weaknesses of the various cultures in the game. There simply aren't enough factions to justify a TW game based around either the Revolutionary of Civil wars in US history. If it becomes necessary to do a TW game in the gunpowder era (and I seriously question the viability) then it would once again be necessary to turn to europe this time to the Napoleonic era. Hmm... seems there has almost always been lots of different people in europe eager and willing to slaughter each other.

[King Yngvar]

1) Start in year 900/911

2) Start in year 793

3) Start in year 493

4) Start in year 430

[Mikeus Caesar]

From what i can see, the next TW (if there is one), will prolly be napoleonic or china. The china one sounds good, but the napoleonic one would have gunpowder and an epic war involving the world.

[Pericles]

From what i can see, the next TW (if there is one), will prolly be napoleonic or china. The china one sounds good, but the napoleonic one would have gunpowder and an epic war involving the world.

Of the two I would like to see a Napoleonic: Total War. That would be awesome.

Even so, the gunpowder and cannon aspects alone would allow modders to cover some very interesting wars in the 18-19th centuries.

Cheers!

[ivoignob]

American: Total War is a cool idea but personally i'd like to play an Ottoman: Total War game, where the ottoman empire is at its strongest and challenges south east of europe (the two sieges of vienna!) northern africa, then becomes weak when not acting as fast as the europeans with bulliding colonies etc....

[soibean]

I think a few of the ideas you guys said sounded good
fantasy total war
china total war
a dark age total war would probably be a mix of what is already out there though wouldnt it?...
why not an Aztec/Maya/Incan etc total war? Thats a totally differnet time period/tech tree. If it is possible I think thatd be cool
You could have the time period ranging from the middle of their rise to power to maybe the first europeans coming in? that way a few gunpowder units are involved but nothing extreme.

[daneboy]

I played the NTW mood for the MTW and I really liked it, allthough the grafic on the campaignmap could have been better. An interesting era.

An african campaign could be great and a HellenicTW would be awesome as well.

[avatar]

China: Total War. After a Hun expansion for RTW.

[Pericles]

I think it would be kind of interesting to see a map of Asia and Pacific.

The player could play as any Asian power.

I also wonder if one day we will see a world map for Total War?

[the tokai]

They should do fantasy: total war, but completely made up and not tolkien based so that no one will be able to whine about "historical" accuracy.

But seriously something based on China and India would be nice, especially since there aren't too many (good) games focussing on that part of the world.

[patish]

How about native american tribes ?

[*Ringo*]

The loose ends in the naval code would suggest a time period including rendered naval battles!

...just speculation but i'd go with the Napoleonic era.

*Ringo*

[Pericles]

The loose ends in the naval code would suggest a time period including rendered naval battles!

...just speculation but i'd go with the Napoleonic era.

*Ringo*

I would be happy even if they enhanced the naval battle segment by including strategy cards you could play that would use various naval maneuvers.

And of course, the level of commander and his skill would also play a part.

[Dominic]

How about Myths: Total War? Gods and deities duke it out in the time before human civilizations (borrowing a concept from M$). This might be a better alternative than the suggested Fantasy: Total War, since history, real or imagined, forms the background of Total War games.

Comedy Options:
Fallout: Total War - All-out nuclear war has reduced all of humanity to barbarism and savagery! It's up to you to rediscover lost technologies and warfare tactics on irradiated wastelands full of mutated creatures! I bet those giant scorpions will make soldiers in phalanxes work properly!

Internet: Total War - Wage war on the Information Super Highway! Take down rival servers with DDoS's! Build firewalls! Deploy spywares! Create Internet catchphrases and memes that will stand the test of time!

Sports: Total War 200X - Create armies of sports fans! Build elite Fan Groups such as the Manchester United Soccer Hooligans, or the Angry NHL Ninjas of 2005! Watch them clash on stadium grounds in real-time battles involving thousands of participants! Almost 100,000 spoken lines of wry commentary included!

[Zalmoxis]

LOL Dominic.
Now then, as for the future games. I personally believe having mass gunpowder battles would crush the Total War series, and if any of you did not know, there already is a Napoleonic war game similar to this series, though I forgot its name. My top picks for the next total war are:
China: Total War (With Asia Factions included)
Meso-America: Total War (Llama's are great instead of horses.)
Africa: Total War (Though I don't think you have much unit choice here)

[Sir William Wallace]

After this RTW debacle, they shouldnt make anymore games

[RollingWave]

I'm pretty good with Chinese history (being chinese XD )

Anyway.. the best time line scheme for a China: total war would probably be the Spring and autumn period all the way up to Qin's unification of China.

Reasoning...
1. enough factions: there were several hundred small kingdoms... and even counting major kingdoms there were still more than a dozen.

2. enough variety: the different kingdoms had a good variety of warfare.

3. it was of all other chinese periods, the greatest period of change and development and invention and creativity.

4. the different thoughts fighting for influence : the various schools had many different influence, no other chinese age really saw this, this could work like religions in MTW/RTW for the various bonuses.

etc.. this would work better than the 3 kingdoms era imho.. which is far more individual focused and didn't last that long either

Another possible era would be the era of the Mongol invasion where u had 4 factions involved (and u can throw in other central asian faction i guess)

Of course redoing STW MTW on the now better engine is pretty cool too.

[jerby]

is it me or are the only ones that want american: total war. the americans? chauvanistic?

[Pericles]

is it me or are the only ones that want american: total war. the americans? chauvanistic?

Come, come...

Let's steer clear of this type of thing, shall we?

I think we are all interested in seeing a variety of settings for the TW game...

Whether the game is set in Asia or Europe or America...

After all - the game's the thing...

Cheers!

[L`zard]

After all - the game's the thing...

To recap the thread~

"The Next...." total war= ?????????????

I'm very interested in how CA will do an expansion for R:TW much less, the next version.

Willing to wait for the rev.2.1 that will come out w/ the expansion pack, but there WILL be a limit, eh?

(sorry Mods, just can't keep my mouth shut, sigh.........)


L`zard

[KeePah]

I really want Napoleonic warfare, so I want that the next Total War game should be in 1500 to 1900 century. GUNPOWDER!!

I am also a very big fanatic about the American Civil War, so American Civil War: Total War would be nice or as an expansion.

I saw pictures of a Total War lookalike game in Swedish PCGamer based on Napoleonic warfare, but I disslike it cause it's not created by CA. I think they using same grafic motor as in R:TW.

[McDoogle]

How about another Viking one? more raiding features with a map the size of europe, prehaps the world?

Or an older asian one . i personaly think that they should stick with swords than anything else..they could even remake medieval and rome