Campaign map low res screens...

[MaximianusBR]

not sure if you guys have seen it...some low resolution map screens...

http://www.activision.de/new_forum/i...T&f=14&t=2641&

it's very good!give a special look to screen 4...


Credits to:Ituralde and Amenbat...

"link was broken"

[doc_bean]

error ! ARGH !

[MaximianusBR]

error ! ARGH !

good now?

enjoy!

[Duke John]

And this map was held in secrecy? Surely this is still work-in-progress. Or am I getting too used to mods making better and more interesting things than the official games?

[MaximianusBR]

And this map was held in secrecy? Surely this is still work-in-progress. Or am I getting too used to mods making better and more interesting things than the official games?

it's an alpha version map showed in e3...

[Dutch_guy]

Yes, I do think this is WIP, and do keep in mind the shots are shot in a very low resolution, which literally blurs the image.

Those Papal standing pics. look nice, they found the middle way between the Roman senate system and the Medieval Papal system, which in my opinion is a good thing.

Now let's hope for some High res. shots of the campaing map

[doc_bean]

good now?

enjoy!

yes thank you

The map looks too much liek RTW for my liking though...

[MaximianusBR]

I think it's more land in North, West and South...

[Lord Adherbal]

I wouldn't care if the maps looks like that if the AI is (very) good. Otherwise I don't have a clue what they've been doing over the last year. Then thay'd be better off hiring a mod team. Which is actualy not such a bad idea either way...

[shifty157]

Apparently the map is in Alpha state.

[MaximianusBR]

Apparently the map is in Alpha state.

it's alpha

give a look in this thread:
http://p223.ezboard.com/fshoguntotal...cID=2462.topic

[B-Wing]

I was hoping there'd be more provinces, but that's not too few. Looks like they nearly cut Norway off the map. I guess most of it would be composed of impassible mountains anyway.

[MaximianusBR]

maybe they did it cause the danes always conquered it anyway so its not relevant...

[Afro Thunder]

Does it have a place where it displays the year? (Sorry, of course I mean "turn")

[MaximianusBR]

Does it have a place where it displays the year? (Sorry, of course I mean "turn")

give an special look at the screen 4...there you can read the YEAR, turns left and other things........

[Mooks]

Thats some horrible resolution.

[Furious Mental]

Wtf? Why does some PC Powerplay in Germany get a vid of the campaign map and PC Powerplay in Australia gets nothing? The bloody development studio is in Brisbane!

[Mooks]

Danm those germans /shakes fist!!

Just for this, im not taking that language class, hope that will teach them to get information before us.

[Divine Wind]

The Papal standings part was interesting, much like the Senate standings in vanilla RTW.

Gents, lets not forget, if this is the Alpha its faaaaaar from finished so to make judgements based on poor quality shots is a bit silly.

[amritochates]

Following the link given in the map low res screen thread:

http://www.activision.de/new_forum/i...T&f=14&t=2641&

If one checks out the last screen which is of army movements as it appears on the campaign map- you get a reasonably clear picture of the alpha campaign map which should be instantly recognisable to any MTW_VI player as the orignal MTW campaign map, just rendered hideously so in 3-D.

It follows the exact geographical parameters as the orignal mtw map except that the map has been extended slighly east to include a larger part of the arabian peninsula, and on initial appraisal, it appears to me that the no. of provinces will be severely limited, if not as low as MTW, then definately in the same ball park as BI.

Overall just not very impressive.

[naut]

Also notice the small land-mass in the top left hand corner, in the first pic.

[DukeofSerbia]

М2 TW map = R TW map

Not good news for me.

[NagatsukaShumi]

The map does have its similarities to the RTW map but again I think people are going a bit overboard, the STW map was hardly that different to the MTW map albeit a bit brighter and obviously a different country and its not exactally a big surprise that it looks a bit similar to the RTW map, which may I add was hardly terrible obviously it had some flaws but I'd rather have the RTW map again with no changes but city names with a smarter AI than a fantastic living Medieval Europe with huge accuracy and stupid AI.

These shots look promising.

[Furious Mental]

I can't be sure, but I would wager that they have kept the campaign map that size, and used a relatively small number of provinces in order to allow the player to conquer it in 225 turns. Personally I don't like that at all.

[Rodion Romanovich]

graphically much more pleasant than RTW, but that's really all I can say. It would be fun if gameplay went through a massive change for variety's sake. Difficult to judge that from looking at those screenies. The screenies confirm that the graphics are good though.

[MaximianusBR]

I could read what's in screen 4 and it says:

Overviews:

Capital City: London
Faction Leader: Henry
Greatest General: Willian
Generals:4 Regions controlled:3 (I Think)
Cities:1 Castles:2
Batles won:0 Batles Lost:1
Year: 1080 Turns played:1

Victory condictions:

Domination: Hold 14 regions including: Rome, Constantinople, Jerusalem
Outlive faction: France

Turns remaining: 225.

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I think it show us that are other victory condition along domination, maybe Glorious Achievements....and Cities still have name as it was in Rome...

[econ21]

Domination: Hold 14 regions including: Rome, Constantinople, Jerusalem
Outlive faction: France

I like those victory conditions. The number of regions you need to hold is surprisingly small (we're used to 50!) but the precise ones chosen seem very ambitious for England. And the "outlive..." condition is very characterful (apologies to my French friends ).

[Slasher]

I reckon it looks decent....look at the mountains in Italy...very nice...

Also I suspect PC Powerplay in Australia will get better quality stuff....while the Germans should get arrested for espionage!

[B-Wing]

Also notice the small land-mass in the top left hand corner, in the first pic.

Oh boy! We'll get to conquer Iceland! That really makes me happy, even though I don't see any strategic, or even economic, advantage in controling it. I guess the land of ice and fire has just always been very interesting to me.

BTW, were the Timurids ever confirmed as a playable faction? Because if they were, I would think the map would have to extend further east.

[MaximianusBR]

BTW, were the Timurids ever confirmed as a playable faction? Because if they were, I would think the map would have to extend further east.

they are confirmed...but they will be as the mongols...will appear at the map as some kind of advanced horde system...and will not be playable...