* The Next Official Total War Game *

[Martok]

My choices would be the following:


1) Fantasy TW
2) Hellenic TW
3) China TW


Of course, I would really like to see Medieval remade on Rome's engine, but that's neither here nor there.....

[sunsmountain]

As a historic battle engine, Total War has been exhausted and there are no more historic timeframes that can be exploited.

- Anything with muskets/guns tends to be static and boring.
- All the rest is still spears, horses, swords and archers. That is Total War, that stays total war (because of the game rules).

To expand on the history would mean to make guns dynamic, very difficult to do.
To expand on the game rules would mean to change the time & culture frame entirely, and go for something like Fantasy, or Ancient: Total War.

The game itself limits the kind of battles that can be played using it. We've had Japan, Europe and Europe again. 3 different time periods. The rest (in between) can be modded (or expansion pack).

[caspian]

For an Expansion Pack:
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire:
Total War
(long title!)

When most of the known world was civilized (somewhat), so most factions are balanced.
When there would be a Roman general in revolt every decade to become proclaimed as the emperor. There once were four Emperors ruling jointly.
When Rome left the British Isles and the advent of King Arthur.
When the Roman legionary was no longer as invincible as they were in the days of Gaius Marius. A consular army of 40,000 men was wiped out by the Goths and their horse in the Battle of Adrianople.
When the decline of the old order of infantry was apparent and the advent of the heavy cavalry and the Middle Ages has come.

Still if CA went farther back in time like they did in STW and MTW. I would suggest
The Iliad: Total War. With a dash of Greek mythology to spice things up.
Still Alexander: Total War is tempting, buy it would also mean an inordinate number of Phalanx units again.