Medieval II: Total War Official Thread

[RabidGibbon]

I was a bit disappointed by Rome, but I'm definetly going to run out and get this on release day, because I'm, well you know, a chump.

Originally posted by Totalwar.com

Global Crusades
Win favour with the Pope and round up your armies for global crusades at his request. Players can even prompt the Pope to commission crusades as Catholicism wages a spiritual battle against the Muslim, Orthodox and Pagan religions.

I wonder what they mean by "Global Crusades"? What would be cool is when the pope calls for one everybody picks what troops (if any) they want to send and all they all auto move to converge en route to the objective. You could command just your contingent (with the foriegners being AI allies) or the General with the best rating could get command over the whole lot. That would be pretty nifty.

Probably not going to happen like that, but I do wonder how the crusades will be implemented.

Anyone heard any mention of civil wars yet?

[Crazed Rabbit]

Screen of officer/general...
http://media.pc.ign.com/media/800/80...g_3334170.html

If I was commanding a bunch of metal-clad, 12 foot lance weilding knights, I'd want a beret and a pointy stick too.

I wonder what they mean by "Global Crusades"?

Anyone want to convert the Aztecs? It would be nice if the possibility of crusades reflected their past (ingame) successes.

What I'd really like to see is real cool sieges. Not just big city sieges, but sieges with rooms inside of the walls, with traps in the gatehouse, murder holes, wooden planking on the walls of keeps, catapults on towers, fire arrows, lime, and a system where the most used way into the castle is the gatehouse and siege towers for a runner up, and not catapults that destroy a wall in (relatively) the blink of an eye.

Crazed Rabbit

[Kraxis]

If I was commanding a bunch of metal-clad, 12 foot lance weilding knights, I'd want a beret and a pointy stick too.

I think the trouble is that, that was how the nobles of the late 1400s to early 1500s dressed...

The Global Crusades certainly sound like they are a race, rather than a leech (like in MTW). And that is going to be interesting, I'm not going to say it will be better, but certainly interesting.

[Beirut]

Give me Agincourt in hi-res and I will give you all my money.

"Deal!"

[Crazed Rabbit]

I think the trouble is that, that was how the nobles of the late 1400s to early 1500s dressed...

The dress I'm not that surprised at, but I still don't know about the captain's weapon. Wouldn't they rather have a sword?

Crazed Rabbit

[Divinus Arma]

The dress I'm not that surprised at, but I still don't know about the captain's weapon. Wouldn't they rather have a sword?

Crazed Rabbit

I found the little bitsy spear to be odd too.

I'm sure that will change.... (I hope)

[Mooks]

Im not a history fanatic ...Well maybe I am. The spanish conquered the aztec's with 300..I repeat THREE HUNDRED, theres noway this game (If it includes aztec-spanish) isnt going to be way off historically accurate, the spanish slaughtered the aztics, and the aztecs thought there gold was mere fancy decoration. So they would have to invent some system of coin for the aztec natives.

[Doug-Thompson]

Give me Agincourt in hi-res and I will give you all my money.

"Deal!"

I think that's what CA is counting on.

I'm pleased. This is a good move, both for game development and business. It shows Sega is truly committed to the franchise.