Medieval II: Total War Official Thread

[doc_bean]

I just hope they can get the campaign AI right, I've come to the conclusion that it isn't so much the battles that turn me off of RTW but more the overal campain.


Hell, I'm probably going to buy it anyway, I'm weak like that

[boastj]

He he he *gibbers like an idiot* to France

[Divine Wind]

*Does a stupid little happy dance around the room*

Great news!!! Im delighted they have decided to go back to the Medieval era, yay!

Noooow where are me longbowwws!

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Lets try and guess the factions:

Certs (Well not confirmed but very likely based on historical prominence)

English
French
Holy Roman Empire
Papacy
Spanish
Almohads/Almoravids
Egyptians
Turks
Byzantine Empire
Polish
Hungarians
Danish
Siculo-Normans

What capacity? (A faction in this area will certainly be there but what form will it take?)

Italians (One faction, or a split, with both the Venetians and the Genoese?)
Russia (The Kievan Rus and Novgorod, or just the one Russian faction?)
Aztecs (Can we expect them as a faction, or maybe just rebels with Aztec units? Perhaps the Incas and Mayans will join them? Would this put it past the apparent 21 limit?)

Other possibilities (Includes lesser powers and also later emerging factions)

Swiss
Burgundians
Golden Horde
Swedish
Norwegians
Irish
Kingdom of the Isles
Scots
Welsh
Bretons
Navarrese
Valencians
Portuguese
Ilkhanate
Khwarzimian Empire
Cumans
Bulgarians
Serbians
Wallachians
Teutonic Knights
Crusader States
Latin Empire
Nicaean Empire (1205-1261)
Epirote Empire
Trebizond
Khazars
African faction (depends on how far the map goes down)
Armenians
Georgians
Danishmendid Turks
Karaman Turks
Flemish
Bohemians
Lancastrians/Yorkists (England might divide once the WOTR begins)
Pisans
Knights Hospitaller
Lithuanians
Croatians

Ok some are long shots but there's the pool, now you've got to decide. Thing is, we don't even know how far the map goes, I mean it might go all the way to India for all we know!

[boastj]

21 factions

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

I know, what I posted were all (I think) the possibilities, we have some certs and some not so certain, and hopefully we can speculate which ones we think will be in the game or not.

[boastj]

fine sorry never mind

[Viking]

Holy cow; those screens looks awesome. Is it reflection we see on shiny armour?

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Its alright mate - I just hope they let you add factions so hopefully we can get a good number of those on there!

[lars573]

[sarcasm]Yay they are rehasing MTW *does dance*[/sarcasm]

It only took them 3 games to need to rehash what they have already done. This not been a very good few weeks. First it seems that my 360 won't be around until Feburary and now this.

[DukeofSerbia]

[Odin]

Looks like I have to buy a new PC in 06....

I am at work and cant surf extensively, anyword on a more robust diplomacy model? I never did buy RTW so I dont know what it has primarily a STW and MTW player and needless to say the diplomacy aspect of the game can certainly be enhanced.

[boastj]

What so you think that that is going to be rubbish do you

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

All we know is up in my first post at the moment mate.

[Crazed Rabbit]

Goodness, those screens look good. At least they went with realistic unifroms, none of the cartoony stuff, yay!

And is it just me, or have others noted what appears to be blood on some units-as if they get bloody after getting hit.

EDIT: Has anyone seen any actual keeps? Or is it just walled cities so far?

Crazed Rabbit

[DukeofSerbia]

But you can sighn up on www.totalwar.com free newsletter. And there's informations on official totalwar site. BKB you pasted them, but it's ok.

[boastj]

no no not you blind king
lars573

[Martok]

Oh. My. God. [melodramatically drops in a dead faint]


Wow, those are some awfully pretty screenshots. Now if CA can just bring the AI back up to the level it was in Shogun and Medieval (or Medieval 1, I suppose I should call it now), then I'll be a very happy boy!

[EDIT] By the way, I gladly admit to being wrong about the next game.

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

no no not you blind king
lars573

I know mate sorry I was talking to Odin when I said that.

[DukeofSerbia]

It's obvious that knights use the same type of fight as cavalry in Rome TW . It's not the good news for me.

[boastj]

ok im just getting confused i need more sleep

[Wikingus]

Yumm, these look good enough to eat.

What I'm looking the most forward to is the multiplayer campaign, if it is in infact! :D

[LeftEyeNine]

I just try to keep cool since I already did it in the related thread in the Tavern but...

OH MY GOD ! HAIL TO THE CA ! HAIL TO THE MEDIEVAL ERA ! HAIL TO JEFF VAN DYCK'S INSANE SOUNDTRACK ! HAIL TO THE ALMOHADS ! HAIL TO THE DANES ! HAIL TO THE TURKS !



(It hurts..Whatever.. MTW2 is on the way, I can break every millimeter square of my skull again.)

[Templar Knight]

Can't wait to see what the campaign will be like, hopefully diplomacy will be better too

[DukeofSerbia]

I will have to buy new graphic card, montheboard and cpu!

[Martok]

What I'm looking the most forward to is the multiplayer campaign, if it is in infact! :D

Unfortunately, I don't think that's what CA was referring to. It looks like the campaign will once again be limited to singleplayer only....

I will have to buy new graphic card, montheboard and cpu!

Yep, it's definitely time for me to upgrade my computer!

[Aenarion]

The pictures look very interesting. Thanks for this information BKB. I shall look forward to this!

Thanks,
Aenarion

[Kraxis]

ARGH!!!!

This is great!
I so damn love the medieval period it is making me crazy to see this. Reflections on units, different skins, America... Well that lla sounds good but this:

Develop your faction as a feudal aristocracy using you castles to keep the peasants in check whilst conquering your enemies with your powerful armies. Or build cities to develop a wealthy urban society,

is absolutely great!

To me it sounds like you can develop your cities like the ones in RTW, but you can also put down castles in the same province and upgrade them too. Like the RTW forts but with upgrades. Nice!

But... as long as the AI isgood then I do not care much. And as long as the combat isn't too speedy then I'm happy.

[TB666]

JESUS CHRIST !!!!
CA really outdone themself this time according to the screenshots.
It's like looking at a beautiful woman, you just can't take your eyes of them.
If I ever have kids I will name one of them CA to honor this

[dkdnt]

i dont have to buy new pc, just new mainboard, cpu and lot of RAM. oh, God im addicted.

if there gona be lot of europian factions and aztecks, how large gona be map??
it must be huge. not that im complainig about it.